| Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The 2025 recipient:Amy Madigan | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Houston Film Critics Society |
| First award | Amy Ryan Gone Baby Gone (2007) |
| Currently held by | Amy Madigan Weapons (2025) |
| Website | houstonfilmcritics |
TheHouston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress is an annual award given by theHouston Film Critics Society. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in asupporting role.
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Amy Ryan ‡ | Gone Baby Gone | Helene McCready |
| Cate Blanchett ‡ | I'm Not There | Jude Quinn | |
| Catherine Keener | Into the Wild | Jan Burres | |
| Kelly Macdonald | No Country for Old Men | Carla Jean Moss | |
| Tilda Swinton † | Michael Clayton | Karen Crowder | |
| 2008 | Viola Davis ‡ | Doubt | Mrs. Miller |
| Amy Adams ‡ | Doubt | Sister James | |
| Penélope Cruz † | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | María Elena | |
| Taraji P. Henson ‡ | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Queenie | |
| Marisa Tomei ‡ | The Wrestler | Pam / Cassidy | |
| 2009 | Anna Kendrick ‡ | Up in the Air | Natalie Keener |
| Penélope Cruz ‡ | Nine | Carla Albanese | |
| Vera Farmiga ‡ | Up in the Air | Alex Goran | |
| Mo'Nique † | Precious | Mary Lee Johnston | |
| Samantha Morton | The Messenger | Olivia Pitterson |
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Hailee Steinfeld ‡ | True Grit | Mattie Ross |
| Helena Bonham Carter ‡ | The King's Speech | Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | |
| Melissa Leo † | The Fighter | Alice Eklund-Ward | |
| Julianne Moore | The Kids Are All Right | Jules Allgood | |
| Jacki Weaver ‡ | Animal Kingdom | Janine "Smurf" Cody | |
| 2011 | Shailene Woodley | The Descendants | Alex King |
| Jessica Chastain ‡ | The Help | Celia Rae Foote | |
| Melissa McCarthy ‡ | Bridesmaids | Megan Price | |
| Janet McTeer ‡ | Albert Nobbs | Hubert Page | |
| Octavia Spencer † | The Help | Minny Jackson | |
| 2012 | Anne Hathaway † | Les Misérables | Fantine |
| Amy Adams ‡ | The Master | Peggy Dodd | |
| Judi Dench | Skyfall | M | |
| Sally Field ‡ | Lincoln | Mary Todd Lincoln | |
| Helen Hunt ‡ | The Sessions | Cheryl Cohen-Greene | |
| 2013 | Lupita Nyong'o † | 12 Years a Slave | Patsey |
| Jennifer Lawrence ‡ | American Hustle | Rosalyn Rosenfeld | |
| Octavia Spencer | Fruitvale Station | Wanda Johnson | |
| June Squibb ‡ | Nebraska | Kate Grant | |
| Oprah Winfrey | The Butler | Gloria Gaines | |
| 2014 | Patricia Arquette † | Boyhood | Olivia Evans |
| Jessica Chastain | A Most Violent Year | Anna Morales | |
| Keira Knightley ‡ | The Imitation Game | Joan Clarke | |
| Emma Stone ‡ | Birdman | Sam Thomson | |
| Tilda Swinton | Snowpiercer | Minister Mason | |
| 2015 | Rooney Mara ‡ | Carol | Therese Belivet |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh ‡ | The Hateful Eight | Daisy Domergue | |
| Alicia Vikander † | The Danish Girl | Gerda Wegener | |
| Alicia Vikander | Ex Machina | Ava | |
| Kate Winslet ‡ | Steve Jobs | Joanna Hoffman | |
| 2016 | Viola Davis † | Fences | Rose Maxson |
| Greta Gerwig | 20th Century Women | Abigail "Abbie" Porter | |
| Naomie Harris ‡ | Moonlight | Paula | |
| Octavia Spencer ‡ | Hidden Figures | Dorothy Vaughan | |
| Michelle Williams ‡ | Manchester by the Sea | Randi | |
| 2017 | Allison Janney † | I, Tonya | LaVona Golden |
| Holly Hunter | The Big Sick | Beth Gardner | |
| Dafne Keen | Logan | Laura Kinney / X-23 | |
| Laurie Metcalf ‡ | Lady Bird | Marion McPherson | |
| Octavia Spencer ‡ | The Shape of Water | Zelda Fuller | |
| 2018 | Rachel Weisz ‡ | The Favourite | Sarah Churchill |
| Amy Adams ‡ | Vice | Lynne Cheney | |
| Claire Foy | First Man | Janet Armstrong | |
| Regina King † | If Beale Street Could Talk | Sharon Rivers | |
| Emma Stone ‡ | The Favourite | Abigail Hill | |
| 2019 | Zhao Shu-zhen | The Farewell | Nai Nai |
| Kathy Bates ‡ | Richard Jewell | Barbara "Bobi" Jewell | |
| Laura Dern † | Marriage Story | Nora Fanshaw | |
| Scarlett Johansson ‡ | Jojo Rabbit | Rosie Betzler | |
| Florence Pugh ‡ | Little Women | Amy March | |
| Margot Robbie ‡ | Bombshell | Kayla Pospisil |
| Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Maria Bakalova ‡ | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Tutar Sagdiyev |
| Ellen Burstyn | Pieces of a Woman | Elizabeth | |
| Olivia Colman ‡ | The Father | Anne | |
| Amanda Seyfried ‡ | Mank | Marion Davies | |
| Youn Yuh-jung † | Minari | Soon-ja | |
| 2021 | Ann Dowd | Mass | Linda |
| Jessie Buckley ‡ | The Lost Daughter | Young Leda Caruso | |
| Ariana DeBose † | West Side Story | Anita | |
| Kirsten Dunst ‡ | The Power of the Dog | Rose Gordon | |
| Aunjanue Ellis ‡ | King Richard | Oracene "Brandy" Price | |
| 2022 | Kerry Condon ‡ | The Banshees of Inisherin | Siobhán Súilleabháin |
| Jessie Buckley | Women Talking | Mariche | |
| Jamie Lee Curtis † | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Deirdre Beaubeirdre | |
| Stephanie Hsu ‡ | Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki | ||
| Janelle Monáe | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Cassandra "Andi" Brand and Helen Brand | |
| 2023 | Da'Vine Joy Randolph ‡ | The Holdovers | Mary Lamb |
| Emily Blunt ‡ | Oppenheimer | Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer | |
| Danielle Brooks ‡ | The Color Purple | Sofia | |
| Rachel McAdams | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | Barbara Simon | |
| Rosamund Pike | Saltburn | Elspbeth Catton | |
| 2024 | Zoe Saldaña † | Emilia Pérez | Rita Mora Castro |
| Ariana Grande ‡ | Wicked | Galinda Upland | |
| Felicity Jones ‡ | The Brutalist | Erzsébet Tóth | |
| Isabella Rossellini ‡ | Conclave | Sister Agnes | |
| Margaret Qualley | The Substance | Sue | |
| 2025 | Amy Madigan | Weapons | Gladys |
| Ariana Grande | Wicked: For Good | Galinda Upland | |
| Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas | Sentimental Value | Agnes Borg Pettersen | |
| Wunmi Mosaku | Sinners | Annie | |
| Teyana Taylor | One Battle After Another | Perfidia Beverly Hills |
