And nominations do matter. They always, always introduce Meryl Streep as the most Oscar nominated actress, male or female, dead or alive. No matter where she goes.
Setting records left and right. She's definitely the standard for everything. Whether people realize it or not they will be compared to her in some way or another.
The committee have such a hard on for her. I suppose as far as respectable female artists with commercial appeal go she's in a league of her own, but still