Complex sentence: Streep made her professional stage debut in "Trelawny of the Wells" in 1975, and in 1976 received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for "27 Wagons Full of Cotton".
Split into simpler sentences: Streep made her professional stage debut in "Trelawny of the Wells" in 1975. In 1976 she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for "27 Wagons Full of Cotton".