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Meryl Streep has been nominated for over 20 Academy Awards — the Academy’s perennial anxiety.

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Streep has received 20+ Oscar nominations—widely cited at 21—and has won 3 times. The nomination count reflects sustained top-tier recognition across multiple decades and genres.

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