Benedict Cumberbatch

The Into the Woods actress starred in August: Osage County with Benedict Cumberbatch, who is nominated for best actor for The Imitation Game.
The Into the Woods actress starred in August: Osage County with Benedict Cumberbatch, who is nominated for best actor for The Imitation Game.
The actress was in The Deer Hunter with Robert De Niro, who starred in Silver Linings Playbook alongside Bradley Cooper, who is a best actor nominee for American Sniper.
Streep was featured in Mamma Mia! opposite Amanda Seyfried, who was in Les Miserables with Eddie Redmayne, who is nominated for best actor for The Theory of Everything.
Streep starred in Death Becomes Her alongside Goldie Hawn, who was in Everyone Says I Love You with Edward Norton, who is a best supporting actor nominee for Birdman.
The actress starred in Hope Springs with best actor nominee Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), who was in Crazy Stupid Love with Emma Stone, who is nominated for best supporting actress for Birdman.
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Streep starred in The Manchurian Candidate with Denzel Washington, who was in Training Day with Ethan Hawke, who is nominated for best supporting actor for Boyhood.
Streep was in The Deer Hunter with Robert De Niro, who starred in Silver Linings Playbook with Jennifer Lawrence, who was in Like Crazy with Felicity Jones, who is nominated for best actress for The Theory of Everything.
The actress starred in The Deer Hunter with Robert De Niro, who starred in This Boy's Life with Tobey Maguire, who was in Spider-Man with J.K. Simmons, who is a best actor nominee for Whiplash.
Streep starred in The Hours opposite Julianne Moore, who is nominated for best actress for Still Alice.
The Into the Woods star was in Mamma Mia! with Colin Firth, who was in Love Actually with Keira Knightley, who is a best supporting actress nominee for The Imitation Game.
Which of Streep's other past co-stars can be linked to an Oscar nominee? We'd love to hear your thoughts.
Streep was featured in A Cry in the Dark alongside Sam Neill, who starred in Jurassic Park with Laura Dern, who is nominated for best supporting actress for Wild.
Streep co-starred in Into the Woods with Johnny Depp, who was in Public Enemies with Marion Cotillard, who is a best actress nominee for Two Days, One Night.
The actress was in The Hours with best actress nominee Julianne Moore (Still Alice), who starred in The Kids Are All Right with Mark Ruffalo, who is nominated for best supporting actor for Foxcatcher.
Streep was in Heartburn with Jack Nicholson, who starred in Batman with Michael Keaton, who is a best actor nominee for Birdman.
Streep was in The Deer Hunter with Christopher Walken, who starred in True Romance with Patricia Arquette, who is nominated for best supporting actress for Boyhood.
The actress starred in Rendition opposite Reese Witherspoon, who is nominated for best actress for Wild.
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Streep starred in The Deer Hunter with Robert De Niro, who was in The Godfather: Part II with Robert Duvall, who is a best supporting actor nominee for The Judge.
Streep was in The River Wild with Kevin Bacon, who was in A Few Good Men with Tom Cruise, who starred in Jack Reacher with Rosamund Pike, who is a best actress nominee for Gone Girl.
Streep starred in Hope Springs with Steve Carell, who is a best actor nominee for Foxcatcher.
Streep starred in Death Becomes Her alongside Goldie Hawn, who was in Everyone Says I Love You with Edward Norton, who is nominated for best supporting actor for Birdman.
Streep was in The Deer Hunter with Christopher Walken and Robert De Niro, who collectively have career ties to Oscar nominees Patricia Arquette, J.K. Simmons, Robert Duvall, Bradley Cooper and Felicity Jones.