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Meryl Streep holds the overall record with 20 Academy Award nominations. She has won three times. Her nominated roles and movies are as follows (Oscar wins in bold):

  • Linda in "The Deer Hunter" (1978). Best Supporting Actress.
  • Joanna Kramer in "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979). Best Supporting Actress.
  • Sarah/Anna in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981). Best Actress.
  • Sophie Zawistowski in "Sophie's Choice" (1982). Best Actress.
  • Karen Silkwood in "Silkwood" (1983). Best Actress.
  • Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen in "Out of Africa" (1985). Best Actress.
  • Helen Archer in "Ironweed" (1987). Best Actress.
  • Lindy Chamberlain in "A Cry in the Dark" (1988). Best Actress.
  • Suzanne Vale in "Postcards from the Edge" (1990). Best Actress.
  • Francesca Johnson in "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995). Best Actress.
  • Kate Gulden in "One True Thing" (1998). Best Actress.
  • Roberta Guaspari in "Music of the Heart" (1999). Best Actress.
  • Susan Orlean in "Adaptation" (2002). Best Supporting Actress.
  • Miranda Priestly in "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006). Best Actress.
  • Sister Aloysius Beauvier in "Doubt" (2008). Best Actress.
  • Julia Child in "Julie & Julia" (2009). Best Actress.
  • Baroness Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" (2011). Best Actress.
  • Violet Weston in "August: Osage County" (2013). Best Actress.
  • The Witch in "Into the Woods" (2014). Best Supporting Actress.
  • Florence Foster Jenkins in "Florence Foster Jenkins" (2016). Best Actress.
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Jack Nicholson is the only actor (male) who has been nominated 12 times. He's also one of only two actors (male) to win 3 Oscars.

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Meryl Streep with 20 nominations. She has won three Oscars. Katharine Hepburn, who had 12 nominations, won four Oscars.

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Meryl Streep has been nominated for more Oscars than any other actress. She has been nominated for 18 Oscars; however she has only won 3.

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Jack Nicholson has earned 12 Academy Award nominations since 1969. He has won three Oscars.

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