Streep co-starred Anne Hathaway as a recent college graduate who goes to New York City and gets a job as a co-assistant at the fictional fashion magazine Runway .
Streep played the powerful , demanding , and much - feared editor Miranda Priestly .
Co-starring Anne Hathaway as a recent college graduate who goes to New York City and gets a job as a co-assistant at the fictional fashion magazine Runway , Streep played the powerful , demanding , and much - feared editor Miranda Priestly .