The Academy Awards are the end all be all for actors and actresses. Each year the creme de la creme flock to the award ceremony where they anxiously await the announcement of each winner. While the list of winners is constantly growing, it's still one of the most exclusive clubs to be a part of in Hollywood.
The larger list, of course, is of those who have been nominated. It's a bit lengthier than the list of winners. Mixed into the mass are a few rare gems that have been honored with nominations several times over.
Before the 89th Academy Awards air February 26, familiarize yourself with the actors who have the most Oscar nominations.
Mallory Schlossberg contributed to a previous version of this story on Business Insider.
Meryl Streep, 20 nominations (3 wins)
Streep is up for another Oscar at the 2017 Academy Awards for her work in "Florence Foster Jenkins." She won her previous awards for "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979), "Sophie's Choice" (1982), and most recently, "The Iron Lady" (2011).
Katharine Hepburn, 12 (4 wins)
Hepburn won her awards for "Morning Glory" (1933), "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "The Lion in Winter" (1968), and "On Golden Pond" (1981)
Jack Nicholson, 12 nominations (3 wins)
He won gold for "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975), "Terms of Endearment" (1983), and "As Good as It Gets" (1997).
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