Elizabeth Kerri Mahon

Directed b y Phyllida Lloyd Produced by Damian Jones Written by Abi Morgan Cast Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher Alexandra Roach as Margaret Thatcher (as a teenager) Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher Harry Lloyd as Young Denis Thatcher Olivia Colman as Carol Thatcher Anthony Head as Geoffrey Howe Nicholas Farrell as Airey Neave Richard E. Grant as Michael Heseltine Paul Bentley as Douglas Hurd Robin Kermode as John Major John Sessions as Edward Heath Roger Allam as Gordon Reece Michael Pennington as Michael Foot Angus Wright as John Nott Julian Wadham as Francis Pym Ronald Reagan as Himself (archive footage) Reginald Green as Ronald Reagan My thoughts:   One of the most famous actresses in the world (two-time Academy Award winner, record 16 nominations) playing one of the most famous female politicians in the world should be a win-win situation.  Well yes and no. While I thoroughly enjoyed both Meryl Streep (and newcomer Alexandra Roach as the young M...

I can't tell you how excited I am to see this movie. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher? How could this movie go wrong.  Have a look at the brand new trailer of upcoming biopic movie ‘The Iron Lady’ based on Margaret Thatcher, the UK first female Prime Minister. The film focuseson Thatcher's charismatic political persona and her personal vulnerability as a woman. Meryl Streep recently shared that it took a lot out of her to don the role, but it was a privilege to play Margaret Thatcher. The movie is directed by Phyllida Lloyd and besides Meryl Streep, the movie features Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant, Harry Lloyd, Roger Allam, Anthony Head and Olive Colman. The movie hits the US  on December 30, 2011 and on January 6, 2012 in the UK.  I think that it is a given that Streep will earn yet another Oscar nomination, but she has stiff competition in Glenn Close who plays a woman who disguises herself as a man in Albert Dobbs . This is a banner fall for films about S...