Audrey Hepburn won an Oscar at the Academy Awards for the Best Actress in a Leading Role for her part in Roman Holiday in 1953. She was nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Wait Until Dark in 1967, Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1961, The Nun's Story in 1959, and Sabrina in 1954. She was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award posthumously at the Academy Awards in 1993.
Fonda won Best Actress Oscars for the dramas "Klute" (1971) and "Coming Home" (1978).
She also was nominated in the category for her performances in the films "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (1969), "Julia" (1977), "The China Syndrome" (1979) and "The Morning After" (1986). She also received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for "On Golden Pond" (1981).
Absolutely. There are many who believe Streep's performance in the 1982 drama is one of the best-ever on film. It was her second Oscar win, occurring three years after her Best Supporting Actress award for "Kramer vs. Kramer." Interestingly, Streep hasn't won another Academy Award in the three decades since.
Meryl Steep became famous in 1975 and won the Outer Critics Award and a Tony nomination for her role in Arthur Millers, "A Memory of Two Mondays". She Went on to make her silver screen Debut starring in "Julia" along with Jane Fonda.
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This is because of the numerous awards she's won and also because of her acting style.
They are very good friends, and have worked together in three films. De Niro made a speech about Meryl when she won her AFI Award in 2004.
She has been nominated 16 times, and has won twice.
Meryl Streep has won three Academy Awards. She received the 1979 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in "Kramer vs. Kramer." She won the 1982 Best Actress award for "Sophie's Choice" and the 2011 Best Actress award for "The Iron Lady."
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The most nominated actress is Meryl Streep, who won three Oscars in 19 nominations. The most nominated woman was designer Edith Head with 35 nominations and eight wins.
Absolutely. There are many who believe Streep's performance in the 1982 drama is one of the best-ever on film. It was her second Oscar win, occurring three years after her Best Supporting Actress award for "Kramer vs. Kramer." Interestingly, Streep hasn't won another Academy Award in the three decades since.
Meryl Streep
Ingrid Bergman is the only actress to have won 3 Oscars (to date, until Meryl Streep wins another one). She won Best Actress for Gaslight (1944) and Anastasia (1956) and Best Supporting Actress for Murder on the Orient Express (1974).
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Meryl Streep has won seven Golden Globes
Meryl Streep.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep have won three Academy Awards each. Day-Lewis is the only person ever to win three Best Actor awards.
Streep, who holds the record for most Academy Award nominations with 20, has won three Oscars. She received the awards for Best Supporting Actress of 1979 for "Kramer vs. Kramer"; Best Actress of 1982 for "Sophie's Choice"; and Best Actress of 2011 for "The Iron Lady."