# National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress

The National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the annual film awards given (since 1954) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

## Winners
### 1950s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1954 | Nina Foch | Executive Suite | Erica Martin |
| 1955 | Marjorie Rambeau | A Man Called Peter | Miss Laura Fowler |
| 1955 | Marjorie Rambeau | The View from Pompey's Head | Lucy Devereaux Wales |
| 1956 | Debbie Reynolds | The Catered Affair | Jane Hurley |
| 1957 | Sybil Thorndike | The Prince and the Showgirl | The Queen Dowager |
| 1958 | Kay Walsh | The Horse's Mouth | Dee Coker |
| 1959 | Edith Evans | The Nun's Story | Rev. Mother Emmanuel |

### 1960s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1960 | Shirley Jones | Elmer Gantry | Lulu Bains |
| 1961 | Ruby Dee | A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger |
| 1962 | Angela Lansbury | All Fall Down | Annabel Willart |
| 1962 | Angela Lansbury | The Manchurian Candidate | Eleanor Iselin |
| 1963 | Margaret Rutherford | The V.I.P.s | Duchess of Brighton |
| 1964 | Edith Evans | The Chalk Garden | Mrs. St. Maugham |
| 1965 | Joan Blondell | The Cincinnati Kid | Lady Fingers |
| 1966 | Vivien Merchant | Alfie | Lily |
| 1967 | Marjorie Rhodes | The Family Way | Lucy Fitton |
| 1968 | Virginia Maskell | Interlude | Antonia |
| 1969 | Pamela Franklin | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Sandy |

### 1970s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1970 | Karen Black | Five Easy Pieces | Rayette Dipesto |
| 1971 | Cloris Leachman | The Last Picture Show | Ruth Popper |
| 1972 | Marisa Berenson | Cabaret | Natalia Landauer |
| 1973 | Sylvia Sidney | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Mrs. Pritchett |
| 1974 | Valerie Perrine | Lenny | Honey Bruce |
| 1975 | Ronee Blakley | Nashville | Barbara Jean |
| 1976 | Talia Shire | Rocky | Adrian Pennino |
| 1977 | Diane Keaton | Annie Hall | Annie Hall |
| 1978 | Angela Lansbury | Death on the Nile | Salome Otterbourne |
| 1979 | Meryl Streep | Kramer vs. Kramer | Joanna Kramer |
| 1979 | Meryl Streep | Manhattan | Jill |
| 1979 | Meryl Streep | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Karen Traynor |

### 1980s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1980 | Eva Le Gallienne | Resurrection | Grandma Pearl |
| 1981 | Mona Washbourne | Stevie | Aunt |
| 1982 | Glenn Close | The World According to Garp | Jenny Fields |
| 1983 | Linda Hunt | The Year of Living Dangerously | Billy Kwan |
| 1984 | Sabine Azéma | A Sunday in the Country | Irène |
| 1985 | Anjelica Huston | Prizzi's Honor | Maerose Prizzi |
| 1986 | Dianne Wiest | Hannah and Her Sisters | Holly |
| 1987 | Olympia Dukakis | Moonstruck | Rose Castorini |
| 1988 | Frances McDormand | Mississippi Burning | Mrs. Pell |
| 1989 | Mary Stuart Masterson | Immediate Family | Lucy |

### 1990s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1990 | Winona Ryder | Mermaids | Charlotte Flax |
| 1991 | Kate Nelligan | Frankie and Johnny | Cora |
| 1992 | Judy Davis | Husbands and Wives | Sally |
| 1993 | Winona Ryder | The Age of Innocence | May Welland |
| 1994 | Rosemary Harris | Tom & Viv | Rose Haigh-Wood |
| 1995 | Mira Sorvino | Mighty Aphrodite | Linda Ash |
| 1996 | Juliette Binoche | The English Patient | Hana |
| 1996 | Kristin Scott Thomas | The English Patient | Katharine Clifton |
| 1997 | Anne Heche | Donnie Brasco | Maggie Pistone |
| 1997 | Anne Heche | Wag the Dog | Winifred Ames |
| 1998 | Christina Ricci | The Opposite of Sex | Dede Truitt |
| 1999 | Julianne Moore | An Ideal Husband | Mrs. Laura Cheveley |
| 1999 | Julianne Moore | Magnolia | Linda Partridge |
| 1999 | Julianne Moore | A Map of the World | Theresa Collins |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2000 | Lupe Ontiveros | Chuck & Buck | Beverly Franco |
| 2001 | Cate Blanchett | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Galadriel |
| 2001 | Cate Blanchett | The Man Who Cried | Lola |
| 2001 | Cate Blanchett | The Shipping News | Petal Quoyle |
| 2002 | Kathy Bates | About Schmidt | Roberta Hertzel |
| 2003 | Patricia Clarkson | Pieces of April | Joy Burns |
| 2003 | Patricia Clarkson | The Station Agent | Olivia Harris |
| 2004 | Laura Linney | Kinsey | Clara McMillen |
| 2005 | Gong Li | Memoirs of a Geisha | Hatsumomo |
| 2006 | Catherine O'Hara | For Your Consideration | Marilyn Hack |
| 2007 | Amy Ryan | Gone Baby Gone | Helene McCready |
| 2008 | Penélope Cruz | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | María Elena |
| 2009 | Anna Kendrick | Up in the Air | Natalie Keener |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2010 | Jacki Weaver | Animal Kingdom | Janine “Smurf” Cody |
| 2011 | Shailene Woodley | The Descendants | Alexandra “Alex” King |
| 2012 | Ann Dowd | Compliance | Sandra |
| 2013 | Octavia Spencer | Fruitvale Station | Wanda Johnson |
| 2014 | Jessica Chastain | A Most Violent Year | Anna Morales |
| 2015 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | The Hateful Eight | Daisy Domergue |
| 2016 | Naomie Harris | Moonlight | Paula Harris |
| 2017 | Laurie Metcalf | Lady Bird | Marion McPherson |
| 2018 | Regina King | If Beale Street Could Talk | Sharon Rivers |
| 2019 | Kathy Bates | Richard Jewell | Barbara "Bobi" Jewell |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2020 | Youn Yuh-jung | Minari | Soon-ja |
| 2021 | Aunjanue Ellis | King Richard | Oracene “Brandy” Price |
| 2022 | Janelle Monáe | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Cassandra "Andi" Brand / Helen Brand |
| 2023 | Da'Vine Joy Randolph | The Holdovers | Mary Lamb |
| 2024 | Elle Fanning | A Complete Unknown | Sylvie Russo |