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While everyone seems focused on when she’ll win her third Oscar the real question is whether Streep can ever claims a Tony to complete her collection. Streep won her first Emmy in 1978 for Best TV Movie/Mini Actress for "Holocaust" and her first Oscar for her supporting turn in "Kramer vs. Kramer" the following year. She won the Best Actress Oscar in 1982 for "Sophie's Choice" and another Emmy for the miniseries "Angels in America" in 2004.  

Prior to all those wins, she lost her only Tony bid for her featured performance in the play “27 Wagons Full of Cotton" to Shirley Knight for “Kennedy’s Children.” As Streep’s film career took off, her Oscar nominations racked up while her theatre credentials cooled off. She currently seems out front to win the Oscar for “The Iron Lady,” but perhaps she should have done it on Broadway rather than the big screen. Whatever happens, it’s hard to imagine that America’s greatest living actress can get through life without being tossed a Tony.

Text: Tariq Khan

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