BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Superlatives

Multiple nominations

;9 nominations

• Judi Dench

;4 nominations

• Amy Adams
• Maggie Smith

;3 nominations

• Cate Blanchett
• Jamie Lee Curtis
• Anjelica Huston
• Carey Mulligan
• Miranda Richardson
• Margot Robbie
• Kristin Scott Thomas
• Meryl Streep
• Julie Walters
• Billie Whitelaw
• Kate Winslet

;2 nominations

• 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
• Lynn Redgrave
• Octavia Spencer
• Maureen Stapleton
• Imelda Staunton
• Emma Stone
• Tilda Swinton
• Sigourney Weaver
• Michelle Williams
• Shelley Winters

Multiple wins

;3 wins

• Judi Dench

;2 wins

• Kate Winslet

Notes

: A: 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: Rohini Hattangadi and Maureen Stapleton received the same number of votes, resulting in both actresses receiving the award, according to Academy rules.

References

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