Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Following the Academy's practice, the films below are listed by release year: for example, the Oscar for "Best Supporting Actress in 1999" was announced during the award ceremony held in 2000. Winners are listed first, followed by the other nominees. For a list sorted by actress, please see List of Best Supporting Actress nominees. For a list sorted by movie title, please see List of Best Supporting Actress nominees (films).

Originally, the trophy for this award was a plaque.

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1 1930s
2 1940s
3 1950s
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6 1980s
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1930s

1940s

From 1943 onward, winners received the familiar gold "Oscar" statuettes like everybody else.

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

See also: Best Picture - Best Actor - Best Actress - Best Supporting Actor - Best Supporting Actress - Best Director

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See also: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, A Beautiful Mind, A Man for All Seasons, A Passage to India, A Patch of Blue, A Room with a View, A Streetcar Named Desire, About Schmidt, Absence of Malice, Academy Award