Why Meryl Streep Should Win a Fourth Oscar

Even if she doesn’t bring this one home, Streep already has more accolades than any other actor in history.

Actress Meryl Streep, winner of the Best Actress Award for 'The Iron Lady,' poses in the press room at the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images

As a three-time Oscar winner, Meryl Streep is only one of six actors with that status.

With Sunday night’s Oscars, there is a chance she will catch up with Katharine Hepburn—the only actress to win four Academy Awards for lead roles.

Streep’s history with the Oscars began in 1980, when she first won Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She played a wife who divorces her workaholic husband in the family drama “Kramer vs. Kramer.”

She then went on to take the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1983 for “Sophie’s Choice.” In a spellbinding performance, Streep played a Polish woman who is haunted by her experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. It was a role she begged for, learning Polish and German to perfect her accent.

Holding her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, CA, 16 September after being honored for her acting career. Mike Nelson/AFP/Getty Images