Best Supporting Actress 2025

Here is my top five in alphabetical order. These are the five I would nominate if I were an Academy of one.

GEANE ALBUQUERQUE, O Agente Secreto (The Secret Agent)

ODESSA A'ZION, Marty Supreme

INGA IBSDOTTIR LILLEAAS, Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value)

AMY MADIGAN, Weapons

YEOM HYE-RAN, No Other Choice (어쩔수가없다)

Also loved:

Gwyneth Paltrow, Marty Supreme

Hettienne Park, Sorry, Baby

Hadley Robinson, The History of Sound

Fiona Shaw, Hot Milk

Related:

My Best Supporting Actress Picks from previous years (2004-2024)

My Best Actress Picks for 2025

My Best Actor Picks for 2025

My Best Supporting Actor Picks for 2025

Best Supporting Actress 2024

Here is my top five in alphabetical order. These are the five I would nominate if I were an Academy of one.

BEHI DJANATI ATAÏ, Zielona Granica (Green Border)

MICHELE AUSTIN, Hard Truths

JOAN CHEN, Dìdi (弟弟)

TRINE DYRHOLM, Pigen med Nålen (The Girl with the Needle)

ALINA ȘERBAN, Housekeeping for Beginners (Домаќинство за Почетници)

Also loved:

Leonie Benesch, September 5

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys

Sunita Rajwar, Santosh

Isabella Rosselini, Conclave

Related:

My Best Supporting Actress Picks from previous years (2004-2023)

My Best Actress Picks for 2024

My Best Actor Picks for 2024

My Best Supporting Actor Picks for 2024

Best Supporting Actress 2023

Here is my top five in alphabetical order. These are the five I would nominate if I were an Academy of one.

EMILY BLUNT, Oppenheimer

JODIE FOSTER, Nyad

SARWAT GILANI, Joyland (جوائے لینڈ)

ROSAMUND PIKE, Saltburn

DA'VINE JOY RANDOLPH, The Holdovers

Also loved:

Erika Alexander, American Fiction

Penélope Cruz, Ferrari

Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers

Isabelle Huppert, Mon Crime (The Crime Is Mine)

Kawai Yūmi, Plan 75

Julianne Moore, May December

Catalina Saavedra, Rotting in the Sun

Related:

My Best Supporting Actress Picks from previous years (2004-2022)

My Best Actress Picks for 2023

My Best Actor Picks for 2023

My Best Supporting Actor Picks for 2023

Best Supporting Actress 2022

Here is my top five in alphabetical order. These are the five I would nominate if I were an academy of one.

KERRY CONDON, The Banshees of Inisherin

NINA HOSS, Tár

TANYA MOODIE, Empire of Light

 

LAURA PAREDES, Argentina, 1985

 

SAVONNA SPRACKLIN, Wildhood

Also loved:
IU, Broker (브로커)
Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Holy Spider (عنکبوت مقدس)
Aimee Lou Wood, Living

Related:
My Best Supporting Actress picks from past years (2004-2020)
My Best Actress picks from 2022
My Best Actor picks from 2022
My Best Supporting Actor picks from 2022

Best Supporting Actress 2021

I used to list my favorite supporting actresses of the year in the order I would place them on my Academy ballot if I were allowed to vote. But I am not doing that this year since this category is crowded by lead actresses campaigning in the supporting category. So... here is my top five in alphabetical order. These are the five I would nominate if I were an academy of one.

ARIANA DeBOSE, West Side Story

KIRSTEN DUNST, The Power of the Dog

KATHRYN HUNTER, The Tragedy of Macbeth

 

YOO-RIM PARK, Drive My Car (ドライブ・マイ・カー)

 

LUISA RANIERI, È Stata la Mano di Dio (The Hand of God)

Also loved:
Judi Dench, Belfast
Dakota Johnson, The Lost Daughter
Marlee Matlin, CODA
Teresa Saponangelo, È Stata la Mano di Dio (The Hand of God)

Related:
My Best Supporting Actress picks from past years (2004-2020)
My Best Actress picks from 2021
My Best Actor picks from 2021
My Best Supporting Actor picks from 2021

Best Supporting Actress 2020+

My top choices in the order I would place them on my Academy ballot if I were allowed to vote. In other words, this is my top five, but I acknowledge that this list is already influenced by awards buzz. They are not in order of my preference. Instead, the actors whom I think would theoretically benefit the most from my vote are at the top.

MARGARITA KÉNEFIC, La Llorona

KATIANA MILFORT, Zombi Child

KSENIYA KUTEPOVA, Beanpole (Дылда)

 

ESSIE DAVIS, Babyteeth

 

YOUN YUH-JUNG, Minari

Also loved:
Haley Bennett, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Aleksandra Konieczna, Boże Ciało (Corpus Christi)
Rodica Lazar, La Gomera (The Whistlers)
Teyonah Parris, Twelve (Charm City Kings)
Alysia Joy Powell, Judas and the Black Messiah
Gina Rodriguez, Kajillionaire
Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Julieta Szönyi, La Gomera (The Whistlers)

Related:
My Best Supporting Actress picks from past years (2004-2019)
My Best Actress picks from 2020+
My Best Actor picks from 2020+
My Best Supporting Actor picks from 2020+

Best Supporting Actress 2019

My top choices in the order I would place them on my Academy ballot if I were allowed to vote. In other words, this is my top five, but I acknowledge that this list is already influenced by awards buzz. They are not in order of my preference. Instead, the actors whom I think would theoretically benefit the most from my vote are at the top.

DIANA LIN, The Farewell

JULIANNE NICHOLSON, Monos

ZHOU SHUZHEN, The Farewell

KATHY BATES, Richard Jewell

NICOLE KIDMAN, Bombshell

Also loved:
Cardi B, Hustlers
Luàna Bajrami, Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
Laura Dern, Little Women
Billie Lourd, Booksmart
Fernanda Montenegro, A Vida Invisível
Karin Neuhäuser, A Hidden Life
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dolemite Is My Name

Related:
My Best Supporting Actress picks from past years (2004-2018)
My Best Actress picks from 2019
My Best Actor picks from 2019
My Best Supporting Actor picks from 2019

Best Supporting Actress 2018

My top choices in the order I would place them on my Academy ballot if I were allowed to vote. In other words, this is my top five, but I acknowledge that this list is already influenced by awards buzz. They are not in order of my preference. Instead, the actors whom I think would theoretically benefit the most from my vote are at the top.

BRUNA CUSÍ, Estiu 1993 (Summer 1993)

KAWTHAR AL HADDAD, Capernaum (کفرناحوم‎)

 

ELIZABETH DEBICKI, Widows

REGINA KING, If Beale Street Could Talk

AMY ADAMS, Vice

Also loved:
Tyne Daly, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Shayna McHayle, Support the Girls
Andrea Riseborough, The Death of Stalin
Dolly Wells, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Apologies to:
Iris Bry (Les Gardiennes) and Michelle Yeoh (Crazy Rich Asians), whose films I have not yet seen.

Related:
My Best Supporting Actress picks from past years (2004-2017)
My Best Actress picks from 2018
My Best Actor picks from 2018
My Best Supporting Actor picks from 2018

Best Supporting Actress 2017

My top choices in the order I would place them on my Academy ballot if I were allowed to vote. In other words, this is my top five, but I acknowledge that this list is already influenced by awards buzz. They are not in order of my preference. Instead, the actresses whom I think would theoretically benefit the most from my vote are at the top.

NAOMI ACKIE, Lady Macbeth

LOIS SMITH, Marjorie Prime

LESLEY MANVILLE, Phantom Thread

OCTAVIA SPENCER, The Shape of Water

LAURIE METCALF, Lady Bird

Also loved:
Joanna Bacon, A Quiet Passion
Mackenzie Davis, Blade Runner 2049
Jennifer Ehle, A Quiet Passion
Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
Elisabeth Moss, The Square
Michelle Pfeiffer, Mother!
Miranda Richardson, Stronger
Rachael Stirling, Their Finest

Related:
My Best Supporting Actress picks from past years (2004-2016)
My Best Actress picks from 2017 (TBA)
My Best Actor picks from 2017 (TBA)
My Best Supporting Actor picks from 2017

Best Supporting Actress 2016

My top choices in the order I would place them on my Academy ballot if I were allowed to vote. In other words, this is my top five, but I acknowledge that this list is already influenced by awards buzz, and the actresses whom I think would theoretically benefit the most from my vote are at the top.

AGATA BUZEK, Les Innocentes (The Innocents)

SARAH GADON, Indignation

NICOLE KIDMAN, Lion

NAOMIE HARRIS, Moonlight

MICHELLE WILLIAMS, Manchester by the Sea

Also loved:
Tyne Daly, Hello, My Name Is Doris
Linda Emond, Indignation
Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women
Agata Kulesza, Les Innocentes (The Innocents)
Laura Linney, Nocturnal Animals
Katy Mixon, Hell or High Water
Mélodie Valemberg, Journal d'une Femme de Chambre (Diary of a Chambermaid)

Related:
My Best Supporting Actress picks from past years (2004-2015)
My Best Actress picks from 2016 (TBA)
My Best Actor picks from 2016 (TBA)
My Best Supporting Actor picks from 2016