2014 Oscar nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role (5)

Meryl Streep for August: Osage County

Meryl Streep portrays Violet Weston, an Oklahoma matriarch whose three grown daughters return home for their father's funeral.

Academy Awards History
This is the eighteenth Academy Award nomination for Meryl Streep. She was previously nominated for:

THE IRON LADY (2011)
Winner, Actress in a Leading Role

JULIE & JULIA (2009)
Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

Doubt (2008)
Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

The Devil wears Prada (2006)
Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

Adaptation (2002)
Nominee, Actress in a Supporting Role

Music of the heart (1999)
Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

One true thing (1998)
Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

The Bridges Of Madison County (1995)
Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (1990)
Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

A CRY IN THE DARK (1988)
Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

Ironweed (1987)
Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

OUT OF AFRICA (1985)
Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

Silkwood (1983)
Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

Sophie's choice (1982)
Winner, Actress in a Leading Role

THE French Lieutenant'S Woman (1981)
Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Winner, Actress in a Supporting Role

The Deer Hunter (1978)
Nominee, Actress in a Supporting Role