Meryl Streep Misses 2026 Met Gala Again — Zendaya Met Gala 2026

zendaya met gala 2026 now has one less high-profile name in the room: Meryl Streep will miss the 2026 Met Gala, according to her representatives. The three-time Academy Award-winning actress has never attended the event, and this year will be no different.

Streep and Wintour

Streep’s representative said on Monday morning that she has been invited for many years but has never gone, and added that the gala has never quite been her scene. That keeps a long-running gap in place between one of Hollywood’s most recognizable actresses and an event that has been tied to her recent fashion work.

In 2020, she was announced as a co-chair for the Met Gala alongside Anna Wintour, but that gala was cancelled after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the last 20 years, Streep and Wintour have collaborated on several projects, which has kept the association between the actress and the Met Gala in view even as Streep stayed away from the carpet.

The Devil Wears Prada 2

Streep’s latest film, The Devil Wears Prada 2, premiered on May 1, 2026, with her reprising Miranda Priestly, the Runway magazine editor-in-chief inspired by Wintour. Just days earlier, on April 8, 2026, she attended her first fashion show in Milan for Milan Fashion Week and told Andy Cohen on SiriusXM’s Front Row, “I was so excited.”

She also said, “You know me in my real life. I have never been to a fashion show, clearly.” Streep added, “It was really exciting, and I didn't know it was so theatrical.”

Milan to the Met Gala

That Milan appearance made the Met Gala absence more noticeable, not less. Streep is moving closer to fashion’s front row, but her own representatives drew a firm line on the annual gala, and the pattern remains the same: invited often, present never.