Meryl Streep: The reigning queen of Oscar nominations

The 62-year-old actress has been nominated for more Academy Awards than any other actor in history. Her lengthy and successful career has earned her 17 nods, most recently for her lead role in “The Iron Lady.”

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Feb. 19, 2006

Actress Meryl Streep has been awarded two Academy Awards, one in 1983 for Best Actress in Leading Role for Sophie’s Choice, and the other for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Kramer vs. Kramer in 1980.

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1981

Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons in "The French Lieutenant's Woman." The film earned Streep her first nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

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1982

Kevin Kline with Meryl Streep in "Sophie's Choice.” Streep earned her first and only Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the 1982 film.

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1983

Kurt Russell, Meryl Streep and Cher star in "Silkwood" (1983).

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1988

Meryl Streep as Lindy Chamberlain in "A Cry in the Dark" (1988).

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1995

Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood in the romantic drama "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995). Streep was beat out by Susan Sarandon in “Dead Man Walking” for the Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1995.

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1997

Meryl Streep stars as a ferociously determined mother in the ABC television movie “...First Do No Harm.”

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Sept. 17, 1998

Meryl Streep poses with her star during ceremonies honoring her with the 2,119th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998.

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1998

Meryl Streep and Renee Zellweger in "One True Thing" (1998). The film earned Streep her 11th Academy Award nomination.

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1999

Gloria Estefan and Meryl Streep in 1999’s “Music of the Heart.” Streep was beat out by Hilary Swank in “Boys Don’t Cry” for the Academy Award that year.

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2002

Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep star in "Adaptation" (2002). Streep was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her part in the movie.

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2003

Meryl Streep and Ed Harris in "The Hours" (2002).

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2003

Meryl Streep in the Home Box Office 2004 mini series "Angels in America."

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June 10, 2004

Meryl Streep poses as she holds the 32nd American Film Institute Life Achievement Award she received at a gala tribute dinner in Hollywood June 10, 2004.

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2004

Denzel Washington as Major Ben Marco and Meryl Streep as Sen. Eleanor Shaw in “The Manchurian Candidate.”

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Sept. 19, 2004

Meryl Streep accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or a movie for her work on “Angels In America” at the 56th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 2004.

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2004

Jim Carrey as Captain Sham, Meryl Streep as Aunt Josephine, Emily Browning as Violet and Liam Aiken as Klaus in ”Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.”

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2005

Meryl Streep, left, and Uma Thurman in the 2005 film “Prime.”

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2006

Garrison Keillor, left, Meryl Streep and Lindsay Lohan are shown in a scene from the film "A Prairie Home Companion.”

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2006

Imperious fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, dumps her coat on the desk of new assistant Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) in “The Devil Wears Prada.” The icy role earned Streep a nod for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.

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Aug. 8, 2006

Meryl Streep grabs Kevin Klein in the Shakespeare in the Park production of Bertolt Brecht antiwar drama "Mother Courage and Her Children," during dress rehearsal at Delacorte Theater in New York's Central Park.

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Jan. 28, 2007

Charles, Prince of Wales, after he received the Environmental Citizen award from former U.S. vice president Al Gore, and actress Meryl Streep at the Harvard Club in Central New York in 2007.

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Feb. 25, 2007

Meryl Streep arrives at the annual Vanity Fair Oscar party at Morton's in West Hollywood, Calif.

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2007

Meryl Streep and Alan Arkin in "Rendition.”

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2007

Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise in “Lions for Lambs” (2007).

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2008

Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried in the 2008 musical romantic comedy "Mamma Mia!"

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2008

Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt.” The role earned Streep her 15th Oscar nomination, setting a record for most nominations for one actor, beating Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson, who have 12.

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July 20, 2009

First lady Michelle Obama and Meryl Streep listen to director Nora Ephron as she introduces a screening of "Julie and Julia" in the theater of the White House.

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2009

Meryl Streep as Julia Child in "Julie & Julia.”

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Feb. 22, 2009

Actresses Kate Winslet and Meryl Streep attend the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar party hosted by Graydon Carter at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif.

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2009

From left, Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin and Lake Bell are shown in a scene from "It's Complicated.”

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Jan. 15, 2010

Actresses Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock kiss after their tie win for best actress at the 15th Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium.

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Sept. 21, 2010

Meryl Streep speaks at a fundraiser for the National Women's History Museum in Washington.

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Nov. 16, 2011

Actress Meryl Streep was one of the recipients of the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors for 2011.

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2012

Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady." The film opened nationwide Jan. 13. Streep is up for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the part.

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