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ANSWERS: To Meryl Streep Quiz
13 Oscar Nominations/2 Wins
by Tim Nasson
January 8, 2008

Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice photo

Movies listed below, in red, are Meryl Streep's Oscar nominated films.

Films in bold red are ones for which she has won the Oscar.

(Left: Meryl Streep in "Sophie's Choice")

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1977 – “Julia”
1978 – “The Deer Hunter” - Best Supporting Actress Nomination
1979 – “Manhattan”
1979 – “The Seduction of Joe Tynan”
1979 – “Kramer vs. Kramer” - Best Supporting Actress WIN
1981 – “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” - Best Actress Nomination
1982 – “Still of the Night”
1982 – “Sophie’s Choice” - Best Actress Win
1983 – “Silkwood” - Best Actress Nomination
1984 – “Falling In Love”
1985 – “Plenty”
1985 – “Out of Africa” - Best Actress Nomination
1986 – “Heartburn”
1987 – “Ironweed” - Best Actress Nomination
1988 – “A Cry In the Dark” - Best Actress Nomination
1989 – “She Devil”
1990 – “Postcards From the Edge” - Best Actress Nomination
1991 – “Defending Your Life”
1992 – “Death Becomes Her”
1993 – “The House of the Spirits”
1994 – “The River Wild”
1995 – “The Bridges of Madison County” - Best Actress Nomination
1996 – “Before And After”
1996 – “Marvin’s Room”
1998 – “Dancing At Lughnasa”
1998 – “One True Thing” - Best Actress Nomination
1999 – “Music of the Heart” - Best Actress Nomination
2002 – “Adaptation” - Best Supporting Actress Nomination
2002 – “The Hours”
2004 – “The Manchurian Candidate”
2005 – “Prime”
2005 – “Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events"

It's hard to imagine that Streep was not recognized by the Academy for her fantastic work as one half of a lesbian couple (and friend to former boyfriend, dying of AIDS), in "The Hours," or as Leonardo DiCaprio's mother in "Marvin's Room." Or for her comedic turns opposite Jack Nicholson in "Heartburn," Roseanne Barr in "She-Devil" and Albert Brooks in "Defending Your Life."

It's not just the Oscar that Streep has won. In addition, she is proud owner of two Emmy Awards for Best Actress. One for the 2003 HBO masterpiece, "Angels In America," the other for the 1978 television miniseries, "Holocaust."

She has been nominated for twenty Golden Globe Awards for Actress and is the winner of five ("Angels In America," "Adaptation," "Sophie's Choice," "The French Liuetenant's Woman," and "Kramer vs. Kramer.")

And, literally, over one hundred other awards - everything from The Boston Society of Film Critics, National Board of Review and Screen Actors Guild Awards to three People's Choice Awards as Favorite Motion Picture Actress to an L.A. Outfest Award for her work in "The Hours."

While it's been a quarter century since Meryl Streep last WON the Oscar, 2007 may be her comeback year. Her perfomance in "The Devil Wears Prada" has Oscar written all over it. Not to mention that for the two Oscars Streep has won, she portrayed a devastated, mentally tortured mother. In "The Devil Wears Prada" it is she who is creating the devastation all around her, but putting smiles on everyone's face in the audience, watching her flawless performance.

Below are the actresses who stole the Oscar from Streep the eleven times she has been nominated for an Academy Award but didn't win.

1978 – “The Deer Hunter” - Meryl Streep - Best Supporting Actress Nomination
1978 - "California Suite" - Maggie Smith - Best Supporting Actress Winner

1981 – “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” - Meryl Streep - Best Actress Nomination
1981 - "On Golden Pond" - Katernine Hepburn - Best Actress Winner

1983 – “Silkwood” - Meryl Streep - Best Actress Nomination
1983 - "Terms Of Endearment" - Shirley MacLaine - Best Actress Winner

1985 – “Out of Africa” - Meryl Streep - Best Actress Nomination
1985 - "The Trip To Bountiful" - Geraldine Page - Best Actress Winner

1987 – “Ironweed” - Meryl Streep - Best Actress Nomination
1987 - "Moonstruck" - Cher - Best Actress Winner

1988 – “A Cry In the Dark” - Meryl Streep - Best Actress Nomination
1988 - "The Accused " - Jodie Foster - Best Actress Winner

1990 – “Postcards From the Edge” - Meryl Streep - Best Actress Nomination
1990 - "Misery" - Kathy Bates - Best Actress Winner

1995 – “The Bridges of Madison County” - Meryl Streep - Best Actress Nomination
1995 - "Dead Man Walking" - Susan Sarandon - Best Actress Winner

1998 – “One True Thing” - Meryl Streep - Best Actress Nomination
1998 - "Shakespeare In Love" - Gwyneth Paltrow - Best Actress Winner

1999 – “Music of the Heart” - Meryl Streep - Best Actress Nomination
1999 - "Boys Don't Cry" - Hilary Swank - Best Actress Winner

2002 – “Adaptation” - Meryl Streep - Best Supporting Actress Nomination
2002 - "Chicago" - Catherine Zeta-Jones - Best Supporting Actress Winner

Will "The Devil" earn Streep her fourteenth Oscar nomination and third win? Wild About Movies thinks so!

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