Meryl Streep has received a record 19 Oscar nominations in the last 37 years - and she shows no signs of slowing down! Check out her many red carpet appearances at the Academy Awards from 1979 to 2014 Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage
When it comes to the Oscars, it's 's world and everyone else is just living in it. The Into the Woods star (who's nominated again at the 2015 Academy Awards) has earned 19 acting nominations in the last 37 years, more than any other actor or actress in the history of the show. At this point, if she's in a movie, it's more newsworthy when she doesn't get a nomination than when she does.
Of those 19 nominations, 15 have been for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and four for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Somewhat surprisingly, she has just three wins: for Kramer vs. Kramer in 1980, Sophie's Choice in 1983, and The Iron Lady in 2012 (above).
Win or lose, though, Ms. Streep is always a welcome sight on the red carpet. No doubt she'll charm again on Sunday, Feb. 22, at the 2015 Academy Awards, but in the meantime, check out some of her many Oscars appearances from 1979 to now!
1979: The Vassar College and Yale School of Drama alum made her debut at the Oscars at age 29, when she was nominated for her supporting role in The Deer Hunter, which racked up five wins, including Best Picture and Best Actor in a Supporting Role (for Christopher Walken). Her date for the evening was her husband, sculptor Don Gummer, whom she had married just six months earlier. Over 35 years later, the spouses share four kids, singer Henry Wolfe, 35; actresses Mamie, 31, and Grace, 28; and model Louisa, 23.
Meryl Streep and husband Don Gummer at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the Academy Awards in 1979. Ron Galella/WireImage
1980: The 1980 Academy Awards were all about Kramer vs. Kramer. Both Streep and costar Dustin Hoffman earned acting trophies, and the divorce drama itself won Best Picture (among other things).
Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman in 1980. Getty Images
1983: Streep's second win came just three years after her first, for the holocaust tearjerker Sophie's Choice. She beat out Frances star Jessica Lange in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category — but Lange ended up winning in the Supporting Role category for Tootsie.
Jessica Lange wins Best Supporting Actress for Toosie alongside Meryl Streep who won Best Actress for Sophie's Choice in 1983. ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images
1989: Between 1979 and 1989, Streep was nominated every year except 1981, 1985, and 1987. She was nominated in 1989 for her role in A Cry in the Dark ("A dingo's got my baby!"), but lost to The Accused actress Jodie Foster.
Meryl Streep and Don Gummer during 61st Annual Academy Awards - Governor's Ball in 1989. Barry King/WireImage
1996: After losing the 1991 Oscar to Misery's Kathy Bates, the Postcards From the Edge actress went four years without another nomination — her longest blank stretch to date. She returned as a nominee in 1996, after an acclaimed turn in the romantic drama The Bridges of Madison County.
Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, and Meryl Streep in 1996. Barry King/WireImage
1999: The One True Thing star upped the glamour at the 71st Academy Awards, where she lost the best actress Oscar to Shakespeare in Love star .
Meryl Street at the 71st Annual Academy Awards in 1999. SGranitz/WireImage
2003: The Adaptation actress wasn't just nominated at the 75th awards show; she also had the honor of presenting the honorary Oscar to the late Lawrence of Arabia star Peter O'Toole, who holds the records for most nominations without a competitive win.
Actress Meryl Streep hugs Honorary Oscar winner Irish actor Peter O'Toole during the 75th Academy Awards in 2003. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
2007: Streep's memorable turn as the impossibly demanding editor-in-chief of a Vogue-like fashion publication in The Devil Wears Prada earned her yet another lead actress nomination. She lost to The Queen's Helen Mirren.
Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman at the 79th Annual Academy Awards. Steve Granitz/WireImage
2010: Streep perfectly channeled famed chef Julia Child in the Amy Adams-costarring Julie & Julia, but it was The Blind Side's who took home the Oscar.
Meryl Streep arrives at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards in 2010. Jason Merritt/Getty Images
2014: Streep's most recent nomination was for the ensemble dysfunctional family dramedy August: Osage County, based on Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. It costarred, among others, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dermot Mulroney, Juliette Lewis, and, who was also nominated for an Oscar.
