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The Iron Lady
2011
· Movie
· 105 min
D
MEANRANK
58/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4218
- IMDb #3645
- Google retired #3023
- Rotten Tomatoes #3659
- Metacritic #3395
- Letterboxd #4180
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3744
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3953
- Metacritic Critics #3185
- Metacritic Audience #3513
- Criticker #3091
- Kinopoisk #2435
- AlloCiné #3601
- Trakt #3820
Every rating
34–76
out of 100
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
Details
- Director
- Phyllida Lloyd
- Writer
- Abi Morgan
- Released
- 26 December 2011
- Country
- United Kingdom, France, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $13.0M
- Box office
- $115.9M
- Awards
- 13 wins, 16 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 29 →3 major awards won · 13 wins from 29 nominations across 22 ceremonies
| 84th Academy Awards 2011 | Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| 84th Academy Awards 2011 | Best Makeup & Hairstyling | Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2011 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2011 | Female Actor in a Leading Role | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| 1st AACTA International Awards 2011 | Best International Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| 65th British Academy Film Awards 2011 | Best Makeup and Hair | Marese Langan, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland | Winner |
| 65th British Academy Film Awards 2011 | Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| 65th British Academy Film Awards 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Jim Broadbent | Nominee |
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84th Academy Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| Best Makeup & Hairstyling | Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Meryl Streep | Winner |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Female Actor in a Leading Role | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
65th British Academy Film Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Marese Langan, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Abi Morgan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jim Broadbent | Nominee |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| British Actress of the Year | Olivia Colman | Winner |
Irish Film and Television Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Costume Design | Consolata Boyle | Winner |
| Best International Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
1st AACTA International Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
Denver Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Best Makeup | Marese Langan | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress – Motion Picture | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |