AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Supporting Actress
{{Infobox award
| name = AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Supporting Actress
| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actress over 50 in a Supporting Role
| presenter = AARP
| country = United States
| year = Ruby Dee for American Gangster (2007)
| image = Joan Chen, 2012 (cropped)a.jpg
| caption = The 2024 recipient: Joan Chen
| image_upright = 0.7
| holder = Joan Chen for Didi (2024)
| website = {{URL|https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/|https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/}}
}}
The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honors an actress over the age of 50 who has given an outstanding supporting performance in a film in a given year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/annual-film-awards/awards-history.html|title=About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|first=Tim|last=Appelo|website=AARP}} The awards for Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor were first given at the 7th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2008-01-31-0801300710-story.html|title = Watching Old Movies is a Way of Connecting to Our Past| date=31 January 2008 }} Prior to that, the only individual acting awards were for Best Actor and Best Actress.
Winners and Nominees
:{{legend|#FAEB86|indicates the winners.}}
=2000s=
File:Ruby Dee speaking.jpg was the first and, to date, oldest winner of Best Supporting Actress, for her role in American Gangster.]]
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!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Actress !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2007 (7th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Dee|Ruby Dee}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Lucas|Mama Lucas}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|American|American Gangster}} |
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{{sort|Asher|Jane Asher}}
| {{sort|Sandra|Sandra}} | {{sort|Death|Death at a Funeral}} |
{{sort|Dukakis|Olympia Dukakis}}
| {{sort|Marian|Marian}} | {{sort|Away|Away from Her}} |
{{sort|Montenegro|Fernanda Montenegro}}
| {{sort|Ariza|Tránsito Ariza}} | {{sort|Love|Love in the Time of Cholera}} |
{{sort|Redgrave|Vanessa Redgrave}}
| {{sort|Tallis|Briony Tallis}} | {{sort|Atonement|Atonement}} |
scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2008 (8th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Baranski|Christine Baranski}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} (tie) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Chesham-Leigh|Tanya Chesham-Leigh}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Mamma|Mamma Mia!}} |
style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Walters|Julie Walters}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} (tie)
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Mulligan|Rosie Mulligan}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Mamma|Mamma Mia!}} |
{{sort|Cattrall|Kim Cattrall}}
| {{sort|Jones|Samantha Jones}} | {{sort|Sex|Sex and the City}} |
{{sort|Midler|Bette Midler}}
| {{sort|Graves|Bernice Graves}} | {{sort|Then|Then She Found Me}} |
{{sort|Winger|Debra Winger}}
| {{sort|Buchman|Abby Buchman}} | {{sort|Rachel|Rachel Getting Married}} |
{{sort|Leachman|Cloris Leachman}}
| {{sort|Maggie|Maggie}} | {{sort|Women|The Women}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2009 (9th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Basinger|Kim Basinger}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Gina|Gina}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Burning|The Burning Plain}} |
{{sort|Dench|Judi Dench}}
| {{sort|La Fleur|Liliane La Fleur}} | {{sort|Nine|Nine}} |
{{sort|Harden|Marcia Gay Harden}}
| {{sort|Cavendar|Brooke Cavendar}} | {{sort|Whip|Whip It}} |
{{sort|Sarandon|Susan Sarandon}}
| {{sort|Lynn|Grandma Lynn}} | {{sort|Lovely|The Lovely Bones}} |
{{sort|Staunton|Imelda Staunton}}
| {{sort|Teichberg|Sonia Teichberg}} | {{sort|Taking|Taking Woodstock}} |
=2010s=
File: Vanessa Redgrave Cannes 2016.jpg was the first solo winner born outside the United States.]]
File:Rene Russo 2011.jpg's win for Nightcrawler was her first professional award besides a win for Best Kiss at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-aarp-movies-for-grownups-awards-kevin-costner-eddie-redmayne-20150203-story.html|title = Kevin Costner at AARP gala: 'Look at the clock' and go for it, boomers|website = Los Angeles Times|date = 3 February 2015}}]]
File:Viola Davis (cropped).jpg's win for Fences made her the youngest recipient of Best Supporting Actress to date.]]
File:Judi Dench at the BAFTAs 2007 (cropped).jpg has seven nominations and two wins for Best Actress.]]
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!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Actress !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2010 (10th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Rashad|Phylicia Rashad}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Gilda|Gilda ("Lady in Black")}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|For|For Colored Girls}} |
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{{sort|Jones|Gemma Jones}}
| {{sort|Shepridge|Helena Shepridge}} | {{sort|You|You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger}} |
{{sort|Keaton|Diane Keaton}}
| {{sort|Peck|Colleen Peck}} | {{sort|Morning|Morning Glory}} |
{{sort|Leo|Melissa Leo}}
| {{sort|Eklund-Ward|Alice Eklund-Ward}} | {{sort|Fighter|The Fighter}} |
{{sort|Spacek|Sissy Spacek}}
| {{sort|Darrow|Mattie Darrow}} | {{sort|Get|Get Low}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2011 (11th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Redgrave|Vanessa Redgrave}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Volumnia|Volumnia}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Coriolanus|Coriolanus}} |
{{sort|Burstyn|Ellen Burstyn}}
| {{sort|Doris|Doris}} | {{sort|Another|Another Happy Day}} |
{{sort|Dench|Judi Dench}}
| {{sort|Hoover|Anna Marie Hoover}} | {{sort|J.|J. Edgar}} |
{{sort|Janney|Allison Janney}}
| {{sort|Phelan|Charlotte Phelan}} | {{sort|Help|The Help}} |
{{sort|McTeer|Janet McTeer}}
| {{sort|Page|Hubert Page}} | {{sort|Albert|Albert Nobbs}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2012 (12th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Weaver|Jacki Weaver}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Solitano|Dolores Solitano}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Silver|Silver Linings Playbook}} |
{{sort|Field|Sally Field}}
| {{sort|Lincoln|Mary Todd Lincoln}} | {{sort|Lincoln|Lincoln}} |
{{sort|Keener|Catherine Keener}}
| {{sort|Gelbart|Juliette Gelbart}} | {{sort|Late|A Late Quartet}} |
{{sort|MacLaine|Shirley MacLaine}}
| {{sort|Nugent|Marjorie "Margie" Nugent}} | {{sort|Bernie|Bernie}} |
{{sort|McDormand|Frances McDormand}}
| {{sort|Thomason|Sue Thomason}} | {{sort|Promised|Promised Land}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2013 (13th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Winfrey|Oprah Winfrey}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Gaines|Gloria Gaines}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Butler|Lee Daniels' The Butler}} |
{{sort|Janey|Allison Janney}}
| {{sort|Thompson|Betty Thompson}} | {{sort|Way|The Way Way Back}} |
{{sort|Martindale|Margo Martindale}}
| {{sort|Aiken|Mattie Fae Aiken}} | {{sort|August|August: Osage County}} |
{{sort|Moore|Julianne Moore}}
| {{sort|Esther|Esther}} | {{sort|Don|Don Jon}} |
{{sort|Squibb|June Squibb}}
| {{sort|Grant|Kate Grant}} | {{sort|Nebraska|Nebraska}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2014 (14th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Russo|Rene Russo}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Romina|Nina Romina}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Nightcrawler|Nightcrawler}} |rowspan=5|{{cite magazine |last1=Newcott |first1=William R. |last2=Grant |first2=Meg |date=February 2015|title=14th Annual Best Movies for Grownups |magazine=AARP the Magazine |pages=44–47, 77 |location=Washington, DC}} |
{{sort|Sarandon|Susan Sarandon}}
|{{sort|Aadland|Florence Aadland}} |{{sort|Last|The Last of Robin Hood}} |
{{sort|Streep|Meryl Streep}}
|{{sort|Witch|The Witch}} |{{sort|Into|Into the Woods}} |
{{sort|Tomei|Marisa Tomei}}
|{{sort|Hull|Kate Hull}} |{{sort|Love|Love is Strange}} |
{{sort|Dern|Laura Dern}}
|{{sort|Grey|Bobbi Grey}} |{{sort|Wild|Wild}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2015 (15th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Ladd|Diane Ladd}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Mimi|Mimi}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Joy|Joy}} |rowspan=5|{{Cite web|url=https://press.aarp.org/2015-12-15-AARP-The-Magazine-Announces-Nominees-for-the-15th-Annual-Movies-for-Grownups-Awards|title=AARP the Magazine Announces Nominees for the 15th Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards}} |
{{sort|Allen|Joan Allen}}
| {{sort|Newsome|Nancy Newsome}} | {{sort|Room|Room}} |
{{sort|Fonda|Jane Fonda}}
| {{sort|Morel|Brenda Morel}} | {{sort|Youth|Youth}} |
{{sort|Mirren|Helen Mirren}}
| {{sort|Hopper|Hedda Hopper}} | {{sort|Trumbo|Trumbo}} |
{{sort|Nixon|Cynthia Nixon}}
| {{sort|White|Gail White}} | {{sort|White|James White}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2016 (16th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Davis|Viola Davis}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Maxzon|Rose Lee Maxson}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Fences|Fences}} |rowspan=5|{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2017-aarp-winners-movies-grownups-awards-966474/best-actor-42/|title=AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: Complete Winners List|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=6 February 2017}} |
{{sort|Kidman|Nicole Kidman}}
| {{sort|Brierly|Sue Brierly}} | {{sort|Hidden|Lion}} |
{{sort|Mirren|Helen Mirren}}
| {{sort|Powell|Col. Katherine Powell}} | {{sort|Eye|Eye in the Sky}} |
{{sort|Shannon|Molly Shannon}}
| {{sort|Mulcahey|Joanne Mulcahey}} | {{sort|Other|Other People}} |
{{sort|Weaver|Sigourney Weaver}}
| {{sort|Clayton|Mrs. Clayton / Grandma}} | {{sort|Monster|A Monster Calls}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2017 (17th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Metcalf|Laurie Metcalf}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|McPherson|Marion McPherson}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Lady|Lady Bird}} |rowspan=5|{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/aarp-movies-grownups-awards-2018-winners-list-full-1081953/|title='Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Named Best Movie for Grownups at AARP Gala|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=6 February 2018}} |
{{sort|Hunter|Holly Hunter}}
| {{sort|Gardner|Beth Gardner}} | {{sort|Big|The Big Sick}} |
{{sort|Janney|Allison Janney}}
| {{sort|Golden|LaVona Golden}} | {{sort|I|I, Tonya}} |
{{sort|Leo|Melissa Leo}}
| {{sort|Saint-Clair|Reverend Mother Marie Saint-Clair}} | {{sort|Novitiate|Novitiate}} |
{{sort|Manville|Lesley Manville}}
| {{sort|Woodcock|Cyril Woodcock}} | {{sort|Phantom|Phantom Thread}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2018 (18th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Dench|Judi Dench}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hathaway|Anne Hathaway}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|All|All Is True}} |rowspan=5|{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/aarp-movies-for-grownups-awards-nominations-a-star-is-born-1202032098/|title = AARP Movies for Grownups Awards Nominations: 'Green Book,' 'Roma,' and More|date = 5 January 2019}} |
{{sort|Bassett|Angela Bassett}}
| {{sort|Ramonda|Ramonda}} | {{sort|Black|Black Panther}} |
{{sort|Danner|Blythe Danner}}
| {{sort|Everhardt|Ruth Everhardt}} | {{sort|What|What They Had}} |
{{sort|Kidman|Nicole Kidman}}
| {{sort|Eamons|Nancy Eamons}} | {{sort|Boy|Boy Erased}} |
{{sort|Yeoh|Michelle Yeoh}}
| {{sort|Sung-Young|Eleanor Sung-Young}} | {{sort|Crazy|Crazy Rich Asians}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2019 (19th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Dern|Laura Dern}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Fanshaw|Nora Fanshaw}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Marriage|Marriage Story}} |rowspan=5|{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2020/annual-film-awards-nominations.html|title = 2019 Movies for Grownups Awards Nominees}} |
{{sort|Kidman|Nicole Kidman}}
| {{sort|Carlson|Gretchen Carlson}} | {{sort|Bombshell|Bombshell}} |
{{sort|Lopez|Jennifer Lopez}}
| {{sort|Vega|Ramona Vega}} | {{sort|Hustlers|Hustlers}} |
{{sort|Zhao|Zhao Shu-zhen}}
| {{sort|Nai Nai|Nai Nai}} | {{sort|Farewell|The Farewell}} |
{{sort|Smith|Maggie Smith}}
| {{sort|Crawley|Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham}} | {{sort|Downton|Downton Abbey}} |
=2020s=
File:Jodie Foster talking to Kali Reis 2024 (cropped).png won twice for her performances in The Mauritanian (2020) and Nyad (2023), making her the most awarded woman in this category.]]
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!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Actor !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Role(s) !scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2020 (20th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Foster|Jodie Foster}} {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Hollander|Nancy Hollander}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Mauritanian|The Mauritanian}} |rowspan=5|{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2021/awards-winners.html|title=Movies for Grownups Awards 2021 Winners: The Full List}} |
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{{sort|Bergen|Candice Bergen}}
| {{sort|Roberta|Roberta}} | {{sort|Let|Let Them All Talk}} |
{{sort|Burstyn|Ellen Burstyn}}
| {{sort|Weiss|Elizabeth Weiss}} | {{sort|Pieces|Pieces of a Woman}} |
{{sort|Close|Glenn Close}}
| {{sort|Vance|Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance}} | {{sort|Hillbilly|Hillbilly Elegy}} |
{{sort|Youn|Youn Yuh-jung}}
| {{sort|Soon-ja|Soon-ja}} | {{sort|Minari|Minari}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2021 (21st) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Ellis-Taylor|Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor}}{{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Price|Oracene "Brandy" Price}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|King|King Richard}} |rowspan=5|{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/aarp-movies-for-grownups-awards-nominations-belfast-1235072346/|title = 'Belfast' Tops Nominees for AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (Exclusive)|website = The Hollywood Reporter|date = 11 January 2022}} |
{{sort|Blanchett|Cate Blanchett}}
| {{sort|Ritter|Lilith Ritter}} | {{sort|Nightmare|Nightmare Alley}} |
{{sort|Dench|Judi Dench}}
| {{sort|Granny|Granny}} | {{sort|Belfast|Belfast}} |
{{sort|Matlin|Marlee Matlin}}
| {{sort|Rossi|Jackie Rossi}} | {{sort|CODA|CODA}} |
{{sort|Moreno|Rita Moreno}}
| {{sort|Valentina|Valentina}} | {{sort|West|West Side Story}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2022 (22nd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Ivey|Judith Ivey}}{{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Agata|Agata|Agata]]}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Women|Women Talking}} |
{{sort|Bassett|Angela Bassett}}
| {{sort|Ramonda|Ramonda}} | {{sort|Black|Black Panther: Wakanda Forever}} |
{{sort|Clarkson|Patricia Clarkson}}
| {{sort|Corbett|Rebecca Corbett}} | {{sort|She|She Said}} |
{{sort|Curtis|Jamie Lee Curtis}}
| {{sort|Beaubeirdre|Deirdre Beaubeirdre}} | {{sort|Everything|Everything Everywhere All at Once}} |
{{sort|Union|Gabrielle Union}}
| {{sort|French|Inez French}} | {{sort|Inspection|The Inspection}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2023 (23rd) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Foster|Jodie Foster}}{{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Stoll|Bonnie Stoll}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Nyad|Nyad}} |
{{sort|Davis|Viola Davis}}
| {{sort|Jordan|Deloris Jordan}} | {{sort|Air|Air}} |
{{sort|Henson|Taraji P. Henson}}
| {{sort|Avery|Shug Avery}} | {{sort|Color|The Color Purple}} |
{{sort|Moore|Julianne Moore}}
| {{sort|Gracie|Gracie}} | {{sort|May|May December}} |
{{sort|Uggams|Leslie Uggams}}
| {{sort|Ellison|Agnes Ellison}} | {{sort|American|American Fiction}} |
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2024 (24th) | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Chen|Joan Chen}}{{double dagger|alt=Award winner}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Chungsing|Chungsing Wang}} | style="background:#FAEB86;" | {{sort|Dìdi|Dìdi}} |
{{sort|Ellis-Taylor|Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor}}
| {{sort|Hattie|Hattie}} | {{sort|Nickel|Nickel Boys}} |
{{sort|Manville|Lesley Manville}}
| {{sort|Cotter|Dr. Cotter}} | {{sort|Queer|Queer}} |
{{sort|Nielsen|Connie Nielsen}}
| {{sort|Lucilla|Lucilla}} | {{sort|Gladiator|Gladiator II}} |
{{sort|Rossellini|Isabella Rossellini}}
| {{sort|Agnes|Sister Agnes}} | {{sort|Conclave|Conclave}} |
Actors with multiple wins and nominations
The following individuals received multiple Best Supporting Actress nominations:
= Multiple wins =
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! scope="col" align="center" | Actor |
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= Multiple nominations =
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scope="col" width="55" | Nominations
! scope="col" align="center" | Actress |
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rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" |4 |
rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 3 |
Nicole Kidman |
rowspan=10 style="text-align:center" |2 |
Ellen Burstyn |
Viola Davis |
Laura Dern |
Jodie Foster |
Melissa Leo |
Helen Mirren |
Julianne Moore |
Vanessa Redgrave |
Susan Sarandon |
Age superlatives
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! scope="col" | Actress ! scope="col" | Film ! scope="col" | Age (in years) |
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Oldest winner
| Ruby Dee | 85 |
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| Oldest nominee | 87 |
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| Youngest winner | Fences | 51 |
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| Youngest nominee | Lion | 49 |
See also
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
References
{{Reflist}}
{{AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Supporting Actress}}
{{AARP Movies for Grownups Awards}}