# Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 9th Academy Awards to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Supporting Actor winner. However, in recent years, it has shifted towards being presented by previous years’ Best Supporting Actress winners instead. In lieu of the traditional Oscar statuette, supporting acting recipients were given plaques up until the 16th Academy Awards, when statuettes were awarded to each category instead.
The Best Supporting Actress award has been presented a total of 89 times, to 87 actresses. The first winner was Gale Sondergaard for her role in Anthony Adverse (1936). The most recent winner is Zoe Saldaña for her role in Emilia Pérez (2024). The record for most wins is two, held jointly by Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters. Each other recipient has only won once, in this category. Thelma Ritter has received the most nominations in the category, with six—although she never won. Hattie McDaniel made history in 1940, when she became the first person of color to win an Oscar in any category, for Gone with the Wind (1939). Tatum O'Neal remains the youngest person to win a competitive acting Oscar at 10 years old, for Paper Moon (1973). With five minutes and two seconds of screentime, Beatrice Straight's performance in Network (1976) holds the record for the shortest to win an Oscar.

## Nominations process

Nominees are currently determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy.

## Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in Los Angeles County; the ceremonies are always held the following year. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31. For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the extended eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.
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### 1930s

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 1936 (9th) | Gale Sondergaard ‡ | Faith Paleologus | Anthony Adverse |
| 1936 (9th) | Beulah Bondi | Rachel Jackson | The Gorgeous Hussy |
| 1936 (9th) | Alice Brady | Angelica Bullock | My Man Godfrey |
| 1936 (9th) | Bonita Granville | Mary Tilford | These Three |
| 1936 (9th) | Maria Ouspenskaya | Baroness Von Obersdorf | Dodsworth |
| 1937 (10th) | Alice Brady ‡ | Molly O'Leary | In Old Chicago |
| 1937 (10th) | Andrea Leeds | Kay Hamilton | Stage Door |
| 1937 (10th) | Anne Shirley | Laurel 'Lollie' Dallas | Stella Dallas |
| 1937 (10th) | Claire Trevor | Francey | Dead End |
| 1937 (10th) | May Whitty | Mrs. Bramson | Night Must Fall |
| 1938 (11th) | Fay Bainter ‡ | Aunt Belle Massey | Jezebel |
| 1938 (11th) | Beulah Bondi | Mary Wilkins | Of Human Hearts |
| 1938 (11th) | Billie Burke | Emily Kilbourne | Merrily We Live |
| 1938 (11th) | Spring Byington | Penelope 'Penny' Sycamore | You Can't Take It with You |
| 1938 (11th) | Miliza Korjus | Carla Donner | The Great Waltz |
| 1939 (12th) | Hattie McDaniel ‡ | 'Mammy' | Gone with the Wind |
| 1939 (12th) | Olivia de Havilland | Melanie Hamilton | Gone with the Wind |
| 1939 (12th) | Geraldine Fitzgerald | Isabella Linton | Wuthering Heights |
| 1939 (12th) | Edna May Oliver | Mrs. Sarah McKlennar | Drums Along the Mohawk |
| 1939 (12th) | Maria Ouspenskaya | Grandmother Janou | Love Affair |

### 1940s

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 1940 (13th) | Jane Darwell ‡ | 'Ma' Joad | The Grapes of Wrath |
| 1940 (13th) | Judith Anderson | Mrs. Danvers | Rebecca |
| 1940 (13th) | Ruth Hussey | Elizabeth 'Liz' Imbrie | The Philadelphia Story |
| 1940 (13th) | Barbara O'Neil | Duchess Françoise de Choiseul-Praslin | All This, and Heaven Too |
| 1940 (13th) | Marjorie Rambeau | Mamie Adams | Primrose Path |
| 1941 (14th) | Mary Astor ‡ | Sandra Kovak | The Great Lie |
| 1941 (14th) | Sara Allgood | Beth Morgan | How Green Was My Valley |
| 1941 (14th) | Patricia Collinge | Birdie Hubbard | The Little Foxes |
| 1941 (14th) | Teresa Wright | Alexandra 'Zannie' Giddens | The Little Foxes |
| 1941 (14th) | Margaret Wycherly | Mama Mary York | Sergeant York |
| 1942 (15th) | Teresa Wright ‡ | Carol Beldon | Mrs. Miniver |
| 1942 (15th) | Gladys Cooper | Mrs. Vale | Now, Voyager |
| 1942 (15th) | Agnes Moorehead | Fanny Minafer | The Magnificent Ambersons |
| 1942 (15th) | Susan Peters | Kitty Chilcet | Random Harvest |
| 1942 (15th) | May Whitty | Lady Beldon | Mrs. Miniver |
| 1943 (16th) | Katina Paxinou ‡ | Pilar | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| 1943 (16th) | Gladys Cooper | Sister Marie-Thérèse Vauzou | The Song of Bernadette |
| 1943 (16th) | Paulette Goddard | Joan O'Doul | So Proudly We Hail! |
| 1943 (16th) | Anne Revere | Louise (Casteròt) Soubirous | The Song of Bernadette |
| 1943 (16th) | Lucile Watson | Fanny Farrelly | Watch on the Rhine |
| 1944 (17th) | Ethel Barrymore ‡ | 'Ma' Mott | None but the Lonely Heart |
| 1944 (17th) | Jennifer Jones | Jane Deborah Hilton | Since You Went Away |
| 1944 (17th) | Angela Lansbury | Nancy Oliver | Gaslight |
| 1944 (17th) | Aline MacMahon | Mrs. Tan | Dragon Seed |
| 1944 (17th) | Agnes Moorehead | Baroness Aspasia Conti | Mrs. Parkington |
| 1945 (18th) | Anne Revere ‡ | Mrs. Araminty Brown | National Velvet |
| 1945 (18th) | Eve Arden | Ida Corwin | Mildred Pierce |
| 1945 (18th) | Ann Blyth | Veda Pierce-Forrester | Mildred Pierce |
| 1945 (18th) | Angela Lansbury | Sibyl Vane | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| 1945 (18th) | Joan Lorring | Bessie Watty | The Corn Is Green |
| 1946 (19th) | Anne Baxter ‡ | Sophie MacDonald | The Razor's Edge |
| 1946 (19th) | Ethel Barrymore | Mrs. Warren | The Spiral Staircase |
| 1946 (19th) | Lillian Gish | Laura Belle McCanles | Duel in the Sun |
| 1946 (19th) | Flora Robson | Angelique Buiton | Saratoga Trunk |
| 1946 (19th) | Gale Sondergaard | Lady Thiang | Anna and the King of Siam |
| 1947 (20th) | Celeste Holm ‡ | Anne Dettrey | Gentleman's Agreement |
| 1947 (20th) | Ethel Barrymore | Lady Sophie Horfield | The Paradine Case |
| 1947 (20th) | Gloria Grahame | Ginny Tremaine | Crossfire |
| 1947 (20th) | Marjorie Main | Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle | The Egg and I |
| 1947 (20th) | Anne Revere | Mrs. Green | Gentleman's Agreement |
| 1948 (21st) | Claire Trevor ‡ | Gaye Dawn | Key Largo |
| 1948 (21st) | Barbara Bel Geddes | Katrin Hanson | I Remember Mama |
| 1948 (21st) | Ellen Corby | Aunt Trina Thorkelson | I Remember Mama |
| 1948 (21st) | Agnes Moorehead | Aggie MacDonald | Johnny Belinda |
| 1948 (21st) | Jean Simmons | Ophelia | Hamlet |
| 1949 (22nd) | Mercedes McCambridge ‡ | Sadie Burke | All the King's Men |
| 1949 (22nd) | Ethel Barrymore | Miss Em | Pinky |
| 1949 (22nd) | Celeste Holm | Sister Scholastica | Come to the Stable |
| 1949 (22nd) | Elsa Lanchester | Amelia Potts | Come to the Stable |
| 1949 (22nd) | Ethel Waters | Dicey Johnson | Pinky |

### 1950s

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 1950 (23rd) | Josephine Hull ‡ | Veta Louise Simmons | Harvey |
| 1950 (23rd) | Hope Emerson | Evelyn Harper | Caged |
| 1950 (23rd) | Celeste Holm | Karen Richards | All About Eve |
| 1950 (23rd) | Nancy Olson | Betty Schaefer | Sunset Boulevard |
| 1950 (23rd) | Thelma Ritter | Birdie Coonan | All About Eve |
| 1951 (24th) | Kim Hunter ‡ | Stella Kowalski | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 1951 (24th) | Joan Blondell | Annie Rawlins | The Blue Veil |
| 1951 (24th) | Mildred Dunnock | Linda Loman | Death of a Salesman |
| 1951 (24th) | Lee Grant | 'Shoplifter' | Detective Story |
| 1951 (24th) | Thelma Ritter | Ellen McNulty | The Mating Season |
| 1952 (25th) | Gloria Grahame ‡ | Rosemary Bartlow | The Bad and the Beautiful |
| 1952 (25th) | Jean Hagen | Lina Lamont | Singin' in the Rain |
| 1952 (25th) | Colette Marchand | Marie Charlet | Moulin Rouge |
| 1952 (25th) | Terry Moore | Marie Buckholder | Come Back, Little Sheba |
| 1952 (25th) | Thelma Ritter | Clancy | With a Song in My Heart |
| 1953 (26th) | Donna Reed ‡ | Alma Burke / Lorene | From Here to Eternity |
| 1953 (26th) | Grace Kelly | Linda Nordley | Mogambo |
| 1953 (26th) | Geraldine Page | Angie Lowe | Hondo |
| 1953 (26th) | Marjorie Rambeau | Mrs. Stewart | Torch Song |
| 1953 (26th) | Thelma Ritter | Moe Williams | Pickup on South Street |
| 1954 (27th) | Eva Marie Saint ‡ | Edie Doyle | On the Waterfront |
| 1954 (27th) | Nina Foch | Erica Martin | Executive Suite |
| 1954 (27th) | Katy Jurado | Señora Devereaux | Broken Lance |
| 1954 (27th) | Jan Sterling | Sally McKee | The High and the Mighty |
| 1954 (27th) | Claire Trevor | May Holst | The High and the Mighty |
| 1955 (28th) | Jo Van Fleet ‡ | Cathy Ames / Kate Trask (Albey) | East of Eden |
| 1955 (28th) | Betsy Blair | Clara Snyder | Marty |
| 1955 (28th) | Peggy Lee | Rose Hopkins | Pete Kelly's Blues |
| 1955 (28th) | Marisa Pavan | Rosa Delle Rose | The Rose Tattoo |
| 1955 (28th) | Natalie Wood | Judy | Rebel Without a Cause |
| 1956 (29th) | Dorothy Malone ‡ | Marylee Hadley | Written on the Wind |
| 1956 (29th) | Mildred Dunnock | Aunt Rose Comfort | Baby Doll |
| 1956 (29th) | Eileen Heckart | Hortense Daigle | The Bad Seed |
| 1956 (29th) | Mercedes McCambridge | Luz Benedict | Giant |
| 1956 (29th) | Patty McCormack | Rhoda Penmark | The Bad Seed |
| 1957 (30th) | Miyoshi Umeki ‡ | Katsumi Kelly | Sayonara |
| 1957 (30th) | Carolyn Jones | 'The Existentialist' | The Bachelor Party |
| 1957 (30th) | Elsa Lanchester | Miss Plimsoll | Witness for the Prosecution |
| 1957 (30th) | Hope Lange | Selena Cross | Peyton Place |
| 1957 (30th) | Diane Varsi | Allison MacKenzie | Peyton Place |
| 1958 (31st) | Wendy Hiller ‡ | Miss Pat Cooper | Separate Tables |
| 1958 (31st) | Peggy Cass | Agnes Gooch | Auntie Mame |
| 1958 (31st) | Martha Hyer | Gwen French | Some Came Running |
| 1958 (31st) | Maureen Stapleton | Fay Doyle | Lonelyhearts |
| 1958 (31st) | Cara Williams | Billy's Mother | The Defiant Ones |
| 1959 (32nd) | Shelley Winters ‡ | Petronella van Daan | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| 1959 (32nd) | Hermione Baddeley | Elspeth | Room at the Top |
| 1959 (32nd) | Susan Kohner | Sarah Jane Johnson | Imitation of Life |
| 1959 (32nd) | Juanita Moore | Annie Johnson | Imitation of Life |
| 1959 (32nd) | Thelma Ritter | Alma | Pillow Talk |

### 1960s

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 1960 (33rd) | Shirley Jones ‡ | Lulu Bains | Elmer Gantry |
| 1960 (33rd) | Glynis Johns | Mrs. Firth | The Sundowners |
| 1960 (33rd) | Shirley Knight | Reenie Flood | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs |
| 1960 (33rd) | Janet Leigh | Marion Crane | Psycho |
| 1960 (33rd) | Mary Ure | Clara Dawes | Sons and Lovers |
| 1961 (34th) | Rita Moreno ‡ | Anita | West Side Story |
| 1961 (34th) | Fay Bainter | Mrs. Amelia Tilford | The Children's Hour |
| 1961 (34th) | Judy Garland | Irene Hoffmann-Wallner | Judgment at Nuremberg |
| 1961 (34th) | Lotte Lenya | Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone |
| 1961 (34th) | Una Merkel | Mrs. Winemiller | Summer and Smoke |
| 1962 (35th) | Patty Duke ‡ | Helen Keller | The Miracle Worker |
| 1962 (35th) | Mary Badham | Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 1962 (35th) | Shirley Knight | Heavenly Finley | Sweet Bird of Youth |
| 1962 (35th) | Angela Lansbury | Eleanor Iselin | The Manchurian Candidate |
| 1962 (35th) | Thelma Ritter | Elizabeth (McCartney) Stroud | Birdman of Alcatraz |
| 1963 (36th) | Margaret Rutherford ‡ | The Duchess of Brighton | The V.I.P.s |
| 1963 (36th) | Diane Cilento | Molly Seagrim | Tom Jones |
| 1963 (36th) | Edith Evans | Miss Western | Tom Jones |
| 1963 (36th) | Joyce Redman | Mrs. Waters / Jenny Jones | Tom Jones |
| 1963 (36th) | Lilia Skala | Mother Maria Marthe | Lilies of the Field |
| 1964 (37th) | Lila Kedrova ‡ | Madame Hortense | Zorba the Greek |
| 1964 (37th) | Gladys Cooper | Mrs. Higgins | My Fair Lady |
| 1964 (37th) | Edith Evans | Mrs. St. Maugham | The Chalk Garden |
| 1964 (37th) | Grayson Hall | Judith Fellowes | The Night of the Iguana |
| 1964 (37th) | Agnes Moorehead | Velma Cruther | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
| 1965 (38th) | Shelley Winters ‡ | Rose-Ann D'Arcey | A Patch of Blue |
| 1965 (38th) | Ruth Gordon | Lucile Clover – 'The Dealer' | Inside Daisy Clover |
| 1965 (38th) | Joyce Redman | Emilia | Othello |
| 1965 (38th) | Maggie Smith | Desdemona | Othello |
| 1965 (38th) | Peggy Wood | The Mother Abbess | The Sound of Music |
| 1966 (39th) | Sandy Dennis ‡ | Honey | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| 1966 (39th) | Wendy Hiller | Dame Alice More | A Man for All Seasons |
| 1966 (39th) | Jocelyne LaGarde | Ali'i Nui, Malama Kanakoa | Hawaii |
| 1966 (39th) | Vivien Merchant | Lily Clamacraft | Alfie |
| 1966 (39th) | Geraldine Page | Margery Chanticleer | You're a Big Boy Now |
| 1967 (40th) | Estelle Parsons ‡ | Blanche Barrow | Bonnie and Clyde |
| 1967 (40th) | Carol Channing | Muzzy Van Hossmere | Thoroughly Modern Millie |
| 1967 (40th) | Mildred Natwick | Ethel Banks | Barefoot in the Park |
| 1967 (40th) | Beah Richards | Mary Prentice | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| 1967 (40th) | Katharine Ross | Elaine Robinson | The Graduate |
| 1968 (41st) | Ruth Gordon ‡ | Minnie Castevet | Rosemary's Baby |
| 1968 (41st) | Lynn Carlin | Maria Forst | Faces |
| 1968 (41st) | Sondra Locke | Margaret 'Mick' Kelly | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
| 1968 (41st) | Kay Medford | Rose Brice | Funny Girl |
| 1968 (41st) | Estelle Parsons | Calla Mackie | Rachel, Rachel |
| 1969 (42nd) | Goldie Hawn ‡ | Toni Simmons | Cactus Flower |
| 1969 (42nd) | Catherine Burns | Rhoda | Last Summer |
| 1969 (42nd) | Dyan Cannon | Alice Henderson | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice |
| 1969 (42nd) | Sylvia Miles | Cass | Midnight Cowboy |
| 1969 (42nd) | Susannah York | Alice LeBlanc | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |

### 1970s

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 1970 (43rd) | Helen Hayes ‡ | Ada Quonsett | Airport |
| 1970 (43rd) | Karen Black | Rayette Dipesto | Five Easy Pieces |
| 1970 (43rd) | Lee Grant | Joyce Enders | The Landlord |
| 1970 (43rd) | Sally Kellerman | Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan | M*A*S*H |
| 1970 (43rd) | Maureen Stapleton | Inez Guerrero | Airport |
| 1971 (44th) | Cloris Leachman ‡ | Ruth Popper | The Last Picture Show |
| 1971 (44th) | Ann-Margret | Bobbie | Carnal Knowledge |
| 1971 (44th) | Ellen Burstyn | Lois Farrow | The Last Picture Show |
| 1971 (44th) | Barbara Harris | Allison Densmore | Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? |
| 1971 (44th) | Margaret Leighton | Mrs. Madeleine Maudsley | The Go-Between |
| 1972 (45th) | Eileen Heckart ‡ | Mrs. Baker | Butterflies Are Free |
| 1972 (45th) | Jeannie Berlin | Lila Kolodny | The Heartbreak Kid |
| 1972 (45th) | Geraldine Page | Gertrude Wilson | Pete 'n' Tillie |
| 1972 (45th) | Susan Tyrrell | Oma Lee Greer | Fat City |
| 1972 (45th) | Shelley Winters | Belle Rosen | The Poseidon Adventure |
| 1973 (46th) | Tatum O'Neal ‡ | Addie Loggins | Paper Moon |
| 1973 (46th) | Linda Blair | Regan MacNeil | The Exorcist |
| 1973 (46th) | Candy Clark | Debbie Dunham | American Graffiti |
| 1973 (46th) | Madeline Kahn | Trixie Delight | Paper Moon |
| 1973 (46th) | Sylvia Sidney | Mrs. Pritchett | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams |
| 1974 (47th) | Ingrid Bergman ‡ | Greta Ohlsson | Murder on the Orient Express |
| 1974 (47th) | Valentina Cortese | Séverine | Day for Night |
| 1974 (47th) | Madeline Kahn | Lili von Shtüpp | Blazing Saddles |
| 1974 (47th) | Diane Ladd | Florence Jean 'Flo' Castleberry | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
| 1974 (47th) | Talia Shire | Connie Corleone | The Godfather Part II |
| 1975 (48th) | Lee Grant ‡ | Felicia Karpf | Shampoo |
| 1975 (48th) | Ronee Blakley | Barbara Jean | Nashville |
| 1975 (48th) | Sylvia Miles | Jessie Halstead Florian | Farewell, My Lovely |
| 1975 (48th) | Lily Tomlin | Linnea Reese | Nashville |
| 1975 (48th) | Brenda Vaccaro | Linda Riggs | Once Is Not Enough |
| 1976 (49th) | Beatrice Straight ‡ | Louise Schumacher | Network |
| 1976 (49th) | Jane Alexander | Judy Hoback – 'The Bookkeeper' | All the President's Men |
| 1976 (49th) | Jodie Foster | Iris 'Easy' Steensma | Taxi Driver |
| 1976 (49th) | Lee Grant | Lili Rosen | Voyage of the Damned |
| 1976 (49th) | Piper Laurie | Margaret White | Carrie |
| 1977 (50th) | Vanessa Redgrave ‡ | Julia | Julia |
| 1977 (50th) | Leslie Browne | Emilia Rodgers | The Turning Point |
| 1977 (50th) | Quinn Cummings | Lucy McFadden | The Goodbye Girl |
| 1977 (50th) | Melinda Dillon | Jillian Guiler | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| 1977 (50th) | Tuesday Weld | Katherine Dunn | Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
| 1978 (51st) | Maggie Smith ‡ | Diana Barrie | California Suite |
| 1978 (51st) | Dyan Cannon | Julia Farnsworth | Heaven Can Wait |
| 1978 (51st) | Penelope Milford | Vi Munson | Coming Home |
| 1978 (51st) | Maureen Stapleton | Pearl | Interiors |
| 1978 (51st) | Meryl Streep | Linda | The Deer Hunter |
| 1979 (52nd) | Meryl Streep ‡ | Joanna (Stern) Kramer | Kramer vs. Kramer |
| 1979 (52nd) | Jane Alexander | Margaret Phelps | Kramer vs. Kramer |
| 1979 (52nd) | Barbara Barrie | Evelyn Stohler | Breaking Away |
| 1979 (52nd) | Candice Bergen | Jessica Potter | Starting Over |
| 1979 (52nd) | Mariel Hemingway | Tracy | Manhattan |

### 1980s

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 1980 (53rd) | Mary Steenburgen ‡ | Lynda West-Dummar | Melvin and Howard |
| 1980 (53rd) | Eileen Brennan | Capt. Doreen Lewis | Private Benjamin |
| 1980 (53rd) | Eva Le Gallienne | Pearl Harper | Resurrection |
| 1980 (53rd) | Cathy Moriarty | Vikki LaMotta | Raging Bull |
| 1980 (53rd) | Diana Scarwid | Louise | Inside Moves |
| 1981 (54th) | Maureen Stapleton ‡ | Emma Goldman | Reds |
| 1981 (54th) | Melinda Dillon | Teresa Perrone | Absence of Malice |
| 1981 (54th) | Jane Fonda | Chelsea Thayer-Wayne | On Golden Pond |
| 1981 (54th) | Joan Hackett | Toby Landau | Only When I Laugh |
| 1981 (54th) | Elizabeth McGovern | Evelyn Nesbit | Ragtime |
| 1982 (55th) | Jessica Lange ‡ | Julie Nichols | Tootsie |
| 1982 (55th) | Glenn Close | Jenny Fields | The World According to Garp |
| 1982 (55th) | Teri Garr | Sandy Lester | Tootsie |
| 1982 (55th) | Kim Stanley | Lillian Farmer | Frances |
| 1982 (55th) | Lesley Ann Warren | Norma Cassidy | Victor/Victoria |
| 1983 (56th) | Linda Hunt ‡ | Billy Kwan | The Year of Living Dangerously |
| 1983 (56th) | Cher | Dolly Pelliker | Silkwood |
| 1983 (56th) | Glenn Close | Dr. Sarah Cooper | The Big Chill |
| 1983 (56th) | Amy Irving | Hadass Vishkower | Yentl |
| 1983 (56th) | Alfre Woodard | Beatrice 'GeeChee' | Cross Creek |
| 1984 (57th) | Peggy Ashcroft ‡ | Mrs. Moore | A Passage to India |
| 1984 (57th) | Glenn Close | Iris Gaines | The Natural |
| 1984 (57th) | Lindsay Crouse | Margaret Lomax | Places in the Heart |
| 1984 (57th) | Christine Lahti | Hazel Zanussi | Swing Shift |
| 1984 (57th) | Geraldine Page | Mrs. Ritter | The Pope of Greenwich Village |
| 1985 (58th) | Anjelica Huston ‡ | MaeRose Prizzi | Prizzi's Honor |
| 1985 (58th) | Margaret Avery | 'Shug' Avery | The Color Purple |
| 1985 (58th) | Amy Madigan | Sunny Mackenzie-Sobel | Twice in a Lifetime |
| 1985 (58th) | Meg Tilly | Sister Agnes Devereaux | Agnes of God |
| 1985 (58th) | Oprah Winfrey | Sofia Johnson | The Color Purple |
| 1986 (59th) | Dianne Wiest ‡ | Holly | Hannah and Her Sisters |
| 1986 (59th) | Tess Harper | Chick Boyle | Crimes of the Heart |
| 1986 (59th) | Piper Laurie | Mrs. Norman | Children of a Lesser God |
| 1986 (59th) | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Carmen | The Color of Money |
| 1986 (59th) | Maggie Smith | Charlotte Bartlett | A Room with a View |
| 1987 (60th) | Olympia Dukakis ‡ | Rose Castorini | Moonstruck |
| 1987 (60th) | Norma Aleandro | Florencia Sánchez Morales | Gaby: A True Story |
| 1987 (60th) | Anne Archer | Beth Gallagher | Fatal Attraction |
| 1987 (60th) | Anne Ramsey | 'Momma' Lift | Throw Momma from the Train |
| 1987 (60th) | Ann Sothern | Letitia 'Tisha' Benson-Doughty | The Whales of August |
| 1988 (61st) | Geena Davis ‡ | Muriel Pritchett | The Accidental Tourist |
| 1988 (61st) | Joan Cusack | 'Cyn' | Working Girl |
| 1988 (61st) | Frances McDormand | Mrs. Pell | Mississippi Burning |
| 1988 (61st) | Michelle Pfeiffer | Madame Marie de Tourvel | Dangerous Liaisons |
| 1988 (61st) | Sigourney Weaver | Katharine Parker | Working Girl |
| 1989 (62nd) | Brenda Fricker ‡ | Bridget Fagan Brown | My Left Foot |
| 1989 (62nd) | Anjelica Huston | Tamara Luria-Broder | Enemies, A Love Story |
| 1989 (62nd) | Lena Olin | Masha Bloch-Tortshiner | Enemies, A Love Story |
| 1989 (62nd) | Julia Roberts | Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie | Steel Magnolias |
| 1989 (62nd) | Dianne Wiest | Helen Buckman | Parenthood |

### 1990s

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 1990 (63rd) | Whoopi Goldberg ‡ | Oda Mae Brown | Ghost |
| 1990 (63rd) | Annette Bening | Myra Langtry | The Grifters |
| 1990 (63rd) | Lorraine Bracco | Karen Hill | GoodFellas |
| 1990 (63rd) | Diane Ladd | Marietta Fortune | Wild at Heart |
| 1990 (63rd) | Mary McDonnell | Stands With A Fist | Dances with Wolves |
| 1991 (64th) | Mercedes Ruehl ‡ | Anne Napolitano | The Fisher King |
| 1991 (64th) | Diane Ladd | Mrs. Hillyer | Rambling Rose |
| 1991 (64th) | Juliette Lewis | Danielle Bowden | Cape Fear |
| 1991 (64th) | Kate Nelligan | Lila Wingo-Newbury | The Prince of Tides |
| 1991 (64th) | Jessica Tandy | Virginia 'Ninny' Threadgoode | Fried Green Tomatoes |
| 1992 (65th) | Marisa Tomei ‡ | Mona Lisa Vito | My Cousin Vinny |
| 1992 (65th) | Judy Davis | Sally Simmons | Husbands and Wives |
| 1992 (65th) | Joan Plowright | Mrs. Fisher | Enchanted April |
| 1992 (65th) | Vanessa Redgrave | Mrs. Ruth Wilcox | Howards End |
| 1992 (65th) | Miranda Richardson | Ingrid Thompson-Fleming | Damage |
| 1993 (66th) | Anna Paquin ‡ | Flora McGrath | The Piano |
| 1993 (66th) | Holly Hunter | Tammy Hemphill | The Firm |
| 1993 (66th) | Rosie Perez | Carla Rodrigo | Fearless |
| 1993 (66th) | Winona Ryder | May Welland-Archer | The Age of Innocence |
| 1993 (66th) | Emma Thompson | Gareth Peirce | In the Name of the Father |
| 1994 (67th) | Dianne Wiest ‡ | Helen Sinclair | Bullets Over Broadway |
| 1994 (67th) | Rosemary Harris | Rose Esther Haigh-Wood | Tom & Viv |
| 1994 (67th) | Helen Mirren | Queen Charlotte of Hanover | The Madness of King George |
| 1994 (67th) | Uma Thurman | Mia Wallace | Pulp Fiction |
| 1994 (67th) | Jennifer Tilly | Olive Neal | Bullets Over Broadway |
| 1995 (68th) | Mira Sorvino ‡ | Leslie Ash / Linda | Mighty Aphrodite |
| 1995 (68th) | Joan Allen | First Lady Thelma 'Pat' Nixon | Nixon |
| 1995 (68th) | Kathleen Quinlan | Marilyn Lovell | Apollo 13 |
| 1995 (68th) | Mare Winningham | Georgia Flood | Georgia |
| 1995 (68th) | Kate Winslet | Marianne Dashwood | Sense and Sensibility |
| 1996 (69th) | Juliette Binoche ‡ | Hana | The English Patient |
| 1996 (69th) | Joan Allen | Elizabeth Proctor | The Crucible |
| 1996 (69th) | Lauren Bacall | Hannah Morgan | The Mirror Has Two Faces |
| 1996 (69th) | Barbara Hershey | Madame Serena Merle | The Portrait of a Lady |
| 1996 (69th) | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Hortense Cumberbatch | Secrets & Lies |
| 1997 (70th) | Kim Basinger ‡ | Lynn Bracken | L.A. Confidential |
| 1997 (70th) | Joan Cusack | Emily Montgomery | In & Out |
| 1997 (70th) | Minnie Driver | Skylar | Good Will Hunting |
| 1997 (70th) | Julianne Moore | Maggie / Amber Waves | Boogie Nights |
| 1997 (70th) | Gloria Stuart | Rose Dawson-Calvert | Titanic |
| 1998 (71st) | Judi Dench ‡ | Queen Elizabeth I | Shakespeare in Love |
| 1998 (71st) | Kathy Bates | Libby Holden | Primary Colors |
| 1998 (71st) | Brenda Blethyn | Mari Hoff | Little Voice |
| 1998 (71st) | Rachel Griffiths | Hilary du Pré | Hilary and Jackie |
| 1998 (71st) | Lynn Redgrave | Hanna | Gods and Monsters |
| 1999 (72nd) | Angelina Jolie ‡ | Lisa Rowe | Girl, Interrupted |
| 1999 (72nd) | Toni Collette | Lynn Sear | The Sixth Sense |
| 1999 (72nd) | Catherine Keener | Maxine Lund | Being John Malkovich |
| 1999 (72nd) | Samantha Morton | Hattie | Sweet and Lowdown |
| 1999 (72nd) | Chloë Sevigny | Lana Tisdel | Boys Don't Cry |

### 2000s

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 2000 (73rd) | Marcia Gay Harden ‡ | Lee Krasner | Pollock |
| 2000 (73rd) | Judi Dench | Armande Voizin | Chocolat |
| 2000 (73rd) | Kate Hudson | Penny Lane | Almost Famous |
| 2000 (73rd) | Frances McDormand | Elaine Miller | Almost Famous |
| 2000 (73rd) | Julie Walters | Sandra Wilkinson | Billy Elliot |
| 2001 (74th) | Jennifer Connelly ‡ | Alicia Nash | A Beautiful Mind |
| 2001 (74th) | Helen Mirren | Mrs. Wilson | Gosford Park |
| 2001 (74th) | Maggie Smith | Constance, Dowager Countess of Trentham | Gosford Park |
| 2001 (74th) | Marisa Tomei | Natalie Strout | In the Bedroom |
| 2001 (74th) | Kate Winslet | Iris Murdoch | Iris |
| 2002 (75th) | Catherine Zeta-Jones ‡ | Velma Kelly | Chicago |
| 2002 (75th) | Kathy Bates | Roberta Hertzel | About Schmidt |
| 2002 (75th) | Julianne Moore | Laura Brown | The Hours |
| 2002 (75th) | Queen Latifah | Matron 'Mama' Morton | Chicago |
| 2002 (75th) | Meryl Streep | Susan Orlean | Adaptation. |
| 2003 (76th) | Renée Zellweger ‡ | Ruby Thewes | Cold Mountain |
| 2003 (76th) | Shohreh Aghdashloo | Nadereh Behrani | House of Sand and Fog |
| 2003 (76th) | Patricia Clarkson | Joy Burns | Pieces of April |
| 2003 (76th) | Marcia Gay Harden | Celeste Boyle | Mystic River |
| 2003 (76th) | Holly Hunter | Melanie Freeland | Thirteen |
| 2004 (77th) | Cate Blanchett ‡ | Katharine Hepburn | The Aviator |
| 2004 (77th) | Laura Linney | Clara McMillen | Kinsey |
| 2004 (77th) | Virginia Madsen | Maya Randall | Sideways |
| 2004 (77th) | Sophie Okonedo | Tatiana Rusesabagina | Hotel Rwanda |
| 2004 (77th) | Natalie Portman | Jane Jones / 'Alice Ayres' | Closer |
| 2005 (78th) | Rachel Weisz ‡ | Tessa Quayle | The Constant Gardener |
| 2005 (78th) | Amy Adams | Ashley Johnsten | Junebug |
| 2005 (78th) | Catherine Keener | Harper Lee | Capote |
| 2005 (78th) | Frances McDormand | Glory Dodge | North Country |
| 2005 (78th) | Michelle Williams | Alma Beers | Brokeback Mountain |
| 2006 (79th) | Jennifer Hudson ‡ | Effie White | Dreamgirls |
| 2006 (79th) | Adriana Barraza | Amelia Hernández | Babel |
| 2006 (79th) | Cate Blanchett | Bathsheba 'Sheba' Hart | Notes on a Scandal |
| 2006 (79th) | Abigail Breslin | Olive Hoover | Little Miss Sunshine |
| 2006 (79th) | Rinko Kikuchi | Chieko Wataya | Babel |
| 2007 (80th) | Tilda Swinton ‡ | Karen Crowder | Michael Clayton |
| 2007 (80th) | Cate Blanchett | Jude Quinn | I'm Not There |
| 2007 (80th) | Ruby Dee | Mahalee Lucas | American Gangster |
| 2007 (80th) | Saoirse Ronan | Briony Tallis | Atonement |
| 2007 (80th) | Amy Ryan | Helene McCready | Gone Baby Gone |
| 2008 (81st) | Penélope Cruz ‡ | María Elena | Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
| 2008 (81st) | Amy Adams | Sister Marita James | Doubt |
| 2008 (81st) | Viola Davis | Mrs. Miller | Doubt |
| 2008 (81st) | Taraji P. Henson | 'Queenie' | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 2008 (81st) | Marisa Tomei | Pam / 'Cassidy' | The Wrestler |
| 2009 (82nd) | Mo'Nique ‡ | Mary Lee Johnston | Precious |
| 2009 (82nd) | Penélope Cruz | Carla Albanese | Nine |
| 2009 (82nd) | Vera Farmiga | Alex Goran | Up in the Air |
| 2009 (82nd) | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Jean Craddock | Crazy Heart |
| 2009 (82nd) | Anna Kendrick | Natalie Keener | Up in the Air |

### 2010s

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 2010 (83rd) | Melissa Leo ‡ | Alice Eklund-Ward | The Fighter |
| 2010 (83rd) | Amy Adams | Charlene Fleming | The Fighter |
| 2010 (83rd) | Helena Bonham Carter | Queen Elizabeth | The King's Speech |
| 2010 (83rd) | Hailee Steinfeld | Mattie Ross | True Grit |
| 2010 (83rd) | Jacki Weaver | Janine 'Smurf' Cody | Animal Kingdom |
| 2011 (84th) | Octavia Spencer ‡ | Minerva 'Minny' Jackson | The Help |
| 2011 (84th) | Bérénice Bejo | Peppy Miller | The Artist |
| 2011 (84th) | Jessica Chastain | Celia Rae Foote | The Help |
| 2011 (84th) | Melissa McCarthy | Megan Price | Bridesmaids |
| 2011 (84th) | Janet McTeer | Hubert Page | Albert Nobbs |
| 2012 (85th) | Anne Hathaway ‡ | Fantine | Les Misérables |
| 2012 (85th) | Amy Adams | Peggy Dodd | The Master |
| 2012 (85th) | Sally Field | First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln | Lincoln |
| 2012 (85th) | Helen Hunt | Cheryl Cohen-Greene | The Sessions |
| 2012 (85th) | Jacki Weaver | Dolores Solitano | Silver Linings Playbook |
| 2013 (86th) | Lupita Nyong'o ‡ | Patsey | 12 Years a Slave |
| 2013 (86th) | Sally Hawkins | Ginger | Blue Jasmine |
| 2013 (86th) | Jennifer Lawrence | Rosalyn Rosenfeld | American Hustle |
| 2013 (86th) | Julia Roberts | Barbara Weston-Fordham | August: Osage County |
| 2013 (86th) | June Squibb | Kate Grant | Nebraska |
| 2014 (87th) | Patricia Arquette ‡ | Olivia Evans | Boyhood |
| 2014 (87th) | Laura Dern | Barbara 'Bobbi' Grey | Wild |
| 2014 (87th) | Keira Knightley | Joan Clarke | The Imitation Game |
| 2014 (87th) | Emma Stone | Sam Thomson | Birdman |
| 2014 (87th) | Meryl Streep | 'The Witch' | Into the Woods |
| 2015 (88th) | Alicia Vikander ‡ | Gerda Wegener | The Danish Girl |
| 2015 (88th) | Jennifer Jason Leigh | 'Crazy' Daisy Domergue | The Hateful Eight |
| 2015 (88th) | Rooney Mara | Therese Belivet | Carol |
| 2015 (88th) | Rachel McAdams | Sacha Pfeiffer | Spotlight |
| 2015 (88th) | Kate Winslet | Joanna Hoffman | Steve Jobs |
| 2016 (89th) | Viola Davis ‡ | Rose Lee Maxson | Fences |
| 2016 (89th) | Naomie Harris | Paula | Moonlight |
| 2016 (89th) | Nicole Kidman | Sue Brierley | Lion |
| 2016 (89th) | Octavia Spencer | Dorothy Vaughan | Hidden Figures |
| 2016 (89th) | Michelle Williams | Randi Chandler | Manchester by the Sea |
| 2017 (90th) | Allison Janney ‡ | LaVona Fay Golden | I, Tonya |
| 2017 (90th) | Mary J. Blige | Florence Jackson | Mudbound |
| 2017 (90th) | Lesley Manville | Cyril Woodcock | Phantom Thread |
| 2017 (90th) | Laurie Metcalf | Marion McPherson | Lady Bird |
| 2017 (90th) | Octavia Spencer | Zelda Delilah Fuller | The Shape of Water |
| 2018 (91st) | Regina King ‡ | Sharon Rivers | If Beale Street Could Talk |
| 2018 (91st) | Amy Adams | Lynne Cheney | Vice |
| 2018 (91st) | Marina de Tavira | Sofía | Roma |
| 2018 (91st) | Emma Stone | Abigail Masham | The Favourite |
| 2018 (91st) | Rachel Weisz | Sarah Churchill | The Favourite |
| 2019 (92nd) | Laura Dern ‡ | Nora Fanshaw | Marriage Story |
| 2019 (92nd) | Kathy Bates | Barbara 'Bobi' Jewell | Richard Jewell |
| 2019 (92nd) | Scarlett Johansson | Rosie Betzler | Jojo Rabbit |
| 2019 (92nd) | Florence Pugh | Amy Curtis March | Little Women |
| 2019 (92nd) | Margot Robbie | Kayla Pospisil | Bombshell |

### 2020s

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Yuh-jung Youn ‡ | Soon-ja | Minari |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Maria Bakalova | Tutar Sagdiyev | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Glenn Close | Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance | Hillbilly Elegy |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Olivia Colman | Anne | The Father |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Amanda Seyfried | Marion Davies | Mank |
| 2021 (94th) | Ariana DeBose ‡ | Anita | West Side Story |
| 2021 (94th) | Jessie Buckley | Young Leda Caruso | The Lost Daughter |
| 2021 (94th) | Judi Dench | Granny | Belfast |
| 2021 (94th) | Kirsten Dunst | Rose Gordon | The Power of the Dog |
| 2021 (94th) | Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor | Oracene "Brandy" Price | King Richard |
| 2022 (95th) | Jamie Lee Curtis ‡ | Deirdre Beaubeirdre | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 2022 (95th) | Angela Bassett | Queen Ramonda | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever |
| 2022 (95th) | Hong Chau | Liz | The Whale |
| 2022 (95th) | Kerry Condon | Siobhán Súilleabháin | The Banshees of Inisherin |
| 2022 (95th) | Stephanie Hsu | Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 2023 (96th) | Da'Vine Joy Randolph ‡ | Mary Lamb | The Holdovers |
| 2023 (96th) | Emily Blunt | Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer | Oppenheimer |
| 2023 (96th) | Danielle Brooks | Sofia | The Color Purple |
| 2023 (96th) | America Ferrera | Gloria | Barbie |
| 2023 (96th) | Jodie Foster | Bonnie Stoll | Nyad |
| 2024 (97th) | Zoe Saldaña ‡ | Rita Mora Castro | Emilia Pérez |
| 2024 (97th) | Monica Barbaro | Joan Baez | A Complete Unknown |
| 2024 (97th) | Ariana Grande | Galinda "Glinda" Upland | Wicked |
| 2024 (97th) | Felicity Jones | Erzsébet Tóth | The Brutalist |
| 2024 (97th) | Isabella Rossellini | Sister Agnes | Conclave |

## Multiple wins and nominations

Individuals who received two Best Supporting Actress awards:
| Wins | Actress | Nominations |
| 2 | Dianne Wiest | 3 |
| 2 | Shelley Winters | 3 |
Individuals receiving three or more Best Supporting Actress nominations:
| Nominations | Actress |
| 6 | Thelma Ritter |
| 5 | Amy Adams |
| 4 | Ethel Barrymore |
| 4 | Glenn Close |
| 4 | Lee Grant |
| 4 | Agnes Moorehead |
| 4 | Geraldine Page |
| 4 | Maggie Smith |
| 4 | Maureen Stapleton |
| 4 | Meryl Streep |
| 3 | Kathy Bates |
| 3 | Cate Blanchett |
| 3 | Gladys Cooper |
| 3 | Judi Dench |
| 3 | Celeste Holm |
| 3 | Diane Ladd |
| 3 | Angela Lansbury |
| 3 | Frances McDormand |
| 3 | Anne Revere |
| 3 | Octavia Spencer |
| 3 | Marisa Tomei |
| 3 | Claire Trevor |
| 3 | Dianne Wiest |
| 3 | Kate Winslet |
| 3 | Shelley Winters |

## Age superlatives

| Record | Actress | Film | Age (in years) |
| Oldest Winner | Peggy Ashcroft | A Passage to India | 77 |
| Oldest Nominee | Gloria Stuart | Titanic | 87 |
| Youngest Winner | Tatum O'Neal | Paper Moon | 10 |
| Youngest Nominee | Tatum O'Neal | Paper Moon | 10 |

## Films with multiple Supporting Actress nominations

There have been 36 instances in which films have produced more than one nominee within this category. Tom Jones (1963) was the only film which garnered three nominations, while all others obtained two.
Winners are in bold.
* Gone with the Wind (1939) -- Olivia de Havilland and Hattie McDaniel
* The Little Foxes (1941) -- Patricia Collinge and Teresa Wright
* Mrs. Miniver (1942) -- May Whitty and Teresa Wright
* The Song of Bernadette (1943) -- Gladys Cooper and Anne Revere
* Mildred Pierce (1945) -- Eve Arden and Ann Blyth
* Gentleman's Agreement (1947) -- Celeste Holm and Anne Revere
* I Remember Mama (1948) -- Barbara Bel Geddes and Ellen Corby
* Come to the Stable (1949) -- Celeste Holm and Elsa Lanchester
* Pinky (1949) -- Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters
* All About Eve (1950) -- Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter
* The High and the Mighty (1954) -- Jan Sterling and Claire Trevor
* The Bad Seed (1956) -- Eileen Heckart and Patty McCormack
* Peyton Place (1957) -- Hope Lange and Diane Varsi
* Imitation of Life (1959) -- Susan Kohner and Juanita Moore
* Tom Jones (1963) -- Diane Cilento, Edith Evans, and Joyce Redman
* Othello (1965) -- Joyce Redman and Maggie Smith
* Airport (1970) -- Helen Hayes and Maureen Stapleton
* The Last Picture Show (1971) -- Ellen Burstyn and Cloris Leachman
* Paper Moon (1973) -- Madeline Kahn and Tatum O'Neal
* Nashville (1975) -- Ronee Blakley and Lily Tomlin
* Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) -- Jane Alexander and Meryl Streep
* Tootsie (1982) -- Teri Garr and Jessica Lange
* The Color Purple (1985) -- Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey
* Working Girl (1988) -- Joan Cusack and Sigourney Weaver
* Enemies, A Love Story (1989) -- Anjelica Huston and Lena Olin
* Bullets over Broadway (1994) -- Jennifer Tilly and Dianne Wiest
* Almost Famous (2000) -- Kate Hudson and Frances McDormand
* Gosford Park (2001) -- Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith
* Chicago (2002) -- Queen Latifah and Catherine Zeta-Jones
* Babel (2006) -- Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi
* Doubt (2008) -- Amy Adams and Viola Davis
* Up in the Air (2009) -- Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick
* The Fighter (2010) -- Amy Adams and Melissa Leo
* The Help (2011) -- Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer
* The Favourite (2018) -- Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz
* Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) -- Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu

### Multiple character nominations

Winners are in bold.
* Anita from West Side Story (Rita Moreno, 1961) & West Side Story (Ariana DeBose, 2021)
* Sofia from The Color Purple (Oprah Winfrey, 1985) & The Color Purple (Danielle Brooks, 2023)