Many things have happened since Meryl Streep’s last Oscar win way back in 1983. Here are some of them

When Viola Davis’ name was called as the winner of the SAG Award for best actress in a movie on Sunday night for her performance in The Help, I started to accept that, yet again, Meryl Streep was probably not going to win the Oscar this year.

She seemed a shoo-in for The Iron Lady, a performance that earned her a 17th Oscar nomination last week and a Golden Globe Award last month. It’s an amazing performance, a stupendous performance, an Oscar worthy performance.

But it always seems to be someone else’s turn (Sandra Bullock?) when it comes to Streep who has two Oscars but has not won since 1983 when she took home best actress for Sophie’s Choice.

For those Academy members who feel it is Viola’s turn, it’s important to remind them just how long it’s been since Streep has won an Oscar despite her winning won 65 other acting awards that are not called “Oscar.”

Huffington Post has listed some of the other things that have happened since someone at an Academy Awards ceremony, a presenter said: “And the Oscar goes to Meryl Streep.”

* Meryl Streep has appeared in 35 movies.

* There have been five sitting U.S. Presidents.

* Four different actors have played James Bond.

* The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has handed out 680 Oscars.

* Meryl Streep has lost Oscars to Shirley MacLaine, Geraldine Page, Cher, Jodie Foster, Kathy Bates, Susan Sarandon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hilary Swank, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet and, most painfully, Sandra Bullock.

I’m not such a rabid fan that I think Streep should have won each and every time. But I do think she should have most certainly won for Julie & Julia (the year Bullock triumphed), could have won for Doubt has it not been Winslet’s turn, and was quite deserving for One True Thing, Adaptation and The Devil Wears Prada.