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A visual history · Oscars

The winners who defined Supp. Actress.

89 ceremonies, 1937–2025. 87 different winners.

Who won most recently?
Zoe Saldaña in 2025 for Emilia Pérez.
Who has won the most?
Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters, tied on 2 wins each.
  1. Emilia PérezZoe Saldaña
  2. The HoldoversDa'Vine Joy Randolph
  3. Everything Everywhere All at OnceJamie Lee Curtis
  4. West Side StoryAriana DeBose
  5. MinariYoun Yuh-jung
  6. Marriage StoryLaura Dern
Years explored
1937–2025
Different winners
87
Category leader
Dianne Wiest · 2
About this record

Best Supporting Actress was first awarded in 1937, so it does not run the full 1929–2025 window.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19372025

01 / The reigns

26 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 distributor.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.
Angelina Jolie'00
Marcia Gay Harden'01
Jennifer Connelly'02
Catherine Zeta-Jones'03
Renée Zellweger'04
Cate Blanchett'05
Rachel Weisz'06
Jennifer Hudson'07
Tilda Swinton'08
Penélope Cruz'09
Mo'Nique'10
Melissa Leo'11
Octavia Spencer'12
Anne Hathaway'13
Lupita Nyong'o'14
Patricia Arquette'15
Alicia Vikander'16
Viola Davis'17
Allison Janney'18
Regina King'19
Laura Dern'20
Youn Yuh-jung'21
Ariana DeBose'22
Jamie Lee Curtis'23
Da'Vine Joy Randolph'24
Zoe Saldaña'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Universal leads the recorded distributor credits with 5 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Universal5 wins
Miramax3 wins
Paramount3 wins
A242 wins
Netflix2 wins
Sony2 wins
Wins by distributor
  1. Universal519%
  2. Miramax312%
  3. Paramount312%
  4. A2428%
  5. Netflix28%
  6. Sony28%
  7. Other935%

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
    5 noms
  2. 02
    Catherine Keener
    2 noms
  3. 03
    Emma Stone
    2 noms
  4. 04
    Frances McDormand
    2 noms
  5. 05
    Jacki Weaver
    2 noms
  6. 06
    Judi Dench
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Amy Adams
    5L · 0W
  2. 02
    Cate Blanchett
    2L · 1W
  3. 03
    Catherine Keener
    2L · 0W
  4. 04
    Emma Stone
    2L · 0W
  5. 05
    Frances McDormand
    2L · 0W
  6. 06
    Jacki Weaver
    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.

YearWinnerDistributor
2025Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
beat 4 others
  • Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)
  • Ariana Grande (Wicked)
  • Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
  • Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Netflix
2024Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
beat 4 others
  • Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
  • Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
  • America Ferrera (Barbie)
  • Jodie Foster (Nyad)
Focus Features
2023Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
beat 4 others
  • Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
  • Hong Chau (The Whale)
  • Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
  • Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
A24
2022Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
beat 4 others
  • Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
  • Judi Dench (Belfast)
  • Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
  • Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (King Richard)
20th Century Studios
2021Youn Yuh-jung (Minari)
beat 4 others
  • Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
  • Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
  • Olivia Colman (The Father)
  • Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
A24
2020Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
beat 4 others
  • Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell)
  • Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit)
  • Florence Pugh (Little Women)
  • Margot Robbie (Bombshell)
Netflix
2019Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
beat 4 others
  • Amy Adams (Vice)
  • Marina de Tavira (Roma)
  • Emma Stone (The Favourite)
  • Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Annapurna Pictures
2018Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
beat 4 others
  • Mary J. Blige (Mudbound)
  • Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread)
  • 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 Pictures
2016Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
beat 4 others
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
  • Rooney Mara (Carol)
  • Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)
  • Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
Focus Features
2015Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
beat 4 others
  • Laura Dern (Wild)
  • Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
  • Emma Stone (Birdman)
  • Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)
IFC Films
2014Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
beat 4 others
  • Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
  • Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
  • Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
  • June Squibb (Nebraska)
Fox Searchlight Pictures
2013Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
beat 4 others
  • Amy Adams (The Master)
  • Sally Field (Lincoln)
  • Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
  • Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
Universal Pictures
2012Octavia Spencer (The Help)
beat 4 others
  • Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
  • Jessica Chastain (The Help)
  • Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
  • Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Touchstone Pictures
2011Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
beat 4 others
  • Amy Adams (The Fighter)
  • Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
  • Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
  • Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
Paramount Pictures
2010Mo'Nique (Precious)
beat 4 others
  • Penélope Cruz (Nine)
  • Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)
  • Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
Lionsgate
2009Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
beat 4 others
  • Amy Adams (Doubt)
  • Viola Davis (Doubt)
  • Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
  • Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
The Weinstein Company
2008Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
beat 4 others
  • Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
  • Ruby Dee (American Gangster)
  • Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
  • Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Warner Bros.
2007Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
beat 4 others
  • Adriana Barraza (Babel)
  • Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)
  • Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
  • Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)
Paramount Pictures
2006Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)
beat 4 others
  • Amy Adams (Junebug)
  • Catherine Keener (Capote)
  • Frances McDormand (North Country)
  • Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)
Focus Features
2005Cate Blanchett (The Aviator)
beat 4 others
  • Laura Linney (Kinsey)
  • Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
  • Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda)
  • Natalie Portman (Closer)
Miramax
2004Renée Zellweger (Cold Mountain)
beat 4 others
  • Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog)
  • Patricia Clarkson (Pieces of April)
  • Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River)
  • Holly Hunter (Thirteen)
Miramax
2003Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago)
beat 4 others
  • Kathy Bates (About Schmidt)
  • Julianne Moore (The Hours)
  • Queen Latifah (Chicago)
  • Meryl Streep (Adaptation)
Miramax
2002Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)
beat 4 others
  • Helen Mirren (Gosford Park)
  • Maggie Smith (Gosford Park)
  • Marisa Tomei (In the Bedroom)
  • Kate Winslet (Iris)
Universal Pictures
2001Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock)
beat 4 others
  • Judi Dench (Chocolat)
  • Kate Hudson (Almost Famous)
  • Frances McDormand (Almost Famous)
  • Julie Walters (Billy Elliot)
Sony Pictures Classics
2000Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted)
beat 4 others
  • Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense)
  • Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich)
  • Samantha Morton (Sweet and Lowdown)
  • Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry)
Columbia Pictures