Meryl Streep is an American actress who has been recognized with numerous accolades for her work on screen and stage having been one of few individuals to be nominated for both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Streep has won three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, four Emmy Awards, and two Actor Awards as well as nominations for seven Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. She received numerous honorary accolades including an Honorary César in 2003, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2011, the Honorary Golden Bear in 2012, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2017. She was presented with the National Medal of Arts in 2010 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014 from Barack Obama.
She holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor, having been nominated 21 times—17 for Best Actress, and four for Best Supporting Actress—since the first nomination in 1978 for her performance in The Deer Hunter. She has won three times for her work in Kramer vs. Kramer (1980), Sophie's Choice (1983), and The Iron Lady (2012), making her the fifth actor to win three competitive acting Academy Awards. In 2009, Streep became the most-nominated performer in the Golden Globe Awards history when her Best Actress nominations for Doubt and Mamma Mia! gave her 23 in total, surpassing Jack Lemmon’s previous record of 22. Three years later, she garnered her eighth win for The Iron Lady, more than any actors. She received a record-breaking 30th nomination for Florence Foster Jenkins (2017).
With her fifteenth nomination for Florence Foster Jenkins in 2017, Streep tied with Judi Dench for the most-nominated actor at the BAFTA Awards. She has won the award for Best Actress twice for her roles in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1982) and The Iron Lady (2012). For her work in The Hours, Streep received a Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival, who later recognized her with an Honorary Golden Bear at their 62nd ceremony. Her portrayal as Lindy Chamberlain in Evil Angels earned her a Cannes Film Festival Award.
In 1976, Streep won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performance for her stage debut in Trelawny of the 'Wells' and Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. The latter work also earned her nominations for Best Actress at the Drama Desk and Tony Award. The following year, she was a double nominee at the Drama Desk Award for the featured role in The Cherry Orchard and starred in the musical Happy End. Streep won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie for her roles in the miniseries Holocaust (1978) and Angels in America (2003). She also won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for her work on documentary Five Came Back (2017).
In 1983, Yale University, from which Streep graduated in 1975, awarded her an Honorary Degree, a Doctorate of Fine Arts. The first university to award her an Honorary Degree was Dartmouth College, where she spent time as a transfer student in 1970, in 1981. In 1998, Women in Film awarded Streep with the Crystal Award."Award recipients" WIF.org web site In 1999, she was awarded a George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film. In 2004, at the Moscow International Film Festival, she was honored with the Stanislavsky Award for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of Stanislavsky's school. In 2008, Streep was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. In 2009, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by Princeton University. In 2010 she elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts degree by Harvard University.
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Major awards Academy Awards Year Category Work Result Received by 1979 Best Supporting Actress The Deer Hunter Maggie Smith (California Suite) 1980 Kramer vs. Kramer 1982 Best Actress The French Lieutenant's Woman Katharine Hepburn (On Golden Pond) 1983 Sophie's Choice 1984 Silkwood Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment) 1986 Out of Africa Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful) 1988 Ironweed Cher (Moonstruck) 1989 A Cry in the Dark Jodie Foster (The Accused) 1991 Postcards from the Edge Kathy Bates (Misery) 1996 The Bridges of Madison County Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking) 1999 One True Thing Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) 2000 Music of the Heart Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry) 2003 Best Supporting Actress Adaptation Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago) 2007 Best Actress The Devil Wears Prada Helen Mirren (The Queen) 2009 Doubt Kate Winslet (The Reader) 2010 Julie & Julia Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) 2012 The Iron Lady 2014 August: Osage County Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) 2015 Best Supporting Actress Into the Woods Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) 2017 Best Actress Florence Foster Jenkins Emma Stone (La La Land) 2018 The Post Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Actor Awards Year Category Work Result 1995 Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role The River Wild 1996 The Bridges of Madison County 1997 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Marvin's Room 1999 Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role One True Thing 2000 Music of the Heart 2003 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Adaptation The Hours 2004 Outstanding Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Angels in America 2007 Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role The Devil Wears Prada 2009 Doubt Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture 2010 Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role Julie & Julia 2012 The Iron Lady 2014 August: Osage County Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture 2015 Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role Into the Woods 2017 Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role Florence Foster Jenkins 2020 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Big Little Lies 2022 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Don't Look Up 2024Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesOnly Murders in the Building
BAFTA Awards British Academy Film Awards Year Category Work Result 1980 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Manhattan Best Actress in a Leading Role The Deer Hunter 1981 Kramer vs. Kramer 1982 The French Lieutenant's Woman 1984 Sophie's Choice 1985 Silkwood 1987 Out of Africa 2003 The Hours Best Actress in a Supporting Role Adaptation 2005 The Manchurian Candidate 2007 Best Actress in a Leading Role The Devil Wears Prada 2009 Doubt 2010 Julie & Julia 2012 The Iron Lady 2017 Florence Foster Jenkins
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Work Result Film 2003 Best Supporting Actress Adaptation 2007 Best Actress The Devil Wears Prada 2009 Doubt 2010 Julie & Julia 2012 The Iron Lady 2014 August: Osage County 2015 Best Supporting Actress Into The Woods 2017 Best Comedy Actress Florence Foster Jenkins 2018 Best Actress The Post Television 2024 Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Only Murders in the Building
Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Work Result 1978 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Holocaust 1997 ...First Do No Harm 2003 Angels in America 2017 Outstanding Narrator Five Came Back (episode: "The Price of Victory") 2020 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Big Little Lies (episode: "I Want to Know") 2024 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Only Murders in the Building (episode: "Grab Your Hankies") Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2025 Outstanding Children's Personality Storyline Online: The Three Questions
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Work Result 1979 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture The Deer Hunter 1980 Kramer vs. Kramer 1982 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama The French Lieutenant's Woman 1983 Sophie's Choice 1984 Silkwood 1986 Out of Africa 1989 A Cry in the Dark 1990 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy She-Devil 1991 Postcards from the Edge 1993 Death Becomes Her 1995 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama The River Wild 1996 The Bridges of Madison County 1997 Marvin's Room 1998 Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film ...First Do No Harm 1999 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama One True Thing 2000 Music of the Heart 2003 The Hours Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Adaptation 2004 Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film Angels in America 2005 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture The Manchurian Candidate 2007 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Devil Wears Prada 2009 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Doubt Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Mamma Mia! 2010 It's Complicated Julie & Julia 2012 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama The Iron Lady 2013 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Hope Springs 2014 August: Osage County 2015 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Into the Woods 2017 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Florence Foster Jenkins Cecil B. DeMille Award 2018 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama The Post 2020Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or TV Movie Big Little Lies 2024 Only Murders in the Building
Grammy Awards Year Category Work Result 1987 Best Album for Children The Velveteen Rabbit 1990 The Tailor of Gloucester The Tale of Peter Rabbit 2007 Best Spoken Word Album for Children The One and Only Shrek! 2008 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Mamma Mia! 2020Best Spoken Word Album Charlotte's Web (E. B. White) 2024 Big Tree
Tony Awards Year Category Work Result 1976 Best Featured Actress in a Play 27 Wagons Full of Cotton
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result AACTA Awards 1989 Best Actress in a Leading Role Evil Angels AACTA International Awards 2012 Best Actress The Iron Lady 2014 August: Osage County 2015 Best Supporting Actress Into the Woods AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2003 Best Actress Adaptation 2005 The Manchurian Candidate Breakaway Performance Stuck on You 2007 Best Actress The Devil Wears Prada 2008 Lions for Lambs 2009 Doubt Best Grown-Up Love Story and Pierce Brosnan for Mamma Mia! 2010 and Stanley Tucci for Julie & Julia , Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin for It's Complicated Best Actress Julie & Julia It's Complicated 2012 The Iron Lady Best Grown-Up Love Story and Jim Broadbent for The Iron Lady 2013 and Tommy Lee Jones for Hope Springs Best Actress Hope Springs 2014 August: Osage County 2017 Florence Foster Jenkins Best Grown-Up Love Story and Hugh Grant for Florence Foster Jenkins 2018 Best Actress The Post Aftonbladet TV Prize 1986 Female Foreign TV Personality of the Year Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2006 Best Actress in a Comedic Performance The Devil Wears Prada 2007 Actress Defying Age and Ageism 2008 Best Actress Doubt Actress Defying Age and Ageism Mamma Mia! Lifetime Achievement Award Women's Image Award 2009 Best Animated Female Fantastic Mr. Fox Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction and Alec Baldwin for It's Complicated Actress Defying Age and Ageism It's Complicated