# Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to an actress for the best performance by an actress in a supporting role.

## History

The award was established at the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards (1985) and the first winner was Anita Mui for her role in the film Behind the Yellow Line. There are 5, sometimes 6, nominations for the category of Best Supporting Actress from which one actress is chosen the winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. The most recent recipient of the award was Rachel Leung, who was honoured at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards (2024), for her performance in In Broad Daylight.
The actress with most awards in this category is Elaine Jin with 4 awards. There are six actresses who have been awarded in both the categories for leading and supporting roles, Anita Mui, Cecilia Yip, Zhou Xun, Deanie Ip, Kara Wai and Teresa Mo.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Actor | Film |
| 1985 (4th) | Anita Mui | Behind the Yellow Line |
| 1985 (4th) | Loletta Lee | Shanghai Blues |
| 1985 (4th) | Chiao Chiao | Love in a Fallen City |
| 1985 (4th) | Monica Lam | An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty |
| 1985 (4th) | Angela Yu Chien | Hong Kong 1941 |
| 1986 (5th) | Deanie Ip | My Name Ain't Suzie |
| 1986 (5th) | Elaine Jin | Women |
| 1986 (5th) | Chan Yuen-Lai | Hong Kong Graffiti |
| 1986 (5th) | Pauline Wong | Night Caller |
| 1987 (6th) | Elaine Jin | Love Unto Waste |
| 1987 (6th) | Margaret Lee | The Last Emperor |
| 1987 (6th) | Lee Din-Hing | The Last Emperor |
| 1987 (6th) | Cher Yeung | Dream Lovers |
| 1987 (6th) | Tsai Chin | Love Unto Waste |
| 1988 (7th) | Elaine Jin | People's Hero |
| 1988 (7th) | Joyce Godenzi | Eastern Condors |
| 1988 (7th) | Carrie Ng | City on Fire |
| 1988 (7th) | Deanie Ip | Spiritual Love |
| 1989 (8th) | Sara Lee | School on Fire |
| 1989 (8th) | Elaine Jin | Set Me Free |
| 1989 (8th) | Prudence Liew | Law or Justice |
| 1989 (8th) | Cora Miao | The Other Half and the Other Half |
| 1990 (9th) | Cecilia Yip | Beyond the Sunset |
| 1990 (9th) | Josephine Koo | A Fishy Story |
| 1990 (9th) | Meg Lam | The First Time is the Last Time |
| 1990 (9th) | Seung Tin-Ngoh | Sentenced to Hang |
| 1990 (9th) | Pauline Wong | Web of Deception |
| 1991 (10th) | Rain Lau | Queen of Temple Street |
| 1991 (10th) | Carol Cheng | Queen's Bench III |
| 1991 (10th) | Maggie Cheung | Red Dust |
| 1991 (10th) | Hayley Man | Farewell China |
| 1991 (10th) | Rebecca Pan | Days of Being Wild |
| 1992 (11th) | Deanie Ip | Dances with Dragon |
| 1992 (11th) | Rosamund Kwan | This Thing Called Love |
| 1992 (11th) | Carrie Ng | Au Revoir Mon Amour |
| 1992 (11th) | Chingmy Yau | Lee Rock |
| 1992 (11th) | Cecilia Yip | To Be Number One |
| 1993 (12th) | Fung Bo Bo | 92 Legendary La Rose Noire |
| 1993 (12th) | Teresa Mo | 92 Legendary La Rose Noire |
| 1993 (12th) | Teresa Mo | Now You See Love, Now You Don't |
| 1993 (12th) | Wong Wan-Si | 92 Legendary La Rose Noire |
| 1993 (12th) | Deanie Ip | Fight Back to School II |
| 1994 (13th) | Fung Bo Bo | C'est la vie, mon chéri |
| 1994 (13th) | Law Lan | Thou Shalt Not Swear |
| 1994 (13th) | Carrie Ng | C'est la vie, mon chéri |
| 1994 (13th) | Deanie Ip | Murder |
| 1994 (13th) | Veronica Yip | Love Among the Triad |
| 1995 (14th) | Law Koon-Lan | I Have a Date with Spring |
| 1995 (14th) | Valerie Chow | Chungking Express |
| 1995 (14th) | Fung Wai-Hung | I Have a Date with Spring |
| 1995 (14th) | Carrie Ng | The Lovers |
| 1995 (14th) | Sandra Ng | The Returning |
| 1996 (15th) | Karen Mok | Fallen Angels |
| 1996 (15th) | Law Koon-Lan | Summer Snow |
| 1996 (15th) | Law Koon-Lan | The Umbrella Story |
| 1996 (15th) | Teresa Ha | Full Throttle |
| 1996 (15th) | Francoise Yip | Rumble in the Bronx |
| 1997 (16th) | Shu Qi | Viva Erotica |
| 1997 (16th) | Law Koon-Lan | Bodyguards of Last Governor |
| 1997 (16th) | Law Koon-Lan | July 13th |
| 1997 (16th) | Theresa Lee | Big Bullet |
| 1997 (16th) | Theresa Lee | Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? |
| 1997 (16th) | Anita Yuen | Hu-Du-Men |
| 1998 (17th) | Anita Mui | Eighteen Springs |
| 1998 (17th) | Elaine Jin | The Soong Sisters |
| 1998 (17th) | Michelle Yeoh | The Soong Sisters |
| 1998 (17th) | Theresa Lee | Downtown Torpedoes |
| 1998 (17th) | Theresa Lee | Intimates |
| 1999 (18th) | Shu Qi | Portland Street Blues |
| 1999 (18th) | Stephanie Che | Beast Cops |
| 1999 (18th) | Amanda Lee Wai Man | 9413 |
| 1999 (18th) | Shu Qi | The Storm Riders |
| 1999 (18th) | Kristy Yang | Portland Street Blues |
| 2000 (19th) | Carrie Ng | The Kid |
| 2000 (19th) | Nina Paw | Ordinary Heroes |
| 2000 (19th) | Josie Ho | Purple Storm |
| 2000 (19th) | Elaine Jin | Metade Fumaca |
| 2000 (19th) | Elaine Jin | Tempting Heart |
| 2001 (20th) | Cheng Pei-pei | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 2001 (20th) | Gigi Leung | A War Named Desire |
| 2001 (20th) | Candy Lo | Time and Tide |
| 2001 (20th) | Teresa Mo | And I Hate You So |
| 2001 (20th) | Rebecca Pan | In the Mood for Love |
| 2002 (21st) | Karena Lam | July Rhapsody |
| 2002 (21st) | Josie Ho | Forever and Ever |
| 2002 (21st) | Kara Hui | Visible Secret |
| 2002 (21st) | So Kung | Lan Yu |
| 2002 (21st) | Cecilia Yip | The Avenging Fist |
| 2003 (22nd) | Rene Liu | Double Vision |
| 2003 (22nd) | Kristal Tin | Golden Chicken |
| 2003 (22nd) | Cecilia Yip | May and August |
| 2003 (22nd) | Eugenia Yuan | Three: Going Home |
| 2003 (22nd) | Zhang Ziyi | Hero |
| 2004 (23rd) | Josie Ho | Naked Ambition |
| 2004 (23rd) | Nina Paw | Lost in Time |
| 2004 (23rd) | Josie Ho | The Twins Effect |
| 2004 (23rd) | Candy Lo | Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat |
| 2004 (23rd) | Maggie Shiu | PTU |
| 2005 (24th) | Bai Ling | Dumplings: Three...Extremes |
| 2005 (24th) | Jenny Hu | Yesterday Once More |
| 2005 (24th) | Candy Lo | Six Strong Guys |
| 2005 (24th) | Maggie Shiu | Breaking News |
| 2005 (24th) | Kate Yeung | 20 30 40 |
| 2006 (25th) | Teresa Mo | 2 Young |
| 2006 (25th) | Karena Lam | Ah Sou |
| 2006 (25th) | Maggie Shiu | Election |
| 2006 (25th) | Su Yan | Everlasting Regret |
| 2006 (25th) | Zhang Jingchu | Seven Swords |
| 2007 (26th) | Zhou Xun | The Banquet |
| 2007 (26th) | Kelly Lin | After This Our Exile |
| 2007 (26th) | Isabella Leong | Diary |
| 2007 (26th) | Kristal Tin | My Mother is a Belly Dancer |
| 2007 (26th) | Candice Yu | My Name Is Fame |
| 2008 (27th) | Susan Shaw | The Pye-Dog |
| 2008 (27th) | Anita Yuen | Protégé |
| 2008 (27th) | Karen Mok | Mr. Cinema |
| 2008 (27th) | Maggie Shiu | Eye in the Sky |
| 2008 (27th) | Zhao Wei | The Postmodern Life of My Aunt |
| 2009 (28th) | Chan Lai-Wun | The Way We Are |
| 2009 (28th) | Nora Miao | Run Papa Run |
| 2009 (28th) | Sun Li | Painted Skin |
| 2009 (28th) | Race Wong | True Women for Sale |
| 2009 (28th) | Zhao Wei | Red Cliff |
| 2010 (29th) | Michelle Ye | Accident |
| 2010 (29th) | Denise Ho | Look for a Star |
| 2010 (29th) | Fan Bingbing | Bodyguards And Assassins |
| 2010 (29th) | Li Yuchun | Bodyguards And Assassins |
| 2010 (29th) | Zhao Wei | Red Cliff II |
| 2011 (30th) | Susan Shaw | Gallants |
| 2011 (30th) | Candice Yu | Once A Gangster |
| 2011 (30th) | Mimi Chu | Crossing Hennessy |
| 2011 (30th) | Nina Paw | Crossing Hennessy |
| 2011 (30th) | Zhang Jingchu | City Under Siege |
| 2012 (31st) | Soh Hang-suen | Life Without Principle |
| 2012 (31st) | Kara Wai | Dragon |
| 2012 (31st) | Qin Hailu | A Simple Life |
| 2012 (31st) | Gwei Lun-Mei | Flying Swords of Dragon Gate |
| 2012 (31st) | Carina Lau | Let the Bullets Fly |
| 2013 (32nd) | Dada Chan | Vulgaria |
| 2013 (32nd) | Susan Shaw | Vulgaria |
| 2013 (32nd) | Jiang Yiyan | The Bullet Vanishes |
| 2013 (32nd) | Elaine Jin | The Viral Factor |
| 2013 (32nd) | Mavis Fan | The Silent War |
| 2014 (33rd) | Kara Wai | Rigor Mortis |
| 2014 (33rd) | Du Juan | American Dreams in China |
| 2014 (33rd) | Carina Lau | Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon |
| 2014 (33rd) | Law Lan | The White Storm |
| 2014 (33rd) | Crystal Lee | Unbeatable |
| 2015 (34th) | Ivana Wong | Golden Chickensss |
| 2015 (34th) | Kara Wai | The Midnight After |
| 2015 (34th) | Hao Lei | The Golden Era |
| 2015 (34th) | Fiona Sit | Girls |
| 2015 (34th) | Nina Paw | Insanity |
| 2016 (35th) | Elaine Jin | Port of Call |
| 2016 (35th) | Qin Hailu | A Tale of Three Cities |
| 2016 (35th) | Anna Ng | Little Big Master |
| 2016 (35th) | Janice Man | Helios |
| 2016 (35th) | Angelica Lee | Murmur of the Hearts |
| 2017 (36th) | Elaine Jin | Mad World |
| 2017 (36th) | Charmaine Fong | Mad World |
| 2017 (36th) | Zhang Yuqi | Mermaid |
| 2017 (36th) | Fish Liew | Sisterhood |
| 2017 (36th) | Janice Man | Cold War 2 |
| 2018 (37th) | Deanie Ip | Our Time Will Come |
| 2018 (37th) | Joyce Cheng | 29+1 |
| 2018 (37th) | Estelle Wu | Love Education |
| 2018 (37th) | Susan Shaw | Vampire Cleanup Department |
| 2018 (37th) | Pui-Yee Bo | Somewhere Beyond The Mist |
| 2019 (38th) | Kara Wai | Tracey |
| 2019 (38th) | Huang Lu | G Affairs |
| 2019 (38th) | Jiang Luxia | Operation Red Sea |
| 2019 (38th) | Jennifer Yu | Men On The Dragon |
| 2019 (38th) | Catherine Chau | Project Gutenberg |
| 2020 (39th) | Patra Au | Suk Suk |
| 2020 (39th) | Megan Lai | Fagara |
| 2020 (39th) | Nina Paw | My Prince Edward |
| 2020 (39th) | Cya Liu | I'm Livin' It |
| 2020 (39th) | Charlene Choi | Fatal Visit |
| 2022 (40th) | Fish Liew | Anita |
| 2022 (40th) | Nina Paw | Caught in Time |
| 2022 (40th) | Chung Suet Ying | Time |
| 2022 (40th) | Fish Liew | Limbo |
| 2022 (40th) | Bai Lang | Leap |
| 2022 (40th) | Loletta Lee | Drifting |
| 2023 (41st) | Ivana Wong | Table for Six |
| 2023 (41st) | Harriet Yeung | The Sparring Partner |
| 2023 (41st) | Patra Au | The Narrow Road |
| 2023 (41st) | Lin Min Chen | Table for Six |
| 2023 (41st) | Jennifer Yu | Far Far Away |
| 2024 (42nd) | Rachel Leung | In Broad Daylight |
| 2024 (42nd) | Elaine Jin | Ready O/R Rot |
| 2024 (42nd) | Rosa Maria Velasco | Time Still Turns the Pages |
| 2024 (42nd) | Renci Yeung | A Guilty Conscience |
| 2024 (42nd) | Fish Liew | A Guilty Conscience |