Julianne Moore (‘May December’) just joined this exclusive Golden Globes club

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In 2000 – merely two years after she scored her first Golden Globe nomination for her supporting turn in “Boogie Nights” – Julianne Moore earned concurrent lead notices from the same organization for “The End of the Affair” (drama) and “An Ideal Husband” (comedy/musical). That instance of dual recognition made her the 16th woman to have competed for all three possible film acting Golden Globes, joining the likes of Jane Fonda, Shirley MacLaine, and Emma Thompson.

Now, two decades deeper into her career, she just landed another Best Film Supporting Actress bid for “May December,” which makes her only the third performer with at least three mentions in each film Golden Globe category.

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With this new film nomination, Moore has three of each kind. The 63-year-old’s sophomore supporting notice came in 2010 for “A Single Man,” while her remaining lead bids were for the comedies “The Kids Are All Right” (2011) and “Maps to the Stars” (2015) and the dramas “Far from Heaven” (2003) and “Still Alice” (2015). The latter resulted in her first and only film win, which, counting her 2013 triumph for the TV movie “Game Change,” was her second overall.

Unsurprisingly, the only movie actress who has so far accomplished the feat of being triply recognized across the board is Meryl Streep. At the time of her third supporting nomination for “Adaptation” (2003), the then-53-year-old had already racked up three comedy/musical and 10 drama lead bids, with another of the latter type having come that same year for “The Hours.” Today, her respective category totals sit at five, 10, and 14, with victories having sprung from her featured “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1980) and “Adaptation” bids as well as from her lead ones for “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” (1982), “Sophie’s Choice” (1983), “The Devil Wears Prada” (2007), “Julie & Julia” (2010), and “The Iron Lady” (2012).

The sole male actor who will have preceded Moore in this regard is Jack Nicholson, who (at 60) beat Streep to the punch by five years. The nomination that got him to the goal was his comedy/musical lead one for “As Good As It Gets,” which was his 14th overall and has been followed by one more in each category. He and Streep also stand as the only performers with four film Golden Globe bids of each kind, having respectively hit that benchmark in 2004 and 2007.

Like Streep, Nicholson has managed to conquer every film category at least once, with lead wins for “Chinatown” (1975), “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1976), “Prizzi’s Honor” (1986), “As Good As It Gets,” and “About Schmidt” (2003), plus a single supporting one for “Terms of Endearment” (1984). He and Streep are the chronological first and fifth entrants on a list of seven such triple champions that also includes Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Gene Hackman, George Clooney, and Renée Zellweger. Of course, Moore can’t join them yet, but she can follow said three actresses and seven others as the latest female winner of both lead and supporting film Golden Globes. Having been 54 at the time of her “Still Alice” victory, she has great potential to break new ground as the first woman to clinch both types of trophies after turning 50.

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