TheBritish Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is a discontinued annual award given by theBritish Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best supporting performance by an actress in a British independent film.
From 2003 to 2007, only one award was presented for supporting performances named Best Supporting Actor/Actress. Since 2008, two categories namedBest Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress are presented.
Olivia Colman is the only actress who has won this award more than once since its creations in 2008 with two wins whileKristin Scott Thomas andJulie Walters hold the record of most nominations in this category with three each.
In July 2022, it was announced that the performance categories would be replaced with gender-neutral categories, with bothBest Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress merging into theBest Lead Performance category. Additionally, a category namedBest Joint Lead Performance was created for "two (or exceptionally three) performances that are the joint focus of the film, especially where performances share a large number of scenes and screen time".[ 1]
Winners and nominees [ edit ] Rosamund Pike won forThe Libertine (2005).Anne-Marie Duff won forNowhere Boy (2009).Helena Bonham Carter won forThe King's Speech (2010).Vanessa Redgrave won forCoriolanus (2011).Olivia Colman has won forHyde Park on Hudson (2012) andThe Lobster (2015).Imogen Poots won forThe Look of Love (2013).Imelda Staunton won forPride (2014).Patricia Clarkson won forThe Party (2017).Rachel Weisz won forThe Favourite (2018).Kosar Ali won forRocks (2019).Vinette Robinson won forBoiling Point (2021).Best Supporting Actor/Actress Best Supporting Actress Multiple nominations [ edit ] 3 nominations 2 nominations
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