Meryl Streep has received 17 Academy Award nominations, winning two. She's the most nominated actress in the Academy history. She won her first Oscar for best supporting actress for 'Kramer vs. Kramer" when she was 30 and her second win was for best actress for 'Sophie's Choice' in 1982. The Nominations are: The Deer Hunter (1979), Kramer vs. Kramer (1980), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1982), Sophie's Choice (1983), Silkwood (1984), Out of Afrika (1985), Ironweed (1988), A Cry in the Dark (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1991), The Bridges of Madison County (1996), One True Thing (1999), Music of the Heart (2000), Adaptation (2003), The Devil Wears Prada (2007), Doubt (2009), Julie & Julia (2010), The Iron Lady (2012) Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D94o7yj6mlY No copyright infringement intended.