Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Meryl  Streep

Meryl Streep

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NOMINATED ROLE

Meryl Streep plays Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the strict head of a Bronx Catholic school who suspects that a new priest may be abusing one of her students.
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ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY

This is the fifteenth Academy Award nomination for Meryl Streep. She was previously nominated for:

  • THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (2006) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
  • ADAPTATION (2002) -- Nominee, Actress in a Supporting Role
  • MUSIC OF THE HEART (1999) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
  • ONE TRUE THING (1998) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
  • THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (1995) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
  • POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (1990) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
  • A CRY IN THE DARK (1988) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
  • IRONWEED (1987) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
  • OUT OF AFRICA (1985) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
  • SILKWOOD (1983) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
  • SOPHIE'S CHOICE (1982) -- Winner, Actress in a Leading Role
  • THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN (1981) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
  • KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979) -- Winner, Actress in a Supporting Role
  • THE DEER HUNTER (1978) -- Nominee, Actress in a Supporting Role

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