It is award season in Hollywood and all that is left is the 84th Academy Awards, which will take place on February 26th at the Kodak Theater. Don’t be surprised if one of the stars of the show is the legendary Meryl Streep, who has been nominated for 17 Oscars and has come away with two (1979’s Supporting Actress honor for Kramer vs. Kramer and a 1982 nod as the lead in Sophie’s Choice).
In 2012, Streep is up for Best Actress due to her turn as Margaret Thatcher inThe Iron Lady and when we heard that they were making a movie based on the life of the longest-serving U.K. Prime Minister of the 20th century, only one woman could truly play it. So far, Streep has picked up a number of awards for her performance, and the probability of receiving her third Oscar is very high.
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2012 Oscars – Odds to Win Best Actress
Viola Davis (The Help) 5/7
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) 23/20
Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn) 15/1
Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) 40/1
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) 50/1
Streep scooped the award for Best Actress on Sunday for the BAFTA’s in London, England and that will go quite nicely with her Golden Globe, which was picked up back in January in Beverly Hills. The only major award that Streep didn’t win was at the Screen Actors Guild event in Los Angeles at the end of January when she was beaten out by Viola Davis of The Help. Her wins in the BAFTA and Golden Globes are certainly indications of where the Academy is leaning and you also have to consider that she hasn’t won an Oscar in 28 years, so that could certainly sway enough voters to give Streep an edge.
In addition to the BAFTA and Golden Globe awards, Streep has been honored by the New York Film Critics Circle, the London Critics Circle, so Streep is off to a flying start. Only a late surge for Davis is standing behind Streep, one of the all-time greats in entertainment, and her third Oscar.
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