BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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. Actors of all nationalities are eligible to receive the award.
Superlatives
| Superlative | Best Actress/Best Actress in a Leading Role | Best Supporting Actress | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actress with most awards | Maggie Smith | 4 | Judi Dench | 2 | Maggie Smith | 5 |
| Actress with most British Actress Award (till 1967) | Audrey Hepburn | 3 | — | — | Audrey Hepburn | 3 |
| Actor with most Foreign Actor Award (till 1967) | Simone Signoret | 3 | — | — | Simone Signoret | 3 |
| Actress with most nominations | Meryl Streep | 11 | Judi Dench | 7 | Meryl Streep | 14 |
| Actress with most British Actress Award nominations (till 1967) | Audrey Hepburn | 5 | — | — | Audrey Hepburn | 5 |
| Actress with most Foreign Actress Award nominations (till 1967) | Shirley MacLaine | 5 | — | — | Shirley MacLaine | 5 |
Winners and nominees
1960s
- 1968 – Billie Whitelaw – Charlie Bubbles as Lottie Bubbles and Twisted Nerve as Joan Harper
- 1969 – Celia Johnson – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Miss Mackay
1970s
- 1970 – Susannah York – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Alice LeBlanc
- Evin Crowley – Ryan's Daughter
- Estelle Parsons – Watermelon Man
- Maureen Stapleton – Airport as Inez Guerrero
- 1971 – Margaret Leighton – The Go-Between as Mrs. Maudsley
- 1972 – Cloris Leachman – The Last Picture Show as Ruth Popper
- Marisa Berenson – Cabaret
- Eileen Brennan – The Last Picture Show
- Shelley Winters – The Poseidon Adventure as Belle Rosen
- 1973 – Valentina Cortese – Day for Night as Severine
- 1974 – Ingrid Bergman – Murder on the Orient Express as Greta Ohlsson
- 1975 – Diane Ladd – Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Flo
- Ronee Blakely – Nashville as Bobbie Jean
- Lelia Goldoni – Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Gwen Welles – Nashville
- 1976 – Jodie Foster – Bugsy Malone as Tallulah and Taxi Driver as Iris "Easy" Steensma
- 1977 – Jenny Agutter – Equus as Jill Mason
- 1978 – Geraldine Page – Interiors as Eve
- 1979 – Rachel Roberts – Yanks as Mrs. Clarrie Moreton
- Lisa Eichhorn – The Europens
- Mariel Hemingway – Manhattan as Tracy
- Meryl Streep – Manhattan
1980s
- 1982 – Rohini Hattangadi – Gandhi as Kasturba Gandhi and Maureen Stapleton – Reds as Emma Goldman
- Candice Bergen – Gandhi
- Jane Fonda – On Golden Pond as Chelsea Thayer Wayne
- 1983 – Jamie Lee Curtis – Trading Places as Ophelia
- 1984 – Liz Smith – A Private Function as Joyce's Mother
- Eileen Atkins – The Dresser
- Cher – Silkwood as Dolly Pelliker
- Tuesday Weld – Once Upon a Time in America
- 1985 – Rosanna Arquette – Desperately Seeking Susan as Roberta Glass
- Judi Dench – Wetherby
- Anjelica Huston – Prizzi's Honor as Maerose Prizzi
- Tracey Ullman – Plenty
- 1986 – Judi Dench – A Room with a View as Eleanor Lavish
- 1987 – Susan Wooldridge – Hope and Glory as Molly
- 1988 – Judi Dench – A Handful of Dust[1]
- Maria Aitken – A Fish Called Wanda
- Anne Archer – Fatal Attraction as Beth Gallagher
- Olympia Dukakis – Moonstruck as Rose Castorini
- 1989 – Michelle Pfeiffer – Dangerous Liaisons as Madame de Tourvel
- Peggy Ashcroft – Madame Sousatzka
- Laura San Giacomo – Sex, Lies, and Videotape as Cynthia Bishop
- Sigourney Weaver – Working Girl as Katharine Parker
1990s
- 1990 – Whoopi Goldberg – Ghost as Oda Mae Brown
- 1991 – Kate Nelligan – Frankie and Johnny as Cora
- 1992 – Miranda Richardson – Damage as Ingrid Fleming
- 1993 – Miriam Margolyes – The Age of Innocence as Mrs. Mingott
- Holly Hunter – The Firm as Tammy Hemphill
- Winona Ryder – The Age of Innocence as May Welland
- Maggie Smith – The Secret Garden
- 1994 – Kristin Scott Thomas – Four Weddings and a Funeral as Fiona
- 1995 – Kate Winslet – Sense and Sensibility as Marianne Dashwood
- Joan Allen – Nixon as Pat Nixon
- Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite as Linda Ash
- Elizabeth Spriggs – Sense and Sensibility
- 1996 – Juliette Binoche – The English Patient as Hana
- Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Secrets & Lies as Hortense Cumberbatch
- Lynn Redgrave – Shine
- 1997 – Sigourney Weaver – The Ice Storm as Janey Carver
- 1998 – Judi Dench – Shakespeare in Love as Queen Elizabeth I
- 1999 – Maggie Smith – Tea with Mussolini as Lady Hester Random
2000s
- 2000 – Julie Walters – Billy Elliot as Mrs. Georgia Wilkinson
- 2001 – Jennifer Connelly – A Beautiful Mind as Alicia Nash
- 2002 – Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago as Velma Kelly
- Toni Collette – About a Boy
- Julianne Moore – The Hours
- Queen Latifah – Chicago as Matron Mama Morton
- Meryl Streep – Adaptation. as Susan Orlean
- 2003 – Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain as Ruby Thewes
- Holly Hunter – Thirteen as Melanie Freeland
- Laura Linney – Mystic River
- Judy Parfitt – Girl with a Pearl Earring
- Emma Thompson – Love Actually
- 2004 – Cate Blanchett – The Aviator as Katharine Hepburn
- 2005 – Thandie Newton – Crash as Christine Thayer
- Brenda Blethyn – Pride & Prejudice
- Catherine Keener – Capote as Harper Lee
- Frances McDormand – North Country
- Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain as Alma Beers Del Mar
- 2006 – Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls as Effie White
- 2007 – Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton as Karen Crowder
- Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There as Jude Quinn
- Kelly Macdonald – No Country for Old Men
- Samantha Morton – Control
- Saoirse Ronan – Atonement as Young Briony Tallis
- 2008 – Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
- Amy Adams – Doubt
- Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire
- Tilda Swinton – Burn After Reading
- Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler as Cassidy
- 2009 – Mo'Nique – Precious as Mary Lee Johnston
- Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy
- Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran
- Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener
- Kristin Scott Thomas – Nowhere Boy
2010s
- 2010 – Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Queen Elizabeth
- Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
- Barbara Hershey – Black Swan
- Lesley Manville – Another Year
- Miranda Richardson – Made in Dagenham
- 2011 – Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson
- Jessica Chastain - The Help as Celia Foote
- Judi Dench - My Week with Marilyn as Dame Sybil Thorndike
- Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids as Megan
- Carey Mulligan - Drive as Irene
See also
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- List of actors who have won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, a SAG, and a Critic's Choice Award for a single performance