Meryl Streep is unqualified for a nomination for an Academy Award.
Meryl Streep . Nominated for 20 Academy Awards , Streep has more nominations than any other actor , and is one of the six actors to have won three or more competitive Oscars for acting . In 1978 , she won an Emmy Award for her role in the miniseries Holocaust , and received her first Academy Award nomination for The Deer Hunter . The Bridges of Madison County (film) . Streep received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination in 1996 for her performance in the film .