Most-nominated performers:
Meryl Streep, with 14 nominations (10 for Best Actress & 4 for Best Supporting Actress) and 2 Awards (1 in each category).
Katharine Hepburn, with 12 nominations (all of them in the Best Actress category) and 4 Awards.
Jack Nicholson, with 12 nominations (8 for Best Actor & 4 for Best Supporting Actor) and 3 Awards (2 for Best Actor & 1 for Best Supporting Actor).
Bette Davis, with 10 nominations (all in the Best Actress category) and 2 Awards.
Laurence Olivier, with 10 acting nominations (9 in the Best Actor category) and 1 Best Actor Award. [Olivier was also nominated once for Directing (Hamlet, 1948), and he received 2 Honorary Awards (1946 & 1978).]