‘I look out here, and ... I see my life before my eyes. My old friends. My new friends. ... The thing that counts the most with me is the friendships and the love and the sheer joy we have shared making movies together’ — List of Meryl Streep
Oscar nominations, wins
Updated: February 2026
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep has been nominated for 21 Academy Awards. She has received 17 Oscar nominations for best actress in a leading role and won 2. She has received 4 Oscar nominations for best actress in a supporting role and won 1. Year indicates year/period for which films were judged, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia
2017: The Post (Best Actress) — lost to Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). Other nominees: Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
2016: Florence Foster Jenkins (Best Actress) — lost to Emma Stone (La La Land). Other nominees: Natalie Portman (Jackie), Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Ruth Negga (Loving)
2014: Into the Woods (Best Supporting Actress) — lost to Patricia Arquette (Boyhood). Other nominees: Emma Stone (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)), Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game), Laura Dern (Wild)
2013: August: Osage County (Best Actress) — lost to Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine). Other nominees: Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Judi Dench (Philomena), Amy Adams (American Hustle)
WON: 2011: Iron Lady (Best Actress) — Other nominees: Viola Davis (The Help), Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
2009: Julie & Julia (Best Actress) — lost to Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side). Other nominees: Carey Mulligan (An Education), Helen Mirren (The Last Station), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious: based on the novel Push by Sapphire)
2008: Doubt (Best Actress) — lost to Kate Winslet (The Reader). Other nominees: Angelina Jolie (Changeling), Melissa Leo (Frozen River), Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
2006: The Devil Wears Prada (Best Actress) — lost to Helen Mirren (The Queen). Other nominees: Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal), Penélope Cruz (Volver), Kate Winslet (Little Children)
2002: Adaptation. (Best Supporting Actress) — lost to Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago). Other nominees: Julianne Moore (The Hours), Kathy Bates (About Schmidt), Queen Latifah (Chicago)
1999: Music of the Heart (Best Actress) — lost to Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry). Other nominees: Annette Bening (American Beauty), Julianne Moore (The End of the Affair), Janet McTeer (Tumbleweeds)
1998: One True Thing (Best Actress) — lost to Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love). Other nominees: Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth), Emily Watson (Hilary and Jackie), Fernanda Montenegro (Central Station)
1995: The Bridges of Madison County (Best Actress) — lost to Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking). Other nominees: Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas), Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility), Sharon Stone (Casino)
1990: Postcards from the Edge (Best Actress) — lost to Kathy Bates (Misery). Other nominees: Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman), Anjelica Huston (The Grifters), Joanne Woodward (Mr. & Mrs. Bridge)
1988: A Cry in the Dark (Best Actress) — lost to Jodie Foster (The Accused). Other nominees: Melanie Griffith (Working Girl), Glenn Close (Dangerous Liaisons), Sigourney Weaver (Gorillas in the Mist)
1987: Ironweed (Best Actress) — lost to Cher (Moonstruck). Other nominees: Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction), Holly Hunter (Broadcast News), Sally Kirkland (Anna)
1985: Out of Africa (Best Actress) — lost to Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful). Other nominees: Whoopi Goldberg (The Color Purple), Jessica Lange (Sweet Dreams), Anne Bancroft (Agnes of God)
Meryl Streep’s husband, Don Gummer
1983: Silkwood (Best Actress) — lost to Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment). Other nominees: Debra Winger (Terms of Endearment), Julie Walters (Educating Rita), Jane Alexander (Testament)
WON: 1982: Sophie’s Choice (Best Actress) — Other nominees: Debra Winger (An Officer and a Gentleman), Jessica Lange (Frances), Sissy Spacek (Missing), Julie Andrews (Victor Victoria)
1981: The French Lieutenant’s Woman (Best Actress) — lost to Katharine Hepburn (On Golden Pond). Other nominees: Diane Keaton (Reds), Susan Sarandon (Atlantic City), Marsha Mason (Only When I Laugh)
WON: 1979: Kramer vs. Kramer (Best Supporting Actress) — Other nominees: Jane Alexander (Kramer vs. Kramer), Mariel Hemingway (Manhattan), Candice Bergen (Starting Over), Barbara Barrie (Breaking Away)
1978: The Deer Hunter (Best Supporting Actress) — lost to Maggie Smith (California Suite). Other nominees: Dyan Cannon (Heaven Can Wait), Maureen Stapleton (Interiors), Penelope Milford (Coming Home)
