--- description: Tiffany Haddish leapt over a rope on the Oscars red carpet to ask legend Meryl Streep to play her mother in the Girls Trip sequel. title: 90th Academy Awards: Tiffany Haddish Pitches Meryl Streep image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea7083f6648a0e7b/698929894ee262efa2311133/90th-academy-awards-oscars-fashion-dresses-suits-red-carpet-9.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [awards](/tag/awards/) ## awards Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Tiffany Haddish Asked Meryl Streep to Play Her Mom in _Girls' Trip 2_ at the Oscars  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Mar 5, 2018 2:24 AM CUT  Tiffany Haddish attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4. Tiffany Haddish attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4.Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Mar 5, 2018 2:24 AM CUT Tiffany Haddish fulfilled a lifelong dream at the 90th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night when she finally met Meryl Streep. Haddish, whose Oscars outfit honored her Eritrean culture, had [told reporters](http://people.com/movies/oscars-2018-tiffany-haddish-meryl-streep-mama/ "undefined") she desperately wanted to meet Streep—in part because she hopes that the legendary actor will play her mother in the sequel to last summer’s hit, _Girls Trip_. Haddish got her chance to convince Streep to take the role in person when she spotted her on the red carpet. Haddish ran and climbed over a rope to give _The Post_ actor a hug. As they embraced, Haddish [reportedly yelled](http://variety.com/2018/film/awards/tiffany-haddish-meets-meryl-streep-pitches-girls-trip-2-1202717315/ "undefined"), “You’re gonna be my mama!” No word yet on whether Haddish’s pitch was successful. In the meantime, Streep can look forward to another promising night at the Academy Awards. She is nominated for her 21st Oscar Sunday night—a new record. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5185075/tiffany-haddish-meryl-streep-oscars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5185075/tiffany-haddish-meryl-streep-oscars/"},"headline":"Tiffany Haddish Asked Meryl Streep to Play Her Mom in Girls' Trip 2 at the Oscars","datePublished":"2018-03-05T02:24:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:31:07.255Z","description":"Haddish leapt over a rope to meet Streep","url":"https://time.com/5185075/tiffany-haddish-meryl-streep-oscars/","keywords":["awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea7083f6648a0e7b/698929894ee262efa2311133/90th-academy-awards-oscars-fashion-dresses-suits-red-carpet-9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea7083f6648a0e7b/698929894ee262efa2311133/90th-academy-awards-oscars-fashion-dresses-suits-red-carpet-9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"90th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","caption":"90th Annual Academy Awards Oscars red carpet dresses suits outfits","creditText":"Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5185075/tiffany-haddish-meryl-streep-oscars/","name":"Tiffany Haddish Asked Meryl Streep to Play Her Mom in Girls' Trip 2 at the Oscars"}}]}] ```