# National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

The National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Since 1984, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the NFDC to an actress for the best performance in a supporting role within Indian cinema. It is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Actress in a Supporting Role".
The winner is given a "Rajat Kamal" (Silver Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of ₹2,00,000. Including ties and repeat winners, the NFDC has presented a total of 41 Best Supporting Actress awards to 35 different actresses. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages, the performances of films that have won awards are of ten languages: Hindi (19 awards), Malayalam (7 awards), Bengali (4 awards), Tamil (4 awards), English (2 awards), Meitei (1 award), Marathi (1 award), Urdu (1 award), Haryanvi (1 award), Odia (1 award).
The first recipient was Rohini Hattangadi, who was honoured at the 32nd National Film Awards for her performance in the Hindi film Party (1984). As of 2022 edition, Surekha Sikri have been honoured thrice for her Hindi films – Tamas (1987), Mammo (1994) and Badhaai Ho (2018). K. P. A. C. Lalitha won the award two times for her work in the Malayalam films Amaram (1990) and Shantham (2000) along with Pallavi Joshi for her work in Hindi films The Tashkent Files (2019) and The Kashmir Files (2021). Egyptian actress Aida El-Kashef, who was honoured at the 61st National Film Awards for her performance in the English-Hindi film Ship of Theseus (2013) is the only non-Indian actress to win the award. Urvashi and Kalpana are the only siblings to receive the honour. Ties between two actresses have occurred in the years 1999, 2012 and 2013. Sharmila Tagore, Konkona Sen Sharma and Kangana Ranaut are the three actresses to receive honours in both acting categories: Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. The most recent recipient is Neena Gupta, who was honoured at the 70th National Film Awards for her performance in the Hindi film Uunchai (2022).

## Recipients
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| † | Indicates a joint award for that year |
List of award recipients, showing the year, role, film and language(s). :
| Year | Recipient | Role | Work | Language(s) |
| 1984 (32nd) | Rohini Hattangadi | Mohini Barve | Party | Hindi |
| 1985 (33rd) | Vijaya Mehta | Mausi | Rao Saheb | Hindi |
| 1986 (34th) | Manjula Kanwar | Champa | Bhangala Silata | Odia |
| 1987 (35th) | Surekha Sikri | Rajo | Tamas | Hindi |
| 1988 (36th) | Uttara Baokar | Sudha | Ek Din Achanak | Hindi |
| 1989 (37th) | Manorama | Unknown | Pudhea Paadhai | Tamil |
| 1990 (38th) | K. P. A. C. Lalitha | Bhargavi | Amaram | Malayalam |
| 1991 (39th) | Santha Devi | Unknown | Yamanam | Malayalam |
| 1992 (40th) | Revathi | Panchavarnam | Thevar Magan | Tamil |
| 1993 (41st) | Neena Gupta | Geeta Devi | Woh Chokri | Hindi |
| 1994 (42nd) | Surekha Sikri | Fayyazi | Mammo | Hindi |
| 1995 (43rd) | Aranmula Ponnamma | Grandmother | Kathapurushan | Malayalam |
| 1996 (44th) | Rajeshwari Sachdev | Sakina | Sardari Begum | Urdu |
| 1997 (45th) | Karisma Kapoor | Nisha Sandhu | Dil To Pagal Hai | Hindi |
| 1998 (46th) | Suhasini Mulay | Maltibai Barve | Hu Tu Tu | Hindi |
| 1999 (47th) † | Sudipta Chakraborty | Malati | Bariwali | Bengali |
| 1999 (47th) † | Sohini Sengupta | Khuku | Paromitar Ek Din | Bengali |
| 2000 (48th) | K. P. A. C. Lalitha | Narayani | Shantham | Malayalam |
| 2001 (49th) | Ananya Khare | Deepa Pandey | Chandni Bar | Hindi |
| 2002 (50th) | Rakhee Gulzar | Ranga Pishima | Shubho Mahurat | Bengali |
| 2003 (51st) | Sharmila Tagore | Aparna | Abar Aranye | Bengali |
| 2004 (52nd) | Sheela | Margaret D'Costa | Akale | Malayalam |
| 2005 (53rd) | Urvashi | K. P. Vanaja | Achuvinte Amma | Malayalam |
| 2006 (54th) | Konkona Sen Sharma | Indu Tyagi | Omkara | Hindi |
| 2007 (55th) | Shefali Shah | Vandana | The Last Lear | English |
| 2008 (56th) | Kangana Ranaut | Shonali Gujral | Fashion | Hindi |
| 2009 (57th) | Arundathi Nag | Vidya's Mother ("Bum") | Paa | Hindi |
| 2010 (58th) | Sukumari | Ammini Amma | Namma Gramam | Tamil |
| 2011 (59th) | Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi | Yaipabhee | Phijigee Mani | Meitei |
| 2012 (60th) † | Dolly Ahluwalia | Dolly Arora | Vicky Donor | Hindi |
| 2012 (60th) † | Kalpana | Razia Beevi | Thanichalla Njan | Malayalam |
| 2013 (61st) † | Amruta Subhash | Channamma | Astu | Marathi |
| 2013 (61st) † | Aida El-Kashef | Aliya Kamal | Ship of Theseus | English/Hindi |
| 2014 (62nd) | Baljinder Kaur | Unknown | Pagdi – The Honour | Haryanvi |
| 2015 (63rd) | Tanvi Azmi | Radhabai | Bajirao Mastani | Hindi |
| 2016 (64th) | Zaira Wasim | Young Geeta Phogat | Dangal | Hindi |
| 2017 (65th) | Divya Dutta | Ramadeep Braitch | Irada | Hindi |
| 2018 (66th) | Surekha Sikri | Durga Devi Kaushik ("Dadi") | Badhaai Ho | Hindi |
| 2019 (67th) | Pallavi Joshi | Ayisha Ali Shah | The Tashkent Files | Hindi |
| 2020 (68th) | Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli | Sivaranjini | Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum | Tamil |
| 2021 (69th) | Pallavi Joshi | Radhika Menon | The Kashmir Files | Hindi |
| 2022 (70th) | Neena Gupta | Shabina Siddiqui | Uunchai | Hindi |