The IFTA Award for Supporting Actress – Drama is an award presented annually by the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA). It has been presented since the 3rd Irish Film & Television Awards ceremony in 2005 to an Irish actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role on television. For the first and second ceremonies, supporting performances for film and television were combined into one category.
The record for most wins is four, held by Maria Doyle Kennedy. The record for most nominations is five, held by Ruth Negga. Alison Oliver is the award's most recent winner, for her role in Task.
Eligibility The award is exclusively open to Irish actresses. The rules define an Irish person as follows: Born in Ireland (32 counties) or Have Irish Citizenship or Be full-time resident in Ireland (minimum of 3 years)
Winners and nominees In the following table, the years are listed as the year of television. The first three ceremonies were held at the end of the year, but since the 4th Irish Film & Television Awards the ceremonies have generally been held the following year. As there was no ceremony in 2019, the 16th Irish Film & Television Awards covered a period of two years.
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2000s Year Actress Programme 2003(1st) Any Time Now 2004(2nd) Bodies 2005(3rd) Pure Mule Showbands Love is the Drug 2006(4th) Stardust Showbands 2007(5th) Paddywhackery 2008(6th) Mistresses Whistleblower 2009(7th) Pure Mule: The Last Weekend Belonging to Laura
2010s Year Actress Programme 2010(8th) Single-Handed Love/Hate 2011(9th) Love/Hate Strike Back Misfits 2012(10th) Love/Hate Roy Moone Boy Secret State 2013(11th) Game of Thrones Love/Hate Dracula 2014(12th) Love/Hate 2015(13th) Penny Dreadful Rebellion Ray Donovan Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Once Upon a Time 2016(14th) Happy Valley Humans Call the Midwife House of Cards Ripper Street 2017(15th) Peaky Blinders Acceptable Risk Taboo Tin Star 2018/19(16th) Chernobyl Pure Guilt Blood Killing Eve
2020s Year Actress Programme 2020/21(17th) Normal People Killing Eve Smother Bridgerton Smother 2021/22(18th) Kin Hidden Assets Smother Three Families Hidden Assets 2022/23(19th) Bad Sisters Bad Sisters Bad Sisters Andor 2023(20th) Kin Culprits Hidden Assets The Woman in the Wall Sisters Obituary 2024(21st) Say Nothing Bad Sisters Presumed Innocent Bad Sisters Rivals 2025(22d) Task Slow Horses Blue Lights House of Guinness Hidden Assets Andor
Multiple awards and nominations The following individuals have received two or more Supporting Actress awards: Wins Actress Nominations 4 Maria Doyle Kennedy 4 2 Sarah Greene 3 Charlie Murphy Ruth McCabe 2
The following individuals have received two or more Supporting Actress nominations: Nominations Actress 5 Ruth Negga 4 Cathy Belton Eva Birthistle Ruth Bradley Maria Doyle Kennedy 3 Sarah Greene Amy Huberman Charlie Murphy Genevieve O'Reilly Fiona Shaw Victoria Smurfit 2 Niamh Algar Sarah Bolger Dawn Bradfield Jessie Buckley Michelle Fairley Hilda Fay Fionnula Flanagan Danielle Galligan Eve Hewson Tina Kellegher Ruth McCabe
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References
External links IFTA.ie (official IFTA website)