The British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is a discontinued annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best supporting performance by an actress in a British independent film.
From 2003 to 2007, only one award was presented for supporting performances named Best Supporting Actor/Actress. Since 2008, two categories named Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress are presented.
Olivia Colman is the only actress who has won this award more than once since its creations in 2008 with two wins while Kristin Scott Thomas and Julie Walters hold the record of most nominations in this category with three each.
In July 2022, it was announced that the performance categories would be replaced with gender-neutral categories, with both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress merging into the Best Lead Performance category. Additionally, a category named Best Joint Lead Performance was created for "two (or exceptionally three) performances that are the joint focus of the film, especially where performances share a large number of scenes and screen time".
Winners and nominees
2000s Best Supporting Actor/Actress YearActor/ActressFilmCharacter 2003 Susan Lynch 16 Years of Alcohol Mary Shirley Henderson Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Alice Sophie Okonedo Dirty Pretty Things Juliette Adrian Rawlins Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Harbour Benedict Wong Dirty Pretty Things Guo Yi 2004 Eddie Marsan Vera Drake Reg Paddy Considine My Summer of Love Phil Romola Garai Rory O'Shea Was Here Siobhán Samantha Morton Enduring Love Claire Gary Stretch Dead Man's Shoes Sonny 2005 Rosamund Pike The Libertine Elizabeth Wilmot, Countess of Rochester Rob Brydon A Cock and Bull Story Captain Toby Shandy / Rob Brydon Tom Hollander The Libertine George Etherege Bill Nighy The Constant Gardener Sir Bernard Pellegrin Kelly Reilly Mrs Henderson Presents Maureen Ashford 2006 Leslie Phillips Venus Ian Martin Compston Red Road Stevie Joseph Gilgun This Is England Woody Stephen Graham Combo Vanessa Redgrave Venus Valerie 2007 Toby Kebbell Control Rob Gretton Cate Blanchett Notes on a Scandal Sheba Hart Colin Firth And When Did You Last See Your Father? Blake Morrison Samantha Morton Control Deborah Curtis Armin Mueller-Stahl Eastern Promises Vor Semyon
Best Supporting Actress YearActressFilmCharacter 2008 Alexis Zegerman Happy-Go-Lucky Zoe Hayley Atwell The Duchess Elizabeth "Bess" Foster Sienna Miller The Edge of Love Caitlin Thomas Kristin Scott Thomas Easy Virtue Veronica Whittaker Emma Thompson Brideshead Revisited Lady Marchmain 2009 Anne-Marie Duff Nowhere Boy Julia Lennon Kerry Fox Bright Star Mrs. Brawne Rosamund Pike An Education Helen Kristin Scott Thomas Nowhere Boy Mimi Smith Kierston Wareing Fish Tank Joanne Williams
2010s YearActressFilmCharacter 2010 Helena Bonham Carter The King's Speech Queen Elizabeth Tamsin Greig Tamara Drewe Beth Hardiment Keira Knightley Never Let Me Go Ruth C Lesley Manville Another Year Mary Smith Rosamund Pike Made in Dagenham Lisa Hopkins 2011 Vanessa Redgrave Coriolanus Volumnia Kathy Burke Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Connie Sachs Sally Hawkins Submarine Jill Tate Felicity Jones Albatross Beth Fischer Carey Mulligan Shame Sissy Sullivan 2012 Olivia Colman Hyde Park on Hudson Queen Elizabeth Eileen Davies Sightseers Carol Alice Englert Ginger and Rosa Rosa Vanessa Redgrave Song for Marion Marion Maggie Smith The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Muriel Donnelly 2013 Imogen Poots The Look of Love Debbie Raymond Siobhan Finneran The Selfish Giant Mrs. Swift Shirley Henderson Filth Bunty Blades Kristin Scott Thomas The Invisible Woman Frances Ternan Mia Wasikowska The Double Hannah 2014 Imelda Staunton Pride Hefina Headon Dorothy Atkinson Mr. Turner Hannah Danby Sienna Guillory The Goob Janet Taylor Maggie Gyllenhaal Frank Clara Sally Hawkins X+Y Julie Ellis 2015 Olivia Colman The Lobster The Hotel Manager Helena Bonham Carter Suffragette Edith Ellyn Anne-Marie Duff Violet Miller Sienna Miller High-Rise Charlotte Melville Julie Walters Brooklyn Madge Kehoe 2016 Avin Manshadi Under the Shadow Dorsa Gemma Arterton The Girl with All the Gifts Helen Justineau Naomie Harris Our Kind of Traitor Gail Perkins Terry Pheto A United Kingdom Naledi Khama Shana Swash My Feral Heart Eve 2017 Patricia Clarkson The Party April Naomi Ackie Lady Macbeth Anna Kelly Macdonald Goodbye Christopher Robin Olive Andrea Riseborough The Death of Stalin Svetlana Stalin Julie Walters Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool Bella Turner 2018 Rachel Weisz The Favourite Lady Sarah Nina Arianda Stan & Ollie Ida Kitaeva Laurel Rachel McAdams Disobedience Esti Kuperman Emma Stone The Favourite Abigail Molly Wright Apostasy Alex 2019 Ruthxjiah Bellenea The Last Tree Tope Jessica Barden Scarborough Beth Elizabeth Debicki Vita and Virginia Virginia Woolf Tilda Swinton The Personal History of David Copperfield Betsey Trotwood Julie Walters Wild Rose Marion Harlan
2020s YearActressFilmCharacter 2020 Kosar Ali Rocks Sumaya Niamh Algar Calm with Horses Ursula Jennifer Ehle Saint Maud Amanda Ashley Madekwe County Lines Tony Fiona Shaw Kindred Margaret 2021 Vinette Robinson Boiling Point Carly Judi Dench Belfast Buddy's grandmother Jo Hartley Sweetheart Tina Nathalie Richard After Love Genevieve Tilda Swinton The Souvenir Part II Rosalind
Multiple nominations
3 nominations Kristin Scott Thomas Julie Walters
2 nominations Helena Bonham Carter Olivia Colman Anne-Marie Duff Sally Hawkins Sienna Miller Rosamund Pike Vanessa Redgrave
Multiple wins
2 wins Olivia Colman
See also Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
References
External links Official website