 In 2001 , Streep returned to the stage for the first time in more than twenty years , playing Arkadina in The Public Theater 's revival of Anton Chekhov 's The Seagull , directed by Mike Nichols and co @-@ starring Kevin Kline , Natalie Portman , and Philip Seymour Hoffman . The same year , she began work on Spike Jonze 's comedy @-@ drama Adaptation ( 2002 ) , in which she portrayed real @-@ life journalist Susan Orlean . Lauded by critics and viewers alike , the film won Streep her fourth Golden Globe in the Best Supporting Actress category . A. O. Scott considered Streep 's portrayal of Orlean to have been " played with impish composure " , noting the contrast in her " wittily realized " character with love interest Chris Cooper 's " lank @-@ haired , toothless charisma " as the autodidact arrested for poaching rare orchids . In 2002 Streep appeared alongside Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore in Stephen Daldry 's The Hours , based on the 1999 novel by Michael Cunningham . Focusing on three women of different generations whose lives are interconnected by the novel Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf , the film was generally well received and won all three leading actresses a Silver Bear for Best Actress . 
