25 Times White Actors Played People Of Color And No One Really Gave A S**t

From: Huffington Post

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Meryl Streep 

as 

Clara del Valle Trueba

Film

"The House of Spirits" (1993) is a film based on Chilean writer Isabel Allende's bestseller of the same name. It tells the story of a rancher, his wife and their family as they face turbulent times in Chile.

Character's Background

Clara del Valle Trueba is a clairvoyant and the wife of said rancher. Much like all of the characters in the film and book, she is Chilean.

Actress' Background

Streep is not Latina or of Latin American descent. She is of mixed-European ancestry.