Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit.  It is presented each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).  It is to recognize an actress with an outstanding performance in a movie. Since the beginning, the award has commonly been called the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Actresses are nominated for this award by Academy members who are actors and actresses themselves. Winners are selected by the academy membership as a whole.

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first in bold, followed by the other nominees.
1930s
 Year Actress Film Role(s) 1936(9th) Gale Sondergaard Anthony Adverse Faith Paleologus  Beulah Bondi The Gorgeous Hussy Rachel Jackson Alice Brady My Man Godfrey Angelica Bullock Bonita Granville These Three Mary Tilford Maria Ouspenskaya Dodsworth Baroness Von Obersdorf 1937(10th) Alice Brady In Old Chicago Molly O'Leary  Andrea Leeds Stage Door Kay Hamilton Anne Shirley Stella Dallas Laurel "Lollie" Dallas Claire Trevor Dead End Francey May Whitty Night Must Fall Mrs. Bramson 1938(11th) Fay Bainter Jezebel Aunt Belle Massey  Beulah Bondi Of Human Hearts Mary Wilkins Billie Burke Merrily We Live Emily Kilbourne Spring Byington You Can't Take It with You Penny Sycamore Miliza Korjus The Great Waltz Carla Donner 1939(12th) Hattie McDaniel Gone with the Wind Mammy  Olivia de Havilland Gone with the Wind Melanie Hamilton Geraldine Fitzgerald Wuthering Heights Isabella Linton Edna May Oliver Drums Along the Mohawk Sarah McKlennar Maria Ouspenskaya Love Affair Grandmother Janou

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

1950s
 Year Actress Film Role(s) 1950(23rd) Josephine Hull Harvey Veta Louise Simmons  Hope Emerson Caged Evelyn Harper Celeste Holm All About Eve Karen Richards Nancy Olson Sunset Boulevard Betty Schaefer Thelma Ritter All About Eve Birdie Kumen 1951(24th) Kim Hunter A Streetcar Named Desire Stella Kowalski  Joan Blondell The Blue Veil Annie Rawlins Mildred Dunnock Death of a Salesman Linda Loman Lee Grant Detective Story Shoplifter Thelma Ritter The Mating Season Ellen McNulty 1952(25th) Gloria Grahame The Bad and the Beautiful Rosemary Bartlow  Jean Hagen Singin' in the Rain Lina Lamont Colette Marchand Moulin Rouge Marie Charlet Terry Moore Come Back, Little Sheba Marie Buckholder Thelma Ritter With a Song in My Heart Clancy 1953(26th) Donna Reed From Here to Eternity Alma 'Lorene' Burke  Grace Kelly Mogambo Linda Nordley Geraldine Page Hondo Angie Lowe Marjorie Rambeau Torch Song Mrs. Stewart Thelma Ritter Pickup on South Street Moe 1954(27th) Eva Marie Saint On the Waterfront Edie Doyle  Nina Foch Executive Suite Erica Martin Katy Jurado Broken Lance Señora Devereaux Jan Sterling The High and the Mighty Sally McKee Claire Trevor The High and the Mighty May Holst 1955(28th) Jo Van Fleet East of Eden Kate  Betsy Blair Marty Clara Snyder Peggy Lee Pete Kelly's Blues Rose Hopkins Marisa Pavan The Rose Tattoo Rosa Delle Rose Natalie Wood Rebel Without a Cause Judy 1956(29th) Dorothy Malone Written on the Wind Marylee Hadley  Mildred Dunnock Baby Doll Rose Comfort Eileen Heckart The Bad Seed Hortense Daigle Mercedes McCambridge Giant Luz Benedict Patty McCormack The Bad Seed Rhoda Penmark 1957(30th) Miyoshi Umeki Sayonara Katsumi  Carolyn Jones The Bachelor Party The Existentialist Elsa Lanchester Witness for the Prosecution Miss Plimsoll Hope Lange Peyton Place Selena Cross Diane Varsi Peyton Place Allison MacKenzie 1958(31st) Wendy Hiller Separate Tables Pat Cooper  Peggy Cass Auntie Mame Agnes Gooch Martha Hyer Some Came Running Gwen French Maureen Stapleton Lonelyhearts Fay Doyle Cara Williams The Defiant Ones Billy's mother 1959(32nd) Shelley Winters The Diary of Anne Frank Petronella Van Daan  Hermione Baddeley Room at the Top Elspeth Susan Kohner Imitation of Life Sarah Jane Johnson (age 18) Juanita Moore Imitation of Life Annie Johnson Thelma Ritter Pillow Talk Alma

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

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

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

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

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

2010s
 Year Actress Film Role(s) 2010(83rd) Melissa Leo The Fighter Alice Ward  Amy Adams The Fighter Charlene Fleming Helena Bonham Carter The King's Speech Queen Elizabeth  Hailee Steinfeld True Grit Mattie Ross Jacki Weaver Animal Kingdom Janine "Smurf" Cody 2011(84th) Octavia Spencer The Help Minny Jackson  Bérénice Bejo The Artist Peppy Miller Jessica Chastain The Help Celia Foote Melissa McCarthy Bridesmaids Megan Janet McTeer Albert Nobbs Hubert Page 2012(84th) Anne Hathaway Les Misérables Fantine  Amy Adams The Master Peggy Sally Field Lincoln Mary Jacki Weaver Silver Linings Playbook Dolores Helen Hunt The Sessions Cheryl

Related pages
 BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

 References 

Other websites
 Oscars.org (official Academy site)

Supporting Actress