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2 actors could tie Katharine Hepburn’s Oscar win record

Day-Lewis, Streep each eyeing 4th Academy Award

- Carla Meyer is a freelance writer. By Carla Meyer

Katharine Hepburn holds the record for most acting Academy Awards, but for how long? Here’s a by-the-numbers look at the actors primed to break her run:

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Number of acting Academy Awards won by Katharine Hepburn (for “Morning Glory,” “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “The Lion in Winter” and “On Golden Pond”).

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Number of living performers who have won three Oscars: Daniel DayLewis (“My Left Foot,” “There Will Be Blood” and “Lincoln”), Jack Nicholson (“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Terms of Endearment” and “As Good as It Gets”) and Meryl Streep (“Kramer vs. Kramer,” “Sophie’s Choice” and “The Iron Lady”).

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Day-Lewis and Streep have shots at tying Hepburn this year, if DayLewis wins for “Phantom Thread” and if the same happens with Streep and “The Post.”

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Day-Lewis could tie Hepburn in a purer sense because all his Oscars, like hers, would have come for lead performanc­es. (Hepburn won her first before there were supporting categories, but she was the star of “Morning Glory”). Streep’s “Kramer” Oscar was for supporting actress.

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Day-Lewis’ win percentage so far, with three Oscars from five nomination­s. Hepburn went 4-for-12, or 33.3 percent.

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Age at which Day-Lewis announced, in 2017, he was through with acting, thus leaving …

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Chance he could tie Hepburn after this year if he means it.

 ?? LAURIE SPARHAM/AP ?? Daniel Day-Lewis is nominated for an Oscar for his performanc­e in “Phantom Thread.”
LAURIE SPARHAM/AP Daniel Day-Lewis is nominated for an Oscar for his performanc­e in “Phantom Thread.”
 ?? NIKO TAVERNISE/AP ?? Meryl Streep is an Oscar nominee for “The Post.”
NIKO TAVERNISE/AP Meryl Streep is an Oscar nominee for “The Post.”

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