Meryl Streep had to take matters into her own hands when evacuating from the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this month, according to her nephew.

The entertainment industry has already lost several notable figures in 2025. The film world was shaken by the death of “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks” director David Lynch, with tributes to the visionary filmmaker continuing for weeks. In music, Garth Hudson, the last remaining member of The Band, died in January, while Peter, Paul and …

Meryl Streep is apparently level-headed during a crisis. The actress’s nephew, Abe Streep, shared in an article for New York magazine that Streep had to go to extreme lengths to evacuate during the Los Angeles fires.