Multiple Wins and Nominations
My Oscar Book:
Individuals who received two Best Supporting Actress awards:
There have been 36 instances in which films have produced more than one nominee within this category.
Tom Jones (1963) was the only film which garnered three nominations, while all others obtained two.
Trends and Records
Multiple wins and nominations
Wins Actress Nominations
2
Dianne Wiest
Shelley Winters
Individuals receiving three or more Best Supporting Actress nominations:
6
Thelma Ritter
5
Amy Adams
4 Ethel Barrymore
Glenn Close
Lee Grant
Agnes Moorehead
Geraldine Page
Maggie Smith
Maureen Stapleton
Multiple Wins and Nominations
Women with two Best Supporting Actress awards:
Wins Actress
2
Dianne Wiest
Shelley Winters
Individuals who received three or more Best Supporting Actress nominations:
Nominations Actress
6
Thelma Ritter
5
Amy Adams
4 Noms
Ethel Barrymore
Lee Grant
Agnes Moorehead
Geraldine Page
Maggie Smith
Maureen Stapleton
Meryl Streep
3
Kathy Bates
Cate Blanchett
Glenn Close
Gladys Cooper
Celeste Holm
Diane Ladd
Angela Lansbury
Frances McDormand
Anne Revere
Octavia Spencer
Claire Trevor
Marisa Tomei
Dianne Wiest
Kate Winslet
Shelley Winters
Multiple Nominations from Same Film
Hattie McDaniel (winner), Olivia de Havilland in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Patricia Collinge and Teresa Wright in The Little Foxes (1941)
May Whitty and Teresa Wright (winner) in Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Gladys Cooper and Anne Revere in The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Eve Arden and Ann Blyth in Mildred Pierce (1945)
Celeste Holm (winner) and Anne Revere in Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
Barbara Bel Geddes and Ellen Corby in I Remember Mama (1948)
Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters in Pinky (1949)
Celeste Holm and Elsa Lanchester in Come to the Stable (1949)
Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter in All About Eve (1950)
Jan Sterling and Claire Trevor in The High and the Mighty (1954)
Eileen Heckart and Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed (1956)
Hope Lange and Diane Varsi in Peyton Place (1957)
Susan Kohner and Juanita Moore in Imitation of Life (1959)
Diane Cilento, Edith Evans, and Joyce Redman in Tom Jones (1963)
Joyce Redman and Maggie Smith in Othello (1965)
Helen Hayes (winner) and Maureen Stapleton in Airport (1970)
Ellen Burstyn and Cloris Leachman (winner) in The Last Picture Show (1971)
Madeline Kahn and Tatum O’Neal (winner) in Paper Moon (1973)
Ronee Blakley and Lily Tomlin in Nashville (1975)
Jane Alexander and Meryl Streep (winner) in Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
Teri Garr and Jessica Lange (winner) in Tootsie (1982)
Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey in The Color Purple (1985)
Joan Cusack and Sigourney Weaver in Working Girl (1988)
Anjelica Huston and Lena Olin in Enemies, A Love Story (1989)
Jennifer Tilly and Dianne Wiest (winner) in Bullets over Broadway (1994)
Kate Hudson and Frances McDormand in Almost Famous (2000)
Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith in Gosford Park (2001)
Queen Latifah and Catherine Zeta-Jones (winner) in Chicago (2002)
Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi in Babel (2006)
Amy Adams and Viola Davis in Doubt (2008)
Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air (2009)
Amy Adams and Melissa Leo (winner) in The Fighter (2010)
Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer (winner) in The Help (2011)
Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz in The Favourite (2018)
