IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Film

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The IFTA Award for Supporting Actress – Film is an award presented annually by the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA). It has been presented since the 3rd Irish Film & Television Awards ceremony in 2005 to an Irish actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a feature film. For the first and second ceremonies, supporting performances for film and television were combined into one category.

Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
CountryIreland
First award2003
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IFTA Award for Supporting Actress – Film
The 2025 recipient: Kerry Condon
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
CountryIreland
Presented byIrish Film & Television Academy (IFTA)
First award2003
Most recent winnerKerry Condon, F1 (2026)
Websiteifta.ie
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The record for most wins is four, held by Saoirse Ronan, while Kerry Condon and Fionnula Flanagan have won the award twice. Ronan also holds the record for most nominations with five, a record she shares with Condon and Ger Ryan. Condon is the award's most recent winner, winning her second award for her performance in F1 (2025).

Eligibility

The award is exclusively open to Irish actresses. The rules define an Irish person as follows:

  • Born in Ireland (32 counties) or
  • Have Irish Citizenship or
  • Be full-time resident in Ireland (minimum of 3 years)[1]
Fionnula Flanagan won twice, for Transamerica (2005) and The Guard (2011).
Saoirse Ronan won four times, for Atonement (2007), Death Defying Acts (2007), The Way Back (2010), and Blitz (2024).
Dervla Kirwan won for Ondine (2009).
Bríd Brennan won for Shadow Dancer (2012).
Sinéad Cusack won for The Sea (2013).
Victoria Smurfit won for The Lears (2017).
Niamh Algar won for Calm with Horses (2019).
Sharon Horgan won for Dating Amber (2020).
Jessie Buckley won for The Lost Daughter (2021).
Kerry Condon won twice for The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) and F1 (2025).

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years are listed as the year of film. The first three ceremonies were held at the end of the year, but since the 4th Irish Film & Television Awards the ceremonies have generally been held the following year. As there was no ceremony in 2019, the 16th Irish Film & Television Awards covered a period of two years.[2]

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Multiple awards and nominations

The following individuals have received two or more Supporting Actress awards:

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4 Saoirse Ronan 5
2 Kerry Condon
Fionnula Flanagan 3
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The following individuals have received two or more Supporting Actress nominations:

Notes

  1. For the first two ceremonies, supporting performances for film and television were combined into one category. Only nominees from films are included in this list.

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