 Longworth anotaura kuti kubudirira kunoshamisa kweOut of Africa kwakatungamirira kumhinduro yakashata yemurangariro wokutsoropodza mukurwisana naStreep mumakore akatevera, zvikurukuru sezvo iye zvino akanga achida 4 miriyoni mufananidzo. Kusiyana nedzimwe nyeredzi dzenguva iyoyo, dzakadai saSylvester Stallone naTom Cruise, Streep haana kumboita kunge ari kutamba ega, uye vamwe vatsoropodzi vakafunga kuti hunyanzvi hwake hwekuita hunoita kuti vanhu vanyatsoona kutamba kwake. Mafirimu ake anotevera haana kukwezva vateereri vazhinji; akabatana naJack Nicholson mumitambo Heartburn 1986 uye Ironweed 1987, kwaakaimba pachikwangwani kekutanga kubva pa Great Performances kutepfenyurwa kweFenix Theatre kugadzirwa kwe Secret Service 1977. Mu Vatumwa Vakaipa 1988, akatamba Lindy Chamberlain, mukadzi weAustralia uyo akatongerwa mhosva yekuponda mwanasikana wake muchechepasinei zvapo nokutaura kuti mwana wacho akanga atorwa nedingo. Yakatorwa muAustralia, Streep akahwina mubairo weAustralia Film Institute weBest Actress muMutungamiri Wemutungamiri, Mutambi Wakanakisisa paCannes Film Festival, uye New York Film Critics Circle Award yeMutambi Wakanakisisa. Streep akataura nezvokudziridza mutauro wokuAustralia mufirimu racho: Ndaifanira kudzidza zvishoma kuti ndizive mutauro wokuAustralia nokuti hauna kusiyana newokuAmerica, saka zvakaita sokubva mumutauro wokuItaly kuenda muchiSpanish. Unovhiringidzika zvishoma. Vincent Canby we The New York Times akataura nezvekuita kwake se humwe hunoshamisa hunoshamisa, hwakaridzwa ne rudzi rwehunyanzvi hunoratidzika kunge hunotsanangudzazve mikana yekuita screen. 