 Streep has also received 29 Golden Globe nominations , winning eight — more nominations , and more competitive ( non @-@ honorary ) wins than any other actor ( male or female ) in the history of the award . Her work has also earned her two Screen Actors Guild Awards , a Cannes Film Festival award , five New York Film Critics Circle Awards , two BAFTA awards , two Australian Film Institute awards , five Grammy Award nominations , and five Drama Desk Award nominations , among several others . She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004 and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2011 for her contribution to American culture through performing arts . President Barack Obama awarded her the 2010 National Medal of Arts and in 2014 the Presidential Medal of Freedom . In 2003 , the government of France made her a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters . 
