Meryl Streep Oscar Nominations

I thought that was the only name. Evil Angel is a major porn company if you google it by the way...

She is absolutely this good. I don't think a single actor, male or female, comes close to Meryl Streep. Maybe Brando, but I think a lot of his success on-screen comes from his irrepressible charisma (in addition to great acting chops). Streep is pure acting.

The distinction between actors and supporting actors is becoming more and more absurd. Either the definitions should be clearly established in terms of screen-time or number of lines, or the categories should be removed.

You do raise an interesting point. Despite the title, Mrs. Kramer (i.e., Streep) isn't in the movie all that much. It's mostly about Mr. Kramer trying to raise his son after the divorce. So, in that sense, Streep's role is definitely "supporting" in that movie. But she's also the most important female character, so...the female lead. I'd actually say that yes, she's better called a supporting actress than lead actress in Kramer vs. Kramer, but as rocamorar noted, it's certainly up for debate because there is no hard and fast criteria on which to apply these labels.

It's absurd that Tatum O'Neal is the youngest person to win a Best Supporting Oscar. She was clearly a lead role, Street showed up once in a while in Kramer vs Kramer. The title referred to the divorce, which had a huge impact on the two lead characters, Mr. Kramer and his son. The Wizard of Oz was merely a bit character at the end of the trip taken by the lead actors ya know.