Berlin Film Festival: Meryl Streep honoured with Golden Bear

Meryl Streep was honored Tuesday with the Berlinale's Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. At the gala event at the Berlin Film Festival, jury member Jake Gyllenhaal presented Streep with the award, introducing her with a humorous personal reflection, describing her not just as an acting treasure, but as the terrifying "Hank's mom," who disapproved of him as a 13-year-old bad influence on her son, Henry Gummer.

In her acceptance, Streep gave thanks to colleagues past and present, including "The Iron Lady"'s Phyllida Lloyd and Jim Broadbent, and giving special notice to and a call for applause for makeup artist and hairstylist J. Roy Helland, who has worked with her since 1982's "Sophie's Choice." Helland, she said, has "designed every woman -- and one man I played in "Angels in America" -- that I've played since then." Helland received his first award for film work, together with Mark Coulier and Marese Langan, for "The Iron Lady" at the British Academy Film Awards two days ago.

Streep, also has won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA this year,