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A visual history · Golden Globes

The winners who defined Supp. Actress (Film).

82 ceremonies, 1944–2025. 77 different winners.

Who won most recently?
Zoe Saldaña in 2025 for Emilia Pérez.
Who has won the most?
Agnes Moorehead, Angela Lansbury, Karen Black, Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep and Ruth Gordon, tied on 2 wins each.
  1. Emilia PérezZoe Saldaña
  2. The HoldoversDa'Vine Joy Randolph
  3. Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverAngela Bassett
  4. West Side StoryAriana DeBose
  5. The MauritanianJodie Foster
  6. Marriage StoryLaura Dern
Years explored
1944–2025
Different winners
77
Category leader
Agnes Moorehead · 2

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19442025

01 / The reigns

25 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited network / distributor.

  1. 01
    Kate Winslet2 wins
One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by network / distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.
Angelina Jolie'00
Kate Hudson'01
Jennifer Connelly'02
Meryl Streep'03
Renée Zellweger'04
Natalie Portman'05
Rachel Weisz'06
Jennifer Hudson'07
Cate Blanchett'08
Kate Winslet'09
Mo'Nique'10
Melissa Leo'11
Octavia Spencer'12
Anne Hathaway'13
Jennifer Lawrence'14
Patricia Arquette'15
Kate Winslet'16
Viola Davis'17
Allison Janney'18
Regina King'19
Laura Dern'20
Jodie Foster'21
Ariana DeBose'22
Angela Bassett'23
Da'Vine Joy Randolph'24
Zoe Saldaña'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Universal leads the recorded network / distributor credits with 7 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Universal7 wins
Sony4 wins
Disney2 wins
Netflix2 wins
Paramount2 wins
The Weinstein Company2 wins
Wins by network / distributor
  1. Universal727%
  2. Sony415%
  3. Disney28%
  4. Netflix28%
  5. Paramount28%
  6. The Weinstein Company28%
  7. Other727%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Amy Adams
    4 noms
  2. 02
    Cameron Diaz
    3 noms
  3. 03
    Emily Blunt
    2 noms
  4. 04
    Emma Stone
    2 noms
  5. 05
    Frances McDormand
    2 noms
  6. 06
    Helen Mirren
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Amy Adams
    4L · 0W
  2. 02
    Cameron Diaz
    3L · 0W
  3. 03
    Cate Blanchett
    2L · 1W
  4. 04
    Emily Blunt
    2L · 0W
  5. 05
    Emma Stone
    2L · 0W
  6. 06
    Frances McDormand
    2L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerNetwork / Distributor
2025Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
beat 5 others
  • Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez)
  • Ariana Grande (Wicked)
  • Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
  • Margaret Qualley (The Substance)
  • Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Netflix
2024Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
beat 5 others
  • Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
  • Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
  • Jodie Foster (Nyad)
  • Julianne Moore (May December)
  • Rosamund Pike (Saltburn)
Focus Features
2023Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
beat 4 others
  • Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
  • Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
  • Dolly de Leon (Triangle of Sadness)
  • Carey Mulligan (She Said)
Walt Disney Studios
2022Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
beat 4 others
  • Caitríona Balfe (Belfast)
  • Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
  • Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (King Richard)
  • Ruth Negga (Passing)
20th Century Studios
2021Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian)
beat 4 others
  • Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
  • Olivia Colman (The Father)
  • Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
  • Helena Zengel (News of the World)
STXfilms
2020Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
beat 4 others
  • Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell)
  • Annette Bening (The Report)
  • Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
  • Margot Robbie (Bombshell)
Netflix
2019Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
beat 4 others
  • Amy Adams (Vice)
  • Claire Foy (First Man)
  • Emma Stone (The Favourite)
  • Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Annapurna Pictures
2018Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
beat 4 others
  • Mary J. Blige (Mudbound)
  • Hong Chau (Downsizing)
  • Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
  • Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water)
Neon
2017Viola Davis (Fences)
beat 4 others
  • Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
  • Nicole Kidman (Lion)
  • Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
  • Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)
Paramount
2016Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
beat 4 others
  • Jane Fonda (Youth)
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
  • Helen Mirren (Trumbo)
  • Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)
Universal
2015Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
beat 4 others
  • Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year)
  • Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
  • Emma Stone (Birdman)
  • Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)
IFC Films
2014Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
beat 4 others
  • Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
  • Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
  • Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
  • June Squibb (Nebraska)
Columbia/Sony
2013Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
beat 4 others
  • Amy Adams (The Master)
  • Sally Field (Lincoln)
  • Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
  • Nicole Kidman (The Paperboy)
Universal
2012Octavia Spencer (The Help)
beat 4 others
  • Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
  • Jessica Chastain (The Help)
  • Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
  • Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
Disney/Touchstone
2011Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
beat 4 others
  • Amy Adams (The Fighter)
  • Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
  • Mila Kunis (Black Swan)
  • Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
Paramount
2010Mo'Nique (Precious)
beat 4 others
  • Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)
  • Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
  • Penélope Cruz (Nine)
  • Julianne Moore (A Single Man)
Lionsgate
2009Kate Winslet (The Reader)
beat 4 others
  • Amy Adams (Doubt)
  • Viola Davis (Doubt)
  • Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
  • Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
The Weinstein Company
2008Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
beat 4 others
  • Julia Roberts (Charlie Wilson's War)
  • Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
  • Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
  • Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
The Weinstein Company
2007Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
beat 4 others
  • Adriana Barraza (Babel)
  • Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)
  • Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)
  • Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada)
DreamWorks/Paramount
2006Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)
beat 4 others
  • Scarlett Johansson (Match Point)
  • Shirley MacLaine (In Her Shoes)
  • Frances McDormand (North Country)
  • Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)
Focus Features
2005Natalie Portman (Closer)
beat 4 others
  • Cate Blanchett (The Aviator)
  • Laura Linney (Kinsey)
  • Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
  • Meryl Streep (The Manchurian Candidate)
Columbia/Sony
2004Renée Zellweger (Cold Mountain)
beat 4 others
  • Maria Bello (The Cooler)
  • Patricia Clarkson (Pieces of April)
  • Hope Davis (American Splendor)
  • Holly Hunter (Thirteen)
Miramax
2003Meryl Streep (Adaptation.)
beat 4 others
  • Kathy Bates (About Schmidt)
  • Cameron Diaz (Gangs of New York)
  • Queen Latifah (Chicago)
  • Susan Sarandon (Igby Goes Down)
Columbia/Sony
2002Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)
beat 5 others
  • Helen Mirren (Gosford Park)
  • Maggie Smith (Gosford Park)
  • Cameron Diaz (Vanilla Sky)
  • Marisa Tomei (In the Bedroom)
  • Kate Winslet (Iris)
Universal/DreamWorks
2001Kate Hudson (Almost Famous)
beat 4 others
  • Judi Dench (Chocolat)
  • Frances McDormand (Almost Famous)
  • Julie Walters (Billy Elliot)
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones (Traffic)
DreamWorks
2000Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted)
beat 5 others
  • Cameron Diaz (Being John Malkovich)
  • Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich)
  • Samantha Morton (Sweet and Lowdown)
  • Natalie Portman (Anywhere But Here)
  • Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry)
Columbia/Sony