As of 2024, Meryl Streep had received 21 Academy Award nominations. Her nominations span more than four decades, from Best Supporting Actress for “The Deer Hunter” at the 51st Academy Awards in 1979 to Best Actress for “The Post” at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018.
Streep has won three Oscars: Supporting Actress for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979), and Best Actress for “Sophie’s Choice” (1982) and “The Iron Lady” (2011). Her 21 nominations are the most ever received by an actor, although she has not been nominated at every ceremony and has gone several years between appearances in the Oscar race.
People often confuse nominations with wins, or count Golden Globe nominations instead. Streep’s Oscar total is 21 nominations and three victories. Her nominations also cover a wide range of performances, including “The French Lieutenant’s Woman,” “Out of Africa,” “Doubt,” “August: Osage County,” and “Florence Foster Jenkins.”