Meryl Streep Named 2012 Academy Awards Best Actress

With another year's ceremony having come and gone, the 2012 Academy Awards announced the big winners during a glitzy ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night (February 26).

Taking home the top prize of Best Picture at the Billy Crystal hosted event was "The Artist," which ended up winning a total of five Oscar trophies.

As for the actor/actress categories, the Academy bestowed Best Actress honors upon Meryl Streep for her work in "The Iron Lady" while Jean Dujardin landed Best Actor accolades for his role in "The Artist".

With other triumphant individuals including as Christopher Plummer as Best Supporting Actor and Octavia Spencer as Best Supporting Actress, the complete list of 84th Annual Academy Awards winners is as follows:

She's racked up the most nominations of any actor or actress in the history of the Oscars, and Meryl Streep was named as Best Actress at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night (February 26).

The 52-year-old actress understandably was a bit overwhelmed as her name was announced, taking the stage to collect her hardware for her role in the movie "The Iron Lady".

During her speech, Miss Streep started off by thanking her husband and her longtime makeup artist Roy for 30 years together.

Miss Streep continued to say how much she appreciates her colleagues, saying, "I look out here and I see my life before my eyes. My old friends and my new friends... The thing that counts the most with me is the friendships and the love and the sheer joy we have shared making movies together, my friends."