Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 17 times. She has won it thrice. Her first was in 1979, for “Kramer vs Kramer”. She won again in 1982, for “Sophie’s Choice”. The third win was, of course, in 2012, for “The Iron Lady”.Reuters
Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 17 times. She has won it thrice. Her first was in 1979, for “Kramer vs Kramer”. She won again in 1982, for “Sophie’s Choice”. The third win was, of course, in 2012, for “The Iron Lady”.ReutersJack Nicholson won his first Oscar for his role in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975. His second was for "Terms of Endearment" in 1983 and his third was in 1997, for “As Good As It Gets”.ReutersIngrid Bergman won the Best Actress award thrice – “Gaslight” in 1944, “Anastasia” in 1956 and “Murder on the Orient Express” in 1974.The Oscars Web SiteWalter Brennan was the first actor to win three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor. These were won for “Come and Get It” in 1936, “Kentucky” in 1938 and “The Westerner” in 1940.The Oscars Official Web SiteKatharine Hepburn holds the spectacular record of being the only actor to have won Academy Awards. Moreover, all of them were for Best Actress – “Morning Glory” in 1933, “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” in 1967, “The Lion in Winter” in 1968 and “On Golden Pond” in 1981.Reuters
With her third Oscar statuette in the bag, American actress Meryl Streep has joined a rather exclusive club - she is now one of only five actors to have won that coveted golden artifact thrice.
She joins a league that includes stellar names like Jack Nicholson, Walter Brennan and Ingrid Bergman. Only fellow American actress Katherine Hepburn has more... she has four!
