'Honoured beyond measure: Meryl Streep reacts to 21st Oscar nomination
January 23, 2018  23:12
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Meryl Streep received her 21st Oscar nomination, breaking her own record as the most-nominated performer of all time.

The 68-year-old is nominated for best actress for her role as publisher Katharine Graham in The Post. The nod extends her record by nine over Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson, who each have 12.

I am honoured beyond measure by this nomination for a film I love, a film that stands in defense of press freedom, and inclusion of womens voices in the movement of history, Streep said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times. Proud of the film, and all her filmmakers. Thank you from a full heart.

The movie star has won twice in the best actress category for Sophies Choice in 1983 and The Iron Lady in 2012 and also scored a best supporting actress trophy for Kramer vs Kramer in 1980. 

She received her first nomination for The Deer Hunter in 1979 and has since been nominated for films including Postcards From the Edge (1991), The Devil Wears Prada (2007), Doubt (2009), Julie & Julia (2010) and Florence Foster Jenkins (2017), among others

In this years best actress category, Streep is up against Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouris Frances McDormand, Lady Birds Saoirse Ronan, I, Tonyas Margot Robbie and The Shape of Waters Sally Hawkins.
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