What Hollywood Stars Have Said About Kissing Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep is an Oscar-winning actress with many more awards, nominations, and accolades to her name in her decades-long career in Hollywood. She's starred in everything from critically acclaimed dramas to musicals to iconic female-focused comedies like "The Devil Wears Prada". But it's not just her filmography and awards that have helped her achieve icon status. Several of her former co-stars have shared this unknown truth about Streep and confessed that she's a wonderful kisser.

In a BBC Radio 1 interview in which kids asked all the questions, Emma Thompson named Streep as one of her best on-screen kisses. "Meryl Streep's a very good snogger," the "Cruella" star said, reflecting on their kissing scene in "Angels in America." "She was method about it ... There was no stone unturned, my god, that's for sure." She compared Streep's technique to "mining for jewels."

Although it wasn't in a movie script, "Mama Mia! Here We Go Again" co-stars Streep and pop icon Cher shared a kiss at the film's premiere in July 2018. In a Pride Source interview in September of that year, Cher explained that the spontaneous smooch happened in part because they were laughing at how tall Cher was in her heels. "I said, 'Kiss me!' And we just kissed!" the "Strong Enough" singer said. "She is wicked funny! And I don't know that she gets to show that side all that often, but she's wicked funny and she just will do anything for a lark."

Cher wasn't wrong about Meryl Streep being open to kissing anyone for a laugh. Years before the first "Mama Mia!" film was released, the "Don't Look Up" star kissed fellow actress Sandra Bullock at the 2010 Critics' Choice Awards when they tied for the win in the best actress category. "This is bulls—," Bullock joked at the podium, before she ran over to Streep, grabbed her face, and kissed her. The women were rivals on the award circuit that year. Streep was honored for her role as Julia Child in "Julie & Julia," while Bullock won the Oscar for "The Blind Side." "Meryl is a good kisser," Bullock said in her Critics' Choice Awards speech.

Another person who likely loves kissing Streep on screen is her rumored real-life partner Martin Short, with whom she co-stars on "Only Murders in the Building." The pair have denied online speculation that they're dating, claiming they are just friends. However, Short did have glowing things to say about Streep in a 2024 People interview. "She's fabulous. There's no one who doesn't adore her," he said, even confessing that he's gotten surprisingly nervous on days when they have scenes alone together.