# Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Program or Series

The Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series or Program is an annual Canadian television award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best supporting performance by an actress in a Canadian dramatic television series or television film. Previously presented as part of the Gemini Awards, since 2013 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.
Originally, only a single award for supporting actress was presented, without regard to the distinction between series, miniseries or television films. At the 10th Gemini Awards in 1995, separate awards were instituted for supporting actress in a television series and supporting actress in a television film or miniseries; the separate awards were presented until the Gemini Awards were merged into the Canadian Screen Awards, and since the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2012 there has again only been a single category presented for all three types of content.
In August 2022, the Academy announced that beginning with the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, a gender-neutral award for Best Supporting Performance in a Drama Program or Series will be presented.

## 1980s

| Year | Actress | Series |
| 1986 1st Gemini Awards |
| 1986 1st Gemini Awards | Colleen Dewhurst | Anne of Green Gables |
| 1986 1st Gemini Awards | Anne Anglin | Turning to Stone |
| 1986 1st Gemini Awards | Sharry Flett | The Suicide Murders |
| 1986 1st Gemini Awards | Jackie Richardson | Turning to Stone |
| 1987 2nd Gemini Awards |
| 1987 2nd Gemini Awards | Vivian Reis | The Marriage Bed |
| 1987 2nd Gemini Awards | Deborah Cass | The Last Season |
| 1987 2nd Gemini Awards | Linda Griffiths | Sword of Gideon |
| 1987 2nd Gemini Awards | Heather Thomas | Ford: The Man and the Machine |
| 1988 3rd Gemini Awards |
| 1988 3rd Gemini Awards | Colleen Dewhurst | Anne of Avonlea |
| 1988 3rd Gemini Awards | Rosemary Dunsmore | Blades of Courage |
| 1988 3rd Gemini Awards | Wendy Hiller | Anne of Avonlea |
| 1988 3rd Gemini Awards | Helen Hughes | The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe |
| 1988 3rd Gemini Awards | Sophie Léger | Chasing Rainbows |
| 1989 4th Gemini Awards |
| 1989 4th Gemini Awards | Martha Gibson | Two Men |
| 1989 4th Gemini Awards | Marie-Christine Barrault | No Blame |
| 1989 4th Gemini Awards | Patricia Collins | Two Men |
| 1989 4th Gemini Awards | Nicky Guadagni | The Squamish Five |
| 1989 4th Gemini Awards | Robyn Stevan | 9B |

## 1990s

| Year | Actress | Film |
| 1990 5th Gemini Awards |
| 1990 5th Gemini Awards | Ann-Marie MacDonald | Where the Spirit Lives |
| 1990 5th Gemini Awards | Lally Cadeau | Road to Avonlea |
| 1990 5th Gemini Awards | Ocean Hellman | Anything to Survive |
| 1990 5th Gemini Awards | Sherry Miller | E.N.G. |
| 1990 5th Gemini Awards | Mary Beth Rubens | E.N.G. |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards | Sarah Polley | Lantern Hill |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards | Lally Cadeau | Road to Avonlea |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards | Marion Gilsenan | Getting Married in Buffalo Jump |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards | Sherry Miller | E.N.G. |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards | Leah Pinsent | The Little Kidnappers |
| 1991 6th Gemini Awards | Gema Zamprogna | Road to Avonlea |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards | Brooke Johnson | Conspiracy of Silence |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards | Lally Cadeau | Road to Avonlea |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards | Catherine Disher | Grand Larceny |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards | Patricia Hamilton | Road to Avonlea |
| 1992 7th Gemini Awards | Theresa Tova | E.N.G. |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Lise Roy | The Boys of St. Vincent |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Julie Khaner | Street Legal |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Peggy McCay | Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Jackie Richardson | Catwalk |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Ashley Rogers | Family of Strangers |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Susan Wright | I'll Never Get to Heaven |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Jennifer Phipps | Coming of Age |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Cynthia Belliveau | E.N.G. |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Tina Louise Bomberry | North of 60 |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Larissa Laskin | Dieppe |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Gema Zamprogna | Road to Avonlea |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Patricia Hamilton | Road to Avonlea |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Marilyn Lightstone | Road to Avonlea |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Janne Mortil | Side Effects |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Mag Ruffman | Road to Avonlea |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Cheryl Wilson | Destiny Ridge |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Catherine Fitch | Butterbox Babies |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Deborah Duchêne | Forever Knight: "Curioser & Curioser" |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Frances Hyland | Broken Lullaby |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Charmion King | Broken Lullaby |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Kate Nelligan | Million Dollar Babies |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Kay Tremblay | Road to Avonlea |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Janet Bailey | Traders |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Patricia Hamilton | Road to Avonlea |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Terri Hawkes | Traders |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Ramona Milano | Due South |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Teresa Stratas | Under the Piano |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Angela Featherstone | Family of Cops |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Sabrina Grdevich | Little Criminals |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Mimi Kuzyk | Little Criminals |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Mary Walsh | The Elf |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Robin Craig | Wind at My Back |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Janet Bailey | Traders |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Stacy Grant | Madison |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Sabrina Grdevich | Traders |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Kim Huffman | Traders |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Jayne Eastwood | Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Patricia Gage | Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Brooke Johnson | For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Elena Kudaba | Peacekeepers |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Barbara Williams | Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops 2 |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Kim Huffman | Traders |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Mary-Colin Chisholm | Black Harbour |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Patricia Collins | The Rez |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Jessica Pellerin | Emily of New Moon |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Alberta Watson | Nikita |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Nicky Guadagni | Major Crime |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Macha Grenon | The Sleep Room |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Sarah Polley | The Planet of Junior Brown |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Lynn Redgrave | White Lies |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Gabrielle Rose | The Sleep Room |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Marion Gilsenan | Riverdale |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Jackie Burroughs | More Tales of the City |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Ramona Milano | Due South |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Caterina Scorsone | Power Play |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Sarah Strange | Foolish Heart |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Sabrina Grdevich | Milgaard |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Shannon Lawson | Sleeping Dogs Lie |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Deanna Milligan | Justice |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Mag Ruffman | Happy Christmas, Miss King |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Leah Pinsent | Win, Again! |

## 2000s

| Year | Actress | Series |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Shannon Lawson | The City |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Jackie Burroughs | Cover Me |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Rachael Crawford | Traders |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Anita La Selva | Earth: Final Conflict |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Angela Vint | Traders |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Shirley Douglas | Shadow Lake |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Marie-Josée Croze | Murder Most Likely |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Janine Theriault | Murder Most Likely |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Tamara Craig Thomas | Cold Squad |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Mimi Kuzyk | Blue Murder |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Marnie McPhail | The Associates |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Colleen Rennison | These Arms of Mine |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Lisa Ryder | Andromeda |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Sherry Miller | Lucky Girl |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Jennifer Dale | Revenge of the Land |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Kari Matchett | A Colder Kind of Death |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Lise Roy | Children of My Heart |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Janet Wright | Chasing Cain |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Dixie Seatle | Paradise Falls |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Rebecca Jenkins | The Associates |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Marnie McPhail | The Associates |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Lauren Lee Smith | Mutant X |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Tamara Craig Thomas | Cold Squad |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Jackie Burroughs | Further Tales of the City |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Céline Bonnier | The Last Chapter |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Brenda Fricker | Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Sherry Miller | A Killing Spring |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Deborah Pollitt | Random Passage |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Jennie Raymond | Blue Murder |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Paula Boudreau | Doc |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Stacy Grant | Cold Squad |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Ruth Marshall | Doc |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Andrea C. Robinson | Doc |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Janet Wright | Betrayed |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Larissa Laskin | Scar Tissue |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Michelle Nolden | Hemingway vs. Callaghan |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Reagan Pasternak | Hemingway vs. Callaghan |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Rachel McAdams | Slings & Arrows |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Jennifer Irwin | Slings & Arrows |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Andrea C. Robinson | Doc |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Nthati Motesh | Human Cargo |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Myriam Acharki | Human Cargo |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Cara Pifko | Human Cargo |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Elliot Page | ReGenesis |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Sonja Bennett | Cold Squad |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Ellen Dubin | The Collector |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Catherine Fitch | This Is Wonderland |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Kate Trotter | Paradise Falls |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Maria Popistașu | Sex Traffic |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Layla Alizada | Chasing Freedom |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Miranda Handford | Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Martha Henry | H$_2$O |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Alberta Watson | Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Susan Coyne | Slings & Arrows |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Jayne Eastwood | This Is Wonderland |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Patricia McKenzie | Charlie Jade |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Sarah Strange | ReGenesis |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Kathryn Winslow | This Is Wonderland |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Lushin Dubey | Murder Unveiled |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Isabelle Blais | Human Trafficking |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Megan Follows | Shania: A Life in Eight Albums |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Hélène Joy | Under the Dragon's Tail |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Wendy Crewson | ReGenesis |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Lynda Boyd | Falcon Beach |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Jeananne Goossen | Falcon Beach |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Mayko Nguyen | ReGenesis |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Sarah Polley | Slings & Arrows |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Yanna McIntosh | Doomstown |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Wendy Crewson | The Robber Bride |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Megan Follows | Booky Makes Her Mark |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Tegan Moss | Eight Days to Live |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Jean Yoon | Dragon Boys |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Maria Doyle Kennedy | The Tudors |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Wendy Crewson | ReGenesis |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Catherine Disher | The Border |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Laurence Leboeuf | Durham County |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Sonya Salomaa | Durham County |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Katharine Isabelle | The Englishman's Boy |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Nahanni Johnstone | Booky and the Secret Santa |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Andrea Martin | St. Urbain's Horseman |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Cara Pifko | I Me Wed |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Clare Stone | Would Be Kings |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Gabrielle Miller | Robson Arms |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Lolita Davidovich | ZOS: Zone of Separation |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Catherine Disher | The Border |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Tasha Lawrence | The Line |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Reagan Pasternak | Being Erica |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Barbara Hershey | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Kaniehtiio Horn | Moccasin Flats: Redemption |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Louise Rose | Diamonds |

## 2010s

| Year | Actress | Series |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Catherine Disher | The Border |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Eve Harlow | The Guard |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Reagan Pasternak | Being Erica |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Jessica Steen | Flashpoint |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Rachel Wilson | Republic of Doyle |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Debra Lynne McCabe | Guns |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Wendy Crewson | The Summit |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Sarah Manninen | Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards |
| Dramatic Series |||
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Ksenia Solo | Lost Girl |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Bénédicte Décary | Durham County |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Katharine Isabelle | Endgame |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Melanie Nicholls-King | Rookie Blue |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Enuka Okuma | Rookie Blue |
| Television Film or Miniseries |||
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Diana Hardcastle | The Kennedys |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Alison Pill | The Pillars of the Earth |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Karen Robinson | The Gospel According to the Blues |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Wendy Crewson | Saving Hope |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Georgina Lightning | Blackstone |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Enuka Okuma | Rookie Blue |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Kelly Rowan | Cyberbully |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Ksenia Solo | Lost Girl |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Maria Doyle Kennedy | Orphan Black |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Claudia Black | Haven |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Priscilla Faia | Rookie Blue |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Cheri Maracle | Blackstone |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Luvia Petersen | Continuum |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Ali Liebert | Bomb Girls |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Jane Alexander | Forgive Me |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Olympia Dukakis | Sex & Violence |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Laurence Leboeuf | 19-2 |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Maxim Roy | 19-2 |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Shailyn Pierre-Dixon | The Book of Negroes |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Martha Burns | Remedy |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Maria Doyle Kennedy | Orphan Black |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Laurence Leboeuf | 19-2 |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Julia Taylor Ross | Saving Hope |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Wendy Crewson | Slasher |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Lara Jean Chorostecki | X Company |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Michelle Nolden | Saving Hope |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Shailyn Pierre-Dixon | Between |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Lauren Lee Smith | This Life |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Allie MacDonald | Cardinal |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Katy Breier | FANatic |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Suzanne Clément | Versailles |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Geraldine James | Anne with an E |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Madeleine Knight | X Company |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Geraldine James | Anne with an E |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Selena Lee | Blood and Water |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Sharron Matthews | Frankie Drake Mysteries |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Chanelle Peloso | The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Mackenzie Porter | Travelers |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Kristen Thomson | Cardinal |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Rosemary Dunsmore | Street Legal |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Kelly McCormack | Killjoys |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Karen Robinson | Forgive Me |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Elizabeth Saunders | Mary Kills People |

## 2020s

| Year | Actress | Series |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Tamara Podemski | Coroner |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Anna Lambe | Trickster |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Georgina Lightning | Trickster |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Sharron Matthews | Frankie Drake Mysteries |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Gail Maurice | Trickster |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Ayisha Issa | Transplant |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Natasha Henstridge | Diggstown |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Emma Hunter | Moonshine |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Rebecca Liddiard | Frankie Drake Mysteries |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Tamara Podemski | Unsettled |