Meryl Streep is the most nominated and awarded actor of all time!

Last week Meryl Streep won best actress for her role in the film about Margaret Thatcher "Iron Lady". This occasion marked her 17th Oscar nomination (she's won three). It makes her the most nominated and awarded actor of all time. She has been nominated for 17 Academy Awards, 14 BAFTA Awards (British Academy Awards), 3 Emmy's (TV awards), 26 Golden Globes (foreign press awards), 5 Grammy Awards (Music/ Recording awards), 13 Screen Actors Guild Awards (Voted on by actors), and 1 Tony (Theater Award).

Whew! Yes we agree she is pretty awesome!!!

But those are just the big ones she's also been nominated or won the following:

Theatre World Awards
Outer Critics Circle Awards
Obie Awards
Drama Desk Awards
Goldene Kamera
Teen Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards
National Movie Awards
MTV Movie Awards
Australian Film Institute Awards
American Movie Awards
American Comedy Awards
National Board of Review Awards
Irish Film and Television Awards
Saturn Awards
Satellite Awards
Gracie Allen Awards
Gotham Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Valladolid International Film Festival
San Sebastián International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival
Outfest
Comedy Film Awards
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award
Utah Film Critics Association
David di Donatello Award
Chlotrudis Awards
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Online Film Critics Society Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
National Society of Film Critics Awards
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
London Critics' Circle Film Awards
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
Detroit Film Critics Society
Denver Film Critics Society