Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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.
| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) The 2022 recipient: Jamie Lee Curtis | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| First awarded | 1937 (for performance in films released during the 1936 film season) |
| Most recent winner | Jamie Lee Curtis Everything Everywhere All at Once (2023) |
| Website | oscars |
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
changeWinners are listed first in bold, followed by the other nominees.
1930s
change| 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
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change2010s
change| 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
changeReferences
change- ↑ 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.
Other websites
change- Oscars.org (official Academy site)