BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
British film industry award
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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 recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film.
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| BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
|---|---|
The 2025 recipient: Wunmi Mosaku | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Currently held by | Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners (2025) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
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
Since 1968, selected actresses have been awarded with the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at an annual ceremony. 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 Wunmi Mosaku for her role in Sinners. 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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1960s
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1968 (22nd) |
Billie Whitelaw [A] | Charlie Bubbles | Lottie Bubbles | |
| Twisted Nerve | Joan Harper | |||
| Pat Heywood | Romeo and Juliet | The Nurse | ||
| Virginia Maskell | Interlude | Antonia | ||
| Simone Signoret | Games | Lisa Schindler | ||
1969 (23rd) |
Celia Johnson | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Miss Mackay | |
| Peggy Ashcroft | Three into Two Won't Go | Belle | ||
| Pamela Franklin | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Sandy | ||
| Mary Wimbush | Oh! What a Lovely War | Mary Smith |
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Superlatives
| Superlative | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Best Lead Actress | Overall (including Most Promising Newcomer) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actress with most awards | Judi Dench | 3 | Maggie Smith | 4 | Judi Dench | 6 |
| Actress with most nominations | Judi Dench | 9 | Meryl Streep | 12 | Judi Dench Meryl Streep |
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Multiple nominations
- 9 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 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
See also
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance
- Lists of acting awards
- List of awards for supporting actor
Notes
- A1 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.
- B1 2 : Rohini Hattangadi and Maureen Stapleton received the same number of votes, resulting in both actresses receiving the award, according to Academy rules.