Meryl Streep was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1979 for Best Supporting Actress in a little film known as The Deer Hunter. Since then, Streep has amassed a grand total of 18 Oscar nominations. That's more acting nominations than any other actor, male or female, in the history of the Academy Awards. To put this achievement in some mathematical perspective, since her first nomination in 1979, Streep has averaged an Oscar nomination every 1.94 years. When Streep is eligible for a potential Oscar nomination then, chances are more than not that she will be nominated, which brings us to her upcoming role in the movie adaptation of the musical Into the Woods. For those unfamiliar with the musical, Into the Woods is populated with classic fairy tale characters such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf. Streep is tasked with the role of an evil witch and from all accounts of people who have attended early screenings of the film, Streep (as she tends to do) really plays it up. While her detractors may accuse Streep of chewing up the scenery like there is no tomorrow, this accusation has been levied against Streep in the past and almost every time the Academy has seen fit to ignore it. Considering her character is supposed to be appropriately cartoonish in the film, it is hard to believe this line of argument will stop the almighty Streep Express. The real question then is not if she will get her 19th nomination, but rather can she win her fourth Oscar, tying her with the great Katherine Hepburn for the most Oscar wins of any actor in the history of the Academy Awards?
A film fanatic at a very young age, starting with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies and gradually moving up to more sophisticated fare, at around the age of ten he became inexplicably obsessed with all things Oscar. With the incredibly trivial power of being able to chronologically name every Best Picture winner from memory, his lifelong goal is to see every Oscar nominated film, in every major category, in the history of the Academy Awards.
