Film fans can see some of the best actresses of forward-looking - day just by looking at the Oscar nominating speech of the last 20 years . Some of these actresses are veterans who have been nominated across multiple tenner . Others are mass who have appear more often in the past ten year or so , getting multiple nomination over just a few age .

tiebreaker will be the identification number of win since 2000 , follow by the first to get to that number of winnings , and then the same rule for nominating speech . The last two winner with four nominations and one winnings since 2000 will remain tied .

Jennifer Lawrence / Viola Davis - 4 (Tie)

Jennifer Lawrence has been name forWinter ’s Bone(2010),Silver Linings Playbook(2012),American Hustle(2013 ) , andJoy(2015 ) . She won the prize for Best Actress for her function inSilver Linings Playbook . She is also roll in the hay asone of the most successful actors of the 2010s .

Viola Davis has been nominated forDoubt(2008),The Help(2011),Fences(2016 ) , andMa Rainey ’s Black Bottom(2020 ) . She won Best support Actress forFences . She was also a contender to win forThe Help , but Meryl Streep won that yr .   Both Lawrence and Davis are known for roles in comic leger pic series , with Lawrence playing Mystique in theX - Menfilms and Davis toy Amanda Waller in   theSuicide Squadfilms .

Penelope Cruz/Michelle Williams (Tie) - 4

Two more actresses who are coming in with 4 are Penelope Cruz and Michelle Williams . Cruz has been name for play inVolver(2006),Vicky Cristina Barcelona(2008),Nine(2009 ) , andParallel Mothers(2021 ) . Cruz advance Best support Actress forVicky Cristina Barcelona .   She was also nominated for an Emmy and a SAG Award for her function in the TV seriesThe Assassination of Gianni Versace .

Williams , meanwhile , was nominated forBrokeback Mountain(Supporting , 2006),Blue Valentine(Lead , 2011),My Week with Marilyn(Lead , 2012 ) , andManchester by the Sea(Supporting , 2017 ) . She has yet to take home a statue , but has nabbed herself an Emmy forFosse / Verdon .

Frances McDormand - 4

Frances McDormand ’s Oscar nomination for pretend since 2000 have been forAlmost Famous(2000),North Country(2005),Three hoarding Outside Ebbing , Missouri(2017 ) , andNomadland(2020 ) . She bring home the bacon the award forThree Billboards Outside Ebbing , MissouriandNomadland .

McDormand was previously make forMississippi BurningandFargo , winning for the latter . She is one of just seven role player with three or more Oscar wins for acting . She additionally won for Best Picture forNomadland .

Renee Zellweger - 4

Renee Zellweger has been make for her performances inBridget Jones ’s Diary(2001),Chicago(2002),Cold Mountain(2003 ) , andJudy(2019 ) . She won patronage forCold Mountainand wind forJudy . Three of her four nominations have been for Best Actress .

She has also received honor aid forJerry Maguire , Nurse Betty , Bridget Jones : The Edge of Reason , andMiss Potter . She has won four SAG Awards ( including one ensemble profits ) out of five nominations .

Kate Winslet - 5

Kate Winslet ’s playacting nominating address since 2000 were for the filmsIris(2001),Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004),Little Children(2006),The Reader(2008 ) , andSteve Jobs(2015 ) . She seemed to be an often - nominated   actor who never deliver the goods for many long time until she make headway Best Actress forThe Reader .

Four of her nominations have been for Best Actress , and three have been for Best Supporting Actress . Winslet was antecedently nominated for her role inSense and Sensibility(1995 ) andTitanic(1997).Titanicis sometimes seen as havingWinslet ’s best - know character , but her other role are in effect alternativestoo .   She has also won three BAFTAs , two Emmys , a Grammy , and four SAG Awards .

Nicole Kidman - 5

Nicole Kidman has been constitute forMoulin Rouge!(2001),The Hours(2002),Rabbit Hole(2010),Lion(2016 ) , andBeing the Ricardos(2021 ) . Her function inThe Hourswon her the Oscar . All her nominations were for lede except forLion .

Kidman has also received awards attention forTo cash in one’s chips For , Cold Mountain , Nine , and the television receiver seriesBig Little Lies . She has win a BAFTA , two Emmys , and one SAG Award .

Judi Dench - 6

Dame Judi Dench has been nominated for an Oscar six times since 2000 . These cinema includeChocolat(2000),Iris(2001),Mrs . Henderson Presents(2005),Notes on a Scandal(2006),Philomena(2013 ) , andBelfast(2021 ) . She was antecedently nominated forMrs . Brown(1997 ) andShakespeare in Love(1998 ) , winning for the latter .

Dench is one of just 15 people with eight or more Oscar nominations in acting categories . Five of her eight nominations have been for Best Actress . She has come through 10 BAFTAs , two SAG Awards , and a Tony .

Amy Adams - 6

Amy Adams has six Oscar nominations , putting her behind only Glenn tight with eight nominations for the most - nominated living actor with no wins . Many thinkAdams should have won an Academy Award by now . Her nods have been for the filmsJunebug(2005),Doubt(2008),The Fighter(2010),The Master(2012),American Hustle(2013 ) , andVice(2018 ) .

All of her nominations have been for supporting except forAmerican Hustle . Adams has won four Critics ' Choice Awards and an Independent Spirit Award .

Cate Blanchett - 6

Cate Blanchett has been nominated since 2000 forThe Aviator(2004),Notes on a Scandal(2006),I’m Not There(2007),Elizabeth : The fortunate Age(2007),Blue Jasmine(2013 ) , andCarol(2015 ) . She won forThe AviatorandBlue Jasmine . Blanchett antecedently have a nominating address forElizabeth(1998 ) . Four of her seven nominations came for Best Actress .

Blanchett joined two exclusive clubs in 2007 . She became the first womanhood to be nominated for the same purpose twice . Her two nods for Queen Elizabeth I made her the quaternary of just five the great unwashed to do so . She followed Bing Crosby as Chuck O’Malley , Peter O’Toole as Henry II , and Paul Newman as Eddie Felson , and was followed herself by Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa . 2007 also saw her become the 11th of just 12 people to be nominated for lead and bear out in the same class . While she was n’t nominated forThe Lord of the Rings , the threemovies are Blanchett ’s highest - rated on IMDb .

Meryl Streep - 9

Meryl Streep ’s nine acting nominations since 2000 are more than all but eight histrion have welcome in their whole life history . These were forAdaptation(2002),The Devil wear Prada(2006),Doubt(2008),Julie & Julia(2009),The Iron Lady(2011),August : Osage River County(2013),Into the Woods(2014),Florence Foster Jenkins(2016 ) , andThe Post(2017 ) . She gain the award forThe Iron Lady . She has a totality of 21 playacting nominating speech ( 17 for Best Actress ) , nine more than anyone else . She previously gain ground for bothKramer vs. KramerandSophie ’s Choice .

Since 1979 , the longest time she has gone between nominating address is five years ( 1990 - 1995 ) . Meryl Streep has had at least one nominating address in five different decades . As Jared Leto once gag , her nominations seem to be California State Law . She has yet to be nominated in the 2020s .

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