They collectively earned 29 nominations in the category, racking up six wins between them.
Both actresses are part of the Oscars' history books.
It proved to be a Best Actress race for the ages that signified a changing of the guard.
Streep was also nominated thanks to her dual performance as Sara Woodruff and Anna inThe French Lieutenant’s Woman.
While Streep is solidified as a major Oscars favorite nowadays, this was her breakthrough performance for the Academy.
It received ten nominations and won three, including Best Actor for Henry Fonda and Best Actress for Hepburn.
Despite being in eight more movies before retiring, she did not receive another Oscar nomination.
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She’s still two wins away from tying Hepburn’s record as a result.
Of course, Streep’s Oscars records do not stop with nominations as a lead.
The year is an unofficialpassing of the torch for the category between the two stars.
It makes the 1982Oscarsthe intersection of the two most prominent figures in Best Actress of the last 90 years.
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