The reality is, of course, that Meryl is missing a few significant awards, and, while she's certainly one of the most acclaimed actors in history, she has a bit longer to go to take every major entertainment award. Below I profile five awards she's been nominated for, but hasn't quite sealed the deal.
Nominations: 4 (Defending Your Life, Death Becomes Her, The Manchurian Candidate, and Into the Woods)
"I Beat Meryl!": Virginia Madsen in Candyman, Andie MacDowell in Groundhog Day, and Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill Volume 2 vanquished her.
Future Prospects: I suspect that even if she doesn't win at the Saturns later this year (the ceremony is held at the end of June), Into the Woods will be her closest association with a trophy. She's got stiff competition at the awards (which honor Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror), with fellow Oscar nominee Emma Stone (Birdman) as well as Jessica Chastain (Interstellar) and last year's winner Scarlett Johansson (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) facing off against her. Meryl doesn't do a lot of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Horror, so I can't say that I suspect this will get off the list anytime soon if she doesn't win for the Witch.
Grammy Award
Nominations: 5 (The Velveteen Rabbit, The Tailor of Gloucester, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The One and Only Shrek, and Mamma Mia!)
"I Beat Meryl": Spoken word categories (which all but Mamma Mia! are where she got her nominations) are always such fun to see who randomly gets in the assortment, and this is no different: the Muppets, Robin Williams, and Harry Potter have all taken down Meryl at the high honors of music. It's worth noting that Williams beat Meryl twice, as Tailor of Gloucester and The Tale of Peter Rabbit both came out the same year.
Future Prospects: Here the prospects actually seem pretty strong if she can negotiate top billing. Into the Woods is the only major musical that will be in contention next year, and the Compilation Soundtrack category has been home to a number of musical-film winners (Ray, Walk the Line, Crazy Heart, Frozen). If she can get listed as a principle soloist (which seems likely), she should get a sixth nomination, and possibly a trophy.
Nominations: 1 (27 Wagons Full of Cotton/A Memory of Two Mondays)
"I Beat Meryl": The only person to ever beat Meryl for a Tony is Shirley Knight, who randomly won basically every acting trophy around except the Oscar, which is Meryl's signature show.
Future Prospects: Bad, I say. Meryl is at the peak of her fame right now, perhaps even a little on the decline of it, and could certainly net a Tony if she EVER decided to go back and play an iconic role on Broadway. However, she has shown little appetite to return to the boards, only doing small off-Broadway work or Shakespeare in the Park instead. I don't know if it's nerves (she's so out of practice on stage and people still rave about how sensational she was back in the 1970's), but this is clearly the biggest acting award she's never won and I suspect that Meryl herself, so seemingly flippant about awards, probably keeps an empty spot on her mantle for a Tony.
Drama Desk Awards
Nominations: 5 (Secret Service/A Memory of Two Mondays/27 Wagons Full of Cotton/Trelawny of the "Wells", The Cherry Orchard, Happy End, The Seagull, and Mother Courage and Her Children)
"I Beat Meryl": Theater legend Rosemary Harris, as well as Lindsay Duncan, Eve Best, Rosemary de Angelis, and Clamma Dale
Future Prospects: Slightly better than the Tony, if only because Meryl occasionally does work in off-Broadway sorts of roles that are eligible for the Drama Desk but not the Tony. It's worth noting that both The Seagull and Mother Courage were in the past fifteen years, but lost to Tony-winning Duncan and Tony-nominated Best (despite their celebration of the off-Broadway community, the winners are almost always playing near Shubert Alley).
Teen Choice Awards
Nominations: 2 (Both nominations for The Devil Wears Prada)
"I Beat Meryl": Meryl lot Choice Chemistry (co-nominated with Anne Hathaway) to Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn in The Break-Up and lost Choice Sleazebag to Bill Nighy in Pirates of the Caribbean 2. And THIS is why we don't let the public vote on the Oscars.
Future Prospects: I mean, this is not going to happen, but it's funny to think about. She's actually made a play for it with populist hits like Mamma Mia! and a foray into YA literature (Lemony Snickett, The Giver), but Selena Gomez has a better shot at the Teen Choice Awards than Meryl Streep.
And there you have it-five awards Meryl Streep doesn't have. Which do you think she'll win first? Which do you think will eternally allude her? Share in the comments!
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