Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | May Whitty | Night Must Fall | Nominee | ||
| 1939 | Olivia de Havilland | Gone with the Wind | Nominee | ||
| 1940 | Judith Anderson | Rebecca | Nominee | ||
| 1941 | Margaret Wycherly | Sergeant York | Nominee | ||
| 1942 | May Whitty | Mrs. Miniver | Nominee | ||
| Gladys Cooper | Now, Voyager | Nominee | |||
| 1943 | Gladys Cooper | The Song of Bernadette | Nominee | ||
| 1944 | Angela Lansbury | Gaslight | Nominee | ||
| 1945 | Angela Lansbury | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Nominee | ||
| 1958 | Wendy Hiller | Separate Tables | Winner | ||
| 1959 | Hermione Baddeley | Room at the Top | Nominee | ||
| 1960 | Glynis Johns | The Sundowners | Nominee | Johns is a South African-born Welsh actress. | |
| Mary Ure | Sons and Lovers | Nominee | |||
| 1962 | Angela Lansbury | The Manchurian Candidate | Nominee | ||
| 1963 | Margaret Rutherford | The V.I.P.s | Winner | ||
| Edith Evans | Tom Jones | Nominee | |||
| 1964 | Gladys Cooper | My Fair Lady | Nominee | ||
| Edith Evans | The Chalk Garden | Nominee | |||
| 1965 | Maggie Smith | Othello | Nominee | ||
| 1966 | Wendy Hiller | A Man for All Seasons | Nominee | ||
| Vivien Merchant | Alfie | Nominee | |||
| 1977 | Vanessa Redgrave | Julia | Winner | ||
| 1978 | Maggie Smith | California Suite | Winner | ||
| 1980 | Eva LeGallienne | Resurrection | Nominee | ||
| 1984 | Peggy Ashcroft | A Passage To India | Winner | ||
| 1986 | Maggie Smith | A Room with a View | Nominee | ||
| 1991 | Kate Nelligan | The Prince of Tides | Nominee | ||
| Jessica Tandy | Fried Green Tomatoes | Nominee | |||
| 1992 | Joan Plowright | Enchanted April | Nominee | ||
| Vanessa Redgrave | Howards End | Nominee | |||
| Miranda Richardson | Damage | Nominee | |||
| 1993 | Anna Paquin | The Piano | Winner | Paquin is a Canadian-born New Zealand actress. | |
| Emma Thompson | In the Name of the Father | Nominee | |||
| 1994 | Rosemary Harris | Tom & Viv | Nominee | ||
| Helen Mirren | The Madness of King George | Nominee | |||
| 1995 | Kate Winslet | Sense and Sensibility | Nominee | ||
| 1996 | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Secrets & Lies | Nominee | ||
| 1997 | Minnie Driver | Good Will Hunting | Nominee | ||
| 1998 | Brenda Blethyn | Little Voice | Nominee | ||
| Judi Dench | Shakespeare in Love | Winner | |||
| Lynn Redgrave | Gods and Monsters | Nominee | |||
| Rachel Griffiths | Hilary and Jackie | Nominee | |||
| 1999 | Toni Collette | The Sixth Sense | Nominee | ||
| Samantha Morton | Sweet and Lowdown | Nominee | |||
| 2000 | Judi Dench | Chocolat | Nominee | ||
| Julie Walters | Billy Elliot | Nominee | |||
| 2001 | Helen Mirren | Gosford Park | Nominee | ||
| Maggie Smith | Nominee | ||||
| Kate Winslet | Iris | Nominee | |||
| 2002 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Chicago | Winner | ||
| 2004 | Sophie Okonedo | Hotel Rwanda | Nominee | ||
| Cate Blanchett | The Aviator | Winner | |||
| 2005 | Rachel Weisz | The Constant Gardener | Winner | ||
| 2006 | Cate Blanchett | Notes on a Scandal | Nominee | ||
| 2007 | Tilda Swinton | Michael Clayton | Winner | ||
| Cate Blanchett | I'm Not There | Nominee | |||
| 2010 | Helena Bonham Carter | The King's Speech | Nominee | ||
| Jacki Weaver | Animal Kingdom | Nominee | |||
| 2012 | Jacki Weaver | Silver Linings Playbook | Nominee |
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