Best Actress - Meryl Streep

After re-watching The Devil Wears Prada I have fully realised the extent of Meryl’s accomplishment. This is the scene that clinched it for me.
In this scene her new assistant Andrea (Anne Hathaway) sniggers at the identicality of two belts, only to be hammered down by her boss Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep)
What is amazing about this scene is how much Meryl (yes I feel we are on first name basis) holds back completely.
She doesn’t just snap at and put down Andrea, she completely intimidates her with presence, intelligence, and the blasé delivery of the history of cerulean. Here Streep gives years of back story. Her Miranda has followed and loved fashion for so long that she not only knows the history of colour, but respects the variance to which it is used by the designer/s and the long and winding road it takes to make it to our wardrobe. What to many is only a blue jumper, to Miranda is an intricate history of design, choice and marketing. This is her art and damn anyone who mocks it.
No one else says a word during this monologue, all eyes are on her, and you understand why. They fear her, yet respect her.
Her delivery of the word ‘stuff’ is brilliance. Ssssssstuff, you can feel her restrained anger at her passion being compounded into this one common little word. She has been insulted. A lesson is taught.
The last delivery of this same word used to mock a multi billion dollar industry is turned completely around to mock Andrea for her ignorance.