# National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the annual awards given by the National Society of Film Critics.

## Winners
### 1960

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1967 | Marjorie Rhodes | The Family Way | Lucy Fitton |
| 1968 | Billie Whitelaw | Charlie Bubbles | Lottie Bubbles |
| 1969 | Siân Phillips | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Ursula Mossbank |
| 1969 | Delphine Seyrig | Stolen Kisses | Fabienne Tabard |

### 1970

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1970 | Lois Smith | Five Easy Pieces | Partita Dupea |
| 1971 | Ellen Burstyn | The Last Picture Show | Lois Farrow |
| 1972 | Jeannie Berlin | The Heartbreak Kid | Lila Kolodny |
| 1973 | Valentina Cortese | Day for Night (La nuit américaine) | Séverine |
| 1974 | Bibi Andersson | Scenes from a Marriage | Katarina |
| 1975 | Lily Tomlin | Nashville | Linnea Reese |
| 1976 | Jodie Foster | Taxi Driver | Iris Steensma |
| 1977 | Ann Wedgeworth | Handle with Care | Joyce |
| 1978 | Meryl Streep | The Deer Hunter | Linda |
| 1979 | Meryl Streep | Kramer vs. Kramer | Joanna Kramer |
| 1979 | Meryl Streep | Manhattan | Jill Davis |
| 1979 | Meryl Streep | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Karen Traynor |

### 1980s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1980 | Mary Steenburgen | Melvin and Howard | Lynda Dummar |
| 1981 | Maureen Stapleton | Reds | Emma Goldman |
| 1982 | Jessica Lange | Tootsie | Julie Nichols |
| 1983 | Sandra Bernhard | The King of Comedy | Masha |
| 1984 | Melanie Griffith | Body Double | Holly Body |
| 1985 | Anjelica Huston | Prizzi's Honor | Maerose Prizzi |
| 1986 | Dianne Wiest | Hannah and Her Sisters | Holly |
| 1987 | Kathy Baker | Street Smart | Punchy |
| 1988 | Mercedes Ruehl | Married to the Mob | Connie Russo |
| 1989 | Anjelica Huston | Enemies: A Love Story | Tamara Broder |

### 1990s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1990 | Annette Bening | The Grifters | Myra Langtry |
| 1991 | Jane Horrocks | Life Is Sweet | Nicola |
| 1992 | Judy Davis | Husbands and Wives | Sally |
| 1993 | Madeleine Stowe | Short Cuts | Sherri Shepard |
| 1994 | Dianne Wiest | Bullets over Broadway | Helen Sinclair |
| 1995 | Joan Allen | Nixon | Pat Ryan-Nixon |
| 1996 | Barbara Hershey | The Portrait of a Lady | Serena Merle |
| 1997 | Julianne Moore | Boogie Nights | Amber Waves |
| 1998 | Judi Dench | Shakespeare in Love | Queen Elizabeth I |
| 1999 | Chloë Sevigny | Boys Don't Cry | Lana Tisdel |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2000 | Elaine May | Small Time Crooks | May |
| 2001 | Helen Mirren | Gosford Park | Mrs. Wilson |
| 2002 | Patricia Clarkson | Far from Heaven | Eleanor Fine |
| 2003 | Patricia Clarkson | Pieces of April | Joy Burns |
| 2003 | Patricia Clarkson | The Station Agent | Olivia Harris |
| 2004 | Virginia Madsen | Sideways | Maya Randall |
| 2005 | Amy Adams | Junebug | Ashley Johnsten |
| 2006 | Meryl Streep | The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda Priestly |
| 2006 | Meryl Streep | A Prairie Home Companion | Yolanda Johnson |
| 2007 | Cate Blanchett | I'm Not There | Jude Quinn |
| 2008 | Hanna Schygulla | The Edge of Heaven | Susanne Staub |
| 2009 | Mo'Nique | Precious | Mary Lee Johnston |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2010 | Olivia Williams | The Ghost Writer | Ruth Lang |
| 2011 | Jessica Chastain | The Help | Celia Foote |
| 2011 | Jessica Chastain | The Tree of Life | Mrs. O'Brien |
| 2011 | Jessica Chastain | Take Shelter | Samantha LaForche |
| 2012 | Amy Adams | The Master | Peggy Dodd |
| 2013 | Jennifer Lawrence | American Hustle | Rosalyn Rosenfeld |
| 2014 | Patricia Arquette | Boyhood | Olivia Evans |
| 2015 | Kristen Stewart | Clouds of Sils Maria | Valentine |
| 2016 | Michelle Williams | Manchester by the Sea | Randi Chandler |
| 2017 | Laurie Metcalf | Lady Bird | Marion McPherson |
| 2018 | Regina King | If Beale Street Could Talk | Sharon Rivers |
| 2019 | Laura Dern | Little Women | Marmee March |
| 2019 | Laura Dern | Marriage Story | Nora Fanshaw |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2020 | Maria Bakalova | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Tutar Sagdiyev |
| 2021 | Ruth Negga | Passing | Clare Bellew |
| 2022 | Kerry Condon | The Banshees of Inisherin | Siobhán Súilleabháin |
| 2023 | Da'Vine Joy Randolph | The Holdovers | Mary Lamb |
| 2024 | Michele Austin | Hard Truths | Chantelle |

## Trivia

Jodie Foster is the youngest winner in this category, winning the award at age 13 for Taxi Driver (1976). In 2009, Mo'Nique became the first African-American to win in this category for Precious.

## Multiple awards
### 3 wins

* Meryl Streep (1978, 1979, 2006)

### 2 wins

* Amy Adams (2005, 2012)
* Patricia Clarkson (2002, 2003)
* Anjelica Huston (1985, 1989)
* Dianne Wiest (1986, 1994)