Supporting Actresses: Winners, by Year, Role, Film (1936-present)
Updated Aug 14, 2025 (includes 2023, 2024, 2925 (Zoe Saldana)
1936 (9th): Gale Sondergaard, Faith Paleologus, Anthony Adverse
1937 (10th): Alice Brady, Molly O’Leary, In Old Chicago
1938 (11th): Fay Bainter, Belle Massey, Jezebel
1939 (12th): Hattie McDaniel, Mammy, Gone with the Wind, Black
1940 (13th): Jane Darwell, Ma Joad, The Grapes of Wrath
1941 (14th) Mary Astor, Sandra Kovak, The Great Lie
1942 (15th): Teresa Wright, Carol Beldon, Mrs. Miniver
1943 (16th): Katina Paxinou, Pilar, For Whom the Bell Tolls
1944 (17th): Ethel Barrymore, Ma Mott, None but the Lonely Heart
1945 (18th): Anne Revere, Araminty Brown, National Velvet
1946 (19th): Anne Baxter, Sophie Nelson-MacDonald, The Razor’s Edge
1947 (20th): Celeste Holm, Anne Dettrey, Gentleman’s Agreement
1948 (21st): Claire Trevor, Gaye Dawn, Key Largo
1949 (22nd): Mercedes McCambridge, Sadie Burke, All the King’s Men
1950 (23rd) Josephine Hull, Veta Louise Simmons, Harvey
1951 (24th): Kim Hunter, Stella Kowalski, A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 (25th): Gloria Grahame, Rosemary Bartlow, The Bad and the Beautiful
1953 (26th): Donna Reed, Alma Burke/Lorene, From Here to Eternity
1954 (27th): Eva Marie Saint, Edie Doyle, On the Waterfront
1955 (28th): Jo Van Fleet, Cathy Ames/Kate Trask East of Eden
1956 (29th): Dorothy Malone, Marylee Hadley, Written on the Wind
1957 (30th): Miyoshi Umeki, Katsumi Kelly, Sayonara
1958 (31st): Wendy Hiller, Pat Cooper, Separate Tables
1959 (32nd): Shelley Winters, Petronella van Daan, The Diary of Anne Frank
1960 (33rd): Shirley Jones, Lulu Baines, Elmer Gantry
1961 (34th): Rita Moreno, Anita del Carmen, West Side Story
1962 (35th): Patty Duke, Helen Keller, The Miracle Worker
1963 (36th): Margaret Rutherford, The Duchess of Brighton, The V.I.P.s
1964 (37th): Lila Kedrova, Madame Hortense, Zorba the Greek
1965 (38th): Shelley Winters, Rose-ann D’Arcey, A Patch of Blue
1966 (39th): Sandy Dennis, Honey, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 (40th): Estelle Parsons, Blanche Barrow, Bonnie and Clyde
1968 (41st): Ruth Gordon, Minnie Castevet, Rosemary’s Baby
1969 (42nd): Goldie Hawn, Toni Simmons, Cactus Flower
1970 (43rd): Helen Hayes, Ada Quonsett, Airport
1971 (44th): Cloris Leachman, Ruth Popper, The Last Picture Show
1972 (45th): Eileen Heckart, Mrs. Baker, Butterflies Are Free
1973 (46th): Tatum O’Neal, Addie Loggins, Paper Moon
1974 (47th): Ingrid Bergman, Greta Ohlsson, Murder on the Orient Express
1975 (48th): Lee Grant, Felicia Karpf, Shampoo
1976 (49th): Beatrice Straight, Louise Schumacher, Network
1977 (50th): Vanessa Redgrave, Julia, Julia
1978 (51st): Maggie Smith, Diana Barrie, California Suite
1979 (52nd): Meryl Streep, Joanna Kramer, Kramer vs. Kramer
1980 (53rd): Mary Steenburgen, Lynda West-Dummar, Melvin and Howard
1981 (54th): Maureen Stapleton, Emma Goldman, Reds
1982 (55th): Jessica Lange, Julie Nichols, Tootsie
1983 (56th): Linda Hunt, Billy Kwan, The Year of Living Dangerously
1984 (57th): Peggy Ashcroft, Mrs. Moore, A Passage to India
1985 (58th): Anjelica Huston, Maerose Prizzi, Prizzi’s Honor
1986 (59th): Dianne Wiest, Holly, Hannah and Her Sisters
1987 (60th): Olympia Dukakis, Rose Castorini, Moonstruck
1988 (61st): Geena Davis, Muriel Pritchett, The Accidental Tourist
1989 (62nd): Brenda Fricker, Bridget Fagan-Brown, My Left Foot
1990 (63rd): Whoopi Goldberg, Oda Mae Brown, Ghost, Black
1991 (64th): Mercedes Ruehl, Anne Napolitano, The Fisher King
1992 (65th): Marisa Tomei, Mona Lisa Vito, My Cousin Vinny
1993 (66th): Anna Paquin, Flora McGrath, The Piano
1994 (67th): Dianne Wiest, Helen Sinclair, Bullets over Broadway
1995 (68th): Mira Sorvino, Linda Ash, Mighty Aphrodite
1996 (69th): Juliette Binoche, Hana, The English Patient
1997 (70th): Kim Basinger, Lynn Bracken, L.A. Confidential
1998 (71st): Judi Dench, Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespeare in Love
1999 (72nd): Angelina Jolie, Lisa Rowe, Girl, Interrupted
2000 (73rd): Marcia Gay Harden, Lee Krasner, Pollock
2001 (74th): Jennifer Connelly, Alicia Nash, A Beautiful Mind
2002 (75th): Catherine Zeta-Jones, Velma Kelly, Chicago
2003 (76th): Renée Zellweger, Ruby Thewes, Cold Mountain
2004 (77th): Cate Blanchett, Katharine Hepburn, The Aviator
2005 (78th): Rachel Weisz, Tessa Quayle, The Constant Gardener
2006 (79th): Jennifer Hudson, Effie White, Dreamgirls, Black
2007 (80th): Tilda Swinton, Karen Crowder, Michael Clayton
2008 (81st): Penélope Cruz, María Elena, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2009 (82nd): Mo’Nique, Mary Lee Johnston Precious, Black
2010 (83rd): Melissa Leo, Alice Eklund-Ward, The Fighter
2011 (84th): Octavia Spencer, Minny Jackson, The Help, Black
2012 (85th): Anne Hathaway, Fantine, Les Misérables
2013 (86th): Lupita Nyong’o, Patsey, 12 Years a Slave, Black
2014 (87th): Patricia Arquette, Olivia Evans, Boyhood
2015 (88th): Alicia Vikander, Gerda Wegener, The Danish Girl
2016 (89th): Viola Davis, Rose Lee Maxson, Fences, Black
2017 (90th): Allison Janney, LaVona Golden, I, Tonya
2018 (91st) Regina King, Sharon Rivers, If Beale Street Could Talk, Black
2019 (92nd): Laura Dern, Nora Fanshaw, Marriage Story
2020 (93rd) Youn Yuh-jung Award winner Soon-ja, Minari
2021 (94th): Ariana DeBose, Anita, West Side Story
2022 (95th): Jamie Lee Curtis, Deirdre Beaubeirdre, Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023 (96th): Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Mary Lamb, The Holdovers, Black
2024 (97th): Zoe Saldaña, Rita Mora Castro, Emilia Pérez
Summary:
Multiple Winners in Same Category:
Shelley Winters, 2 (3 noms)
Dianne Wiest, 2 (3 noms)
Black Representation
In 90 years, 9 Black women, 8 of whom after 1990
Over the past decade, 3 of the 10 winners were Black
In 90 years, 9 Black, 2 Latinas, 1 Gutamala
