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 wins (3 noms)
Dianne Wiest, 2 wins, both in Woody Allen films (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
Actresses Who Won both Lead and Supporting Awards: 7
Helen Hayes, 1932 (lead), 1970 (suppo)
Ingrid Bergman, 1944 (lead) 1956 (lead), 1974 (supp)
Meryl Streep, 1979 (supp), 1982 (lead), 2011 (lead)
Jessica Lange, 1982 (supp), 1994 (lead)
Maggie Smith, 1969 (lead), 1978 (supp)
Renée Zellweger 2003 (supp), 2019 (lead)
Cate Blanchett, 2004 (supp), 2013 (lead)
