BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
The 2024 recipient: Zoe Saldaña
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Location	United Kingdom
Currently held by	Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez (2024)

The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress is a special prize given out every year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It celebrates an actress who has given an amazing performance in a supporting role in a movie.

BAFTA is a British group that hosts big awards shows for movies, TV, children's films, and even video games. Since 1968, talented actresses have received this BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress at a yearly ceremony.

In the lists below, the names and movie titles in bold with a gold background are the winners. The names not in bold are the actresses who were nominated for the award. The years shown are when the movies were released, not when the awards ceremony took place (which is always the next year).

About the Award
- Record Holders
Award Winners and Nominees
Actresses with Multiple Nominations and Wins
- Most Nominations
- Multiple Wins
See also

About the Award

The Best Supporting Actress award has been given out 53 times to 52 different actresses. In 1980, no award was given in this category. Also, in 1981, the award was changed for one year to a "Best Supporting Artist" category, which included both male and female actors.

The very first winner was Billie Whitelaw for her roles in Charlie Bubbles and Twisted Nerve. The most recent winner is Zoe Saldaña for her role in Emilia Pérez.

Record Holders

The actress with the most wins in this category is Judi Dench, who has won three times. Kate Winslet has won twice. All other winners have won once. Judi Dench also holds the record for the most nominations, with nine.

At the 36th BAFTA Film Awards, two actresses, Rohini Hattangadi and Maureen Stapleton, received the same number of votes. Because of this, they both shared the award. This was the only time there has been a tie in this category.

Award Winners and Nominees

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Ingrid Bergman won for Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

Jodie Foster won for Bugsy Malone / Taxi Driver (1976) when she was 13.

Judi Dench won three times for A Room with a View (1986), A Handful of Dust (1988), and Shakespeare in Love (1998).

Whoopi Goldberg won for Ghost (1990). She was the first Black winner in this category.

Dame Maggie Smith won for Tea with Mussolini (1999).

Kristin Scott Thomas won for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).

Kate Winslet won twice, for Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Steve Jobs (2015).

Juliette Binoche won for The English Patient (1996).

Sigourney Weaver won for The Ice Storm (1997).

Jennifer Connelly won for A Beautiful Mind (2001).

Catherine Zeta-Jones won for Chicago (2002).

Cate Blanchett won for The Aviator (2004).

Thandiwe Newton won for Crash (2005).

Jennifer Hudson won for Dreamgirls (2006), in her first movie role.

Tilda Swinton won for Michael Clayton (2007).

Penélope Cruz won for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008).

Mo'Nique won for Precious (2009).

Helena Bonham Carter won for The King's Speech (2010).

Octavia Spencer won for The Help (2011).

Anne Hathaway won for Les Misérables (2012).

Jennifer Lawrence won for American Hustle (2013).

Patricia Arquette won for Boyhood (2014).

Viola Davis won for Fences (2016).

Allison Janney won for I, Tonya (2017).

Rachel Weisz won for The Favourite (2018).

Laura Dern won for Marriage Story (2019).

Youn Yuh-jung won for Minari (2020) at age 73.

Ariana DeBose won for West Side Story (2021).

Kerry Condon won for The Banshees of Inisherin (2022).

Da'Vine Joy Randolph won for The Holdovers (2023).

1960s Winners

Year	Actress	Role(s)	Film
1968	Billie Whitelaw	Lottie Bubbles / Joan Harper	Charlie Bubbles / Twisted Nerve
1969	Celia Johnson	Miss Mackay	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1970s Winners

Year	Actress	Role(s)	Film
1970	Susannah York	Alice LeBlanc	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1971	Margaret Leighton	Mrs. Maudsley	The Go-Between
1972	Cloris Leachman	Ruth Popper	The Last Picture Show
1973	Valentina Cortese	Severine	Day for Night
1974	Ingrid Bergman	Greta Ohlsson	Murder on the Orient Express
1975	Diane Ladd	Flo Castleberry	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1976	Jodie Foster	Tallulah / Iris Steensma	Bugsy Malone / Taxi Driver
1977	Jenny Agutter	Julie Mason	Equus
1978	Geraldine Page	Eve	Interiors
1979	Rachel Roberts	Clarrie Moreton	Yanks

1980s Winners

Year	Actress	Role(s)	Film
1980	Not awarded
1981	Not awarded
1982	Rohini Hattangadi (TIE)	Kasturba Gandhi	Gandhi
1982	Maureen Stapleton (TIE)	Emma Goldman	Reds
1983	Jamie Lee Curtis	Ophelia	Trading Places
1984	Liz Smith	Mrs. Chilvers	A Private Function
1985	Rosanna Arquette	Roberta Glass	Desperately Seeking Susan
1986	Judi Dench	Eleanor Lavish	A Room with a View
1987	Susan Wooldridge	Molly	Hope and Glory
1988	Judi Dench	Mrs. Beaver	A Handful of Dust
1989	Michelle Pfeiffer	Madame de Tourvel	Dangerous Liaisons

1990s Winners

Year	Actress	Role(s)	Film
1990	Whoopi Goldberg	Oda Mae Brown	Ghost
1991	Kate Nelligan	Cora	Frankie and Johnny
1992	Miranda Richardson	Ingrid Fleming	Damage
1993	Miriam Margolyes	Mrs. Mingott	The Age of Innocence
1994	Kristin Scott Thomas	Fiona	Four Weddings and a Funeral
1995	Kate Winslet	Marianne Dashwood	Sense and Sensibility
1996	Juliette Binoche	Hana	The English Patient
1997	Sigourney Weaver	Janey Carver	The Ice Storm
1998	Judi Dench	Queen Elizabeth I	Shakespeare in Love
1999	Maggie Smith	Hester Random	Tea with Mussolini

2000s Winners

Year	Actress	Role(s)	Film
2000	Julie Walters	Georgia Wilkinson	Billy Elliot
2001	Jennifer Connelly	Alicia Nash	A Beautiful Mind
2002	Catherine Zeta-Jones	Velma Kelly	Chicago
2003	Renée Zellweger	Ruby Thewes	Cold Mountain
2004	Cate Blanchett	Katharine Hepburn	The Aviator
2005	Thandiwe Newton	Christine Thayer	Crash
2006	Jennifer Hudson	Effie White	Dreamgirls
2007	Tilda Swinton	Karen Crowder	Michael Clayton
2008	Penélope Cruz	María Elena	Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2009	Mo'Nique	Mary Lee Johnston	Precious

2010s Winners

Year	Actress	Role(s)	Film
2010	Helena Bonham Carter	Queen Elizabeth	The King's Speech
2011	Octavia Spencer	Minny Jackson	The Help
2012	Anne Hathaway	Fantine	Les Misérables
2013	Jennifer Lawrence	Rosalyn Rosenfeld	American Hustle
2014	Patricia Arquette	Olivia Evans	Boyhood
2015	Kate Winslet	Joanna Hoffman	Steve Jobs
2016	Viola Davis	Rose Maxson	Fences
2017	Allison Janney	LaVona Golden	I, Tonya
2018	Rachel Weisz	Lady Sarah	The Favourite
2019	Laura Dern	Nora Fanshaw	Marriage Story

2020s Winners

Year	Actress	Role(s)	Film
2020	Youn Yuh-jung	Soon-ja	Minari
2021	Ariana DeBose	Anita	West Side Story
2022	Kerry Condon	Siobhán Súilleabháin	The Banshees of Inisherin
2023	Da'Vine Joy Randolph	Mary Lamb	The Holdovers
2024	Zoe Saldaña	Rita Mora Castro	Emilia Pérez

Actresses with Multiple Nominations and Wins

This section highlights actresses who have been nominated or won the Best Supporting Actress award more than once.

Most Nominations

Judi Dench: 9 nominations
Amy Adams: 4 nominations
Maggie Smith: 4 nominations

Multiple Wins

Judi Dench: 3 wins
Kate Winslet: 2 wins

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role facts for kids

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