Best Supporting Actress of the Year

Awarded to the actress deemed by Cosmo voters to have achieved the best performance in a supporting role in an eligible film from the award year. Voters may use their own discretion in deciding whether to consider a particular role as either leading or supporting. It is possible for an actress to receive Supporting Actress nominations for multiple films. It is also possible for an actress to receive both Lead and Supporting Actress nominations for the same film.

Best Supporting Actress in a 2001 Film

Winner

  • Helen Mirren – Gosford Park (2001)
  • Maggie Smith – Gosford Park (2001)

Additional Nominees

  • Jennifer Connelly – A Beautiful Mind (2001)
  • Cameron Diaz – Vanilla Sky (2001)
  • Marisa Tomei – In the Bedroom (2001)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2002 Film

Winner

  • Julianne Moore – The Hours (2002)

Additional Nominees

  • Kathy Bates – About Schmidt (2002)
  • Toni Collette – The Hours (2002)
  • Queen Latifah – Chicago (2002)
  • Andrea Martin – My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
  • Susan Sarandon – Igby Goes Down (2002)
  • Meryl Streep – Adaptation (2002)
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago (2002) 

Best Supporting Actress in a 2003 Film

Winner

  • Ellen Degeneres – Finding Nemo (2003)
  • Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation (2003)

Additional Nominees

  • Hope Davis – American Splendor (2003)
  • Lisa Kudrow – Wonderland (2003)
  • Jessica Lange – Big Fish (2003)
  • Laura Linney – Love Actually (2003)
  • Miranda Otto – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2004 Film

Winner

  • Cate Blanchett – The Aviator (2004)
  • Naomi Watts – I Heart Huckabees (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • Kirsten Dunst – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  • Virginia Madsen – Sideways (2004)
  • Mandy Moore – Saved! (2004)
  • Natalie Portman – Closer (2004)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2005 Film

Winner

  • Amy Adams – Junebug (2005)

Additional Nominees

  • Glenn Close – Heights (2005)
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal – Happy Endings (2005)
  • Anne Hathaway – Brokeback Mountain (2005)
  • Catherine Keener – Capote (2005)
  • Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2006 Film

Winner

  • Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls (2006)

Additional Nominees

  • Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal (2006)
  • Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
  • Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
  • Sylvia Sims – The Queen (2006)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2010 Film

Winner

  • Mila Kunis – Black Swan (2010)

Additional Nominees

  • Amy Adams – The Fighter (2010)
  • Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech (2010)
  • Melissa Leo – The Fighter (2010)
  • Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit (2010)
  • Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom (2010)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Samantha Barks – Les Miserables (2012)
  • Sally Field – Lincoln (2012)
  • Nicole Kidman – The Paperboy (2012)
  • Maggie Smith – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
  • Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2013 Film

Winner

  • Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Additional Nominees

  • Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle (2013)
  • Adepero Oduye – 12 Years a Slave (2013)
  • Sarah Paulson – 12 Years a Slave (2013)
  • Julia Roberts – August: Osage County (2013)
  • Oprah Winfrey – Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2014 Film

Winner

  • Patricia Arquette – Boyhood (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • Anna Kendrick – Into the Woods (2014)
  • Rene Russo – Nightcrawler (2014)
  • Emma Stone – Birdman (2014)
  • Meryl Streep – Into the Woods (2014)
  • Naomi Watts – Birdman (2014)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2015 Film

Winner

  • Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina (2015)

Additional Nominees

  • Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight (2015)
  • Rooney Mara – Carol (2015)
  • Helen Mirren – Trumbo (2015)
  • Sarah Paulson – Carol (2015)
  • Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl (2015)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Viola Davis – Fences (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Naomie Harris – Moonlight (2016)
  • Nicole Kidman – Lion (2016)
  • Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures (2016)
  • Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures (2016)
  • Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2017 Film

Winner

  • Allison Janney – I, Tonya (2017)

Additional Nominees

  • Mary J. Blige – Mudbound (2017)
  • Lucy Davis – Wonder Woman (2017)
  • Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird (2017)
  • Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water (2017)
  • Allison Williams – Get Out (2017)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2018 Film

Winner

  • Rachel Weisz – The Favourite (2018)

Additional Nominees

  • Amy Adams – Vice (2018)
  • Marina de Tavira – Roma (2018)
  • Claire Foy – First Man (2018)
  • Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
  • Emma Stone – The Favourite (2018)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2019 Film

Winner

  • Toni Collette – Knives Out

Additional Nominees

  • Laura Dern – Marriage Story
  • Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
  • Nicole Kidman – Bombshell
  • Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers
  • Florence Pugh – Little Women

Best Supporting Actress in a 2020 Film

Winner

  • Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy

Additional Nominees

  • Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
  • Amanda Seyfried – Mank
  • Kristen Wiig – Wonder Woman 1984
  • Debra Winger – Kajillionaire
  • Youn Yhu-jung – Minari

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