Lanzarote is a unique place to discover. Lanzarote is the closest of the Canary Islands to Africa, just over 100 km away and a bit more than 1000 km from the mainland Spain. Its spectacular beaches and volcanic landscapes, with average annual temperature of 22Â°, Lanzarote is also known as the Island of eternal spring.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 74 actresses. Katharine Hepburn has won the most awards in this category, with four Oscars. Meryl Streep, who has a total of 20 Oscar nominations (three wins), has been nominated in this category on 16 occasions, resulting in two awards.
Streep seems likely to be passed over againâand justlyâthis year, but her partisans can take at least some measure of comfort from the precedent set by Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn is Streepâs closest equal among actresses in terms of Oscar wins and nominations, and she went 34 years between wins. She then went on to collect three of her four best actress statuettes. Aisha Harris is a Slate culture writer and host of the Slate podcast Represent.