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Meryl Streep has more Golden Globe nominations than anyone in history

A look back at Streep's 32 nominations -- the most ever.
By EW Staff
Updated December 09, 2019 at 08:39 AM EST
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Meryl Streep, Queen of the Globes

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Death, taxes, tweets from Donald Trump about "fake news," and Meryl Streep landing among the Golden Globe Awards nominees: all things you can set your watch to. On Monday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated Streep for the 32nd time -- the most by any single actor in the 77-year history of the Golden Globes. Ahead, a look at Streep's lengthy list of competition nominations (not counting her Cecile B. DeMille lifetime achievement award in 2017).

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Best supporting actress: The Deer Hunter (1978)

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Streep's first Globes nomination came for her breakout film, Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter. The Oscar-winning feature also netted Streep a corresponding nomination in the best supporting actress category at the Academy Awards.

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Best supporting actress: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

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Streep won her first Globe for playing Dustin Hoffman's ex-wife -- a performance that also won Streep her first Oscar.

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Best actress, drama: The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

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Streep won her first Golden Globe Award for lead actress thanks to the 1981 drama. She was also nominated (but lost) at the Oscars.

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Best actress, drama: Sophie's Choice (1982)

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Streep's third Globes win in four years came for Sophie's Choice. The legendary performance also won Streep her second Oscar (and first for lead actress).

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Best actress, drama: Silkwood (1983)

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Streep scored another best actress nomination, her third in a row, for Mike Nichols' Silkwood. Broken record: the actress was also nominated for an Oscar.

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Best actress, drama: Out of Africa (1985)

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Ho-hum, another best actress nomination for Streep (another corresponding nomination at the Academy Awards).

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Best actress, drama: A Cry in the Dark (1988)

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Streep had to wait three whole years for a subsequent Golden Globe Award nomination, scoring a best actress nod for A Cry in the Dark. (She was also nominated at the Oscars.)

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Best actress, comedy: She-Devil (1989)

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Streep is a gifted comic actress, but she never was able to truly show her range until this 1989 Roseanne Barr comedy.

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Best actress, comedy: Postcards from the Edge (1990)

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Playing an onscreen avatar for writer Carrie Fisher, Streep mined great humor and pathos from this story of mother-daughter conflict and battles with addiction. As usual, the Globes honored Streep just before the Oscars, which nominated her for Best Actress.

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Best actress, comedy: Death Becomes Her (1992)

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The Meryl Streep comedy tour bore fruit once again, as she scored a best actress nomination for Robert Zemeckis' high-concept comedy.

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Best actress, drama: The River Wild (1994)

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Meryl Streep, action star. Curtis Hanson's widely entertaining thriller showed Streep in a new light -- and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association rewarded her for the change of pace.

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Best actress, drama: The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

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Streep scored opposite Clint Eastwood in this adaptation of the best-selling novel. (The performance also landed Streep another Oscar nomination.)

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Best actress, drama: Marvin's Room (1996)

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One of eight nominations Streep received during the 1990s.

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Best actress in a TV movie or limited series: First Do No Harm (1997)

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Streep's first Globes nomination for a television performance.

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Best actress, drama: One True Thing (1998)

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Streep starred opposite Renee Zellweger in this moving drama based on the life of author Anna Quindlen.

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Best actress, drama: Music of The Heart (1999)

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Streep's first Globes nomination for a Wes Craven film.

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Best actress, drama: The Hours (2002)

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One of Streep's two Globes nominations in 2002...

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Best supporting actress: Adaptation (2002)

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Streep won at the Golden Globe Awards in 2003 for Adaptation, but she fell short at the Oscars (the win went to Chicago star Catherine Zeta-Jones instead).

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Best actress in a TV movie or miniseries: Angels in America (2003)

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Streep won her fifth Golden Globe Award (and first for a non-theatrical film) for Angels in America, the landmark HBO miniseries.

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Best supporting actress: The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

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Streep chewed scenery like a pro in Jonathan Demme's underrated remake.

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Best actress, comedy: The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

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The role that turned Meryl Streep into a box office juggernaut landed the actress nominations from the Golden Globes and Oscars.

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Best actress, comedy: Mamma Mia! (2008)

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Hey, why not?

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Best actress, drama: Doubt (2008)

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Streep played an unflinching mother superior opposite Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and a scene-stealing Viola Davis.

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Best actress, comedy: It's Complicated (2009)

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It's not that complicated: The Golden Globes love Meryl Streep.

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Best actress, comedy: Julie & Julia (2009)

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The same year Streep landed an unexpected nomination for It's Complicated, she won in the comedy category for her sympathetic work as legendary chef Julia Child.

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Best actress, drama: The Iron Lady (2011)

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Streep won best actress at the Globes and Oscars for playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.

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Best actress, comedy: Hope Springs (2012)

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Remember the movie where Streep played the wife of Tommy Lee Jones and they attend couples' therapy with a psychiatrist played by Steve Carell? It exists and counts as one of Streep's many Golden Globe nominations.

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Best actress, comedy: August: Osage County (2013)

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Nothing says comedy like Tracy Letts' caustic play about a dysfunctional family and its abusive matriarch.

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Best supporting actress: Into the Woods (2014)

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Streep hams it up like a pro in Into the Woods, giving a delightful performance (while proving she can carry a tune).

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Best actress, comedy: Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

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This drama about the world's worst singer provided Streep with her 30th nomination -- and while she didn't win during the 2017 Globes ceremony, Streep did get to give a speech...

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Cecil B. DeMille Award (2016)

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Streep used her speech to unload on President Donald Trump -- without ever even mentioning Trump's name. Naturally, the president took offense. "Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn’t know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes," Trump wrote on Twitter.

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