list of black academy award winners and nominees
best actress in a supporting role
Table:
Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Year

Name

Film

Role

Status

Milestone

1939

Hattie McDaniel

Gone with the Wind

Mammy

Won

First black person (male or female) to win an Academy Award;
First black person (male or female) to be nominated for Best Acting;
First black actress to win Best Supporting Actress;
Oldest black actress to win an Academy Award (age 44).

1949

Ethel Waters

Pinky

Mrs. Dicey Johnson (Pinky's Granny)

Nominated

Second black person to be nominated for an Academy Award.

1959

Juanita Moore

Imitation of Life

Annie Johnson

Nominated

1967

Beah Richards

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Mrs. Prentice

Nominated

1983

Alfre Woodard

Cross Creek

Geechee

Nominated

1985

Margaret Avery

The Color Purple

Shug Avery

Nominated

Second time that multiple black actresses received Best Supporting Actress nominations;
First time that multiple black actresses received nominations for the same film.

Oprah Winfrey

Sofia

Nominated

1990

Whoopi Goldberg

Ghost

Oda Mae Brown

Won

First black actress to receive two acting nominations overall;
Second Black Actress to win Best Supporting Actress.

1996

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Secrets & Lies

Hortense Cumberbatch

Nominated

First British black actress to receive an Academy Award nomination. Also the first black person (male or female) born outside the United States to receive an Academy Award nomination in an acting category.

2002

Queen Latifah

Chicago

Matron Mama Morton

Nominated

First female hip hop artist to be nominated for an Academy Award.

2004

Sophie Okonedo

Hotel Rwanda

Tatiana Rusesabagina

Nominated

Second British black actress to receive an Academy Award nomination.

2006

Jennifer Hudson

Dreamgirls

Effie White

Won

First black actor (male or female) to win an Academy Award for a debut film performance;
Youngest black actress to win or be nominated for Best Supporting Actress;
Youngest black actor (male or female) to win an Academy Award (age 25);
First film to feature black nominees for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress;
First Black Actress to win an Academy Award for a musical film.

2007

Ruby Dee

American Gangster

Mama Lucas

Nominated

Oldest black actress to be nominated for an Academy Award (age 83).

2008

Viola Davis

Doubt

Mrs. Miller

Nominated

Third time two black women were nominated in the same category.

Taraji P. Henson

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Queenie

Nominated

2009

Mo'Nique

Precious

Mary Lee Johnston

Won

Second film to feature black nominees for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Fourth Black actress to win in this category.

2011

Octavia Spencer

The Help

Minny Jackson

Won

Third film to feature black nominees for both Best Actress and Supporting Actress. Fifth Black actress to win in this category.

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