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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Da'Vine Joy Randolph The Holdovers Q&A BFI Southbank, January 2024.jpg
The 2023 recipient: Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
Country United States
First awarded 1937
Currently held by Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (2024)

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 9th Academy Awards to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Supporting Actor winner. In lieu of the traditional Oscar statuette, supporting acting recipients were given plaques up until the 16th Academy Awards, when statuettes were awarded to each category instead.

The Best Supporting Actress award has been presented a total of 87 times, to 85 actresses. The first winner was Gale Sondergaard for her role in Anthony Adverse. The most recent winner is Da'Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers. The record for most wins is two, held jointly by Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters. Each other recipient has only won once, in this category. Thelma Ritter has received the most nominations in the category, with six—although she never won. Hattie McDaniel made history in 1940, when she became the first person of color to win an Oscar in any category.

Nominations process

Nominees are currently determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy.

In the first three years of the awards, actors and actresses were nominated as the best individuals in their categories, along with all qualifying cumulative work. The current system, in which an actress is nominated for a specific performance in a single film, was introduced for the 4th Academy Awards, in the lead acting categories. Simultaneously, along with the introduction of the supporting acting categories, all four acting categories were limited to a maximum five nominations per year.

Gale Sondergaard was the inaugural winner, for Anthony Adverse (1936).
Alice Brady won for In Old Chicago (1938).
Fay Bainter won for Jezebel (1938); also the first person nominated in both supporting and lead in the same year.
Hattie McDaniel won for Gone with the Wind (1939); first black person to ever win an Oscar.
Jane Darwell won for The Grapes of Wrath (1940).
Mary Astor won for The Great Lie (1941).
Teresa Wright won for Mrs. Miniver (1942).
Katina Paxinou won for For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943).
Ethel Barrymore won for None but the Lonely Heart (1944).
Anne Revere won for National Velvet (1945).
Anne Baxter won for The Razor's Edge (1946).
Celeste Holm won for Gentleman's Agreement (1947).
Claire Trevor won for Key Largo (1948).
Mercedes McCambridge won for All the King's Men (1949).
Josephine Hull won for Harvey (1950).
Kim Hunter won for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).
Gloria Grahame won for The Bad and the Beautiful (1952).
Donna Reed won for From Here to Eternity (1953).
Eva Marie Saint won for On the Waterfront (1954).
Jo Van Fleet won for East of Eden (1955).
Dorothy Malone won for Written on the Wind (1956).
Miyoshi Umeki won for Sayonara (1957); first East Asian acting winner.
Wendy Hiller won for Separate Tables (1958).
Shelley Winters won twice, for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) & A Patch of Blue (1965).
Shirley Jones won for Elmer Gantry (1960).
Rita Moreno won for West Side Story (1961); first latina winner.
Patty Duke won for The Miracle Worker (1962).
Margaret Rutherford won for The V.I.P.s (1963).
Lila Kedrova won for Zorba the Greek (1964).
Sandy Dennis won for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
Estelle Parsons won for Bonnie and Clyde (1967).
Ruth Gordon won for Rosemary's Baby (1968).
Goldie Hawn won for Cactus Flower (1969).
Helen Hayes won for Airport (1970); first to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting".
Cloris Leachman won for The Last Picture Show (1971).
Eileen Heckart won for Butterflies Are Free (1972).
Tatum O'Neal won for Paper Moon (1973); at age 10, youngest winner of a competitive Oscar.
Ingrid Bergman won for Murder on the Orient Express (1974).
Lee Grant won for Shampoo (1975).
Beatrice Straight won for Network (1976); shortest performance ever to win, clocking 5m2s of screentime.
Vanessa Redgrave won for Julia (1977).
Maggie Smith won, playing an Oscar loser, for California Suite (1978).
Meryl Streep won for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
Mary Steenburgen won for Melvin (and Howard) (1980).
Maureen Stapleton won for Reds (1981).
Jessica Lange won for Tootsie (1982).
Linda Hunt won for portraying a cisgender male in The Year of Living Dangerously (1983).
Peggy Ashcroft won for A Passage to India (1984); this category's oldest winner, at age 77.
Anjelica Huston won for Prizzi's Honor (1985).
Dianne Wiest won twice, for Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) & Bullets Over Broadway (1994).
Olympia Dukakis won for Moonstruck (1987).
Geena Davis won for The Accidental Tourist (1988).
Brenda Fricker won for My Left Foot (1989).
Whoopi Goldberg won for Ghost (1990).
Mercedes Ruehl won for The Fisher King (1991).
Marisa Tomei won for My Cousin Vinny (1992).
Anna Paquin won for The Piano (1993).
Mira Sorvino won for Mighty Aphrodite (1995).
Juliette Binoche won for The English Patient (1996).
Kim Basinger won for L.A. Confidential (1997).
Judi Dench won for Shakespeare in Love (1998); first to complete the "British Triple Crown".
Angelina Jolie won for Girl, Interrupted (1999).
Marcia Gay Harden won for Pollock (2000).
Jennifer Connelly won for A Beautiful Mind (2001).
Catherine Zeta-Jones won for Chicago (2002).
Renée Zellweger won for Cold Mountain (2003).
Cate Blanchett won for The Aviator (2004).
Rachel Weisz won for The Constant Gardener (2005).
Jennifer Hudson won for Dreamgirls (2006).
Tilda Swinton won for Michael Clayton (2007).
Penélope Cruz won for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008).
Mo'Nique won for Precious (2009).
Melissa Leo won for The Fighter (2010).
Octavia Spencer won for The Help (2011).
Anne Hathaway won for Les Misérables (2012).
Lupita Nyong'o won for 12 Years a Slave (2013).
Patricia Arquette won for Boyhood (2014).
Alicia Vikander won for The Danish Girl (2015).
Viola Davis won for Fences (2016).
Allison Janney won for I, Tonya (2017).
Regina King won for If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).
Laura Dern won for Marriage Story (2019).
Youn Yuh-Jung won for Minari (2020); first Korean-dialogue win.
Ariana DeBose won for West Side Story (2021); first openly queer POC to win.
Jamie Lee Curtis won for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County; the ceremonies are always held the following year. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31. For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.

Table key
‡ Indicates the winner

1930s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1936
(9th)		 Gale Sondergaard Award winner Faith Paleologus Anthony Adverse
Beulah Bondi Rachel Jackson The Gorgeous ...
Alice Brady Angelica Bullock My Man Godfrey
Bonita Granville Mary Tilford These Three
Maria Ouspenskaya Baroness Von Obersdorf Dodsworth
1937
(10th)		 Alice Brady Award winner Molly O'Leary In Old Chicago
Andrea Leeds Kay Hamilton Stage Door
Anne Shirley Laurel 'Lollie' Dallas Stella Dallas
Claire Trevor Francey Dead End
May Whitty Mrs. Bramson Night Must Fall
1938
(11th)		 Fay Bainter Award winner Aunt Belle Massey Jezebel
Beulah Bondi Mary Wilkins Of Human Hearts
Billie Burke Emily Kilbourne Merrily We Live
Spring Byington Penelope 'Penny' Sycamore You Can't Take It with You
Miliza Korjus Carla Donner The Great Waltz
1939
(12th)		 Hattie McDaniel Award winner 'Mammy' Gone with the Wind
Olivia de Havilland Melanie Hamilton Gone with the Wind
Geraldine Fitzgerald Isabella Linton Wuthering Heights
Edna May Oliver Mrs. Sarah McKlennar Drums Along the Mohawk
Maria Ouspenskaya Grandmother Janou Love Affair

1940s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1940
(13th)		 Jane Darwell Award winner 'Ma' Joad The Grapes of Wrath
Judith Anderson Mrs. Danvers Rebecca
Ruth Hussey Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie The Philadelphia Story
Barbara O'Neil Duchess Françoise de Choiseul-Praslin All This, and Heaven Too
Marjorie Rambeau Mamie Adams Primrose Path
1941
(14th)		 Mary Astor Award winner Sandra Kovak The Great Lie
Sara Allgood Beth Morgan How Green Was My Valley
Patricia Collinge Birdie Hubbard The Little Foxes
Teresa Wright Alexandra 'Zannie' Giddens
Margaret Wycherly Mama Mary York Sergeant York
1942
(15th)		 Teresa Wright Award winner Carol Beldon Mrs. Miniver
Gladys Cooper Mrs. Vale Now, Voyager
Agnes Moorehead Fanny Minafer The Magnificent Ambersons
Susan Peters Kitty Chilcet Random Harvest
May Whitty Lady Beldon Mrs. Miniver
1943
(16th)		 Katina Paxinou Award winner Pilar For Whom the Bell Tolls
Gladys Cooper Sister Marie-Thérèse Vauzou The Song of Bernadette
Paulette Goddard Joan O'Doul So Proudly We Hail!
Anne Revere Louise (Casteròt) Soubirous The Song of Bernadette
Lucile Watson Fanny Farrelly Watch on the Rhine
1944
(17th)		 Ethel Barrymore Award winner 'Ma' Mott None but the Lonely Heart
Jennifer Jones Jane Deborah Hilton Since You Went Away
Angela Lansbury Nancy Oliver Gaslight
Aline MacMahon Mrs. Tan Dragon Seed
Agnes Moorehead Baroness Aspasia Conti Mrs. Parkington
1945
(18th)		 Anne Revere Award winner Mrs. Araminty Brown National Velvet
Eve Arden Ida Corwin Mildred Pierce
Ann Blyth Veda Pierce-Forrester
Angela Lansbury Sibyl Vane The Picture of Dorian Gray
Joan Lorring Bessie Watty The Corn Is Green
1946
(19th)		 Anne Baxter Award winner Sophie MacDonald The Razor's Edge
Ethel Barrymore Mrs. Warren The Spiral Staircase
Lillian Gish Laura Belle McCanles Duel in the Sun
Flora Robson Angelique Buiton Saratoga Trunk
Gale Sondergaard Lady Thiang Anna and the King of Siam
1947
(20th)		 Celeste Holm Award winner Anne Dettrey Gentleman's Agreement
Ethel Barrymore Lady Sophie Horfield The Paradine Case
Gloria Grahame Ginny Tremaine Crossfire
Marjorie Main Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle The Egg and I
Anne Revere Mrs. Green Gentleman's Agreement
1948
(21st)		 Claire Trevor Award winner Gaye Dawn Key Largo
Barbara Bel Geddes Katrin Hanson I Remember Mama
Ellen Corby Aunt Trina Thorkelson
Agnes Moorehead Aggie MacDonald Johnny Belinda
Jean Simmons Ophelia Hamlet
1949
(22nd)		 Mercedes McCambridge Award winner Sadie Burke All the King's Men
Ethel Barrymore Miss Em Pinky
Celeste Holm Sister Scholastica Come to the Stable
Elsa Lanchester Amelia Potts
Ethel Waters Dicey Johnson Pinky

1950s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1950
(23rd)		 Josephine Hull Award winner Veta Louise Simmons Harvey
Hope Emerson Evelyn Harper Caged
Celeste Holm Karen Richards All About Eve
Nancy Olson Betty Schaefer Sunset Boulevard
Thelma Ritter Birdie Coonan All About Eve
1951
(24th)		 Kim Hunter Award winner Stella Kowalski A Streetcar Named Desire
Joan Blondell Annie Rawlins The Blue Veil
Mildred Dunnock Linda Loman Death of a Salesman
Lee Grant 'Shoplifter' Detective Story
Thelma Ritter Ellen McNulty The Mating Season
1952
(25th)		 Gloria Grahame Award winner Rosemary Bartlow The Bad and the Beautiful
Jean Hagen Lina Lamont Singin' in the Rain
Colette Marchand Marie Charlet Moulin Rouge
Terry Moore Marie Buckholder Come Back, Little Sheba
Thelma Ritter Clancy With a Song in My Heart
1953
(26th)		 Donna Reed Award winner Alma Burke / Lorene From Here to Eternity
Grace Kelly Linda Nordley Mogambo
Geraldine Page Angie Lowe Hondo
Marjorie Rambeau Mrs. Stewart Torch Song
Thelma Ritter Moe Williams Pickup on South Street
1954
(27th)		 Eva Marie Saint Award winner Edie Doyle On the Waterfront
Nina Foch Erica Martin Executive Suite
Katy Jurado Señora Devereaux Broken Lance
Jan Sterling Sally McKee The High and the Mighty
Claire Trevor May Holst
1955
(28th)		 Jo Van Fleet Award winner Cathy Ames / Kate Trask (Albey) East of Eden
Betsy Blair Clara Snyder Marty
Peggy Lee Rose Hopkins Pete Kelly's Blues
Marisa Pavan Rosa Delle Rose The Rose Tattoo
Natalie Wood Judy Rebel Without a Cause
1956
(29th)		 Dorothy Malone Award winner Marylee Hadley Written on the Wind
Mildred Dunnock Aunt Rose Comfort Baby Doll
Eileen Heckart Hortense Daigle The Bad Seed
Mercedes McCambridge Luz Benedict Giant
Patty McCormack Rhoda Penmark The Bad Seed
1957
(30th)		 Miyoshi Umeki Award winner Katsumi Kelly Sayonara
Carolyn Jones 'The Existentialist' The Bachelor Party
Elsa Lanchester Miss Plimsoll Witness for the Prosecution
Hope Lange Selena Cross Peyton Place
Diane Varsi Allison MacKenzie
1958
(31st)		 Wendy Hiller Award winner Miss Pat Cooper Separate Tables
Peggy Cass Agnes Gooch Auntie Mame
Martha Hyer Gwen French Some Came Running
Maureen Stapleton Fay Doyle Lonelyhearts
Cara Williams Billy's Mother The Defiant Ones
1959
(32nd)		 Shelley Winters Award winner Petronella van Daan The Diary of Anne Frank
Hermione Baddeley Elspeth Room at the Top
Susan Kohner Sarah Jane Johnson Imitation of Life
Juanita Moore Annie Johnson
Thelma Ritter Alma Pillow Talk

1960s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1960
(33rd)		 Shirley Jones Award winner Lulu Bains Elmer Gantry
Glynis Johns Mrs. Firth The Sundowners
Shirley Knight Reenie Flood The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Janet Leigh Marion Crane Psycho
Mary Ure Clara Dawes Sons and Lovers
1961
(34th)		 Rita Moreno Award winner Anita West Side Story
Fay Bainter Mrs. Amelia Tilford The Children's Hour
Judy Garland Irene Hoffmann-Wallner Judgment at Nuremberg
Lotte Lenya Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Una Merkel Mrs. Winemiller Summer and Smoke
1962
(35th)		 Patty Duke Award winner Helen Keller The Miracle Worker
Mary Badham Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch To Kill a Mockingbird
Shirley Knight Heavenly Finley Sweet Bird of Youth
Angela Lansbury Eleanor Iselin The Manchurian Candidate
Thelma Ritter Elizabeth (McCartney) Stroud Birdman of Alcatraz
1963
(36th)		 Margaret Rutherford Award winner The Duchess of Brighton The V.I.P.s
Diane Cilento Molly Seagrim Tom Jones
Edith Evans Miss Western
Joyce Redman Mrs. Waters / Jenny Jones
Lilia Skala Mother Maria Marthe Lilies of the Field
1964
(37th)		 Lila Kedrova Award winner Madame Hortense Zorba the Greek
Gladys Cooper Mrs. Higgins My Fair Lady
Edith Evans Mrs. St. Maugham The Chalk Garden
Grayson Hall Judith Fellowes The Night of the Iguana
Agnes Moorehead Velma Cruther Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1965
(38th)		 Shelley Winters Award winner Rose-Ann D'Arcey A Patch of Blue
Ruth Gordon Lucile Clover – 'The Dealer' Inside Daisy Clover
Joyce Redman Emilia Othello
Maggie Smith Desdemona
Peggy Wood The Mother Abbess The Sound of Music
1966
(39th)		 Sandy Dennis Award winner Honey Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Wendy Hiller Dame Alice More A Man for All Seasons
Jocelyne LaGarde Ali'i Nui, Malama Kanakoa Hawaii
Vivien Merchant Lily Clamacraft Alfie
Geraldine Page Margery Chanticleer You're a Big Boy Now
1967
(40th)		 Estelle Parsons Award winner Blanche Barrow Bonnie and Clyde
Carol Channing Muzzy Van Hossmere Thoroughly Modern Millie
Mildred Natwick Ethel Banks Barefoot in the Park
Beah Richards Mary Prentice Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Katharine Ross Elaine Robinson The Graduate
1968
(41st)		 Ruth Gordon Award winner Minnie Castevet Rosemary's Baby
Lynn Carlin Maria Forst Faces
Sondra Locke Margaret 'Mick' Kelly The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Kay Medford Rose Brice Funny Girl
Estelle Parsons Calla Mackie Rachel, Rachel
1969
(42nd)		 Goldie Hawn Award winner Toni Simmons Cactus Flower
Catherine Burns Rhoda Last Summer
Dyan Cannon Alice Henderson Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Sylvia Miles Cass Midnight Cowboy
Susannah York Alice LeBlanc They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1970s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1970
(43rd)		 Helen Hayes Award winner Ada Quonsett Airport
Karen Black Rayette Dipesto Five Easy Pieces
Lee Grant Joyce Enders The Landlord
Sally Kellerman Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan M*A*S*H
Maureen Stapleton Inez Guerrero Airport
1971
(44th)		 Cloris Leachman Award winner Ruth Popper The Last Picture Show
Ann-Margret Bobbie Carnal Knowledge
Ellen Burstyn Lois Farrow The Last Picture Show
Barbara Harris Allison Densmore Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Margaret Leighton Mrs. Madeleine Maudsley The Go-Between
1972
(45th)		 Eileen Heckart Award winner Mrs. Baker Butterflies Are Free
Jeannie Berlin Lila Kolodny The Heartbreak Kid
Geraldine Page Gertrude Wilson Pete 'n' Tillie
Susan Tyrrell Oma Lee Greer Fat City
Shelley Winters Belle Rosen The Poseidon Adventure
1973
(46th)		 Tatum O'Neal Award winner Addie Loggins Paper Moon
Linda Blair Regan MacNeil The Exorcist
Candy Clark Debbie Dunham American Graffiti
Madeline Kahn Trixie Delight Paper Moon
Sylvia Sidney Mrs. Pritchett Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1974
(47th)		 Ingrid Bergman Award winner Greta Ohlsson Murder on the Orient Express
Valentina Cortese Séverine Day for Night
Madeline Kahn Lili von Shtüpp Blazing Saddles
Diane Ladd Florence Jean 'Flo' Castleberry Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Talia Shire Connie Corleone The Godfather Part II
1975
(48th)		 Lee Grant Award winner Felicia Karpf Shampoo
Ronee Blakley Barbara Jean Nashville
Sylvia Miles Jessie Halstead Florian Farewell, My Lovely
Lily Tomlin Linnea Reese Nashville
Brenda Vaccaro Linda Riggs Once Is Not Enough
1976
(49th)		 Beatrice Straight Award winner Louise Schumacher Network
Jane Alexander Judy Hoback – 'The Bookkeeper' All the President's Men
Jodie Foster Iris 'Easy' Steensma Taxi Driver
Lee Grant Lili Rosen Voyage of the Damned
Piper Laurie Margaret White Carrie
1977
(50th)		 Vanessa Redgrave Award winner Julia Julia
Leslie Browne Emilia Rodgers The Turning Point
Quinn Cummings Lucy McFadden The Goodbye Girl
Melinda Dillon Jillian Guiler Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Tuesday Weld Katherine Dunn Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1978
(51st)		 Maggie Smith Award winner Diana Barrie California Suite
Dyan Cannon Julia Farnsworth Heaven Can Wait
Penelope Milford Vi Munson Coming Home
Maureen Stapleton Pearl Interiors
Meryl Streep Linda The Deer Hunter
1979
(52nd)		 Meryl Streep Award winner Joanna (Stern) Kramer Kramer vs. Kramer
Jane Alexander Margaret Phelps Kramer vs. Kramer
Barbara Barrie Evelyn Stohler Breaking Away
Candice Bergen Jessica Potter Starting Over
Mariel Hemingway Tracy Manhattan

1980s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1980
(53rd)		 Mary Steenburgen Award winner Lynda West-Dummar Melvin and Howard
Eileen Brennan Capt. Doreen Lewis Private Benjamin
Eva Le Gallienne Pearl Harper Resurrection
Cathy Moriarty Vikki LaMotta Raging Bull
Diana Scarwid Louise Inside Moves
1981
(54th)		 Maureen Stapleton Award winner Emma Goldman Reds
Melinda Dillon Teresa Perrone Absence of Malice
Jane Fonda Chelsea Thayer-Wayne On Golden Pond
Joan Hackett Toby Landau Only When I Laugh
Elizabeth McGovern Evelyn Nesbit Ragtime
1982
(55th)		 Jessica Lange Award winner Julie Nichols Tootsie
Glenn Close Jenny Fields The World According to Garp
Teri Garr Sandy Lester Tootsie
Kim Stanley Lillian Farmer Frances
Lesley Ann Warren Norma Cassidy Victor/Victoria
1983
(56th)		 Linda Hunt Award winner Billy Kwan The Year of Living Dangerously
Cher Dolly Pelliker Silkwood
Glenn Close Dr. Sarah Cooper The Big Chill
Amy Irving Hadass Vishkower Yentl
Alfre Woodard Beatrice 'GeeChee' Cross Creek
1984
(57th)		 Peggy Ashcroft Award winner Mrs. Moore A Passage to India
Glenn Close Iris Gaines The Natural
Lindsay Crouse Margaret Lomax Places in the Heart
Christine Lahti Hazel Zanussi Swing Shift
Geraldine Page Mrs. Ritter The Pope of Greenwich Village
1985
(58th)		 Anjelica Huston Award winner MaeRose Prizzi Prizzi's Honor
Margaret Avery 'Shug' Avery The Color Purple
Amy Madigan Sunny Mackenzie-Sobel Twice in a Lifetime
Meg Tilly Sister Agnes Devereaux Agnes of God
Oprah Winfrey Sofia Johnson The Color Purple
1986
(59th)		 Dianne Wiest Award winner Holly Hannah and Her Sisters
Tess Harper Chick Boyle Crimes of the Heart
Piper Laurie Mrs. Norman Children of a Lesser God
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Carmen The Color of Money
Maggie Smith Charlotte Bartlett A Room with a View
1987
(60th)		 Olympia Dukakis Award winner Rose Castorini Moonstruck
Norma Aleandro Florencia Sánchez Morales Gaby: A True Story
Anne Archer Beth Gallagher Fatal Attraction
Anne Ramsey 'Momma' Lift Throw Momma from the Train
Ann Sothern Letitia 'Tisha' Benson-Doughty The Whales of August
1988
(61st)		 Geena Davis Award winner Muriel Pritchett The Accidental Tourist
Joan Cusack 'Cyn' Working Girl
Frances McDormand Mrs. Pell Mississippi Burning
Michelle Pfeiffer Madame Marie de Tourvel Dangerous Liaisons
Sigourney Weaver Katharine Parker Working Girl
1989
(62nd)		 Brenda Fricker Award winner Bridget Fagan Brown My Left Foot
Anjelica Huston Tamara Luria-Broder Enemies, A Love Story
Lena Olin Masha Bloch-Tortshiner
Julia Roberts Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie Steel Magnolias
Dianne Wiest Helen Buckman Parenthood

1990s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
1990
(63rd)		 Whoopi Goldberg Award winner Oda Mae Brown Ghost
Annette Bening Myra Langtry The Grifters
Lorraine Bracco Karen Hill GoodFellas
Diane Ladd Marietta Fortune Wild at Heart
Mary McDonnell Stands With A Fist Dances with Wolves
1991
(64th)		 Mercedes Ruehl Award winner Anne Napolitano The Fisher King
Diane Ladd Mrs. Hillyer Rambling Rose
Juliette Lewis Danielle Bowden Cape Fear
Kate Nelligan Lila Wingo-Newbury The Prince of Tides
Jessica Tandy Virginia 'Ninny' Threadgoode Fried Green Tomatoes
1992
(65th)		 Marisa Tomei Award winner Mona Lisa Vito My Cousin Vinny
Judy Davis Sally Simmons Husbands and Wives
Joan Plowright Mrs. Fisher Enchanted April
Vanessa Redgrave Mrs. Ruth Wilcox Howards End
Miranda Richardson Ingrid Thompson-Fleming Damage
1993
(66th)		 Anna Paquin Award winner Flora McGrath The Piano
Holly Hunter Tammy Hemphill The Firm
Rosie Perez Carla Rodrigo Fearless
Winona Ryder May Welland-Archer The Age of Innocence
Emma Thompson Gareth Peirce In the Name of the Father
1994
(67th)		 Dianne Wiest Award winner Helen Sinclair Bullets Over Broadway
Rosemary Harris Rose Esther Haigh-Wood Tom & Viv
Helen Mirren Queen Charlotte of Hanover The Madness of King George
Uma Thurman Mia Wallace Pulp Fiction
Jennifer Tilly Olive Neal Bullets Over Broadway
1995
(68th)		 Mira Sorvino Award winner Leslie Ash / Linda Mighty Aphrodite
Joan Allen First Lady Thelma 'Pat' Nixon Nixon
Kathleen Quinlan Marilyn Lovell Apollo 13
Mare Winningham Georgia Flood Georgia
Kate Winslet Marianne Dashwood Sense and Sensibility
1996
(69th)		 Juliette Binoche Award winner Hana The English Patient
Joan Allen Elizabeth Proctor The Crucible
Lauren Bacall Hannah Morgan The Mirror Has Two Faces
Barbara Hershey Madame Serena Merle The Portrait of a Lady
Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hortense Cumberbatch Secrets & Lies
1997
(70th)		 Kim Basinger Award winner Lynn Bracken L.A. Confidential
Joan Cusack Emily Montgomery In & Out
Minnie Driver Skylar Good Will Hunting
Julianne Moore Maggie / Amber Waves Boogie Nights
Gloria Stuart Rose Dawson-Calvert Titanic
1998
(71st)		 Judi Dench Award winner Queen Elizabeth I Shakespeare in Love
Kathy Bates Libby Holden Primary Colors
Brenda Blethyn Mari Hoff Little Voice
Rachel Griffiths Hilary du Pré Hilary and Jackie
Lynn Redgrave Hanna Gods and Monsters
1999
(72nd)		 Angelina Jolie Award winner Lisa Rowe Girl, Interrupted
Toni Collette Lynn Sear The Sixth Sense
Catherine Keener Maxine Lund Being John Malkovich
Samantha Morton Hattie Sweet and Lowdown
Chloë Sevigny Lana Tisdel Boys Don't Cry

2000s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
2000
(73rd)		 Marcia Gay Harden Award winner Lee Krasner Pollock
Judi Dench Armande Voizin Chocolat
Kate Hudson Penny Lane Almost Famous
Frances McDormand Elaine Miller
Julie Walters Sandra Wilkinson Billy Elliot
2001
(74th)		 Jennifer Connelly Award winner Alicia (Lardé) Nash A Beautiful Mind
Helen Mirren Mrs. Wilson Gosford Park
Maggie Smith Dowager Countess Constance Trentham
Marisa Tomei Natalie Strout In the Bedroom
Kate Winslet Iris Murdoch Iris
2002
(75th)		 Catherine Zeta-Jones Award winner Velma Kelly Chicago
Kathy Bates Roberta Hertzel About Schmidt
Julianne Moore Laura Brown The Hours
Queen Latifah Matron 'Mama' Morton Chicago
Meryl Streep Susan Orlean Adaptation.
2003
(76th)		 Renée Zellweger Award winner Ruby Thewes Cold Mountain
Shohreh Aghdashloo Nadereh Behrani House of Sand and Fog
Patricia Clarkson Joy Burns Pieces of April
Marcia Gay Harden Celeste Boyle Mystic River
Holly Hunter Melanie Freeland Thirteen
2004
(77th)		 Cate Blanchett Award winner Katharine Hepburn The Aviator
Laura Linney Clara McMillen Kinsey
Virginia Madsen Maya Randall Sideways
Sophie Okonedo Tatiana Rusesabagina Hotel Rwanda
Natalie Portman Jane Jones / 'Alice Ayres' Closer
2005
(78th)		 Rachel Weisz Award winner Tessa Quayle The Constant Gardener
Amy Adams Ashley Johnsten Junebug
Catherine Keener Harper Lee Capote
Frances McDormand Glory Dodge North Country
Michelle Williams Alma Beers Brokeback Mountain
2006
(79th)		 Jennifer Hudson Award winner Effie White Dreamgirls
Adriana Barraza Amelia Hernández Babel
Cate Blanchett Bathsheba 'Sheba' Hart Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin Olive Hoover Little Miss Sunshine
Rinko Kikuchi Chieko Wataya Babel
2007
(80th)		 Tilda Swinton Award winner Karen Crowder Michael Clayton
Cate Blanchett Jude Quinn I'm Not There
Ruby Dee Mahalee Lucas American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan Briony Tallis Atonement
Amy Ryan Helene McCready Gone Baby Gone
2008
(81st)		 Penélope Cruz Award winner María Elena Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Amy Adams Sister Marita James Doubt
Viola Davis Mrs. Miller
Taraji P. Henson 'Queenie' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei Pam / 'Cassidy' The Wrestler
2009
(82nd)		 Mo'Nique Award winner Mary Lee Johnston Precious
Penélope Cruz Carla Albanese Nine
Vera Farmiga Alex Goran Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal Jean Craddock Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick Natalie Keener Up in the Air

2010s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
2010
(83rd)		 Melissa Leo Award winner Alice Eklund-Ward The Fighter
Amy Adams Charlene Fleming The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter Queen Elizabeth – The Queen Mother The King's Speech
Hailee Steinfeld Mattie Ross True Grit
Jacki Weaver Janine 'Smurf' Cody Animal Kingdom
2011
(84th)		 Octavia Spencer Award winner Minerva 'Minny' Jackson The Help
Bérénice Bejo Peppy Miller The Artist
Jessica Chastain Celia Rae Foote The Help
Melissa McCarthy Megan Price Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer Hubert Page Albert Nobbs
2012
(85th)		 Anne Hathaway Award winner Fantine Les Misérables
Amy Adams Peggy Dodd The Master
Sally Field First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln Lincoln
Helen Hunt Cheryl Cohen-Greene The Sessions
Jacki Weaver Dolores Solitano Silver Linings Playbook
2013
(86th)		 Lupita Nyong'o Award winner Patsey 12 Years a Slave
Sally Hawkins Ginger Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence Rosalyn Rosenfeld American Hustle
Julia Roberts Barbara Weston-Fordham August: Osage County
June Squibb Kate Grant Nebraska
2014
(87th)		 Patricia Arquette Award winner Olivia Evans Boyhood
Laura Dern Barbara 'Bobbi' Grey Wild
Keira Knightley Joan Clarke The Imitation Game
Emma Stone Sam Thomson Birdman
Meryl Streep 'The Witch' Into the Woods
2015
(88th)		 Alicia Vikander Award winner Gerda Wegener The Danish Girl
Jennifer Jason Leigh 'Crazy' Daisy Domergue The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara Therese Belivet Carol
Rachel McAdams Sacha Pfeiffer Spotlight
Kate Winslet Joanna Hoffman Steve Jobs
2016
(89th)		 Viola Davis Award winner Rose Lee Maxson Fences
Naomie Harris Paula Moonlight
Nicole Kidman Sue Brierley Lion
Octavia Spencer Dorothy Vaughan Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams Randi Chandler Manchester by the Sea
2017
(90th)		 Allison Janney Award winner LaVona Fay Golden I, Tonya
Mary J. Blige Florence Jackson Mudbound
Lesley Manville Cyril Woodcock Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf Marion McPherson Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer Zelda Delilah Fuller The Shape of Water
2018
(91st)		 Regina King Award winner Sharon Rivers If Beale Street Could Talk
Amy Adams Lynne Cheney Vice
Marina de Tavira Sofía Roma
Emma Stone Abigail Masham The Favourite
Rachel Weisz Sarah Churchill
2019
(92nd)		 Laura Dern Award winner Nora Fanshaw Marriage Story
Kathy Bates Barbara 'Bobi' Jewell Richard Jewell
Scarlett Johansson Rosie Betzler Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh Amy Curtis March Little Women
Margot Robbie Kayla Pospisil Bombshell

2020s

Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
2020/21
(93rd)		 Yuh-jung Youn Award winner Soon-ja Minari
Maria Bakalova Tutar Sagdiyev Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close Bonnie 'Mamaw' Vance Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman Anne The Father
Amanda Seyfried Marion Davies Mank
2021
(94th)		 Ariana DeBose Award winner Anita West Side Story
Jessie Buckley Young Leda Caruso The Lost Daughter
Judi Dench Granny Belfast
Kirsten Dunst Rose Gordon The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Oracene 'Brandy' Price King Richard
2022
(95th)		 Jamie Lee Curtis Award winner Deirdre Beaubeirdre Everything Everywhere All at Once
Angela Bassett Queen Ramonda Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau Liz The Whale
Kerry Condon Siobhán Súilleabháin The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023
(96th)		 Da'Vine Joy Randolph Award winner Mary Lamb The Holdovers
Emily Blunt Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks Sofia The Color Purple
America Ferrera Gloria Barbie
Jodie Foster Bonnie Stoll Nyad

Multiple wins and nominations

Individuals who received two Best Supporting Actress awards:

Wins Actress
2 Dianne Wiest
Shelley Winters

Individuals receiving three or more Best Supporting Actress nominations:

Nominations Actress
6
 Thelma Ritter
5
 Amy Adams
4 Ethel Barrymore
Glenn Close
Lee Grant
Agnes Moorehead
Geraldine Page
Maggie Smith
Maureen Stapleton
Meryl Streep
3 Kathy Bates
Cate Blanchett
Gladys Cooper
Judi Dench
Celeste Holm
Diane Ladd
Angela Lansbury
Frances McDormand
Anne Revere
Octavia Spencer
Marisa Tomei
Claire Trevor
Dianne Wiest
Kate Winslet
Shelley Winters

Age superlatives

Record Actress Film Age (in years) Ref.
Oldest Winner Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India 77
Oldest Nominee Gloria Stuart Titanic 87
Youngest Winner Tatum O'Neal Paper Moon 10
Youngest Nominee

Films with multiple Supporting Actress nominations

There have been 36 instances in which films have produced more than one nominee within this category. Tom Jones (1963) was the only film which garnered three nominations, while all others obtained two.

Winners are in bold.

Multiple character nominations

Winners are in bold.

See also

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