Meryl Streep units new history with Sixteenth Oscar nomination

Meryl Streep's nomination for "Julie & Julia" improves her Oscar historical past to 16, placing her even further prior to Katharine Hepburn and Port Nicholson (both at 12). Though Hepburn won four lead-actress Academy prizes and Nicholson a couple of lead-actor School Awards as well as a assisting one, Streep has just one cause Oscar and a assisting prize to demonstrate for all her nominations.

Though Streep just smashed Hepburn's historical past of an even number of nods in the lead-actress competitiveness, she should take creativity from Hepburn's Oscar historical past. Hepburn won her first Oscar bid, for "Morning Glory" in 1933, but she missing her next eight Oscar events. It was only after Hepburn converted 60 in 1967 -- the age Streep is now -- that she won again with nod No. 10 for "Guess Who's Returning to Dining." Hepburn acknowledged that win as a way for the academy to recognition her overdue really like and consistent costar Spencer Tracy, who had passed away just times after completing "Guess Who's Returning to Dining."

The following season, Hepburn won again for "The Lion in Winter weather," becoming the first recurring success since Tracy drawn off that accomplishment in 1937 ("Captains Courageous") and 1938 ("Boys Town"). Hepburn distributed the prize with Artist novice Barbra Streisand ("Funny Girl"). And almost 30 years ago, Hepburn gathered her historical past 4th Oscar for "On Fantastic Lake." Among her competitiveness in that competitiveness -- Meryl Streep fighting with her first cause nod for "The France Lieutenant's Lady."

Streep won the cause celebrity Oscar the following season for "Sophie's Selection." Her cause failures since then are as follows: "Silkwood" (1983) to Shirley MacLaine ("Terms of Endearment"); "Out of Africa" (1985) to Geraldine Web page ("The Vacation to Bountiful"); "Ironweed" (1987) to Cher ("Moonstruck"); "A Cry in the Dark" (1988) to Jodie Nurture ("The Accused"); "Postcards From the Edge" (1990) to  Kathy Bates ("Misery"); "The Connects of Madison County" (1995) to Leslie Sarandon ("Dead Man Walking"); "One Real Thing" (1998) to Gwyneth Paltrow ("Shakespeare in Love"); "Music of the Heart" (1999) to Hilary Swank ("Boys Don't Cry"); "The Demon Would wear Prada" (2006) to Sue Mirren ("The Queen"); and "Doubt" (2008) to Kate Winslet ("The Reader").

Streep was 30 when she won her first Oscar -- a assisting prize for "Kramer vs. Kramer." She missing her first assisting bid -- "The Deer Hunter" (1978) --  to Maggie Jackson ("California Suite") and her most latest assisting nod -- "Adaptation" (2002) -- to Catherine Zeta-Jones ("Chicago").

If Streep benefits on Goal 7, it will be 27 decades since her past success. The lengthiest period between two advantages was 38 decades, a historical past set by Sue Hayes: cause celebrity for "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" (1932) and assisting celebrity for "Airport" (1970).

If Streep statements a third Oscar, she will be linked with three other celebrities for having the second-most benefits for performance: Nicholson ("As Excellent as It Gets," 1997; "Terms of Endearment," 1983; "One Travelled Over the Cuckoo's Home," 1975), Ingrid Bergman ("Murder on the Navigate Communicate," 1974; "Anastasia," 1956; "Gaslight," 1944) and Wally Brennan ("The Westerner," 1940; "Kentucky," 1938; "Come and Get It," 1936).