The Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (formerly Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role) is an award presented annually by SAG-AFTRA. It has been presented since the 1st Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1995 to a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a film released that year.
The award has been presented 32 times to 30 actresses. Dianne Wiest was the first recipient, winning for Bullets over Broadway (1994). The most recent winner is Amy Madigan who won for her performance in Weapons (2025). Kate Winslet has won the award twice; no other actress has won it more than once. Cate Blanchett has the most nominations with five, with one win. At the 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards, Kim Basinger and Gloria Stuart both received the award; the only time this category has been tied.
Winners and nominees
+ Table key Indicates the winner Indicates the Academy Award winner
1990s Year Actress Film Role(s) 1994(1st) Dianne Wiest Bullets over Broadway Helen Sinclair Jamie Lee Curtis True Lies Helen Tasker Sally Field Forrest Gump Mrs. Gump Uma Thurman Pulp Fiction Mia Wallace Robin Wright Forrest Gump Jenifer "Jenny" Curran 1995(2nd) Kate Winslet Sense and Sensibility Marianne Dashwood Stockard Channing Smoke Ruby McNutt Anjelica Huston The Crossing Guard Mary Tyler Mira Sorvino Mighty Aphrodite Linda Ash Mare Winningham Georgia Georgia Flood 1996(3rd) Lauren Bacall The Mirror Has Two Faces Hannah Morgan Juliette Binoche The English Patient Hana Marisa Tomei Unhook the Stars Monica Warren Gwen Verdon Marvin's Room Ruth Abanathy Renée Zellweger Jerry Maguire Dorothy Boyd 1997(4th) Kim Basinger (TIE) L.A. Confidential Lynn Bracken Gloria Stuart (TIE) Titanic Rose Calvert Minnie Driver Good Will Hunting Skylar Jackson Alison Elliott The Wings of the Dove Millie Theale Julianne Moore Boogie Nights Amber Waves 1998(5th) Kathy Bates Primary Colors Libby Holden Brenda Blethyn Little Voice Mari Hoff Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love Queen Elizabeth I Rachel Griffiths Hilary and Jackie Hilary du Pré Lynn Redgrave Gods and Monsters Hanna 1999(6th) Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted Lisa Rowe Cameron Diaz Being John Malkovich Lotte Schwartz Catherine Keener Maxine Lund Julianne Moore Magnolia Linda Partridge Chloë Sevigny Boys Don't Cry Lana Tisdel
2000s Year Actress Film Role(s) 2000(7th) Judi Dench Chocolat Armande Voizin Kate Hudson Almost Famous Penny Lane Frances McDormand Elaine Miller Julie Walters Billy Elliot Mrs. Wilkinson Kate Winslet Quills Madeleine "Maddy" LeClerc 2001(8th) Helen Mirren Gosford Park Mrs. Wilson Cate Blanchett Bandits Kate Wheeler Judi Dench The Shipping News Agnis Hamm Cameron Diaz Vanilla Sky Julianna "Julie" Gianni Dakota Fanning I Am Sam Lucy Dawson 2002(9th) Catherine Zeta-Jones Chicago Velma Kelly Kathy Bates About Schmidt Roberta Hertzel Queen Latifah Chicago Matron "Mama" Morton" Julianne Moore The Hours Laura Brown Michelle Pfeiffer White Oleander Ingrid Magnussen 2003(10th) Renée Zellweger Cold Mountain Ruby Thewes Maria Bello The Cooler Natalie Belisario Keisha Castle-Hughes Whale Rider Paike Apirana Patricia Clarkson Pieces of April Joy Burns Holly Hunter Thirteen Melanie Freeland 2004(11th) Cate Blanchett The Aviator Katharine Hepburn Cloris Leachman Spanglish Evelyn Wright Laura Linney Kinsey Clara McMillen Virginia Madsen Sideways Maya Randall Sophie Okonedo Hotel Rwanda Tatiana Rusesabagina 2005(12th) Rachel Weisz The Constant Gardener Tessa Quayle Amy Adams Junebug Ashley Johnsten Catherine Keener Capote Nelle Harper Lee Frances McDormand North Country Glory Dodge Michelle Williams Brokeback Mountain Alma Beers Del Mar 2006(13th) Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls Effie White Adriana Barraza Babel Amelia Hernández Cate Blanchett Notes on a Scandal Sheba Hart Abigail Breslin Little Miss Sunshine Olive Hoover Rinko Kikuchi Babel Chieko Wataya 2007(14th) Ruby Dee American Gangster Mahalee Lucas Cate Blanchett I'm Not There Jude Quinn Catherine Keener Into the Wild Jan Burres Amy Ryan Gone Baby Gone Helene McCready Tilda Swinton Michael Clayton Karen Crowder 2008(15th) Kate Winslet won Academy Award for Best Actress The Reader Hanna Schmitz Amy Adams Doubt Sister James Penélope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona María Elena Viola Davis Doubt Mrs. Miller Taraji P. Henson The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Queenie Jackson 2009(16th) Mo'Nique Precious Mary Lee Johnston Penélope Cruz Nine Carla Albanese Vera Farmiga Up in the Air Alex Goran Anna Kendrick Natalie Keener Diane Kruger Inglourious Basterds Bridget von Hammersmark
2010s Year Actress Film Role(s) 2010(17th) Melissa Leo The Fighter Alice Eklund-Ward Amy Adams The Fighter Charlene Fleming Helena Bonham Carter The King's Speech Queen Elizabeth Mila Kunis Black Swan Lily Hailee Steinfeld True Grit Mattie Ross 2011(18th) Octavia Spencer The Help Minny Jackson Bérénice Bejo The Artist Peppy Miller Jessica Chastain The Help Celia Rae Foote Melissa McCarthy Bridesmaids Megan Price Janet McTeer Albert Nobbs Hubert Page 2012(19th) Anne Hathaway Les Misérables Fantine Sally Field Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln Helen Hunt The Sessions Cheryl Cohen-Greene Nicole Kidman The Paperboy Charlotte Bless Maggie Smith The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Muriel Donnelly 2013(20th) Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave Patsey Jennifer Lawrence American Hustle Rosalyn Rosenfeld Julia Roberts August: Osage County Barbara Weston-Fordham June Squibb Nebraska Kate Grant Oprah Winfrey The Butler Gloria Gaines 2014(21st) Patricia Arquette Boyhood Olivia Evans Keira Knightley The Imitation Game Joan Clarke Emma Stone Birdman Sam Thomson Meryl Streep Into the Woods The Witch Naomi Watts St. Vincent Daka Parimova 2015(22nd) Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl Gerda Wegener Rooney Mara Carol Therese Belivet Rachel McAdams Spotlight Sacha Pfeiffer Helen Mirren Trumbo Hedda Hopper Kate Winslet Steve Jobs Joanna Hoffman 2016(23rd) Viola Davis Fences Rose Maxson Naomie Harris Moonlight Paula Harris Nicole Kidman Lion Sue Brierley Octavia Spencer Hidden Figures Dorothy Vaughan Michelle Williams Manchester by the Sea Randi Chandler 2017(24th) Allison Janney I, Tonya LaVona Golden Mary J. Blige Mudbound Florence Jackson Hong Chau Downsizing Ngoc Lan Tran Holly Hunter The Big Sick Beth Gardner Laurie Metcalf Lady Bird Marion McPherson 2018(25th) Emily Blunt A Quiet Place Evelyn Abbott Amy Adams Vice Lynne Cheney Margot Robbie Mary Queen of Scots Queen Elizabeth I Emma Stone The Favourite Abigail Rachel Weisz Lady Sarah 2019(26th) Laura Dern Marriage Story Nora Fanshaw Scarlett Johansson Jojo Rabbit Rosie Betzler Nicole Kidman Bombshell Gretchen Carlson Jennifer Lopez Hustlers Ramona Vega Margot Robbie Bombshell Kayla Pospisil
2020s Year Actress Film Role(s) 2020(27th) Yuh-jung Youn Minari Soon-ja Maria Bakalova Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Tutar Sagdiyev Glenn Close Hillbilly Elegy Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance Olivia Colman The Father Anne Helena Zengel News of the World Johanna Leonberger 2021(28th) Ariana DeBose West Side Story Anita Caitríona Balfe Belfast MaCate BlanchettNightmare AlleyLilith RitterKirsten DunstThe Power of the DogRose GordonRuth NeggaPassingClare Bellew 2022(29th) Jamie Lee Curtis Everything Everywhere All at Once Deirdre Beaubeirdre Angela BassettBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever Queen Ramonda Hong Chau The Whale Liz Kerry Condon The Banshees of Inisherin Siobhán Súilleabháin Stephanie Hsu Everything Everywhere All at Once Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki 2023(30th) Da'Vine Joy Randolph The Holdovers Mary Lamb Emily Blunt Oppenheimer Kitty Oppenheimer Danielle Brooks The Color Purple Sofia Penélope Cruz Ferrari Laura Ferrari Jodie Foster Nyad Bonnie Stoll 2024(31st) Zoe Saldaña Emilia Pérez Rita Mora Castro Monica Barbaro A Complete Unknown Joan Baez Jamie Lee Curtis The Last Showgirl Annette Danielle Deadwyler The Piano Lesson Berniece Charles Ariana Grande Wicked Galinda "Glinda" Upland 2025(32nd) Amy Madigan Weapons Gladys Odessa A'zion Marty Supreme Rachel Mizler Ariana Grande Wicked: For Good Galinda "Glinda" Upland Wunmi Mosaku Sinners Annie Teyana Taylor One Battle After Another Perfidia Beverly Hills
Superlatives Superlative Leading Actress Supporting Actress Overall Actress with most awards Viola Davis, Frances McDormand, Renée Zellweger 2 Kate Winslet 2 Viola Davis, Renée Zellweger 3 Actress with most nominations Meryl Streep 10 Cate Blanchett 5 Meryl Streep 11 Actress with most nominations without ever winning Judi Dench 6 Amy Adams 4 Amy Adams, Nicole Kidman 6 Film with most nominations — Almost Famous, Babel, Being John Malkovich, Bombshell, Chicago, Doubt, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Favourite, The Fighter, Forrest Gump, The Help, Up in the Air 2 Bombshell, Chicago, Doubt, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Favourite, The Help 3 Oldest winner Glenn Close (The Wife, 2019) 71 Gloria Stuart (Titanic, 1998) 87 Gloria Stuart(Titanic, 1998) 87 Oldest nominee Judi Dench (Victoria & Abdul, 2018) 83 Youngest winner Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook, 2013) 22 Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility, 1996) 20 Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility, 1996) 20 Youngest nominee Evan Rachel Wood (Thirteen, 2004) 16 Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam, 2002) 7 Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam, 2002) 7
Multiple winners Two awards Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Reader (2008))
Multiple nominees Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.
Two nominations Kathy Bates (Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002)) Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place (2018), Oppenheimer (2023)) Hong Chau (Downsizing (2017), The Whale (2022)) Viola Davis (Doubt (2008), Fences (2016)) Cameron Diaz (Being John Malkovich (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001)) Sally Field (Forrest Gump (1994), Lincoln (2012)) Ariana Grande (Wicked (2024), Wicked: For Good (2025)) Holly Hunter (Thirteen (2003), The Big Sick (2017)) Frances McDormand (Almost Famous (2000), North Country (2005)) Helen Mirren (Gosford Park (2001), Trumbo (2015)) Margot Robbie (Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Bombshell (2019)) Octavia Spencer (The Help (2011), Hidden Figures (2016)) Emma Stone (Birdman (2014), The Favourite (2018)) Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener (2005), The Favourite (2018)) Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain (2005), Manchester by the Sea (2016)) Renée Zellweger (Jerry Maguire (1996), Cold Mountain (2003))
Three nominations Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Nine (2009), Ferrari (2023)) Jamie Lee Curtis (True Lies (1994), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), The Last Showgirl (2024)) Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chocolat (2000), The Shipping News (2001)) Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich (1999), Capote (2005), Into the Wild (2007)) Nicole Kidman (The Paperboy (2012), Lion (2016), Bombshell (2019)) Julianne Moore (Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), The Hours (2002))
Four nominations Amy Adams (Junebug (2005), Doubt (2008), The Fighter (2010), Vice (2018)) Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility (1995), Quills (2000), The Reader (2008), Steve Jobs (2015))
Five nominations Cate Blanchett (Bandits (2001), The Aviator (2004), Notes on a Scandal (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Nightmare Alley (2021))
See also Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
References
External links SAG Awards official site