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Meryl Streep's Award History Is So Crazy, You May Not Believe It

By Shannon Vestal Robson

Updated on 6/22/2016 at 12:30 PM

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Meryl Streep turns 67 this week, and to celebrate her birthday, we're looking back on how often her acting career has been celebrated. Streep has been working for over 30 years, and she's had a myriad of roles (along with a myriad of accents) that have led to award recognition. She doesn't always win (can you believe she only has three Oscars?), but Streep's name has popped up during award season quite a bit. See for yourself by checking out her most-nominated roles and find out when she took home a statue.

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The Deer Hunter, 1978

  • The role: Linda, the fiancée of a Vietnam vet
  • The nominations: Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe
  • What did she win? Nothing
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Kramer vs. Kramer, 1979

  • The role: Joanna Kramer, a woman embroiled in a divorce and custody battle
  • The nominations: Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe
  • What did she win? Oscar and Golden Globe
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The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1981

  • The role: Streep plays two parts: Sarah, a woman in Victorian England, and Anna, an actress portraying Sarah in a film
  • The nominations: Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe
  • What did she win? BAFTA and Golden Globe
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Sophie's Choice, 1982

  • The role: Sophie, a Holocaust survivor who's haunted by her past
  • The nominations: Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe
  • What did she win? Oscar and Golden Globe
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Silkwood, 1983

  • The role: Karen Silkwood, a woman advocating for safety measures at the power plant she works in
  • The nominations: Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe
  • What did she win? Nothing
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Out of Africa, 1985

  • The role: Karen, a Danish aristocrat who moves to Africa in 1913
  • The nominations: Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe
  • What did she win? Nothing
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Ironweed, 1987

  • The role: Helen, a homeless woman suffering from a terminal illness
  • The nominations: Oscar
  • What did she win? Nothing
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A Cry in the Dark, 1988

  • The role: Lindy Chamberlain, a woman who's accused of murdering her own child
  • The nominations: Oscar and Golden Globe
  • What did she win? Nothing
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Postcards From the Edge, 1990

  • The role: Suzanne Vale, an actress with a substance abuse problem
  • The nominations: Oscar and Golden Globe
  • What did she win? Nothing
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The Bridges of Madison County, 1995

  • The role: Francesca Johnson, a woman who has a passionate but brief affair with a photographer
  • The nominations: Oscar, Screen Actors Guild, and Golden Globe
  • What did she win? Nothing
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One True Thing, 1998

  • The role: Kate, a wife and mother suffering from cancer
  • The nominations: Oscar, Screen Actors Guild, and Golden Globe
  • What did she win? Nothing
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Music of the Heart, 1999

  • The role: Roberta, a music teacher
  • The nominations: Oscar, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild
  • What did she win? Nothing

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Adaptation., 2002

  • The role: Real-life writer Susan Orlean
  • The nominations: Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe
  • What did she win? Golden Globe
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The Devil Wears Prada, 2006

  • The role: Miranda Priestley, the editor in chief of Runway magazine
  • The nominations: Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild
  • What did she win? Golden Globe
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Doubt, 2008

  • The role: Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a nun with an agenda
  • The nominations: Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild
  • What did she win? Screen Actors Guild
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Julie and Julia, 2009

  • The role: Chef Julia Child
  • The nominations: Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG
  • What did she win? Golden Globe
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The Iron Lady, 2011

  • The role: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
  • The nominations: Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG
  • What did she win? Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe
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Hope Springs, 2012

  • The role: Kay, a woman trying to reignite her sex life
  • The nominations: Golden Globe
  • What did she win? Nothing
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August: Osage County, 2013

  • The role: Violet, the pill-popping tough widow and matriarch of the Weston family
  • The nominations: Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG
  • What did she win? Nothing
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Into the Woods, 2014

  • The role: The Witch, the villain of this Disney musical
  • The nominations: Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG
  • What did she win? Nothing
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