Sure, Meryl Streep, 55, holds the record for Oscar nods in acting. But she’s won only two statuettes – the first 25 years ago for Kramer vs. Kramer, the second in 1982 for Sophie’s Choice. Here’s a glimpse at the 11 women who’ve bested the Academy’s most lauded performer, male or female.

Maggie Smith

In 1979, Dame Maggie won Best Supporting Actress playing an Oscar nominee in California Suite (nice preparation!), beating Streep’s turn as a Vietnam-era girlfriend in The Deer Hunter. Oscar Veteran? She’s had six nods; this was her second win. Costarred With Streep? Never. Fun Fact While Vietnam vets picketed Deer Hunter outside, Smith’s award was presented by 83-year-old George Burns…alongside 13-year-old Brooke Shields.

Katharine Hepburn

In 1982, Hepburn scored Best Actress as an awesome old lady in On Golden Pond, outdrawing Streep’s film-within-a-film actress in The French Lieutenant’s Woman. Oscar Veteran? Oh, just a few times. Costarred With Streep? Never. Fun Fact Great Kate picked up a record fourth statuette on her then-record 12th nomination.

Shirley MacLaine

In 1984, MacLaine won Best Actress playing tough Texas mama Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment, edging out Streep’s nuclear whistle-blower Karen Silkwood in Silkwood. Oscar Veteran? Her only win out of six nominations. Costarred With Streep? Twice, in Postcards From the Edge (1990) and Defending Your Life (1991). Fun Fact MacLaine ended her acceptance speech: ”I deserve this.” No word on how her past lives felt about it.

Geraldine Page

In 1986, she won Best Actress playing a restless old woman in The Trip to Bountiful, topping Streep’s lusty plantation owner in Out of Africa. Oscar Veteran? Her first win after eight nods. Costarred With Streep?Never. Fun Fact Page once said of Streep’s frequent use of unusual accents: ”People are beginning to wonder if she can talk normal.”

Cher

In 1988, she won Best Actress for playing a Brooklyn romantic in Moonstruck, besting Streep’s washed-up singer in Ironweed. Oscar Veteran? Only win out of two nods. Costarred With Streep? Both were nominated for Silkwood (1983) and had cameos in a little art-house film (ha!) called Stuck on You (2003). Fun Fact In her acceptance speech, she raved, ”I also would like to thank Mary Louise Streep” – Mary Louise? – ”who…I feel…so unbelievable that I did my first movie with her and now I was nominated with her.” Cher had been in three movies pre-Silkwood.

Jodie Foster

In 1989, she won Best Actress portraying a rape victim in The Accused, even though dingoes ate Streep’s baby in A Cry in the Dark. Oscar Veteran? Nominated four times, won twice. Costarred With Streep? Both provided voices for 1989’s animated short Rabbit Ears: The Fisherman and His Wife. Fun Fact Streep was so certain she wouldn’t win that she spent a whopping 60 bucks on her outfit.

Kathy Bates

In 1991, she won Best Actress for her psychotic fan in Misery, beating Streep’s stretch as a struggling actress in Postcards From the Edge. Oscar Veteran? Her only win on three nominations. Costarred With Streep?Never. Fun Fact A pregnant Streep missed the ceremony for the first time on doctor’s orders.

Susan Sarandon

In 1996, she took Best Actress portraying a death-row nun in Dead Man Walking, outpacing Streep’s lonely immigrant housewife in The Bridges of Madison County. Oscar Veteran? Her only win on five nominations. Costarred With Streep? Never. Fun Fact Sarandon told CBS’ The Early Showin 2002 that as she was accepting her Oscar, ”I could look out in the audience and see Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep and people that I’ve known of or respected for years, and that was really moving.”

Gwyneth Paltrow

In 1999, she won Best Actress playing the Bard’s muse in Shakespeare in Love, besting Streep’s cancer-ridden mom in One True Thing. Oscar Veteran? One for one. Costarred With Streep? Never. Fun Fact When the L.A. Times asked her about competing against her Oscar rivals, including Streep, Paltrow responded, ”I can’t even go there.”

Hilary Swank

In 1999, she scored Best Actress as a cross-dressing murder victim in Boys Don’t Cry, schooling Streep’s inner-city violin teacher in Music of the Heart. Oscar Veteran? Won on her first shot. Costarred With Streep?Never. Fun Fact She’s called Streep ”an acting god” and told ABC’s Good Morning America that the only thing that could top her Oscar win would be ”getting the opportunity to do a movie with Meryl Streep.”

Catherine Zeta-Jones

In 2003, she won Best Supporting Actress for her merry murderess Velma Kelly in Chicago, beating Streep’s orchid-chasing author Susan Orlean in Adaptation. Oscar Veteran? Wins on her first shot. Costarred With Streep? Never. Fun Fact Streep’s singing in Postcards failed to seduce Oscar, but Zeta-Jones’ song-and-dance gig turned the trick. Hot-cha!