# AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film

The AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is an accolade given by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television".
The award is handed out at the annual AACTA Awards, which rewards achievements in feature film, television, documentaries, and short films. From 1976 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards). When the AFI launched the academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Toni Collette and Judy Davis are the most awarded actresses in this category, with three wins each. Candidates for this award must be human and female, and cannot be nominated in the leading actress category for the same role in the same production.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Actress | Film | Role |
| 1970s ||||
| 1976 | Melissa Jaffer | Caddie | Leslie |
| 1976 | Jacki Weaver | Caddie | Josie |
| 1976 | Kate Fitzpatrick | Promised Woman | Marge |
| 1976 | Helen Garner | Pure S | Jo |
| 1976 | Anne-Louise Lambert | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Miranda |
| 1977 | Veronica Lang | Don's Party | Jody |
| 1977 | Anne Haddy | The Fourth Wish | Dr. Kirk |
| 1977 | Ingrid Mason | Break of Day | Beth |
| 1977 | Judy Morris | The Picture Show Man | Miss Lockhart |
| 1978 | Angela Punch McGregor | Newsfront | Fay |
| 1978 | Carol Burns | The Mango Tree | Maudie Plover |
| 1978 | Diane Craig | The Mango Tree | Miss Pringle |
| 1978 | Patricia Kennedy | The Getting of Wisdom | Miss Chapman |
| 1979 | Pat Evison | Tim | Em Melville |
| 1979 | Aileen Britton | My Brilliant Career | Grandma Bossier |
| 1979 | Wendy Hughes | My Brilliant Career | Aunt Helen |
| 1979 | Patricia Kennedy | My Brilliant Career | Aunt Gussie |
| 1980s ||||
| 1980 | Jill Perryman | Maybe This Time | Mother |
| 1980 | Michele Fawdon | Maybe This Time | Margo |
| 1980 | Jude Kuring | Maybe This Time | Meredith |
| 1980 | Lorna Lesley | The Chain Reaction | Gloria |
| 1981 | Judy Davis | Hoodwink | Sarah |
| 1981 | Cathy Downes | Winter of Our Dreams | Gretel |
| 1981 | Marion Edward | Road Games | Frita |
| 1981 | Rebecca Riggs | Fatty Finn | Tilly |
| 1982 | Kris McQuade | Fighting Back | Mrs. Goodwood |
| 1982 | Alice Garner | Monkey Grip | Gracie |
| 1982 | Sandy Gore | Norman Loves Rose | Maureen |
| 1982 | Myra De Groot | Norman Loves Rose | Mother |
| 1983 | Linda Hunt | The Year of Living Dangerously | Billy Kwan |
| 1983 | Pat Evison | The Clinic | Alda |
| 1983 | Sandy Gore | Undercover | Nina |
| 1983 | Robyn Nevin | Careful, He Might Hear You | Lila |
| 1984 | Anna Maria Monticelli | Silver City | Anna |
| 1984 | Sandy Gore | Street Hero | Bonnie Rogers |
| 1984 | Monica Maughan | Annie's Coming Out | Vera Peters |
| 1984 | Peta Toppano | Street Hero | Vinnie's Mother |
| 1985 | Annie Byron | Fran | Marge |
| 1985 | Genevieve Mooy | Emoh Ruo | Margaret York |
| 1985 | Narelle Simpson | Fran | Lisa |
| 1985 | Kerry Walker | Bliss | Alice Dalton |
| 1986 | Lindy Davies | Malcolm | Judith |
| 1986 | Kylie Belling | The Fringe Dwellers | Noonah Comeaway |
| 1986 | Victoria Longley | The More Things Change... | Geraldine |
| 1986 | Kerry Walker | Twelfth Night | Feste |
| 1987 | Jan Adele | High Tide | Bet |
| 1987 | Kaarin Fairfax | Belinda | Sandra |
| 1987 | Julie Hamilton | The Place at the Coast | Enid Burroughs |
| 1987 | Claudia Karvan | High Tide | Ally |
| 1988 | Tina Bursill | Jilted | Paula |
| 1988 | Mary Coustas | Mull | Helen |
| 1988 | Sue Jones | Mull | Deborah Mullens |
| 1988 | Julie Nihill | Boundaries of the Heart | June Thompson |
| 1989 | Victoria Longley | Celia | Alice Tanner |
| 1989 | Dorothy Barry | Sweetie | Flo |
| 1989 | Mary-Anne Fahey | Celia | Pat Carmichael |
| 1989 | Nicole Kidman | Emerald City | Helen |
| 1990s ||||
| 1990 | Julia Blake | Father | Iya Zetnick |
| 1990 | Ruth Cracknell | Kokoda Crescent | Alice |
| 1990 | Penne Hackforth-Jones | Kokoda Crescent | Carol |
| 1990 | Maggie King | The Big Steal | Edith Clark |
| 1991 | Fiona Press | Waiting | Therese |
| 1991 | Toni Collette | Spotswood | Wendy Robinson |
| 1991 | Gosia Dobrowolska | A Woman's Tale | Anna |
| 1991 | Helen Jones | Waiting | Sandy |
| 1992 | Pat Thomson | Strictly Ballroom | Shirley Hastings |
| 1992 | Gia Carides | Strictly Ballroom | Liz Holt |
| 1992 | Willa O'Neill | Secrets | Vicki |
| 1992 | Miranda Otto | The Last Days of Chez Nous | Annie |
| 1993 | Judy Davis | On My Own | The Mother |
| 1993 | Jill Forster | Say a Little Prayer | Mrs. Easterbrook |
| 1993 | Kris McQuade | Broken Highway | Woman |
| 1993 | Kerry Walker | The Piano | Aunt Morag |
| 1994 | Rachel Griffiths | Muriel's Wedding | Rhonda Epinstall |
| 1994 | Jeanie Drynan | Muriel's Wedding | Betty Heslop |
| 1994 | Deborah Kennedy | The Sum of Us | Joyce Johnson |
| 1994 | Jacqueline McKenzie | Traps | Viola |
| 1995 | Amanda Douge | That Eye, the Sky | Tegwyn Flack |
| 1995 | Essie Davis | Dad and Dave: On Our Selection | Kate Rudd |
| 1995 | Nadine Garner | Metal Skin | Roslyn |
| 1995 | Rebecca Gibney | Lucky Break | Gloria Wrightman |
| 1996 | Toni Collette | Lilian's Story | Young Lilian Singer |
| 1996 | Zoe Carides | Brilliant Lies | Katy Connor |
| 1996 | Alice Garner | Love and Other Catastrophes | Alice |
| 1996 | Annette Shun Wah | Floating Life | Yen Chan |
| 1997 | Cate Blanchett | Thank God He Met Lizzie | Lizzie |
| 1997 | Annie Byron | Doing Time for Patsy Cline | Mum |
| 1997 | Sophie Lee | The Castle | Tracey Petropoulous |
| 1997 | Rebecca Smart | Blackrock | Cherie Milenko |
| 1998 | Toni Collette | The Boys | Michelle |
| 1998 | Angela Punch McGregor | Terra Nova | Margie |
| 1998 | Miranda Otto | In the Winter Dark | Ronnie |
| 1998 | Rena Owen | Dance Me to My Song | Rix |
| 1999 | Sacha Horler | Soft Fruit | Nadia |
| 1999 | Claudia Karvan | Passion | Alfhild de Luce |
| 1999 | Susie Porter | Two Hands | Deirdre |
| 1999 | Emily Woof | Passion | Karen Holten |
| 2000s ||||
| 2000 | Greta Scacchi | Looking for Alibrandi | Christina Alibrandi |
| 2000 | Elena Cotta | Looking for Alibrandi | Katia Alibrandi |
| 2000 | Sacha Horler | Russian Doll | Liza |
| 2000 | Kris McQuade | Better Than Sex | Taxi Driver |
| 2001 | Rachael Blake | Lantana | Jane O'May |
| 2001 | Lourdes Bartolomé | La Spagnola | Manola |
| 2001 | Daniela Farinacci | Lantana | Paula D'Amato |
| 2001 | Belinda McClory | Mullet | Kay |
| 2002 | Judi Farr | Walking on Water | Margaret |
| 2002 | Celia Ireland | Australian Rules | Liz Black |
| 2002 | Anna Lise Phillips | Envy | Rachel |
| 2002 | Maya Stange | Garage Days | Kate |
| 2003 | Sacha Horler | Travelling Light | Bronwyn White |
| 2003 | Melanie Griffith | The Night We Called It a Day | Barbara Marx |
| 2003 | Miranda Richardson | The Rage in Placid Lake | Sylvia Lake |
| 2003 | Helen Thomson | Gettin' Square | Marion Barrington |
| 2004 | Lynette Curran | Somersault | Irene |
| 2004 | Hollie Andrew | Somersault | Bianca |
| 2004 | Rachael Blake | Tom White | Helen White |
| 2004 | Loene Carmen | Tom White | Christine |
| 2005 | Noni Hazlehurst | Little Fish | Janelle Heart |
| 2005 | Daniela Farinacci | Look Both Ways | Julia |
| 2005 | Tracy Mann | Hating Alison Ashley | Erica's mother |
| 2005 | Kestie Morassi | Wolf Creek | Kristy Earl |
| 2006 | Susie Porter | Caterpillar Wish | Susan Woodbridge |
| 2006 | Deborra-Lee Furness | Jindabyne | Jude |
| 2006 | Noni Hazlehurst | Candy | Elaine Wyatt |
| 2006 | Genevieve Lemon | Suburban Mayhem | Dianne |
| 2007 | Emma Booth | Clubland | Jill |
| 2007 | Sibylla Budd | The Bet | Tory |
| 2007 | Irene Chen | The Home Song Stories | May |
| 2007 | Esme Melville | Romulus, My Father | Miss Collard |
| 2008 | Toni Collette | The Black Balloon | Maggie Mollison |
| 2008 | Saskia Burmeister | The Jammed | Vanya |
| 2008 | Maeve Dermody | Black Water | Lee |
| 2008 | Leeanna Walsman | Bitter & Twisted | Indigo Samvini |
| 2009 | Rachel Griffiths | Beautiful Kate | Sally Kendall |
| 2009 | Maeve Dermody | Beautiful Kate | Toni |
| 2009 | Mitjili Napanangka Gibson | Samson and Delilah | Nana |
| 2009 | Bea Viegas | Balibo | Juliana |
| 2010s ||||
| 2010 | Deborah Mailman | Bran Nue Dae | Roxanne |
| 2010 | Julia Blake | The Boys Are Back | Barbara |
| 2010 | Kerry Fox | Bright Star | Fanny's mother |
| 2010 | Laura Wheelwright | Animal Kingdom | Nicky Henry |
| AACTA Awards ||||
| 2011 (1st) | Louise Harris | Snowtown | Elizabeth Harvey |
| 2011 (1st) | Morgana Davies | The Hunter | Sass |
| 2011 (1st) | Helen Morse | The Eye of the Storm | Lotte |
| 2011 (1st) | Alexandra Schepisi | The Eye of the Storm | Flora |
| 2012 (2nd) | Jessica Mauboy | The Sapphires | Julie |
| 2012 (2nd) | Essie Davis | Burning Man | Karen |
| 2012 (2nd) | Rebecca Gibney | Mental | Shirley Moochmore |
| 2012 (2nd) | Deborah Mailman | Mental | Sandra |
| 2013 (3rd) | Elizabeth Debicki | The Great Gatsby | Jordan Baker |
| 2013 (3rd) | Isla Fisher | The Great Gatsby | Myrtle Wilson |
| 2013 (3rd) | Mirrah Foulkes | The Turning | Fay Keenan |
| 2013 (3rd) | Alice Keohavong | The Rocket | Mali |
| 2014 (4th) | Susan Prior | The Rover | Dorothy Peeples |
| 2014 (4th) | Erin James | The Little Death | Monica |
| 2014 (4th) | Jacqueline McKenzie | The Water Diviner | Eliza Connor |
| 2014 (4th) | Kate Mulvany | The Little Death | Evie |
| 2015 (5th) | Judy Davis | The Dressmaker | Molly Dunnage |
| 2015 (5th) | Emma Hamilton | Last Cab to Darwin | Julie |
| 2015 (5th) | Deborah Mailman | Paper Planes | Maureen |
| 2015 (5th) | Sarah Snook | The Dressmaker | Gertrude "Trudy" Pratt |
| 2016 (6th) | Miranda Otto | The Daughter | Charlotte |
| 2016 (6th) | Kerry Armstrong | Pawno | Jennifer Montgomery |
| 2016 (6th) | Rachel Griffiths | Hacksaw Ridge | Bertha Doss |
| 2016 (6th) | Anna Torv | The Daughter | Anna |
| 2017 (7th) | Nicole Kidman | Lion | Sue Brierley |
| 2017 (7th) | Frances Duca | Ali's Wedding | Zahra |
| 2017 (7th) | Jacqueline McKenzie | Don't Tell | Jean Dalton |
| 2017 (7th) | Susie Porter | Hounds of Love | Maggie Maloney |
| 2018 (8th) | Nicole Kidman | Boy Erased | Nancy Eamons |
| 2018 (8th) | Elizabeth Debicki | Breath | Eva |
| 2018 (8th) | Natassia Gorey-Furber | Sweet Country | Lizzie Kelly |
| 2018 (8th) | Noni Hazlehurst | Ladies in Black | Miss Cartwright |
| 2018 (8th) | Simone Kessell | 1% | Hayley |
| 2019 (9th) | Magnolia Maymuru | The Nightingale | Lowanna |
| 2019 (9th) | Tilda Cobham-Hervey | Hotel Mumbai | Sally |
| 2019 (9th) | Hilary Swank | I Am Mother | Woman |
| 2019 (9th) | Bolude Watson | Hearts and Bones | Anishka Ahmed |
| 2019 (9th) | Ursula Yovich | Top End Wedding | Daffy Ford |
| 2020s ||||
| 2020 (10th) | Essie Davis | Babyteeth | Anna Finlay |
| 2020 (10th) | Emma Booth | H is for Happiness | Claire Phee |
| 2020 (10th) | Bella Heathcote | Relic | Sam |
| 2020 (10th) | Deborah Mailman | H is for Happiness | Penelope Benson |
| 2020 (10th) | Doris Younane | Measure for Measure | Karima |
| 2021 (11th) | Essie Davis | Nitram | Helen |
| 2021 (11th) | Claudia Karvan | June Again | Ginny |
| 2021 (11th) | Esmerelda Marimowa | High Ground | Gulwirri |
| 2021 (11th) | Miranda Tapsell | The Dry | Rita Raco |
| 2021 (11th) | Jacki Weaver | Penguin Bloom | Jan |
| 2022 (12th) | Olivia DeJonge | Elvis | Priscilla Presley |
| 2022 (12th) | Jada Alberts | The Stranger | Detective Senior Constable Kate Rylett |
| 2022 (12th) | Jessica De Gouw | The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson | Louisa Klintoff |
| 2022 (12th) | Joanna Lumley | Falling for Figaro | Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop |
| 2022 (12th) | Yael Stone | Blaze | Hannah |