BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
{{Short description|British film industry award}}
{{Infobox award
| name = BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
| image = Zoe Saldaña at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
| image_upright = 0.7
| caption = The 2024 recipient: Zoe Saldaña
| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
| presenter = British Academy of Film and Television Arts
| location = United Kingdom
| holder = Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez (2024)
| website = http://www.bafta.org/
}}
Best Actress in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. Since 1968, selected actresses have been awarded with the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at an annual ceremony.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
History
The Best Supporting Actress award has been presented a total of 53 times to 52 different actresses. No award was given out in this category in 1980, when no actors, male or female, were nominated for supporting roles. In addition, the award was replaced with a gender-neutral category for Best Supporting Artist, allotted for the year 1981 only, with all four nominees that year being male. The first winner was Billie Whitelaw for her roles in Charlie Bubbles and Twisted Nerve. The most recent winner is Zoe Saldaña for her role in Emilia Pérez. The record for most wins is three, held by Judi Dench. Kate Winslet has won two times, while each other recipient has only won once in this category. Dench also holds the record for most nominations, with nine. At the 36th BAFTA Film Awards, Rohini Hattangadi and Maureen Stapleton received the same number of votes and thus both shared the award in this category's only tie.
Winners and nominees
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File:Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight 1944.jpg won for Murder on the Orient Express (1974).]]
File:Jodie Foster Césars 2011 2 (cropped).jpg at age 13, won for Bugsy Malone / Taxi Driver (1976).]]
File:Judi Dench at the BAFTAs 2007.jpg won thrice A Room with a View (1986), A Handful of Dust (1988), and Shakespeare in Love (1998).]]
File:Whoopi Goldberg (2011).jpg won for Ghost (1990); first black winner in this category.|alt=A photo of Whoopi Goldberg]]
File:Dame Maggie Smith-cropped.jpg won for Tea with Mussolini (1999)]]
File:Kristin Scott Thomas Press Conference The Party Berlinale 2017 01 cut.jpg won for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).|alt=Kristin Scott Thomas Cabourg 2013.jpg]]
File:KateWinsletByAndreaRaffin2011.jpg won twice, for Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Steve Jobs (2015).|alt=Photo of Kate Winslet at the 2011 Venice Film Festival]]
File:Juliette Binoche Cannes 2017.jpg won for The English Patient (1996).|alt=Juliette Binoche, March 2017.jpg]]
File:Sigourney Weaver by Gage Skidmore.jpg won for The Ice Storm (1997).|alt=Photo of Sigourney Weaver, speaking at Comic Con International 2016 in San Diego, California]]
File:Jennifer Connelly 2010 TIFF.jpg won for A Beautiful Mind (2001).|alt=Photo of Jennifer Connelly in 2010]]
File:Catherine Zeta-Jones VF 2012 Shankbone 2.jpg won for Chicago (2002).|alt=Catherine Zeta-Jones VF 2012 Shankbone 2.jpg]]
File:Renée Zellweger Berlinale 2010 (cropped).jpg won for Cold Mountain (2003).|alt=Photo of Renée Zellweger]]
File:Cate Blanchett Cannes 2018 2 (cropped 2).jpg won, for The Aviator (2004).|alt=Blanchett in 2015]]
File:Thandie Newton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg won for Crash (2005).|alt=Photo of Newton speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.]]
File:Jennifer Hudson at the Commander in Chief's Ball at the Washington Convention Center 130121-A-TT930-092.jpg won, in her acting debut, for Dreamgirls (2006).|alt=Photo of Jennifer Hudson]]
File:Tilda Swinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg won for Michael Clayton (2007).|alt=Swinton at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2016]]
File:Premios Goya 2018 - Penélope Cruz.jpg won for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)|alt=Photo of Penélope Cruz]]
File:Mo'Nique attending the 82nd Academy Awards 2010.jpg won for Precious (2009).|alt=Photo of Mo'Nique]]
File:Helena Bonham Carter 2011 AA.jpg won for The King's Speech (2010).|alt=Photo of Helena Bonham Carter at the press conference of "Toast"]]
File:Octavia Spencer 2016.jpg won for The Help (2011).|alt=Spencer at the premiere of Hidden Figures, December 2016]]
File:Anne Hathaway at MIFF.jpg won for Les Misérables (2012).|alt=Photo of Anne Hathaway]]
File:Jennifer Lawrence SDCC 2015 X-Men.jpg won for American Hustle (2013).|alt=Photo of Jennifer Lawrence at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International]]
File:PatriciaArquette.jpg won for Boyhood (2014).|alt=Photo of Patricia Arquette]]
File:Viola Davis by Gage Skidmore.jpg won for Fences (2016).|alt=Photo of Viola Davis]]
File:Allison Janney Oct 2014 (cropped).jpg won for I, Tonya (2017).|alt=Photo of Allison Janney]]
File:Rachel Weisz 2, 2012.jpg won for The Favourite (2018).|alt=Photo of Rachel Weisz]]
File:Laura Dern Deauville 2017.jpg won for Marriage Story (2019).|alt=Photo of Laura Dern]]
File:Youn Yuh-jung in December 2016.jpg at age 73 won for Minari (2020)|alt=Photo of Youn Yuh-jung]]
File:Ariana DeBose for Bibhu Mohapatra, September 2020.png won for West Side Story (2021).|alt=Photo of Ariana DeBose]]
File:Kerry Condon The Last Station (cropped).jpg won for The Banshees of Inisherin (2022).|alt=Photo of Kerry Condon]]
File:Da'Vine Joy Randolph The Holdovers Q&A BFI Southbank, January 2024.jpg won for The Holdovers (2023).|alt=Photo of Da'Vine Joy Randolph]]
=1960s=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!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}} |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1968 {{small|(22nd)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Billie Whitelaw {{ref label|Whitelaw|A|1}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Charlie Bubbles | style="background:#FAEB86"| Lottie Bubbles | rowspan=4| |
| Pat Heywood |
| Virginia Maskell
| Antonia |
| Simone Signoret
| Games | Lisa Schindler |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1969 {{small|(23rd)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Celia Johnson | style="background:#FAEB86"| The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | style="background:#FAEB86"| Miss Mackay | rowspan=4| |
| Peggy Ashcroft
| Belle |
| Pamela Franklin
| The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Sandy |
| Mary Wimbush
| Mary Smith |
=1970s=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!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}} |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1970 {{small|(24th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Susannah York | style="background:#FAEB86"| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | style="background:#FAEB86"| Alice LeBlanc | rowspan=4| |
| Evin Crowley
| Maureen |
| Estelle Parsons
| Althea Gerber |
| Maureen Stapleton
| Airport | Inez Guerrero |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1971 {{small|(25th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Margaret Leighton | style="background:#FAEB86"| The Go-Between | style="background:#FAEB86"| Mrs. Maudsley | rowspan=4| |
| Jane Asher
| Deep End | Susan |
| Georgia Brown
| Sarah Charles |
| Georgia Engel
| Margot |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1972 {{small|(26th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Cloris Leachman | style="background:#FAEB86"| The Last Picture Show | style="background:#FAEB86"| Ruth Popper | rowspan=4| |
| Marisa Berenson
| Cabaret | Natalia Landauer |
| Eileen Brennan
| Genevieve Morgan |
| Shelley Winters
| Belle Rosen |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1973 {{small|(27th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Valentina Cortese | style="background:#FAEB86"| Day for Night | style="background:#FAEB86"| Severine | rowspan=4| |
| Rosemary Leach
| Mary Maclaine |
| Delphine Seyrig
| Colette de Montpellier |
| Ingrid Thulin
| Karin |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1974 {{small|(28th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Ingrid Bergman | style="background:#FAEB86"| Murder on the Orient Express | style="background:#FAEB86"| Greta Ohlsson | rowspan=4| |
| Sylvia Sidney
| Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Mrs. Pritchett |
| Sylvia Syms
| Margaret Stephenson |
| Cindy Williams
| Laurie Henderson |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1975 {{small|(29th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Diane Ladd | style="background:#FAEB86"| Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | style="background:#FAEB86"| Flo Castleberry | rowspan=4| |
| Ronee Blakley
| Barbara Jean |
| Lelia Goldoni
| Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Bea |
| Gwen Welles
| Sueleen Gay |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1976 {{small|(30th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Jodie Foster {{ref label|Foster|A|2}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Bugsy Malone | style="background:#FAEB86"| Tallulah | rowspan=4| |
| Annette Crosbie |
| Vivien Merchant
| Ruth |
| Billie Whitelaw
| The Omen | Mrs. Baylock |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1977 {{small|(31st)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Jenny Agutter | style="background:#FAEB86"| Equus | style="background:#FAEB86"| Julie Mason | rowspan=4| |
| Geraldine Chaplin
| Karen Hood |
| Joan Plowright
| Equus | Dora Strang |
| Shelley Winters
| Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Fay Lapinsky |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1978 {{small|(32nd)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Geraldine Page | style="background:#FAEB86"| Interiors | style="background:#FAEB86"| Eve | rowspan=4| |
| Angela Lansbury
| rowspan="2"| Death on the Nile | Salome Otterbourne |
| Maggie Smith
| Miss Bowers |
| Mona Washbourne
| Stevie | Aunt |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1979 {{small|(33rd)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Rachel Roberts | style="background:#FAEB86"| Yanks | style="background:#FAEB86"| Clarrie Moreton | rowspan=4| |
| Lisa Eichhorn
| Gertrude Wentworth |
| Mariel Hemingway
| rowspan="2"| Manhattan | Tracy |
| Meryl Streep
| Jill Davis |
=1980s=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!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}} |
| {{center|1980 {{small|(34th)}}}} | colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"| Not awarded | |
| {{center|1981 {{small|(35th)}}}} | colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"| Not awarded | |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1982 {{small|(36th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Rohini Hattangadi (TIE) {{ref label|Tie|B|1}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Gandhi | style="background:#FAEB86"| Kasturba Gandhi | rowspan=4| |
| style="background:#FAEB86"| Maureen Stapleton (TIE) {{ref label|Tie|B|2}}
| style="background:#FAEB86"| Reds | style="background:#FAEB86"| Emma Goldman |
| Candice Bergen
| Gandhi |
| Jane Fonda
| Chelsea Thayer |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1983 {{small|(37th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Jamie Lee Curtis | style="background:#FAEB86"| Trading Places | style="background:#FAEB86"| Ophelia | rowspan=4| |
| Teri Garr
| Tootsie | Sandy Lester |
| Rosemary Harris
| Ann Barrington |
| Maureen Lipman
| Trish |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1984 {{small|(38th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Liz Smith | style="background:#FAEB86"| A Private Function | style="background:#FAEB86"| Mrs. Chilvers | rowspan=4| |
| Eileen Atkins
| Madge |
| Cher
| Silkwood |
| Tuesday Weld
| Carol |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1985 {{small|(39th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Rosanna Arquette | style="background:#FAEB86"| Desperately Seeking Susan | style="background:#FAEB86"| Roberta Glass | rowspan=4| |
| Judi Dench
| Wetherby | Marcia Pilborough |
| Anjelica Huston
| Maerose Prizzi |
| Tracey Ullman
| Plenty | Alice Park |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1986 {{small|(40th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Judi Dench | style="background:#FAEB86"| A Room with a View | style="background:#FAEB86"| Eleanor Lavish | rowspan=4| |
| Rosanna Arquette
| Marcy Franklin |
| Barbara Hershey
| Lee |
| Rosemary Leach
| Mrs. Honeychurch |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1987 {{small|(41st)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Susan Wooldridge | style="background:#FAEB86"| Hope and Glory | style="background:#FAEB86"| Molly | rowspan=4| |
| Judi Dench
| Nora Doel |
| Vanessa Redgrave
| Peggy Ramsay |
| Dianne Wiest
| Bea |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1988 {{small|(42nd)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Judi Dench | style="background:#FAEB86"| A Handful of Dust | style="background:#FAEB86"| Mrs. Beaver | rowspan=4| |
| Maria Aitken
| Wendy Leach |
| Anne Archer
| Beth Gallagher |
| Olympia Dukakis
| Rose Castorini |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1989 {{small|(43rd)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Michelle Pfeiffer | style="background:#FAEB86"| Dangerous Liaisons | style="background:#FAEB86"| Madame de Tourvel | rowspan=4| |
| Peggy Ashcroft
| Lady Emily |
| Laura San Giacomo
| Cynthia Bishop |
| Sigourney Weaver
| Katharine Parker |
=1990s=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!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}} |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1990 {{small|(44th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Whoopi Goldberg | style="background:#FAEB86"| Ghost | style="background:#FAEB86"| Oda Mae Brown | rowspan=4| |
| Anjelica Huston
| Dolores Paley |
| Shirley MacLaine
| Ouiser Boudreaux |
| Billie Whitelaw
| Violet Kray |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1991 {{small|(45th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Kate Nelligan | style="background:#FAEB86"| Frankie and Johnny | style="background:#FAEB86"| Cora | rowspan=4| |
| Annette Bening
| Myra Langtry |
| Amanda Plummer
| Lydia |
| Julie Walters
| Vera |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1992 {{small|(46th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Miranda Richardson | style="background:#FAEB86"| Damage | style="background:#FAEB86"| Ingrid Fleming | rowspan=4| |
| Kathy Bates
| Evelyn Couch |
| Helena Bonham Carter
| Helen Schlegel |
| Miranda Richardson
| Jude |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1993 {{small|(47th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Miriam Margolyes | style="background:#FAEB86"| The Age of Innocence | style="background:#FAEB86"| Mrs. Mingott | rowspan=4| |
| Holly Hunter
| The Firm | Tammy Hemphill |
| Winona Ryder
| May Welland |
| Maggie Smith
| Mrs. Medlock |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1994 {{small|(48th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Kristin Scott Thomas | style="background:#FAEB86"| Four Weddings and a Funeral | style="background:#FAEB86"| Fiona | rowspan=4| |
| Charlotte Coleman
| Scarlet |
| Sally Field
| Mrs. Gump |
| Anjelica Huston
| Marcia Fox |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1995 {{small|(49th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Kate Winslet | style="background:#FAEB86"| Sense and Sensibility | style="background:#FAEB86"| Marianne Dashwood | rowspan=4| |
| Joan Allen
| Nixon |
| Mira Sorvino
| Linda Ash |
| Elizabeth Spriggs
| Mrs. Jennings |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1996 {{small|(50th)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Juliette Binoche | style="background:#FAEB86"| The English Patient | style="background:#FAEB86"| Hana | rowspan=4| |
| Lauren Bacall
| Hannah Morgan |
| Marianne Jean-Baptiste
| Hortense Cumberbatch |
| Lynn Redgrave
| Shine | Gillian |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1997 {{small|(51st)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Sigourney Weaver | style="background:#FAEB86"| The Ice Storm | style="background:#FAEB86"| Janey Carver | rowspan=4| |
| Jennifer Ehle
| Wilde |
| Lesley Sharp
| Jeanette |
| Zoe Wanamaker
| Wilde |
| rowspan="4"| {{center|1998 {{small|(52nd)}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Judi Dench | style="background:#FAEB86"| Shakespeare in Love | style="background:#FAEB86"| Queen Elizabeth I | rowspan=4| |
| Kathy Bates
| Libby Holden |
| Brenda Blethyn
| Mari Hoff |
| Lynn Redgrave
| Hanna |
| rowspan="5", align=center| 1999 {{small|(53rd)}} | style="background:#FAEB86"| Maggie Smith | style="background:#FAEB86"| Tea with Mussolini | style="background:#FAEB86"| Hester Random | rowspan=5| {{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/707568.stm|title=American Beauty shines at Baftas|work=BBC News|date=9 April 2000|access-date=24 June 2021|archive-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030000637/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/707568.stm|url-status=live}} |
| Thora Birch
| Jane Burnham |
| Cate Blanchett
| Meredith Logue |
| Cameron Diaz
| Lotte Schwartz |
| Mena Suvari
| Angela Hayes |
=2000s=
=2010s=
=2020s=
Superlatives
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |
| style="width:350px;"| Superlative
! colspan="2" style="width:600px;"| Best Actress in a Supporting Role ! colspan="2" style="width:600px;"| Best Lead Actress ! colspan="2" style="width:600px;"| Overall |
|---|
| style="height:4.5em;"
| style="width:350px;"| Actress with most awards | style="width:500px;"| Judi Dench | style="width:100px;"| 3 | style="width:500px;"| Maggie Smith | style="width:100px;"| 4 | style="width:500px;"| Judi Dench | style="width:100px;"| 6 |
| style="height:4.5em;"
| Actress with most nominations | 9 | 12 | 15 |
Multiple nominations
;9 nominations
;4 nominations
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;3 nominations
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- Cate Blanchett
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Anjelica Huston
- Miranda Richardson
- Margot Robbie
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Meryl Streep
- Julie Walters
- Billie Whitelaw
- Kate Winslet
{{div col end}}
;2 nominations
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- Rosanna Arquette
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Kathy Bates
- Brenda Blethyn
- Emily Blunt
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Toni Collette
- Sally Field
- Claire Foy
- Barbara Hershey
- Holly Hunter
- Rosemary Leach
- Lesley Manville
- Frances McDormand
- Carey Mulligan
- Lynn Redgrave
- Octavia Spencer
- Maureen Stapleton
- Imelda Staunton
- Emma Stone
- Tilda Swinton
- Sigourney Weaver
- Michelle Williams
- Shelley Winters
{{div col end}}
Multiple wins
See also
Notes
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: A{{note label|Whitelaw||1}}{{note label|Foster||2}}: Rules from the 1960s to the 1970s allowed for a performer to receive a single citation which could honor their work in more than one film. Billie Whitelaw and Jodie Foster were both nominated for their roles in two different films in the same category.
: B{{note label|Tie||1}}{{note label|Tie||2}}: Rohini Hattangadi and Maureen Stapleton received the same number of votes, resulting in both actresses receiving the award, according to Academy rules.
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References
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