Actresses with at least Five Oscar Nominations

A number of actresses have received at least five Oscar nominations for Best Actress and/or Best Supporting Actress. List them.
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Won 2 Best Actress, 1 Supporting
Meryl Streep
12
Won 4 Best Actress, 2 back to back
Katherine Hepburn
10
Lyrical "eyes"
Bette Davis
8
Bountiful
Geraldine Page
7
Highest overall winning percentage (42.8) with 3
Ingrid Bergman
7
Won 1 Supporting
Judi Dench
7
Won 2 Best Actress Awards
Jane Fonda
7
Longest acceptance speech
Greer Garson
6
Won 1 Best Actress, 1 Supporting
Cate Blanchett
6
Alice
Ellen Burstyn
6
Has never won, but has 3 Tonys and 3 Emmys
Glenn Close
6
Never won, received Honorary Award
Deborah Kerr
6
First movie was with a BIG Ape
Jessica Lange
6
Booed during acceptance speach
Vanessa Redgrave
6
All supporting nominations, never won
Thelma Ritter
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6
Won one by losing one (but 2 total)
Maggie Smith
6
Her first name is actually Mary
Sissy Spacek
6
She'll probably always be linked with Leo
Kate Winslet
5
Has never won
Amy Adams
5
Joan Crawford accepted for her, much to #3's consternation
Anne Bancroft
5
Melanie
Olivia de Havilland
5
Never won, auditioned for the Met before doing films
Irene Dunne
5
I Want to Live!
Susan Hayward
5
1 Best Actress, plus a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Audrey Hepburn
5
Won on her 25th birthday
Jennifer Jones
5
"I deserve this"
Shirley MacLaine
5
Most recent Best Actress winner
Julianne Moore
5
Won as a Nun
Susan Sarandon
5
"cross eyed", was offered Scarlett O'Hara but didn't do it for that reason
Norma Shearer
5
2 best actress wins, plus a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Elizabeth Taylor
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11 Comments
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Level 89
Aug 21, 2015
de Havilland with double 'l'.
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Level 38
Aug 21, 2015
Corrected.
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Level 73
Aug 21, 2015
Glenn Close with double "n". Great quiz, BTW.
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Level 38
Aug 24, 2015
Hopefully corrected. I try but I don't know that they always "take".
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Level 71
Aug 22, 2015
...and Judi Dench. But very good quiz.
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Level 38
Aug 24, 2015
Thanks. Again, hopefully corrected.
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Level 87
Jul 23, 2016
Judi Dench is still not corrected
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Level 66
Sep 16, 2016
Time to change the clue for Julianne Moore.
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Level 62
May 14, 2021
Katharine Hepburn has the a instead of e in the middle of the name. Fun quiz!
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Level 93
Aug 26, 2022
Quiz needs an update. A couple of these actresses have gotten more Oscar nominations since 2015, and some new ones have been added, like Frances McDormand.
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Level 61
Aug 29, 2022
More time please