Best Supporting Actress
Acting · 90 ceremonies · 1936-present
2025 (98th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Gladys, Weapons
Rachel Kemp, Sentimental Value
Agnes Borg Pettersen, Sentimental Value
Annie, Sinners
Perfidia, One Battle after Another
2024 (97th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Rita, Emilia Pérez
Joan Baez, A Complete Unknown
Galinda/Glinda, Wicked
Erzébet Tóth, The Brutalist
Sister Agnes, Conclave
2023 (96th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2022 (95th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Deirdre Beaubeirdra, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Siobhán Súilleabháin, The Banshees of Inisherin
Joy Wang/Jobu Tupaki, Everything Everywhere All at Once
2021 (94th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Anita, West Side Story
Young Leda, The Lost Daughter
Granny, Belfast
Rose Gordon, The Power of the Dog
Oracene 'Brandy' Williams, King Richard
2020 (93rd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2019 (92nd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nora Fanshaw, Marriage Story
Bobi Jewell, Richard Jewell
Amy March, Little Women
Kayla Pospisil, Bombshell
2018 (91st)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sharon Rivers, If Beale Street Could Talk
Sra. Sofia, Roma
Abigail, The Favourite
Lady Sarah, The Favourite
2017 (90th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
LaVona, I, Tonya
Florence Jackson, Mudbound
Marion McPherson, Lady Bird
Zelda Fuller, The Shape of Water
2016 (89th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Rose Maxson, Fences
Paula, Moonlight
Sue Brierley, Lion
Dorothy Vaughan, Hidden Figures
Randi Chandler, Manchester by the Sea
2015 (88th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Daisy Domergue, The Hateful Eight
Therese Belivet, Carol
Sacha Pfeiffer, Spotlight
Joanna Hoffman, Steve Jobs
2014 (87th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2013 (86th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Patsey, 12 Years a Slave
Ginger, Blue Jasmine
Rosalyn Rosenfeld, American Hustle
Barbara Weston, August: Osage County
Kate Grant, Nebraska
2012 (85th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Fantine, Les Misérables
Peggy Dodd, The Master
Mary Todd Lincoln, Lincoln
Cheryl, The Sessions
Dolores, Silver Linings Playbook
2011 (84th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Minny Jackson, The Help
Peppy Miller, The Artist
Celia Foote, The Help
Megan, Bridesmaids
Hubert Page, Albert Nobbs
2010 (83rd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Alice Ward, The Fighter
Charlene Fleming, The Fighter
Queen Elizabeth, The King's Speech
Mattie Ross, True Grit
Janine 'Smurf' Cody, Animal Kingdom
2009 (82nd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2008 (81st)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2007 (80th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Karen Crowder, Michael Clayton
Mama Lucas, American Gangster
Briony Tallis, aged 13, Atonement
Helene McCready, Gone Baby Gone
2006 (79th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2005 (78th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tessa Quayle, The Constant Gardener
Nelle Harper Lee, Capote
2004 (77th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Katharine Hepburn, The Aviator
Clara McMillen, Kinsey
Maya, Sideways
Tatiana Rusesabagina, Hotel Rwanda
Alice, Closer
2003 (76th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2002 (75th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Velma Kelly, Chicago
Roberta Hertzel, About Schmidt
Laura Brown, The Hours
Matron Mama Morton, Chicago
Susan Orlean, Adaptation
2001 (74th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Alicia Nash, A Beautiful Mind
Mrs. Wilson, Gosford Park
Constance, Countess of Trentham, Gosford Park
Natalie Strout, In the Bedroom
Young Iris Murdoch, Iris
2000 (73rd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lee Krasner, Pollock
Armande Voizin, Chocolat
Penny Lane, Almost Famous
Elaine Miller, Almost Famous
Mrs. Wilkinson, Billy Elliot
1999 (72nd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lisa Rowe, Girl, Interrupted
Lynn Sear, The Sixth Sense
Hattie, Sweet and Lowdown
Lana Tisdel, Boys Don't Cry
1998 (71st)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1997 (70th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lynn Bracken, L.A. Confidential
Emily Montgomery, In & Out
Skylar, Good Will Hunting
Amber Waves, Boogie Nights
Old Rose, Titanic
1996 (69th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Elizabeth Proctor, The Crucible
Hannah Morgan, The Mirror Has Two Faces
Madame Serena Merle, The Portrait of a Lady
Hortense, Secrets & Lies
1995 (68th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Linda, Mighty Aphrodite
Pat Nixon, Nixon
Marilyn Lovell, Apollo 13
Georgia, Georgia
Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility
1994 (67th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Helen Sinclair, Bullets over Broadway
Rose Haigh-Wood, Tom & Viv
Queen Charlotte, The Madness of King George
Olive Neal, Bullets over Broadway
1993 (66th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Flora, The Piano
Tammy Hemphill, The Firm
Carla Rodrigo, Fearless
May Welland, The Age of Innocence
Gareth Peirce, In the Name of the Father
1992 (65th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mona Lisa Vito, My Cousin Vinny
Sally, Husbands and Wives
Mrs. Fisher, Enchanted April
Ruth Wilcox, Howards End
Ingrid, Damage
1991 (64th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mother, Rambling Rose
Danielle Bowden, Cape Fear
Lila Wingo Newbury, The Prince of Tides
Ninny Threadgoode, Fried Green Tomatoes
1990 (63rd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Oda Mae Brown, Ghost
Myra Langtry, The Grifters
Karen Hill, Good Fellas
Marietta Fortune, Wild at Heart
Stands With A Fist, Dances With Wolves
1989 (62nd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1988 (61st)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1987 (60th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Rose Castorini, Moonstruck
Florencia, Gaby - A True Story
Beth Gallagher, Fatal Attraction
Tisha Doughty, The Whales of August
1986 (59th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Chick Boyle, Crimes of the Heart
Mrs. Norman, Children of a Lesser God
Charlotte Bartlett, A Room with a View
1985 (58th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Maerose Prizzi, Prizzi's Honor
Shug Avery, The Color Purple
Sunny Sobel, Twice in a Lifetime
Sister Agnes, Agnes of God
1984 (57th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mrs. Moore, A Passage to India
Iris, The Natural
Margaret Lomax, Places in the Heart
Hazel Zanussi, Swing Shift
Mrs. Ritter, The Pope of Greenwich Village
1983 (56th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1982 (55th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1981 (54th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Emma Goldman, Reds
Teresa, Absence of Malice
Chelsea Thayer Wayne, On Golden Pond
Toby Landau, Only When I Laugh
Evelyn Nesbit, Ragtime
1980 (53rd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lynda Dummar, Melvin and Howard
Captain Doreen Lewis, Private Benjamin
Grandma Pearl, Resurrection
Vicki LaMotta, Raging Bull
Louise, Inside Moves
1979 (52nd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Joanna Kramer, Kramer vs. Kramer
Margaret Phelps, Kramer vs. Kramer
Mrs. Stohler, Breaking Away
Jessica Potter, Starting Over
Tracy, Manhattan
1978 (51st)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Diana Barrie, California Suite
Julia Farnsworth, Heaven Can Wait
Viola Munson, Coming Home
Pearl, Interiors
Linda, The Deer Hunter
1977 (50th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Julia, Julia
Emilia Rodgers, The Turning Point
Lucy McFadden, The Goodbye Girl
Jillian Guiler, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Katherine Dunn, Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1976 (49th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Louise Schumacher, Network
The Bookkeeper, All the President's Men
Iris, Taxi Driver
Lilian Rosen, Voyage of the Damned
Margaret White, Carrie
1975 (48th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1974 (47th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Greta Ohlsson, Murder on the Orient Express
Severine, Day for Night
Lili Von Shtupp, Blazing Saddles
Connie Corleone, The Godfather Part II
1973 (46th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Addie Loggins, Paper Moon
Regan MacNeil, The Exorcist
Debbie, American Graffiti
Trixie Delight, Paper Moon
Mrs. Pritchett, Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1972 (45th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1971 (44th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ruth Popper, The Last Picture Show
Bobbie, Carnal Knowledge
Lois Farrow, The Last Picture Show
Mrs. Maudsley, The Go-Between
1970 (43rd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ada Quonsett, Airport
Rayette Dipesto, Five Easy Pieces
Mrs. Enders, The Landlord
Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan, M*A*S*H
Inez Guerrero, Airport
1969 (42nd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1968 (41st)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Minnie Castevet, Rosemary's Baby
Maria Forst, Faces
Mick Kelly, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Rose Brice, Funny Girl
Calla Mackie, Rachel, Rachel
1967 (40th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Blanche Barrow, Bonnie and Clyde
Muzzy Van Hossmere, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Mrs. Ethel Banks, Barefoot in the Park
Mrs. Prentice, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Elaine Robinson, The Graduate
1966 (39th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1965 (38th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Rose-Ann D'Arcey, A Patch of Blue
The Dealer, Inside Daisy Clover
Emilia, Othello
Desdemona, Othello
Mother Abbess, The Sound of Music
1964 (37th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Madame Hortense, Zorba the Greek
Mrs. Higgins, My Fair Lady
Mrs. St. Maugham, The Chalk Garden
Judith Fellowes, The Night of the Iguana
Velma Cruther, Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1963 (36th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Duchess of Brighton, The V.I.P.s
Molly, Tom Jones
Miss Western, Tom Jones
Mrs. Waters, Tom Jones
Mother Maria, Lilies of the Field
1962 (35th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Helen Keller, The Miracle Worker
Scout Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird
Heavenly Finley, Sweet Bird of Youth
Raymond's Mother, The Manchurian Candidate
Elizabeth Stroud, Birdman of Alcatraz
1961 (34th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Anita, West Side Story
Mrs. Amelia Tilford, The Children's Hour
Irene Hoffman, Judgment at Nuremberg
Countess Magda Terribili-Gonzales, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Mrs. Winemiller, Summer and Smoke
1960 (33rd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1959 (32nd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mrs. Van Daan, The Diary of Anne Frank
Elspeth, Room at the Top
Sarah Jane (age 18), Imitation of Life
Annie Johnson, Imitation of Life
Alma, Pillow Talk
1958 (31st)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Pat Cooper, Separate Tables
Agnes Gooch, Auntie Mame
Gwen French, Some Came Running
Fay Doyle, Lonelyhearts
The Woman, The Defiant Ones
1957 (30th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Katsumi, Sayonara
The Existentialist, The Bachelor Party
Miss Plimsoll, Witness for the Prosecution
Selena Cross, Peyton Place
Allison MacKenzie, Peyton Place
1956 (29th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Marylee Hadley, Written on the Wind
Aunt Rose Comfort, Baby Doll
Mrs. Daigle, The Bad Seed
Luz Benedict, Giant
Rhoda Penmark, The Bad Seed
1955 (28th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kate, East of Eden
Clara Snyder, Marty
Rose Hopkins, Pete Kelly's Blues
Rosa Della Rose, The Rose Tattoo
1954 (27th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Edie Doyle, On the Waterfront
Erica Martin, Executive Suite
Senora Devereaux, Broken Lance
Sally McKee, The High and the Mighty
Mary Holst, The High and the Mighty
1953 (26th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1952 (25th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Rosemary Bartlow, The Bad and the Beautiful
Lina Lamont, Singin' in the Rain
Marie Charlet, Moulin Rouge
Marie Loring, Come Back, Little Sheba
1951 (24th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Stella Kowalski, A Streetcar Named Desire
Annie Rawlins, The Blue Veil
Linda Loman, Death of a Salesman
A Shoplifter, Detective Story
Ellen McNulty, The Mating Season
1950 (23rd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Veta Louise Simmons, Harvey
Evelyn Harper, Caged
Karen Richards, All about Eve
Betty Schaefer, Sunset Blvd.
Birdie, All about Eve
1949 (22nd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sadie Burke, All the King's Men
Miss Em, Pinky
Sister Scholastica, Come to the Stable
Miss Potts, Come to the Stable
Granny, Pinky
1948 (21st)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1947 (20th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lady Sophie Horfield, The Paradine Case
Ginny Tremaine, Crossfire
Ma Kettle, The Egg and I
Mrs. Green, Gentleman's Agreement
1946 (19th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sophie MacDonald, The Razor's Edge
Mrs. Warren, The Spiral Staircase
Belle McCanles, Duel in the Sun
Angelique Buiton, Saratoga Trunk
Lady Thiang, Anna and the King of Siam
1945 (18th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mrs. Brown, National Velvet
Veda Pierce, Mildred Pierce
Sibyl Vane, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Bessie Watty, The Corn Is Green
1944 (17th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Jane Hilton, Since You Went Away
Nancy Oliver, Gaslight
Ling's Wife, Dragon Seed
Aspacia Conti, Mrs. Parkington
1943 (16th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sister Vauzous, The Song of Bernadette
Lieutenant Joan O'Doul, So Proudly We Hail!
Louise Soubirous, The Song of Bernadette
Fanny Farrelly, Watch on the Rhine
1942 (15th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Carol Beldon, Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Vale, Now, Voyager
Fanny Minafer, The Magnificent Ambersons
Kitty, Random Harvest
Lady Beldon, Mrs. Miniver
1941 (14th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sandra Kovak, The Great Lie
Mrs. Morgan, How Green Was My Valley
Birdie Hubbard, The Little Foxes
Alexandra Giddens, The Little Foxes
Mother York, Sergeant York
1940 (13th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ma Joad, The Grapes of Wrath
Mrs. Danvers, Rebecca
Liz Imbrie, The Philadelphia Story
Duchesse de Praslin, All This, and Heaven Too
Mamie Adams, Primrose Path
1939 (12th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Melanie Hamilton, Gone with the Wind
Isabella, Wuthering Heights
Sarah McKlennar, Drums along the Mohawk
Grandmother, Mme. Marnay, Love Affair
1938 (11th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Aunt Belle Massey, Jezebel
Mary Wilkins, Of Human Hearts
Mrs. Emily Kilbourne, Merrily We Live
Penny Sycamore, You Can't Take It with You
Carla Donner, The Great Waltz
1937 (10th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Molly O'Leary, In Old Chicago
Kaye Hamilton, Stage Door
Laurel Dallas, Stella Dallas
Francie, Dead End
Mrs. Bramson, Night Must Fall
1936 (9th)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Faith Paleologue, Anthony Adverse
Rachel Jackson, The Gorgeous Hussy
Angelica Bullock, My Man Godfrey
Mary Tilford, These Three
Baroness von Obersdorf, Dodsworth
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1936-present