Meryl Streep creates history with her 30th Golden Globes nomination

Meryl Streep recently received her 30th Golden Globes nomination for ‘Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture.’ The 67-year-old has, thus, created history with the most number of nods. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has nominated the 'Florence Foster Jenkins’ star for the wards - she has, therefore, become the most-nominated performer in Golden Globes history in 2009.
It is thanks to her double lead actress nominations for ‘Doubt’ and ‘Mamma Mia!’ - these gave her 23 nominations and seven more since then.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 13 December 2016.

Meryl Streep, The Mamma Mia star, also holds the records for most Golden Globe wins for her roles in Kramer vs. Karmer (1979), The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981), Sophie’s Choice (1982), Adaptation (2002), Angels in America (2003), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Julie & Julia (2009) and The Iron Lady (2010).
In addition, she will receive the ‘Cecil B. Demille Award’ at the ‘74th Golden Globe Award’ this year. Other contenders in the award category include Annette Bening for her role in ‘20th Century Women’, Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Apply), Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen) and Emma Stone (La La Land).
The movie ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ is up for ‘Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy’ - the winners will be announced on January 8, 2017, when Jimmy Fallon will host the event live on NBC.


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