Streep, 62 – already a winner of two Oscars – has been shortlisted for a record 17th time this year for her role as former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.
The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were revealed in Beverly Hills yesterday and included nods for Oldman, 53, for his role as George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Branagh for playing Sir Laurence Olivier in the Marilyn Monroe biopic My Week With Marilyn.
