BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

**Best Actress in a Supporting Role** is a British Academy Film award presented each year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).  It is to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a movie. Actors of all nationalities can receive the award.

## Winners and nominees 
### 1960s 
* **1968** &ndash; **Billie Whitelaw** &ndash; '''*Charlie Bubbles* as Lottie Bubbles** and ***Twisted Nerve* as Joan Harper'*
** Pat Heywood &ndash; *Romeo and Juliet*
** Virginia Maskell &ndash; *Interlude*
** Simone Signoret &ndash; *Games*

* **1969** &ndash; **Celia Johnson** &ndash; *'*The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie* as Miss Mackay'*
** Peggy Ashcroft &ndash; *Three Into Two Wont Go*
** Pamela Franklin &ndash; *The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie*
** Mary Wimbush &ndash; *Oh What a Lovely War*

### 1970s 
* **1970** &ndash; **Susannah York** &ndash; *'''They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* as Alice LeBlanc*'
** Evin Crowley &ndash; ''Ryan's Daughter*
** Estelle Parsons &ndash; *Watermelon Man*
** Maureen Stapleton &ndash; *Airport* as Inez Guerrero

* **1971** &ndash; **Margaret Leighton** &ndash; *'*The Go-Between* as Mrs. Maudsley'*
** Jane Asher &ndash; *Deep End*
** Georgia Brown &ndash; *The Raging Moon*
** Georgia Engel &ndash; *Taking Off*

* **1972** &ndash; **Cloris Leachman** &ndash; *'*The Last Picture Show* as Ruth Popper'*
** Marisa Berenson &ndash; *Cabaret*
** Eileen Brennan &ndash; *The Last Picture Show*
** Shelley Winters &ndash; *The Poseidon Adventure* as Belle Rosen

* **1973** &ndash; **Valentina Cortese** &ndash; *'*Day for Night* as Severine'*
** Rosemary Leach &ndash; *That'll Be the Day*
** Delphine Seyrig &ndash; *The Day of the Jackal*
** Ingrid Thulin &ndash; *Cries and Whispers*

* **1974** &ndash; **Ingrid Bergman** &ndash; *'*Murder on the Orient Express* as Greta Ohlsson'*
** Sylvia Sidney &ndash; *Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams*
** Sylvia Syms &ndash; *The Tamarind Seed*
** Cindy Williams &ndash; *American Graffiti*

* **1975** &ndash; **Diane Ladd** &ndash; *'''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore* as Flo*'
** Ronee Blakely &ndash; *Nashville* as Bobbie Jean
** Lelia Goldoni &ndash; ''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore*
** Gwen Welles &ndash; *Nashville*

* **1976** &ndash; **Jodie Foster** &ndash; *'*Bugsy Malone* as Tallulah** and ***Taxi Driver* as Iris "Easy" Steensma'*
** Annette Crosbie &ndash; *The Slipper and the Rose*
** Vivien Merchant &ndash; *The Homecoming*
** Billie Whitelaw &ndash; *The Omen*

* **1977 ** &ndash; **Jenny Agutter** &ndash; *'*Equus* as Jill Mason'*
** Geraldine Chaplin &ndash; *Welcome to L.A.*
** Joan Plowright &ndash; *Equus*
** Shelley Winters &ndash; *Next Stop, Greenwich Village*

* **1978 ** &ndash; **Geraldine Page** &ndash; *'*Interiors* as Eve'*
** Angela Lansbury &ndash; *Death on the Nile*
** Maggie Smith &ndash; *Death on the Nile*
** Mona Washbourne &ndash; *Stevie*

* **1979** &ndash; **Rachel Roberts** &ndash; *'*Yanks* as Mrs. Clarrie Moreton'*
** Lisa Eichhorn &ndash; *The Europens*
** Mariel Hemingway &ndash; *Manhattan* as Tracy
** Meryl Streep &ndash; *Manhattan*

### 1980s 
* **1982** &ndash; **Rohini Hattangadi** &ndash; *'*Gandhi* as Kasturba Gandhi** and **Maureen Stapleton** &ndash; ***Reds* as Emma Goldman'*
** Candice Bergen &ndash; *Gandhi*
** Jane Fonda &ndash; *On Golden Pond* as Chelsea Thayer Wayne

* **1983** &ndash; **Jamie Lee Curtis** &ndash; *'*Trading Places* as Ophelia'*
** Teri Garr &ndash; *Tootsie*
** Rosemary Harris &ndash; *The Ploughman's Lunch*
** Maureen Lipman &ndash; *Educating Rita*

* **1984** &ndash; **Liz Smith** &ndash; *'*A Private Function* as Joyce's Mother'*
** Eileen Atkins &ndash; *The Dresser*
** Cher &ndash; *Silkwood* as Dolly Pelliker
** Tuesday Weld &ndash; *Once Upon a Time in America*

* **1985** &ndash; **Rosanna Arquette** &ndash; *'*Desperately Seeking Susan* as Roberta Glass'*
** Judi Dench &ndash; *Wetherby*
** Anjelica Huston &ndash; *Prizzi's Honor* as Maerose Prizzi
** Tracey Ullman &ndash; *Plenty*

* **1986** &ndash; **Judi Dench** &ndash; *'*A Room with a View* as Eleanor Lavish'*
** Rosanna Arquette &ndash; *After Hours*
** Barbara Hershey &ndash; *Hannah and Her Sisters*
** Rosemary Leach &ndash; *A Room with a View*

* **1987** &ndash; **Susan Wooldridge** &ndash; *'*Hope and Glory* as Molly'*
** Judi Dench &ndash; *84 Charing Cross Road*
** Vanessa Redgrave &ndash; *Prick Up Your Ears*
** Dianne Wiest &ndash; *Radio Days*

* **1988 ** &ndash; **Judi Dench** &ndash; ***A Handful of Dust***
** Maria Aitken &ndash; *A Fish Called Wanda*
** Anne Archer &ndash; *Fatal Attraction* as Beth Gallagher
** Olympia Dukakis &ndash; *Moonstruck* as Rose Castorini

* **1989** &ndash; **Michelle Pfeiffer** &ndash; *'*Dangerous Liaisons* as Madame de Tourvel'*
** Peggy Ashcroft &ndash; *Madame Sousatzka*
** Laura San Giacomo &ndash; *Sex, Lies, and Videotape* as Cynthia Bishop
** Sigourney Weaver &ndash; *Working Girl* as Katharine Parker

### 1990s 
* **1990** &ndash; **Whoopi Goldberg** &ndash; *'*Ghost* as Oda Mae Brown'*
** Anjelica Huston &ndash; *The Grifters*
** Shirley Maclaine &ndash; *Steel Magnolias*
** Billie Whitelaw &ndash; *The Krays*

* **1991** &ndash; **Kate Nelligan** &ndash; *'*Frankie and Johnny* as Cora'*
** Annette Bening &ndash; *The Grifters*
** Amanda Plummer &ndash; *The Fisher King*
** Julie Walters &ndash; *Stepping Out*

* **1992** &ndash; **Miranda Richardson** &ndash; *'*Damage* as Ingrid Fleming'*
** Kathy Bates &ndash; *Fried Green Tomatoes*
** Helena Bonham-Carter &ndash; *Howards End*
** Miranda Richardson &ndash; *The Crying Game* as Jude

* **1993** &ndash; **Miriam Margolyes** &ndash; *'*The Age of Innocence* as Mrs. Mingott'*
** Holly Hunter &ndash; *The Firm* as Tammy Hemphill
** Winona Ryder &ndash; *The Age of Innocence* as May Welland
** Maggie Smith &ndash; *The Secret Garden*

* **1994** &ndash; **Kristin Scott Thomas** &ndash; *'*Four Weddings and a Funeral* as Fiona'*
** Charlotte Coleman &ndash; *Four Weddings and a Funeral*
** Sally Field &ndash; *Forrest Gump* as Mrs. Gump
** Anjelica Huston &ndash; *Manhattan Murder Mystery*

* **1995** &ndash; **Kate Winslet** &ndash; *'*Sense and Sensibility* as Marianne Dashwood'*
** Joan Allen &ndash; *Nixon* as Pat Nixon
** Mira Sorvino &ndash; *Mighty Aphrodite* as Linda Ash
** Elizabeth Spriggs &ndash; *Sense and Sensibility*

* **1996** &ndash; **Juliette Binoche** &ndash; *'*The English Patient* as Hana'*
** Lauren Bacall &ndash; *The Mirror Has Two Faces* as Hannah Morgan
** Marianne Jean-Baptiste &ndash; *Secrets & Lies* as Hortense Cumberbatch
** Lynn Redgrave &ndash; *Shine*

* **1997** &ndash; **Sigourney Weaver** &ndash; *'*The Ice Storm* as Janey Carver'*
** Jennifer Ehle &ndash; *Wilde*
** Lesley Sharp &ndash; *The Full Monty*
** Zoë Wanamaker &ndash; *Wilde*

* **1998** &ndash; **Judi Dench** &ndash; *'*Shakespeare in Love* as Queen Elizabeth I'*
** Kathy Bates &ndash; *Primary Colors*
** Brenda Blethyn &ndash; *Little Voice*
** Lynn Redgrave &ndash; *Gods and Monsters*

* **1999** &ndash; **Maggie Smith** &ndash; *'*Tea with Mussolini* as Lady Hester Random'*
** Thora Birch &ndash; *American Beauty*
** Cate Blanchett &ndash; *The Talented Mr. Ripley*
** Cameron Diaz &ndash; *Being John Malkovich*
** Mena Suvari &ndash; *American Beauty*

### 2000s 
* **2000** &ndash; **Julie Walters** &ndash; *'*Billy Elliot* as Mrs. Georgia Wilkinson'*
** Judi Dench &ndash; *Chocolat*
** Frances McDormand &ndash; *Almost Famous*
** Lena Olin &ndash; *Chocolat*
** Zhang Ziyi &ndash; *Wo hu cang long*

* **2001** &ndash; **Jennifer Connelly** &ndash; *'*A Beautiful Mind* as Alicia Nash'*
** Judi Dench &ndash; *The Shipping News*
** Helen Mirren &ndash; *Gosford Park*
** Maggie Smith &ndash; *Gosford Park*
** Kate Winslet &ndash; *Iris* as Young Iris Murdoch

* **2002** &ndash; **Catherine Zeta-Jones** &ndash; *'*Chicago* as Velma Kelly'*
** Toni Collette &ndash; *About a Boy*
** Julianne Moore &ndash; *The Hours*
** Queen Latifah &ndash; *Chicago* as Matron Mama Morton
** Meryl Streep &ndash; *Adaptation.* as Susan Orlean

* **2003** &ndash; **Renée Zellweger** &ndash; *'*Cold Mountain* as Ruby Thewes'*
** Holly Hunter &ndash; *Thirteen* as Melanie Freeland
** Laura Linney &ndash; *Mystic River*
** Judy Parfitt &ndash; *Girl with a Pearl Earring*
** Emma Thompson &ndash; *Love Actually*

* **2004** &ndash; **Cate Blanchett** &ndash; *'*The Aviator* as Katharine Hepburn'*
** Julie Christie &ndash; *Finding Neverland*
** Heather Craney &ndash; *Vera Drake*
** Natalie Portman &ndash; *Closer* as Alice
** Meryl Streep &ndash; *The Manchurian Candidate*

* **2005** &ndash; **Thandie Newton** &ndash; *'*Crash* as Christine Thayer'*
** Brenda Blethyn &ndash; *Pride & Prejudice*
** Catherine Keener &ndash; *Capote* as Harper Lee
** Frances McDormand &ndash; *North Country*
** Michelle Williams &ndash; *Brokeback Mountain* as Alma Beers Del Mar

* **2006** &ndash; **Jennifer Hudson** &ndash; *'*Dreamgirls* as Effie White'*
** Abigail Breslin &ndash; *Little Miss Sunshine* as Olive Hoover
** Emily Blunt &ndash; *The Devil Wears Prada*
** Toni Collette &ndash; *Little Miss Sunshine*
** Frances de la Tour &ndash; *The History Boys*

* **2007** &ndash; **Tilda Swinton** &ndash; *'*Michael Clayton* as Karen Crowder'*
** Cate Blanchett &ndash; *I'm Not There* as Jude Quinn
** Kelly Macdonald &ndash; *No Country for Old Men*
** Samantha Morton &ndash; *Control*
** Saoirse Ronan &ndash; *Atonement* as Young Briony Tallis

* **2008** &ndash; *'Penélope Cruz &ndash; *Vicky Cristina Barcelona* as María Elena'*
** Amy Adams &ndash; *Doubt*
** Freida Pinto &ndash; *Slumdog Millionaire*
** Tilda Swinton &ndash; *Burn After Reading*
** Marisa Tomei &ndash; *The Wrestler* as Cassidy

* **2009** &ndash; *'Mo'Nique &ndash; *Precious* as Mary Lee Johnston'*
** Anne-Marie Duff &ndash; *Nowhere Boy*
** Vera Farmiga &ndash; *Up in the Air* as Alex Goran
** Anna Kendrick &ndash; *Up in the Air* as Natalie Keener
** Kristin Scott Thomas &ndash; *Nowhere Boy*

### 2010s 
* *'2010 – Helena Bonham Carter &ndash; ''The King's Speech* as Queen Elizabeth*'
** Amy Adams &ndash; *The Fighter* as Charlene Fleming
** Barbara Hershey &ndash; *Black Swan*
** Lesley Manville &ndash; *Another Year*
** Miranda Richardson &ndash; *Made in Dagenham*

* '*2011 – Octavia Spencer &ndash; *The Help* as Minny Jackson*'
** Jessica Chastain - *The Help* as Celia Foote
** Judi Dench - *My Week with Marilyn* as Dame Sybil Thorndike
** Melissa McCarthy - *Bridesmaids* as Megan
** Carey Mulligan - *Drive* as Irene

## References 
* BAFTA Awards Database