List of Best Supporting Actress Oscar winners over the years

Last Modified Mar 3, 2025 03:03 EST
Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) presents the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress yearly. Since the 9th Academy Awards, it has been given to an actress who has given a remarkable performance in a supporting part in a movie that came out that year.


86 actresses have received the Best Supporting Actress award a total of 88 times. Gale Sondergaard won the award for her performance in Anthony Adverse. Da'Vine Joy Randolph, who starred in The Holdovers, was the most recent winner.


Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners


The following list mentions all the actresses who have won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards throughout the years:


YearActressFilmRole
1936Gale SondergaardAnthony AdverseFaith Paleologue
1937Alice BradyIn Old ChicagoMolly O'Leary
1938Fay BainterJezebelAunt Belle Massey
1939Hattie McDanielGone with the WindMammy
1940Jane DarwellThe Grapes of WrathMa Joad
1941Mary AstorThe Great LieSandra Kovak
1942Teresa WrightMrs. MiniverCarol Beldon
1943Katina PaxinouFor Whom the Bell TollsPilar
1944Ethel BarrymoreNone but the Lonely HeartMa Mott
1945Anne RevereNational VelvetMrs. Brown
1946Anne BaxterThe Razor's EdgeSophie MacDonald
1947Celeste HolmGentleman's AgreementAnne
1948Claire TrevorKey LargoGaye
1949Mercedes McCambridgeAll the King's MenSadie Burke
1950Josephine HullHarveyVeta Louise Simmons
1951Kim HunterA Streetcar Named DesireStella Kowalski
1952Gloria GrahameThe Bad and the BeautifulRosemary Bartlow
1953Donna ReedFrom Here to EternityLorene/Alma
1954Eva Marie SaintOn the WaterfrontEdie Doyle
1955Jo Van FleetEast of EdenKate
1956Dorothy MaloneWritten on the WindMarylee Hadley
1957Miyoshi UmekiSayonaraKatsumi
1958Wendy HillerSeparate TablesPat Cooper
1959Shelley WintersThe Diary of Anne FrankMrs. Van Daan
1960Shirley JonesElmer GantryLulu Bains
1961Rita MorenoWest Side StoryAnita
1962Patty DukeThe Miracle WorkerHelen Keller
1963Margaret RutherfordThe V.I.P.sDuchess of Brighton
1964Lila KedrovaZorba the GreekMadame Hortense
1965Shelley WintersA Patch of BlueRose-Ann D'Arcey
1966Sandy DennisWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Honey
1967Estelle ParsonsBonnie and ClydeBlanche Barrow
1968Ruth GordonRosemary's BabyMinnie Castevet
1969Goldie HawnCactus FlowerToni Simmons
1970Helen HayesAirportAda Quonsett
1971Cloris LeachmanThe Last Picture ShowRuth Popper
1972Eileen HeckartButterflies Are FreeMrs. Baker
1973Tatum O'NealPaper MoonAddie Loggins
1974Ingrid BergmanMurder on the Orient ExpressGreta Ohlsson
1975Lee GrantShampooFelicia Karpf
1976Beatrice StraightNetworkLouise Schumacher
1977Vanessa RedgraveJuliaJulia
1978Maggie SmithCalifornia SuiteDiana Barrie
1979Meryl StreepKramer vs. KramerJoanna Kramer
1980Mary SteenburgenMelvin and HowardLynda Dummar
1981Maureen StapletonRedsEmma Goldman
1982Jessica LangeTootsieJulie Nichols
1983Linda HuntThe Year of Living DangerouslyBilly Kwan
1984Peggy AshcroftA Passage to IndiaMrs. Moore
1985Anjelica HustonPrizzi's HonorMaerose Prizzi
1986Dianne WiestHannah and Her SistersHolly
1987Olympia DukakisMoonstruckRose Castorini
1988Geena DavisThe Accidental TouristMuriel
1989Brenda FrickerMy Left FootMrs. Brown
1990Whoopi GoldbergGhostOda Mae Brown
1991Mercedes RuehlThe Fisher KingAnne
1992Marisa TomeiMy Cousin VinnyMona Lisa Vito
1993Anna PaquinThe PianoFlora
1994Dianne WiestBullets over BroadwayHelen Sinclair
1995Mira SorvinoMighty AphroditeLinda
1996Juliette BinocheThe English PatientHana
1997Kim BasingerL.A. ConfidentialLynn Bracken
1998Judi DenchShakespeare in LoveQueen Elizabeth I
1999Angelina JolieGirl, InterruptedLisa Rowe
2000Marcia Gay HardenPollockLee Krasner
2001Jennifer ConnellyA Beautiful MindAlicia Nash
2002Catherine Zeta-JonesChicagoVelma Kelly
2003Renée ZellwegerCold MountainRuby Thewes
2004Cate BlanchettThe AviatorKatharine Hepburn
2005Rachel WeiszThe Constant GardenerTessa Quayle
2006Jennifer HudsonDreamgirlsEffie White
2007Tilda SwintonMichael ClaytonKaren Crowder
2008Penélope CruzVicky Cristina BarcelonaMaria Elena
2009Mo'NiquePreciousMary
2010Melissa LeoThe FighterAlice Ward
2011Octavia SpencerThe HelpMinny Jackson
2012Anne HathawayLes MisérablesFantine
2013Lupita Nyong'o12 Years a SlavePatsey
2014Patricia ArquetteBoyhoodMom
2015Alicia VikanderThe Danish GirlGerda
2016Viola DavisFencesRose Maxson
2017Allison JanneyI, TonyaLaVona
2018Regina KingIf Beale Street Could TalkSharon Rivers
2019Laura DernMarriage StoryNora Fanshaw
2020Yuh-Jung YounMinariSoonja
2021Ariana DeBoseWest Side StoryAnita
2022Jamie Lee CurtisEverything Everywhere All at OnceDeirdre Beaubeirdra
2023Da'Vine Joy RandolphThe HoldoversMary Lamb
2024Zoe Saldaña Emilia Pérez Rita Mora Castro


Also Read: Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners


FAQs about Oscars

Tatum O'Neal is the youngest recipient of the Best Supporting Actress at the Oscar since the award’s debut. The actress was only 10 years old at the time she earned the award.


Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters have won the most Best Supporting Actress Oscars. Each actress has won the award twice in this category.


Meryl Steep has 21 Oscar nominations throughout her career. She also won three Oscars for different categories.


A. Zoe Saldaña won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Rita Mora Castro in Emilia Pérez.

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