Best Actress in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
History Since 1968, selected actresses have been awarded with the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at an annual ceremony. The Best Supporting Actress award has been presented a total of 53 times to 52 different actresses. No award was given out in this category in 1980, when no actors, male or female, were nominated for supporting roles. In addition, the award was replaced with a gender-neutral category for Best Supporting Artist, allotted for the year 1981 only, with all four nominees that year being male. The first winner was Billie Whitelaw for her roles in Charlie Bubbles and Twisted Nerve. The most recent winner is Wunmi Mosaku for her role in Sinners. The record for most wins is three, held by Judi Dench. Kate Winslet has won two times, while each other recipient has only won once in this category. Dench also holds the record for most nominations, with nine. At the 36th BAFTA Film Awards, Rohini Hattangadi and Maureen Stapleton received the same number of votes and thus both shared the award in this category's only tie.
Winners and nominees
1960s Year Actor Role(s) Film Billie Whitelaw Charlie Bubbles Lottie Bubbles Twisted Nerve Joan Harper Pat Heywood Romeo and Juliet The Nurse Virginia Maskell Interlude Antonia Simone Signoret Games Lisa Schindler Celia Johnson The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Miss Mackay Peggy Ashcroft Three into Two Won't Go Belle Pamela Franklin The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Sandy Mary Wimbush Oh! What a Lovely War Mary Smith
1970s Year Actor Role(s) Film Susannah York They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Alice LeBlanc Evin Crowley Ryan's Daughter Maureen Estelle Parsons Watermelon Man Althea Gerber Maureen Stapleton Airport Inez Guerrero Margaret Leighton The Go-Between Mrs. Maudsley Jane Asher Deep End Susan Georgia Brown The Raging Moon Sarah Charles Georgia Engel Taking Off Margot Cloris Leachman † The Last Picture Show Ruth Popper Marisa Berenson Cabaret Natalia Landauer Eileen Brennan The Last Picture Show Genevieve Morgan Shelley Winters The Poseidon Adventure Belle Rosen Valentina Cortese Day for Night Severine Rosemary Leach That'll Be the Day Mary Maclaine Delphine Seyrig The Day of the Jackal Colette de Montpellier Ingrid Thulin Cries and Whispers Karin Ingrid Bergman † Murder on the Orient Express Greta Ohlsson Sylvia Sidney Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Mrs. Pritchett Sylvia Syms The Tamarind Seed Margaret Stephenson Cindy Williams American Graffiti Laurie Henderson Diane Ladd Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Flo Castleberry Ronee Blakley Nashville Barbara Jean Lelia Goldoni Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Bea Gwen Welles Nashville Sueleen Gay Jodie Foster Bugsy Malone Tallulah Taxi Driver Iris Steensma Annette Crosbie The Slipper and the Rose The Fairy Godmother Vivien Merchant The Homecoming Ruth Billie Whitelaw The Omen Mrs. Baylock Jenny Agutter Equus Julie Mason Geraldine Chaplin Welcome to L.A. Karen Hood Joan Plowright Equus Dora Strang Shelley Winters Next Stop, Greenwich Village Fay Lapinsky Geraldine Page Interiors Eve Angela Lansbury Death on the Nile Salome Otterbourne Maggie Smith Miss Bowers Mona Washbourne Stevie Aunt Rachel Roberts Yanks Clarrie Moreton Lisa Eichhorn The Europeans Gertrude Wentworth Mariel Hemingway Manhattan Tracy Meryl Streep Jill Davis
1980s Year Actor Role(s) Film Not awarded Not awarded Rohini Hattangadi (TIE) Gandhi Kasturba Gandhi Maureen Stapleton † (TIE) Reds Emma Goldman Candice Bergen Gandhi Margaret Bourke-White Jane Fonda On Golden Pond Chelsea Thayer Jamie Lee Curtis Trading Places Ophelia Teri Garr Tootsie Sandy Lester Rosemary Harris The Ploughman's Lunch Ann Barrington Maureen Lipman Educating Rita Trish Liz Smith A Private Function Mrs. Chilvers Eileen Atkins The Dresser Madge Cher Silkwood Dolly Pelliker Tuesday Weld Once Upon a Time in America Carol Rosanna Arquette Desperately Seeking Susan Roberta Glass Judi Dench Wetherby Marcia Pilborough Anjelica Huston † Prizzi's Honor Maerose Prizzi Tracey Ullman Plenty Alice Park Judi Dench A Room with a View Eleanor Lavish Rosanna Arquette After Hours Marcy Franklin Barbara Hershey Hannah and Her Sisters Lee Rosemary Leach A Room with a View Mrs. Honeychurch Susan Wooldridge Hope and Glory Molly Judi Dench 84 Charing Cross Road Nora Doel Vanessa Redgrave Prick up Your Ears Peggy Ramsay Dianne Wiest Radio Days Bea Judi Dench A Handful of Dust Mrs. Beaver Maria Aitken A Fish Called Wanda Wendy Leach Anne Archer Fatal Attraction Beth Gallagher Olympia Dukakis † Moonstruck Rose Castorini Michelle Pfeiffer Dangerous Liaisons Madame de Tourvel Peggy Ashcroft Madame Sousatzka Lady Emily Laura San Giacomo Sex, Lies, and Videotape Cynthia Bishop Sigourney Weaver Working Girl Katharine Parker
1990s Year Actor Role(s) Film Whoopi Goldberg † Ghost Oda Mae Brown Anjelica Huston Crimes and Misdemeanors Dolores Paley Shirley MacLaine Steel Magnolias Ouiser Boudreaux Billie Whitelaw The Krays Violet Kray Kate Nelligan Frankie and Johnny Cora Annette Bening The Grifters Myra Langtry Amanda Plummer The Fisher King Lydia Julie Walters Stepping Out Vera Miranda Richardson Damage Ingrid Fleming Kathy Bates Fried Green Tomatoes Evelyn Couch Helena Bonham Carter Howards End Helen Schlegel Miranda Richardson The Crying Game Jude Miriam Margolyes The Age of Innocence Mrs. Mingott Holly Hunter The Firm Tammy Hemphill Winona Ryder The Age of Innocence May Welland Maggie Smith The Secret Garden Mrs. Medlock Kristin Scott Thomas Four Weddings and a Funeral Fiona Charlotte Coleman Four Weddings and a Funeral Scarlet Sally Field Forrest Gump Mrs. Gump Anjelica Huston Manhattan Murder Mystery Marcia Fox Kate Winslet Sense and Sensibility Marianne Dashwood Joan Allen Nixon Pat Nixon Mira Sorvino † Mighty Aphrodite Linda Ash Elizabeth Spriggs Sense and Sensibility Mrs. Jennings Juliette Binoche † The English Patient Hana Lauren Bacall The Mirror Has Two Faces Hannah Morgan Marianne Jean-Baptiste Secrets & Lies Hortense Cumberbatch Lynn Redgrave Shine Gillian Sigourney Weaver The Ice Storm Janey Carver Jennifer Ehle Wilde Constance Lloyd Wilde Lesley Sharp The Full Monty Jeanette Zoe Wanamaker Wilde Ada Leverson Judi Dench † Shakespeare in Love Queen Elizabeth I Kathy Bates Primary Colors Libby Holden Brenda Blethyn Little Voice Mari Hoff Lynn Redgrave Gods and Monsters Hanna 1999 Maggie Smith Tea with Mussolini Hester Random Thora Birch American Beauty Jane Burnham Cate Blanchett The Talented Mr. Ripley Meredith Logue Cameron Diaz Being John Malkovich Lotte Schwartz Mena Suvari American Beauty Angela Hayes
2000s Year Actor Role(s) Film2000 Julie Walters Billy Elliot Georgia Wilkinson Judi Dench Chocolat Armande Voizin Frances McDormand Almost Famous Elaine Miller Lena Olin Chocolat Josephine Muscat Ziyi Zhang Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Jen Yu2001 Jennifer Connelly † A Beautiful Mind Alicia Nash Judi Dench The Shipping News Agnis Hamm Helen Mirren Gosford Park Jane Wilson Maggie Smith Constance Trentham Kate Winslet Iris Young Iris Murdoch 2002 Catherine Zeta-Jones † Chicago Velma Kelly Toni Collette About a Boy Fiona Brewer Julianne Moore The Hours Laura Brown Queen Latifah Chicago Matron Mama Morton Meryl Streep Adaptation Susan Orlean 2003 Renée Zellweger † Cold Mountain Ruby Thewes Holly Hunter Thirteen Melanie Freeland Laura Linney Mystic River Annabeth Markum Judy Parfitt Girl with a Pearl Earring Maria Thins Emma Thompson Love Actually Karen2004 Cate Blanchett † The Aviator Katharine Hepburn Julie Christie Finding Neverland Emma Wightwick du Maurier Heather Craney Vera Drake Joyce Drake Natalie Portman Closer Alice Ayres / Jane Jones Meryl Streep The Manchurian Candidate Eleanor Shaw2005 Thandiwe Newton Crash Christine Thayer Brenda Blethyn Pride & Prejudice Mrs. Bennet Catherine Keener Capote Harper Lee Frances McDormand North Country Glory Dodge Michelle Williams Brokeback Mountain Alma Beers Del Mar 2006 Jennifer Hudson † Dreamgirls Effie White Emily Blunt The Devil Wears Prada Emily Charlton Abigail Breslin Little Miss Sunshine Olive Hoover Toni Collette Sheryl Hoover Frances de la Tour The History Boys Dorothy Lintott2007 Tilda Swinton † Michael Clayton Karen Crowder Cate Blanchett I'm Not There Jude Quinn Kelly Macdonald No Country for Old Men Carla Jean Moss Samantha Morton Control Deborah Woodruff Curtis Saoirse Ronan Atonement Briony Tallis 2008 Penélope Cruz † Vicky Cristina Barcelona María Elena Amy Adams Doubt Sister James Freida Pinto Slumdog Millionaire Latika Tilda Swinton Burn After Reading Katie Cox Marisa Tomei The Wrestler Cassidy / Pam 2009 Mo'Nique † Precious Mary Lee Johnston Anne-Marie Duff Nowhere Boy Julia Lennon Vera Farmiga Up in the Air Alex Goran Anna Kendrick Natalie Keener Kristin Scott Thomas Nowhere Boy Mimi Smith
2010s Year Actor Role(s) Film2010 Helena Bonham Carter The King's Speech Queen Elizabeth Amy Adams The Fighter Charlene Fleming Barbara Hershey Black Swan Erica Sayers Lesley Manville Another Year Mary Smith Miranda Richardson Made in Dagenham Barbara Castle 2011 Octavia Spencer † The Help Minny Jackson Jessica Chastain The Help Celia Foote Judi Dench My Week with Marilyn Sybil Thorndike Melissa McCarthy Bridesmaids Megan Price Carey Mulligan Drive Irene 2012 Anne Hathaway † Les Misérables Fantine Amy Adams The Master Peggy Dodd Judi Dench Skyfall M Sally Field Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln Helen Hunt The Sessions Cheryl Cohen-Greene 2013 Jennifer Lawrence American Hustle Rosalyn Rosenfeld Sally Hawkins Blue Jasmine Ginger Lupita Nyong'o † 12 Years a Slave Patsey Julia Roberts August: Osage County Barbara Weston-Fordham Oprah Winfrey The Butler Gloria Gaines2014 Patricia Arquette † Boyhood Olivia Evans Keira Knightley The Imitation Game Joan Clarke Rene Russo Nightcrawler Nina Romina Imelda Staunton Pride Hefina Headon Emma Stone Birdman Sam Thomson 2015 Kate Winslet Steve Jobs Joanna Hoffman Jennifer Jason Leigh The Hateful Eight Daisy Domergue Rooney Mara Carol Therese Belivet Alicia Vikander Ex Machina Ava Julie Walters Brooklyn Madge Kehoe2016 Viola Davis † Fences Rose Maxson Naomie Harris Moonlight Paula Harris Nicole Kidman Lion Sue Brierley Hayley Squires I, Daniel Blake Katie Morgan Michelle Williams Manchester by the Sea Randi Chandler 2017 Allison Janney † I, Tonya LaVona Golden Lesley Manville Phantom Thread Cyril Woodcock Laurie Metcalf Lady Bird Marion McPherson Kristin Scott Thomas Darkest Hour Clementine Churchill Octavia Spencer The Shape of Water Zelda Fuller 2018 Rachel Weisz The Favourite Lady Sarah Amy Adams Vice Lynne Cheney Claire Foy First Man Janet Shearon Armstrong Margot Robbie Mary Queen of Scots Queen Elizabeth I Emma Stone The Favourite Abigail 2019 Laura Dern † Marriage Story Nora Fanshaw Scarlett Johansson Jojo Rabbit Rosie Betzler Florence Pugh Little Women Amy March Margot Robbie Bombshell Kayla Pospisil Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sharon Tate
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