Nominated for the first time for her supporting role in The Deer Hunter, Streep attended the ceremony with her husband Don Gummer.
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Streep won her first Academy Award for her supporting performance in Kramer vs. Kramer.
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Streep was nominated for her first Best Actress award for her role in The French Lieutenant’s Woman and wore a voluminous violet gown to the ceremony.
Streep was six months pregnant at the Oscars in 1983, where she took home the award for Best Actress for her unforgettable performance in Sophie’s Choice.
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Already a two-time winner, Streep opted for a short dress at the 1984 Oscars, where she was nominated for Best Actress in Silkwood.
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Nominated for her performance as Karen Blixen in Out of Africa, Streep wore a cream-colored evening dress with a sharp-shouldered batwing jacket to the 1986 Oscars.
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In 1988, Streep was nominated for her role in Ironwood, but skipped the ceremony because she was pregnant again. A year later, she was back in business: Streep and Gummer attended the awards, where she was nominated for Best Actress for her role in A Cry in the Dark.
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Streep was nominated for Best Actress for her role in The Bridges of Madison County in 1996 and attended the ceremony with husband and son, Henry Gummer.
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Nominated for Best Actress for her performance in One True Thing, Streep glammed it up in Valentino haute couture at the Oscars in 1999.
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Nominated for Best Actress for her performance in Music of the Heart, Streep attended the ceremony in 2000 with her daughter, Grace Gummer.
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Resplendent in a sweeping black duchesse satin gown with gunmetal organza sleeves, Streep attended the 2003 ceremony with her youngest daughter, Louisa, where she was nominated for her performance as Susan Orlean in Adaptation.
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Streep attended the ceremony for the first time as a non-nominee in 2006; she came to support her Prairie Home Companion director Robert Altman.
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Streep was nominated for her role as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada in 2007, but wore a decisively un-Wintour-like dress to the ceremony.
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Streep stunned on the red carpet in 2009 in an off-the-shoulder Alberta Ferretti gown. She was nominated for her role as Sister Aloysius Beauvier in Doubt.
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Streep may have lost out on an Oscar for Julie & Julia, but at least she turned some heads: The actress wore a gown by Project Runway alumni Chris March (the same designer as her Golden Globes dress).
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