List of Meryl Streep
Oscar nominations, wins
Updated: May 2025
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)
2011: Iron Lady (best actress), won — 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)
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)
1982: Sophie’s Choice (best actress), won — 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)
1979: Kramer vs. Kramer (best supporting actress), won — 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)