Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Supporting Actress () to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra. Following the withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 award was presented under the name Québec Cinéma. The Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016.
Céline Bonnier received the most nominations in this category, seven, and received one award. Sandrine Bisson received five nominations, including four for her role in Ricardo Trogi's autobiographical tetralogy. She won for 1981, 1991 and 1995, becoming the only actress to win the award thrice. For her performance in Inch'Allah, Sabrina Ouazani became the first non-Canadian to win the award.
A rare tie occurred in this category during the 7th Jutra Awards between Sylvie Moreau and Brigitte Lafleur for their respective roles in Love and Magnets (Les aimants) and The Five of Us (Elles étaient cinq). Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) became the third film to receive three acting nominations in the same category, following Les Boys III and A Colony (Une colonie).
Three actresses received nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year: In 2005, Céline Bonnier was nominated for Best Actress for Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille) and Best Supporting Actress for The Last Tunnel (Le dernier tunnel). In 2007, Bonnier achieved the same feat again, winning Best Actress for Deliver Me (Délivrez-moi) while receiving a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali). In 2017, Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez was nominated for Best Actress for Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau) and Best Supporting Actress for Bad Seeds (Les mauvaises herbes). In 2022, Hélène Florent became the first person to win both awards during the same ceremony: Best Actress for Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) and Best Supporting Actress for Maria Chapdelaine.
1990s Year Actress Film Ref 1999 1st Jutra Awards Anne-Marie Cadieux Streetheart (Le cœur au poing) "Les Prix Jutras / The Jutra Awards". Northern Stars. Micheline Lanctôt Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) "Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards". The Globe and Mail, January 28, 1999. Monique Mercure The Red Violin (Le violon rouge) Sonia Vachon It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)
2000s Year Actress Film Ref 2000 2nd Jutra Awards Pascale Bussières Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) Maude Guérin Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi) "À la grandeur de la planète!". La Presse, January 27, 2000. Louise Portal The Big Snake of the World (Le grand Serpent du monde) Linda Singer The Last Breath (Le dernier souffle) 2001 3rd Jutra Awards Marie-Jo Thério Full Blast Guylaine Tremblay Life After Love (La vie après l'amour) "Maelstrom hooks 8 more: Villeneuve's talking-fish flick leads pack of Quebec film award nominees". Montreal Gazette, January 24, 2001. Maude Guérin Pandora's Beauty (La beauté de Pandore) Sylvie Moreau The Bottle (La bouteille) 2002 4th Jutra Awards Sylvie Drapeau February 15, 1839 (15 février 1839) France Castel Ice Cream, Chocolate and Other Consolations (Crème glacée, chocolat et autres consolations) "Quebec Jutra awards finalists announced". Screen Daily, January 24, 2002. Pascale Desrochers Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête) Pierrette Robitaille Wedding Night (Nuit de noces) 2003 5th Jutra Awards Isabelle Blais Québec-Montréal Céline Bonnier Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: Un homme et son péché) Martin Bilodeau, "Télévision - La Grande Nuit du cinéma". Le Devoir, February 22, 2003. Geneviève Bujold Chaos and Desire (La turbulence des fluides) Patsy Gallant Yellowknife 2004 6th Jutra Awards Clémence DesRochers Seducing Doctor Lewis (La grande séduction) Dorothée Berryman The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) Odile Tremblay, "Les Invasions barbares, La Grande Séduction et Gaz Bar Blues dominent la course aux Jutra". Le Devoir, January 22, 2004. Claudia Ferri Mambo Italiano Guylaine Tremblay 8:17 p.m. Darling Street (20h17 rue Darling) 2005 7th Jutra Awards Sylvie Moreau Love and Magnets (Les aimants) Brigitte Lafleur The Five of Us (Elles étaient cinq) Céline Bonnier The Last Tunnel (Le dernier tunnel) Martin Bilodeau, "Ma vie en cinémascope domine les nominations des Jutra". Le Devoir, January 25, 2005. Marie-France Marcotte The Last Tunnel (Le dernier tunnel) 2006 8th Jutra Awards Danielle Proulx C.R.A.Z.Y. Anne-Marie Cadieux Maman Last Call Odile Tremblay, "Maurice Richard et C.R.A.Z.Y. dominent la course aux Jutra". Le Devoir, February 8, 2006. Diane Lavallée The Rocket (Maurice Richard) Catherine Trudeau The Outlander (Le survenant) 2007 9th Jutra Awards Fanny Mallette Cheech Céline Bonnier A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali) Manon Dumais, "Canuel vs. Favreau aux Jutras". Voir, January 23, 2007. Anne Dorval The Secret Life of Happy People (La vie secrète des gens heureux) Lucie Laurier Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2008 10th Jutra Awards Laurence Leboeuf My Daughter, My Angel (Ma fille, mon ange) Suzanne Clément Twilight (La brunante) Karl Filion, "Jutra 2008 : Les 3 p'tits cochons domine avec 13 nominations". Cinoche, February 6, 2008. Véronique Le Flaguais Surviving My Mother (Comment survivre à sa mère) Julie Perreault The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons) 2009 11th Jutra Awards Angèle Coutu Borderline Céline Bonnier Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2009: liste des nommés". Films du Québec, March 24, 2009. Danielle Proulx The Deserter (Le Déserteur) Maxim Roy Adam's Wall
2010s Year Actress Film Ref 2010 12th Jutra Awards Sandrine Bisson 1981 Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc Je me souviens "Jutra : liste des finalistes". La Presse, February 16, 2010. Bénédicte Décary Through the Mist (Dédé, à travers les brumes) Fanny Mallette The Master Key (Grande Ourse, la clé des possibles) Sonia Vachon 5150 Elm's Way (5150, rue des Ormes) 2011 13th Jutra Awards Dorothée Berryman The Comeback (Cabotins) Marie Brassard Vital Signs (Les signes vitaux) "Neuf prix pour Incendies". Le Journal de Montréal, March 13, 2011. Geneviève Chartrand Aurelie Laflamme's Diary (Le journal d'Aurélie Laflamme) Isabelle Miquelon The Last Escape (La dernière fugue) Danielle Proulx Stay with Me (Reste avec moi) 2012 14th Jutra Awards Sophie Nélisse Monsieur Lazhar Sandrine Bisson Fear of Water (La peur de l'eau) Charles-Henri Ramond, "Prix Jutra 2012: voilà les nominations". Films du Québec, January 31, 2012. Anick Lemay Thrill of the Hills (Frisson des collines) Louise Portal The Happiness of Others (Le bonheur des autres) Sonia Vachon A Sense of Humour (Le sens de l'humour) 2013 15th Jutra Awards Sabrina Ouazani Inch'Allah Nathalie Baye Laurence Anyways "Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013. Monia Chokri Laurence Anyways Sophie Lorain Before My Heart Falls (Avant que mon cœur bascule) Ève Ringuette Mesnak 2014 16th Jutra Awards Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Gabrielle Marie Brassard Vic and Flo Saw a Bear (Vic+Flo ont vu un ours) Manon Dumais, "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr". Voir, March 23, 2014. Sophie Desmarais The Dismantling (Le démantèlement) Muriel Dutil Riptide (Ressac) Frédérique Paré Catimini 2015 17th Jutra Awards Suzanne Clément Mommy Dalal Ata Arwad Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2015 : les nominations". Films du Québec, January 26, 2015. Sandrine Bisson 1987 Evelyne Brochu Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) Catherine St-Laurent You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) 2016 18th Quebec Cinema Awards Diane Lavallée The Passion of Augustine (La passion d'Augustine) Maxime Demers, "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal, March 20, 2016. Christine Beaulieu The Mirage (Le mirage) Schelby Jean-Baptiste Scratch Catherine-Audrey Lachapelle Love in the Time of Civil War (L'amour au temps de la guerre civile) Lysandre Ménard The Passion of Augustine (La passion d'Augustine) 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards Céline Bonnier Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes) Pat Mullen, "'It's Only the End of the World' Leads Quebec's Prix Iris Winners". Cinemablographer, June 4, 2017. Marion Cotillard It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez Bad Seeds (Les mauvaises herbes) Léa Seydoux It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) Cynthia Wu-Maheux On My Mother's Side (L'origine des espèces) 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards Brigitte Poupart Ravenous (Les affamés) "Les affamés et Robin Aubert triomphent au Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, June 3, 2018. Isabelle Blais Tadoussac André Duchesne, "Iris: Le problème d'infiltration et Hochelaga en tête des nominations". La Presse, April 10, 2018. Sandra Dumaresq Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) Micheline Lanctôt Ravenous (Les affamés) Karine Vanasse Worst Case, We Get Married (Et au pire, on se mariera) 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards Sandrine Bisson 1991 Marc-André Lussier, "Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l’année". La Presse, June 2, 2019. Céline Bonnier For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Larissa Corriveau Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin The Far Shore (Dérive) Natalia Dontcheva Sashinka
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