# British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress

This is a list of the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. The British Academy Television Awards (BAFTA TV Awards) were first presented in 1954. They are the UK equivalent to the Emmy Awards in the United States. From 1954 to 1997, film and television awards were presented at one ceremony. Since 1998, two separate ceremonies have been held.
The awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor were first presented at the 2010 ceremony.
The first winner of this award was Rebecca Hall for her performance as Paula Garland in the Channel 4 limited series Red Riding 1974 (2010). The most recent winner was Jasmine Jobson for her role in the series Top Boy on Netflix.
Jasmine Jobson and Lesley Manville have the most nominations for this award, with three each.

## Winners and nominees
### 2010s

| Year | Actress | Work | Character | Network |
| 2010 (56th) |
| 2010 (56th) | Rebecca Hall | Red Riding 1974 | Paula Garland | Channel 4 |
| 2010 (56th) | Sophie Okonedo | Criminal Justice | Jackie Woolf | BBC One |
| 2010 (56th) | Imelda Staunton | Return to Cranford | Octavia Pole | BBC One |
| 2010 (56th) | Lauren Socha | The Unloved | Lauren | Channel 4 |
| 2011 (57th) |
| 2011 (57th) | Lauren Socha | Misfits | Kelly Bailey | E4 |
| 2011 (57th) | Gillian Anderson | Any Human Heart | Wallis Simpson | Channel 4 |
| 2011 (57th) | Lynda Baron | The Road to Coronation Street | Violet Carson | BBC Four |
| 2011 (57th) | Jessie Wallace | The Road to Coronation Street | Pat Phoenix | BBC Four |
| 2012 (58th) |
| 2012 (58th) | Monica Dolan | Appropriate Adult | Rose West | ITV |
| 2012 (58th) | Anna Chancellor | The Hour | Lix Storm | BBC Two |
| 2012 (58th) | Miranda Hart | Call the Midwife | Camilla "Chummy" Noakes | BBC One |
| 2012 (58th) | Maggie Smith | Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | ITV |
| 2013 (59th) |
| 2013 (59th) | Olivia Colman | Accused: "Mo's Story" | Sue | BBC One |
| 2013 (59th) | Anastasia Hille | The Fear | Jo Beckett | Channel 4 |
| 2013 (59th) | Sarah Lancashire | Last Tango in Halifax | Caroline Dawson | BBC One |
| 2013 (59th) | Imelda Staunton | The Girl | Alma Reville | BBC Two |
| 2014 (60th) |
| 2014 (60th) | Sarah Lancashire | Last Tango in Halifax | Caroline Dawson | BBC One |
| 2014 (60th) | Shirley Henderson | Southcliffe | Claire Salter | Channel 4 |
| 2014 (60th) | Claire Rushbrook | My Mad Fat Diary | Linda Earl-Bouchtat | E4 |
| 2014 (60th) | Nicola Walker | Last Tango in Halifax | Gillian Buttershaw | BBC One |
| 2015 (61st) |
| 2015 (61st) | Gemma Jones | Marvellous | Mary Baldwin | BBC Two |
| 2015 (61st) | Amanda Redman | Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This | Gwen Cooper | ITV |
| 2015 (61st) | Vicky McClure | Line of Duty | Kate Fleming | BBC Two |
| 2015 (61st) | Charlotte Spencer | Glue | Tina Fallon | E4 |
| 2016 (62nd) |
| 2016 (62nd) | Chanel Cresswell | This Is England '90 | Kelly Jenkins | Channel 4 |
| 2016 (62nd) | Michelle Gomez | Doctor Who | Missy / The Master | BBC One |
| 2016 (62nd) | Lesley Manville | River | Chrissie Read | BBC One |
| 2016 (62nd) | Eleanor Worthington Cox | The Enfield Haunting | Janet Hodgson | Sky Living |
| 2017 (63rd) |
| 2017 (63rd) | Wunmi Mosaku | Damilola, Our Loved Boy | Gloria Taylor | BBC One |
| 2017 (63rd) | Vanessa Kirby | The Crown | Princess Margaret | Netflix |
| 2017 (63rd) | Siobhan Finneran | Happy Valley | Claire Cartwright | BBC One |
| 2017 (63rd) | Nicola Walker | Last Tango in Halifax | Gillian Buttershaw | BBC One |
| 2018 (64th) |
| 2018 (64th) | Vanessa Kirby | The Crown | Princess Margaret | Netflix |
| 2018 (64th) | Anna Friel | Broken | Christina Fitzsimmons | BBC One |
| 2018 (64th) | Liv Hill | Three Girls | Ruby Bowen | BBC One |
| 2018 (64th) | Julie Hesmondhalgh | Broadchurch | Trish Winterman | ITV |
| 2019 (65th) |
| 2019 (65th) | Fiona Shaw | Killing Eve | Carolyn Martens | BBC One |
| 2019 (65th) | Monica Dolan | A Very English Scandal | Marion Thorpe | BBC One |
| 2019 (65th) | Keeley Hawes | Mrs. Wilson | Dorothy Wick | BBC One |
| 2019 (65th) | Billie Piper | Collateral | Karen Mars | BBC One |

### 2020s

| Year | Actress | Work | Character | Network |
| 2020 (66th) |
| 2020 (66th) | Naomi Ackie | The End of the F***ing World | Bonnie | Channel 4 |
| 2020 (66th) | Helena Bonham Carter | The Crown | Princess Margaret | Netflix |
| 2020 (66th) | Jasmine Jobson | Top Boy | Jacqueline "Jaq" Lawrence | Netflix |
| 2020 (66th) | Helen Behan | The Virtues | Anna Lowery | Channel 4 |
| 2021 (67th) |
| 2021 (67th) | Rakie Ayola | Anthony | Gee Walker | BBC One |
| 2021 (67th) | Helena Bonham Carter | The Crown | Princess Margaret | Netflix |
| 2021 (67th) | Sophie Okonedo | Criminal: UK | Julia Bryce | Netflix |
| 2021 (67th) | Leila Farzad | I Hate Suzie | Naomi Jones | Sky Atlantic |
| 2021 (67th) | Siena Kelly | Adult Material | Amy Lloyd | Channel 4 |
| 2021 (67th) | Weruche Opia | I May Destroy You | Terry Pratchard | BBC One / HBO Max |
| 2022 (68th) |
| 2022 (68th) | Cathy Tyson | Help | Poly | Channel 4 |
| 2022 (68th) | Jessica Plummer | The Girl Before | Emma Matthews | BBC One |
| 2022 (68th) | Emily Mortimer | The Pursuit of Love | The Bolter | BBC One |
| 2022 (68th) | Céline Buckens | Showtrial | Talitha Campbell | BBC One |
| 2022 (68th) | Leah Harvey | Foundation | Salvor Hardin | Apple TV+ |
| 2022 (68th) | Tahirah Sharif | The Tower | Lizzie Adama | ITV |
| 2023 (69th) |
| 2023 (69th) | Anne-Marie Duff | Bad Sisters | Grace Williams | Apple TV+ |
| 2023 (69th) | Adelayo Adedayo | The Responder | Rachel Hargreaves | BBC One |
| 2023 (69th) | Lesley Manville | Sherwood | Julie Jackson | BBC One |
| 2023 (69th) | Saffron Hocking | Top Boy | Lauryn Lawrence | Netflix |
| 2023 (69th) | Jasmine Jobson | Top Boy | Jacqueline "Jaq" Lawrence | Netflix |
| 2023 (69th) | Fiona Shaw | Andor | Maarva Andor | Disney+ |
| 2024 (70th) |
| 2024 (70th) | Jasmine Jobson | Top Boy | Jacqueline “Jaq” Lawrence | Netflix |
| 2024 (70th) | Elizabeth Debicki | The Crown | Diana, Princess of Wales | Netflix |
| 2024 (70th) | Harriet Walter | Succession | Lady Caroline Collingwood | Sky Atlantic |
| 2024 (70th) | Lesley Manville | The Crown | Princess Margaret | Netflix |
| 2024 (70th) | Nico Parker | The Last of Us | Sarah Miller | Sky Atlantic |
| 2024 (70th) | Siobhan Finneran | Happy Valley | Clare Cartwright | BBC One |

## Superlatives

| Record | Actress | Programme | Age (in years) |
| Oldest winner | Gemma Jones | Marvellous | 72 |
| Oldest nominee | Maggie Smith | Downton Abbey | 77 |
| Youngest winner | Lauren Socha | Misfits | 20 |
| Youngest nominee | Eleanor Worthington Cox | The Enfield Haunting | 14 |

## Actresses with multiple wins and nominations
### Multiple nominations

The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress multiple times: