Oscars 2012: Meryl Streep Wins Third Oscar, but Is She the Top Winner Ever?
Meryl Streep has led a remarkable career. The number of awards she's earned over the years is equally deserving as it is impressive, and tonight at the 84th Academy Awards, Streep added another accolade to the lengthy list, when was named Best Actress for her role playing the former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.Streep won her first Oscar back in 1980 for Best Supporting Actress in Kramer vs. Kramer and then picked up her first Best Actress win in 1983 for her dazzling performance in Sophie's Choice. And while Streep's Academy wins became rather stagnant after that (until tonight that is), she's been nominated a total 17 times over the years -- an all-time Academy record.
But even with her three impressive Oscar wins, there's one actress who still outranks her: the legendary Katharine Hepburn. Throughout the course of her career, the lovely Hepburn won a total of four Academy Awards, all for Best Actress. And while it's fair to assume Streep still has a chance of at least tying Hepburn in Oscar trophies, it's important to note that this is Streep's first win in 30 years—so the odds aren't necessarily in her favor. However, if anyone would be able to scrounge up yet another Academy honor so late in their career, it would be Meryl.
So what do you think? Does Meryl Streep still have a shot of beating Katharine Hepburn's record?
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