Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
TheAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the9th Academy Awards to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in asupporting role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year'sBest Supporting Actor winner. However, in recent years, it has shifted towards being presented by previous years' Best Supporting Actress winners instead. In lieu of the traditionalOscar statuette , supporting acting recipients were given plaques up until the16th Academy Awards ,[ 1] [ 2]
The Best Supporting Actress award has been presented a total of 89 times, to 87 actresses. The first winner wasGale Sondergaard for her role inAnthony Adverse Zoe Saldaña for her role as Rita Mora Castro inEmilia Pérez [ 3] most wins is two, held jointly byDianne Wiest andShelley Winters . Each other recipient has only won once, in this category.Thelma Ritter has received themost nominations in the category, with six, followed closely byAmy Adams with five, although neither has ever won—yet, in the latter's instance.Hattie McDaniel , whom the Academy sat in the back of the room, made history in 1940 when she becamethe first person of color to win an Oscar in any category, for her performance asMammy inGone with the Wind [ 4] Tatum O'Neal remains theyoungest person to win a competitive acting Oscar at 10 years old, for her role inPaper Moon Beatrice Straight 's performance inNetwork the shortest to win an Oscar .[ 5]
Nominations process [ edit ] Nominees are currently determined bysingle transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by aplurality vote from the entireeligible voting members of the Academy.[ 6]
Winners and nominees [ edit ] In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release inLos Angeles County ; the ceremonies are always held the following year.[ 7] [ 8] [ 8] [ 8]
Table key ‡ Indicates the winner
Multiple wins and nominations [ edit ] The following individuals received two Best Supporting Actress awards:
The following individuals received two or more Best Supporting Actress nominations:
Films with multiple Supporting Actress nominations [ edit ] There have been 36 instances in which films have produced more than one nominee within this category.Tom Jones (1963) was the only film which garnered three nominations, while all others obtained two.
Winners are inbold .
Multiple character nominations [ edit ] Winners are inbold .
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).Archived from the original on February 25, 2019. RetrievedFebruary 25, 2019 .^ "The 92nd Academy Awards (2020) Nominees" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).Archived from the original on February 25, 2019. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2020 .^ The eligibility period for the 93rd ceremony was extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of theCOVID-19 pandemic . ^ "The 93rd Academy Awards (2021) Nominees and Winners" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. RetrievedMarch 14, 2023 .^ "The 94th Academy Awards (2022) Nominees and Winners" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).Archived from the original on April 1, 2022. RetrievedMarch 14, 2023 .^ "The 95th Academy Awards (2023) Nominees and Winners" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).Archived from the original on March 14, 2023. 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