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At 74, Streep is busier than ever. Her role in The Devil Wears Prada (released when she was 57) is arguably more iconic today than it was then. She doesn't play "old"; she plays power. Streep normalized the idea that a woman’s best work can happen in her 60s and 70s. This environment allows for the slow-burn storytelling that