Winners Only by Category:
Supporting Actress
Listed below are the Academy Award winners in the category of Supporting Actress (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). Click on the name of a film or person in the list to display more information about that film or person. Or, click on a category in the column on the right to display the winners in that category.
1936 (9th)
Gale Sondergaard in Anthony Adverse, Warner Bros.
1937 (10th)
Alice Brady in In Old Chicago, 20th Century-Fox.
1938 (11th)
Fay Bainter in Jezebel, Warner Bros.
1939 (12th)
Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind, Selznick International Pictures; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
1940 (13th)
Jane Darwell in The Grapes of Wrath, 20th Century-Fox.
1941 (14th)
Mary Astor in The Great Lie, Warner Bros.
1942 (15th)
Teresa Wright in Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
1943 (16th)
Katina Paxinou in For Whom the Bell Tolls, Paramount.
1944 (17th)
Ethel Barrymore in None but the Lonely Heart, RKO Radio.
1945 (18th)
Anne Revere in National Velvet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
1946 (19th)
Anne Baxter in The Razor’s Edge, 20th Century-Fox.
1947 (20th)
Celeste Holm in Gentleman’s Agreement, 20th Century-Fox.
1948 (21st)
Claire Trevor in Key Largo, Warner Bros.
1949 (22nd)
Mercedes McCambridge in All the King’s Men, Robert Rossen Productions; Columbia.
1950 (23rd)
Josephine Hull in Harvey, Universal-International.
1951 (24th)
Kim Hunter in A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros.
1952 (25th)
Gloria Grahame in The Bad and the Beautiful, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
1953 (26th)
Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity, Columbia.
1954 (27th)
Eva Marie Saint in On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia.
1955 (28th)
Jo Van Fleet in East of Eden, Warner Bros.
1956 (29th)
Dorothy Malone in Written on the Wind, Universal-International.
1957 (30th)
Miyoshi Umeki in Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros.
1958 (31st)
Wendy Hiller in Separate Tables, Clifton Productions, Inc.; United Artists.
1959 (32nd)
Shelley Winters in The Diary of Anne Frank, 20th Century-Fox.
1960 (33rd)
Shirley Jones in Elmer Gantry, Burt Lancaster-Richard Brooks Production; United Artists.
1961 (34th)
Rita Moreno in West Side Story, Mirisch Pictures, Inc. and B and P Enterprises, Inc.; United Artists.
1962 (35th)
Patty Duke in The Miracle Worker, Playfilms Production; United Artists.
1963 (36th)
Margaret Rutherford in The V.I.P.s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK)
1964 (37th)
Lila Kedrova in Zorba the Greek, Rochley, Ltd. Production; International Classics. (Greece, USA)
1965 (38th)
Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue, Pandro S. Berman-Guy Green Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
1966 (39th)
Sandy Dennis in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Chenault Productions; Warner Bros.
1967 (40th)
Estelle Parsons in Bonnie and Clyde, Tatira-Hiller Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
1968 (41st)
Ruth Gordon in Rosemary’s Baby, William Castle Enterprises Production; Paramount.
1969 (42nd)
Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower, Frankovich Productions; Columbia.
1970 (43rd)
Helen Hayes in Airport, Ross Hunter-Universal Production; Universal.
1971 (44th)
Cloris Leachman in The Last Picture Show, BBS Productions; Columbia.
1972 (45th)
Eileen Heckart in Butterflies Are Free, Frankovich Productions; Columbia.
1973 (46th)
Tatum O’Neal in Paper Moon, A Directors Company Production; Paramount.
1974 (47th)
Ingrid Bergman in Murder on the Orient Express, G.W. Films, Ltd. Production; Paramount. (UK, USA)
1975 (48th)
1976 (49th)
Beatrice Straight in Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists.
1977 (50th)
Vanessa Redgrave in Julia, 20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox.
1978 (51st)
Maggie Smith in California Suite, Ray Stark Production; Columbia.
1979 (52nd)
Meryl Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer, Stanley Jaffe Productions; Columbia.
1980 (53rd)
Mary Steenburgen in Melvin and Howard, Linson/Phillips/Demme-Universal Pictures Production; Universal.
1981 (54th)
Maureen Stapleton in Reds, J.R.S. Production; Paramount.
1982 (55th)
Jessica Lange in Tootsie, Mirage/Punch Production; Columbia.
1983 (56th)
Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously, Freddie Fields Presentation of a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production; MGM/UA. (Australia, USA)
1984 (57th)
Peggy Ashcroft in A Passage to India, G.W. Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK, USA)
1985 (58th)
Anjelica Huston in Prizzi’s Honor, ABC Motion Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox.
1986 (59th)
Dianne Wiest in Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion.
1987 (60th)
Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
1988 (61st)
Geena Davis in The Accidental Tourist, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.
1989 (62nd)
Brenda Fricker in My Left Foot, Ferndale/Granada Production; Miramax Films. (Ireland, UK)
1990 (63rd)
Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost, Howard W. Koch Production; Paramount.
1991 (64th)
Mercedes Ruehl in The Fisher King, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar.
1992 (65th)
Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.
1993 (66th)
Anna Paquin in The Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France)
1994 (67th)
Dianne Wiest in Bullets over Broadway, Jean Doumanian Production; Miramax Films.
1995 (68th)
Mira Sorvino in Mighty Aphrodite, Sweetheart Production; Miramax Films.
1996 (69th)
Juliette Binoche in The English Patient, Tiger Moth Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK)
1997 (70th)
Kim Basinger in L. A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper Production; Warner Bros.
1998 (71st)
Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures, Bedford Falls Company Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK)
1999 (72nd)
Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted, Red Wagon/Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. (USA, Germany)
2000 (73rd)
Marcia Gay Harden in Pollock, Brant/Allen Films/Zeke Films/Fred Berner Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics.
2001 (74th)
Jennifer Connelly in A Beautiful Mind, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production; Universal and DreamWorks.
2002 (75th)
Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada)
2003 (76th)
Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain, Mirage Enterprises/Bona Fide Production; Miramax. (UK, Italy, Romania, USA)
2004 (77th)
Cate Blanchett in The Aviator, Forward Pass/Appian Way/IMF Production; Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros. (Germany, USA)
2005 (78th)
Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener, Potboiler Production; Focus Features. (UK, Germany, USA, China, Kenya)
2006 (79th)
Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls, Laurence Mark Production; DreamWorks and Paramount.
2007 (80th)
Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton, Clayton Productions, LLC Production; Warner Bros.
2008 (81st)
Penélope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company. (Spain, USA)
2009 (82nd)
Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production; Lionsgate.
2010 (83rd)
Melissa Leo in The Fighter, Relativity Media Production; Paramount.
2011 (84th)
Octavia Spencer in The Help, DreamWorks Pictures Production; Touchstone Pictures. (USA, India, United Arab Emirates, UK, France, Canada, Germany)
2012 (85th)
Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables, Universal Pictures and Working Title Production; Universal. (UK, USA)
2013 (86th)
Lupita Nyong’o in 12 Years a Slave, A River Road, Plan B, New Regency Production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, UK)
2014 (87th)
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood, an IFC Productions/Detour Filmproduction Production.
2015 (88th)
Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl, a Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan)
2016 (89th)
Viola Davis in Fences, A Bron Creative/Macro Media/Scott Rudin Productions Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada)
2017 (90th)
Allison Janney in I, Tonya, A Clubhouse Pictures/LuckyChap Production; Neon/30 West. (UK, USA, Qatar)
2018 (91st)
Regina King in If Beale Street Could Talk, An Annapurna Pictures/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Production; Annapurna Pictures.
2019 (92nd)
Laura Dern in Marriage Story, A Netflix/HeyDay Films Production; Netflix. (UK, USA)
2020 (93rd)
Yuh-Jung Youn in Minari, A Plan B Production; A24.
2021 (94th)
Ariana DeBose in West Side Story, A 20th Century Studios Production; Walt Disney.
2022 (95th)
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Hot Dog Hands Prod.; A24.
2023 (96th)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers, Honest Scholar Production; Focus Features.