In 1981 Kathrine Hepburn set the Oscar olympic mark as the only person to ever win 4 Oscars as an actor/actress.
It appeared at that time that the bar she set will never be equaled in our life time.
Ingrid Bergman had won 3 (1944, 1956 Best Actress, 1974 Best Supporting Actress )
Prior to her Walter Brennan had won 3 Oscars for Best Supporting Actor ( 1936, 1938, 1940 ) and in 1983 Jack Nicholson won his 3d Oscar ( Best Actor 1975, 1997, Best Supporting Actor 1983 ) and looked like he might catch up but hasn't been able to do so yet.
Last night Meryl Streep joined Walter Brennan, Ingrid Berman and Jack Nicholson in winning 3 Oscars [Best Supporting Actress (1979), Best Actress (1982), (2012)].
She now leads the field with 17 nominations and her 3 wins place her in a good position to catch up to Kate and possibly win her 4th Oscar within the next ten years. I believe she has that much left to do it and dare I say, if she does, go on to set the new standard with 5.
So far there have been only 33 other individuals with 2 Oscar wins for acting and the ones most likely of possibly achieving a third one, at least the way I see it, could be Daniel Day Lewis, Robert De Nero, Sean Penn, Michael Caine, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman, Hillary Swank, Jodie Foster and/or Jessica Lange.
Of that group, the most likely candidate would be Hillary Swank, who has the ability and enough time to catch up to Meryl.
It appeared at that time that the bar she set will never be equaled in our life time.
Ingrid Bergman had won 3 (1944, 1956 Best Actress, 1974 Best Supporting Actress )
Prior to her Walter Brennan had won 3 Oscars for Best Supporting Actor ( 1936, 1938, 1940 ) and in 1983 Jack Nicholson won his 3d Oscar ( Best Actor 1975, 1997, Best Supporting Actor 1983 ) and looked like he might catch up but hasn't been able to do so yet.
Last night Meryl Streep joined Walter Brennan, Ingrid Berman and Jack Nicholson in winning 3 Oscars [Best Supporting Actress (1979), Best Actress (1982), (2012)].
She now leads the field with 17 nominations and her 3 wins place her in a good position to catch up to Kate and possibly win her 4th Oscar within the next ten years. I believe she has that much left to do it and dare I say, if she does, go on to set the new standard with 5.
So far there have been only 33 other individuals with 2 Oscar wins for acting and the ones most likely of possibly achieving a third one, at least the way I see it, could be Daniel Day Lewis, Robert De Nero, Sean Penn, Michael Caine, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman, Hillary Swank, Jodie Foster and/or Jessica Lange.
Of that group, the most likely candidate would be Hillary Swank, who has the ability and enough time to catch up to Meryl.