A list of actresses and films that won and were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture.
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1940s
- 1943: Katina Paxinou for For Whom the Bell Tolls as Pilar
- 1944: Agnes Moorehead for Mrs. Parkington as Baroness Aspasia Conti
- 1945: Angela Lansbury for The Picture of Dorian Gray as Sibyl Vane
- 1946: Anne Baxter for The Razor's Edge as Sophie Nelson-MacDonald
- 1947: Celeste Holm for Gentleman's Agreement as Anne Dettrey
- 1948: Ellen Corby for I Remember Mama as Trina
- 1949: Mercedes Mc Cambridge for All the King's Men as Sadie Burke
- Miriam Hopkins for The Heiress as Lavinia Penniman
1950s
- 1950: Josephine Hull for Harvey as Veta Louise Simmons
- Judy Holliday for Adam's Rib as Doris Attinger
- Thelma Ritter for All About Eve as Birdie Coonan
- 1951: Kim Hunter for A Streetcar Named Desire as Stella Kowalski
- Lee Grant for Detective Story as the Shoplifter
- Thelma Ritter for The Mating Season as Ellen McNulty
- 1952: Katy Jurado for High Noon as Helen Ramírez
- Mildred Dunnock for Viva Zapata! as Señora Espejo
- Gloria Grahame for The Bad and the Beautiful as Rosemary Bartlow
- 1953: Grace Kelly for Mogambo as Linda Nordley
- 1954: Jan Sterling for The High and the Mighty as Sally McKee
- 1955: Marisa Pavan for The Rose Tattoo as Rosa Delle Rose
- 1956: Eileen Heckart for The Bad Seed as Hortense Daigle
- Mildred Dunnock for Baby Doll as Rose Comfort
- Marjorie Main for Friendly Persuasion as Hudspeth
- Dorothy Malone for Written on the Wind as Marylee Hadley
- Patty McCormack for The Bad Seed as Rhoda Penmark
- 1957: Elsa Lanchester for Witness for the Prosecution as Miss Plimsoll
- Mildred Dunnock for Peyton Place as Elsie Thornton
- Hope Lange for Peyton Place as Selena Cross
- Heather Sears for The Story of Esther Costello as Esther Costello
- Miyoshi Umeki for Sayonara as Katsumi Kelly
- 1958: Hermione Gingold for Gigi as Madame Alvarez
- Peggy Cass for Auntie Mame as Agnes Gooch
- Wendy Hiller for Separate Tables as Pat Cooper
- Maureen Stapleton for Lonelyhearts as Fay Doyle
- Cara Williams for The Defiant Ones as Billy's mother
- 1959: Susan Kohner for Imitation of Life as Sarah Jane Johnson
- Edith Evans for The Nun's Story as Reverend Mother Emmanuel
- Estelle Hemsley for Take a Giant Step as Grandma "Gram" Martin
- Juanita Moore for Imitation of Life as Annie Johnson
- Shelley Winters for The Diary of Anne Frank as Petronella van Daan
1960s
- 1960: Janet Leigh for Psycho as Marion Crane
- Ina Balin for From the Terrace as Natalie Benzinger
- Shirley Jones for Elmer Gantry as Lulu Bains
- Shirley Knight for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Reenie Flood
- Mary Ure for Sons and Lovers as Clara Dawes
- 1961: Rita Moreno for West Side Story as Anita
- Fay Bainter for The Children's Hour as Amelia Tilford
- Judy Garland for Judgment at Nuremberg as Irene Hoffman-Wallner
- Lotta Lenya for The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
- Pamela Tiffin for One, Two, Three as Scarlett Hazeltine
- 1962: Angela Lansbury for The Manchurian Candidate as Eleanor Iselin
- Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker as Helen Keller
- Hermione Gingold for The Music Man as Eulalie Shinn
- Shirley Knight for Sweet Bird of Youth as Heavenly Finley
- Susan Kohner for Freud: The Secret Passion as Martha Freud
- Gabriella Pallotta for The Pigeon That Took Rome as Rosalba Massimo
- Martha Raye for Billy Rose's Jumbo as Lulu
- Kaye Stevens for The Interns as Didi Loomis
- Jessica Tandy for Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man as Mrs. Adams
- Tarita Teriipaia for Mutiny on the Bounty as Maimiti
- 1963: Margaret Rutherford for The V.I.P.s as the Duchess of Brighton
- Diane Baker for The Prize as Emily Stratman
- Joan Greenwood for Tom Jones as Lady Bellaston
- Wendy Hiller for Toys in the Attic as Anna Bernier
- Linda Marsh for America America as Thomna Sinnikoglou
- Patricia Neal for Hud as Alma Brown
- Lilo Pulver for A Global Affair as Sonya
- Lilia Skala for Lilies of the Field as Mother Maria Marthe
- 1964: Agnes Moorehead for Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Velma Cruther
- Elizabeth Ashley for The Carpetbaggers as Monica Winthrop
- Grayson Hall for The Night of the Iguana as Judith Fellowes
- Lila Kedrova for Zorba the Greek as Madame Hortense
- Ann Sothern for The Best Man as Sue Ellen Gamadge
- 1965: Ruth Gordon for Inside Daisy Clover as Lucille Clover / the Dealer
- Joan Blondell for The Cincinnati Kid as Lady Fingers
- Joyce Redman for Othello as Emilia
- Thelma Ritter for Boeing Boeing as Bertha
- Peggy Wood for The Sound of Music as Mother Abbess
- 1966: Jocelyne LaGarde for Hawaii as Queen Malama Kanakoa
- Vivien Merchant for Alfie as Lily Clamacraft
- Shelley Winters for Alfie as Ruby
- Sandy Dennis for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Honey
- Geraldine Page for You're a Big Boy Now as Margery Chanticleer
- 1967: Carol Channing for Thoroughly Modern Millie as Muzzy von Hossmere
- Quentin Dean for In the Heat of the Night as Delores Purdy
- Lee Grant for In the Heat of the Night as Leslie Colbert
- Lillian Gish for The Comedians as Mrs. Smith
- Prunella Ransome for Far from the Madding Crowd as Fanny Robin
- Beah Richards for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as Mary Prentice
- 1968: Ruth Gordon for Rosemary's Baby as Minnie Castevet
- Barbara Hancock for Finian's Rainbow as Sharon Mahoney
- Abbey Lincoln for For Love of Ivy as Ivy Moore
- Sondra Locke for The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter as Margaret "Mick" Kelly
- Jane Merrow for The Lion in Winter as Alais, Countess of the Vexin
- 1969: Goldie Hawn for Cactus Flower as Toni Simmons
- Marianne Mc Andrew for Hello, Dolly! as Irene Molloy
- Siân Phillips for Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Ursula Mossbank
- Brenda Vaccaro for Midnight Cowboy as Shirley
- Susannah York for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Alice LeBlanc
1970s
- 1970: Tie
- Karen Black for Five Easy Pieces as Rayette Dipesto
- Maureen Stapleton for Airport as Inez Guerrero
- Tina Chen for The Hawaiians as Bong Nyuk Tsin
- Lee Grant for The Landlord as Joyce Enders
- Sally Kellerman for M*A*S*H as Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
- 1971: Ann-Margret for Carnal Knowledge as Bobbie
- Ellen Burstyn for The Last Picture Show as Lois Farrow
- Cloris Leachman for The Last Picture Show as Ruth Popper
- Diana Rigg for The Hospital as Barbara Drummond
- Maureen Stapleton for Plaza Suite as Karen Nash
- 1972: Shelley Winters for The Poseidon Adventure as Belle Rosen
- Marisa Berenson for Cabaret as Natalia Landauer
- Jeannie Berlin for The Heartbreak Kid as Lila Kolodny
- Helena Kallianiotes for Kansas City Bomber as Jackie Burdette
- Geraldine Page for Pete 'n' Tillie as Gertrude Wilson
- 1973: Linda Blair for The Exorcist as Regan MacNeil
- Valentina Cortese for Day for Night as Severine
- Madeline Kahn for Paper Moon as Trixie Delight
- Kate Reid for A Delicate Balance as Claire
- Sylvia Sidney for Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Mrs. Pritchett
- 1974: Karen Black for The Great Gatsby as Myrtle Wilson
- Beatrice Arthur for Mame as Vera Charles
- Jennifer Jones for The Towering Inferno as Lisolette Mueller
- Madeline Kahn for Young Frankenstein as Elizabeth
- Diane Ladd for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Flo Castleberry
- 1975: Brenda Vaccaro for Once Is Not Enough as Linda Riggs
- Ronee Blakley for Nashville as Barbara Jean
- Geraldine Chaplin for Nashville as Opal
- Lee Grant for Shampoo as Felicia Karpf
- Barbara Harris for Nashville as Winifred / Albuquerque
- Lily Tomlin for Nashville as Linnea Reese
- 1976: Katharine Ross for Voyage of the Damned as Mira Hauser
- Jodie Foster for Taxi Driver as Iris "Easy" Steensma
- Lee Grant for Voyage of the Damned as Lillian "Lili" Rosen
- Marthe Keller for Marathon Man as Elsa Opel
- Piper Laurie for Carrie as Margaret White
- Bernadette Peters for Silent Movie as Vilma Kaplan
- Shelley Winters for Next Stop, Greenwich Village as Fay Lapinsky
- 1977: Vanessa Redgrave for Julia as Julia
- Ann-Margret for Joseph Andrews as Lady Booby / Belle
- Joan Blondell for Opening Night as Sarah Goode
- Leslie Browne for The Turning Point as Emilia Rodgers
- Quinn Cummings for The Goodbye Girl as Lucy McFadden
- Lilia Skala for Roseland as Rosa
- 1978: Dyan Cannon for Heaven Can Wait as Julia Farnsworth
- Carol Burnett for A Wedding as Katherine "Tulip" Brenner
- Maureen Stapleton for Interiors as Pearl
- Meryl Streep for The Deer Hunter as Linda
- Mona Washbourne for Stevie as Aunt
- 1979: Meryl Streep for Kramer vs. Kramer as Joanna Kramer
- Jane Alexander for Kramer vs. Kramer as Margaret Phelps
- Kathleen Beller for Promises in the Dark as Elizabeth "Buffy" Koenig
- Candice Bergen for Starting Over as Jessica Potter
- Valerie Harper for Chapter Two as Faye Medwick
1980s
- 1980: Mary Steenburgen for Melvin and Howard as Lynda West-Dummar
- Lucie Arnaz for The Jazz Singer as Molly Bell
- Beverly D'Angelo for Coal Miner's Daughter as Patsy Cline
- Cathy Moriarty for Raging Bull as Vikki LaMotta
- Debra Winger for Urban Cowboy as Sissy Davis
- 1981: Joan Hackett for Only When I Laugh as Toby Landau
- Kristy McNichol for Only When I Laugh as Polly Hines
- Jane Fonda for On Golden Pond as Chelsea Thayer-Wayne
- Maureen Stapleton for Reds as Emma Goldman
- Mary Steenburgen for Ragtime as Mother
- 1982: Jessica Lange for Tootsie as Julie Nichols
- Cher for Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean as Sissy
- Lainie Kazan for My Favorite Year as Belle Carroca
- Kim Stanley for Frances as Lillian Farmer
- Lesley Ann Warren for Victor/Victoria as Norma Cassidy
- 1983: Cher for Silkwood as Dolly Pelliker
- Barbara Carrera for Never Say Never Again as Fatima Blush
- Tess Harper for Tender Mercies as Rosa Lee
- Linda Hunt for The Year of Living Dangerously as Billy Kwan
- Joanna Pacuła for Gorky Park as Irina Asanova
- 1984: Peggy Ashcroft for A Passage to India as Mrs. Moore
- Drew Barrymore for Irreconcilable Differences as Casey Brodsky
- Kim Basinger for The Natural as Memo Paris
- Jacqueline Bisset for Under the Volcano as Yvonne Firmin
- Melanie Griffith for Body Double as Holly Body
- Christine Lahti for Swing Shift as Hazel Zanussi
- Lesley Ann Warren for Songwriter as Gilda
- 1985: Meg Tilly for Agnes of God as Sister Agnes Devereaux
- Sônia Braga for Kiss of the Spider Woman as Leni Lamaison / Marta / the Spider Woman
- Anjelica Huston for Prizzi's Honor as Maerose Prizzi
- Amy Madigan for Twice in a Lifetime as Sunny Mackenzie-Sobel
- Kelly McGillis for Witness as Rachel Lapp
- Oprah Winfrey for The Color Purple as Sofia Johnson
- 1986: Maggie Smith for A Room with a View as Charlotte Bartlett
- Linda Kozlowski for "Crocodile" Dundee as Sue Charlton
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio for The Color of Money as Carmen
- Cathy Tyson for Mona Lisa as Simone
- Dianne Wiest for Hannah and Her Sisters as Holly
- 1987: Olympia Dukakis for Moonstruck as Rose Castorini
- Norma Aleandro for Gaby: A True Story as Florencia Sánchez Morales
- Anne Archer for Fatal Attraction as Beth Gallagher
- Anne Ramsey for Throw Momma from the Train as Momma Lift
- Vanessa Redgrave for Prick Up Your Ears as Peggy Ramsay
- 1988: Sigourney Weaver for Working Girl as Katharine Parker
- Sônia Braga for Moon over Parador as Madonna Mendez
- Barbara Hershey for The Last Temptation of Christ as Mary Magdalene
- Lena Olin for The Unbearable Lightness of Being as Sabine
- Diane Venora for Bird as Chan Parker
- 1989: Julia Roberts for Steel Magnolias as Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie
- Bridget Fonda for Scandal as Mandy Rice-Davies
- Brenda Fricker for My Left Foot as Bridget Fagan-Brown
- Laura San Giacomo for sex, lies, and videotape as Cynthia Bishop
- Dianne Wiest for Parenthood as Helen Buckman
1990s
- 1990: Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost as Oda Mae Brown
- Lorraine Bracco for Goodfellas as Karen Hill
- Diane Ladd for Wild at Heart as Marietta Fortune
- Shirley Maclaine for Postcards from the Edge as Marietta Fortune
- Mary McDonnell for Dances with Wolves as Christine Gunther / Stands With a Fist
- Winona Ryder for Mermaids as Charlotte Flax
- 1991: Mercedes Ruehl for The Fisher King as Anne Napolitano
- Nicole Kidman for Billy Bathgate as Drew Preston
- Diane Ladd for Rambling Rose as Mrs. Hillyer
- Juliette Lewis for Cape Fear as Danielle "Danny" Bowden
- Jessica Tandy for Fried Green Tomatoes as Virginia "Ninny" Threadgoode
- 1992: Joan Plowright for Enchanted April as Mrs. Fisher
- Geraldine Chaplin for Chaplin as Hannah Chaplin
- Judy Davis for Husbands and Wives as Sally Simmons
- Miranda Richardson for Damage as Ingrid Thompson-Fleming
- Alfre Woodard for Passion Fish as Chantelle
- 1993: Winona Ryder for The Age of Innocence as May Welland
- Penelope Ann Miller for Carlito's Way as Gail
- Anna Paquin for The Piano as Flora McGrath
- Rosie Perez for Fearless as Carla Rodrigo
- Emma Thompson for In the Name of the Father as Gareth Peirce
- 1994: Dianne Wiest for Bullets over Broadway as Helen Sinclair
- Kirsten Dunst for Interview with the Vampire as Claudia
- Sophia Loren for Prêt-à-Porter as Isabella de la Fontaine
- Uma Thurman for Pulp Fiction as Mia Wallace
- Robin Wright for Forrest Gump as Jennifer "Jenny" Curran
- 1995: Mira Sorvino for Mighty Aphrodite as Leslie "Linda" Ash
- Anjelica Huston for The Crossing Guard as Mary
- Kathleen Quinlan for Apollo 13 as Marilyn Lovell
- Kyra Sedgwick for Something to Talk About as Emma Rae King
- Kate Winslet for Sense and Sensibility as Marianne Dashwood
- 1996: Lauren Bacall for The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan
- Joan Allen for The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor
- Juliette Binoche for The English Patient as Hana
- Barbara Hershey for The Portrait of a Lady as Madame Serena Merle
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Secrets & Lies as Hortense Cumberbatch
- Marion Ross for The Evening Star as Rosie Dunlop
- 1997: Kim Basinger for L.A. Confidential as Lynn Bracken
- Joan Cusack for In & Out as Emily Montgomery
- Julianne Moore for Boogie Nights as Maggie / Amber Waves
- Gloria Stuart for Titanic as Rose Calvert
- Sigourney Weaver for The Ice Storm as Janey Carver
- 1998: Lynn Redgrave for Gods and Monsters as Hanna
- Kathy Bates for Primary Colors as Libby Holden
- Brenda Blethyn for Little Voice as Mari Hoff
- Judi Dench for Shakespeare in Love as Queen Elizabeth I of England
- Sharon Stone for The Mighty as Gwen Dillon
- 1999: Angelina Jolie for Girl, Interrupted as Lisa Rowe
- Cameron Diaz for Being John Malkovich as Lotte Schwartz
- Catherine Keener for Being John Malkovich as Maxine Lund
- Samantha Morton for Sweet and Lowdown as Hattie
- Natalie Portman for Anywhere But Here as Ann August
- Chloë Sevigny for Boys Don't Cry as Lana Tisdel
2000s
- 2000: Kate Hudson for Almost Famous as Penny Lane
- Judi Dench for Chocolat as Armande Voizin
- Frances McDormand for Almost Famous as Elaine Miller
- Julie Walters for Billy Elliot as Sandra Wilkinson
- Catherine Zeta-Jones for Traffic as Helena Ayala
- 2001: Jennifer Connelly for A Beautiful Mind as Alicia Nash
- Cameron Diaz for Vanilla Sky as Julianna "Julie" Gianni
- Helen Mirren for Gosford Park as Mrs. Wilson
- Maggie Smith for Gosford Park as Constance Trentham
- Marisa Tomei for In the Bedroom as Natalie Strout
- Kate Winslet for Iris as Iris Murdoch
- 2002: Meryl Streep for Adaptation. as Susan Orlean
- Kathy Bates for About Schmidt as Roberta Hertzel
- Cameron Diaz for Gangs of New York as Jenny Everdeane
- Queen Latifah for Chicago as Matron Mama Morton
- Susan Sarandon for Igby Goes Down as Mimi Slocumb
- 2003: Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain as Ruby Thewes
- Maria Bello for The Cooler as Natalie Belisario
- Patricia Clarkson for Pieces of April as Joy Burns
- Hope Davis for American Splendor as Joyce Brabner
- Holly Hunter for Thirteen as Melanie Freeland
- 2004: Natalie Portman for Closer as Alice Ayres / Jane Jones
- Cate Blanchett for The Aviator as Katharine Hepburn
- Laura Linney for Kinsey as Clara "Mac" McMillan
- Virginia Madsen for Sideways as Maya Randall
- Meryl Streep for The Manchurian Candidate as Senator Eleanor Shaw
- 2005: Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener as Tessa Quayle
- Scarlett Johansson for Match Point as Nola Rice
- Shirley MacLaine for In Her Shoes as Ella Hirsch
- Frances McDormand for North Country as Glory Dodge
- Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain as Alma Beers Del Mar
- 2006: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls as Effie White
- Adriana Barraza for Babel as Amelia Hernandez
- Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal as Bathsheba "Sheba" Hart
- Emily Blunt for The Devil Wears Prada as Emily Charlton
- Rinko Kikuchi for Babel as Chieko Wataya
- 2007: Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There as Jude Quinn
- Julia Roberts for Charlie Wilson's War as Joanne Herring
- Saoirse Ronan for Atonement as Briony Tallis
- Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone as Helene McCready
- Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton as Karen Crowder
- 2008: Kate Winslet for The Reader as Hanna Schmitz
- Amy Adams for Doubt as Sister James
- Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
- Viola Davis for Doubt as Mrs. Miller
- Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler as Cassidy / Pam
- 2009: Mo'Nique for Precious as Mary Lee Johnston
- Penélope Cruz for Nine as Carla Albanese
- Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air as Alex Goran
- Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air as Natalie Keener
- Julianne Moore for A Single Man as Charley Miller
2010s
- 2010: Melissa Leo for The Fighter as Alice Eklund-Ward
- Amy Adams for The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
- Helena Bonham Carter The King's Speech as Queen Elizabeth
- Mila Kunis for Black Swan as Lily / The Black Swan
- Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody
- 2011: Octavia Spencer for The Help as Minny Jackson
- Bérénice Bejo for The Artist as Peppy Miller
- Jessica Chastain for The Help as Celia Foote
- Janet Mc Teer for Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page
- Shailene Woodley for The Descendants as Alexandra "Alex" King
- 2012: Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables as Fantine
- Amy Adams for The Master as Peggy Dodd
- Sally Field for Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln
- Helen Hunt for The Sessions as Cheryl Cohen-Greene
- Nicole Kidman for The Paperboy as Charlotte Bless
- 2013: Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld
- Sally Hawkins for Blue Jasmine as Ginger
- Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave as Patsey
- Julia Roberts for August: Osage County as Barbara Weston-Fordham
- June Squibb for Nebraska! as Kate Grant
- 2014: Patricia Arquette for Boyhood as Olivia Evans
- Jessica Chastain for A Most Violent Year as Anna Morales
- Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke
- Emma Stone for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Samantha "Sam" Thomson
- Meryl Streep for Into the Woods as The Witch
- 2015: Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman
- Jane Fonda for Youth as Brenda Morel
- Jennifer Jason Leigh for The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue
- Helen Mirren for Trumbo as Hedda Hopper
- Alicia Vikander for Ex Machina as Ava
- 2016: Viola Davis for Fences as Rose Maxson
- Naomie Harris for Moonlight as Paula Harris
- Nicole Kidman for Lion as Sue Brierley
- Octavia Spencer for Hidden Figures as Dorothy Vaughan
- Michelle Williams for Manchester by the Sea as Randi Chandler
- 2017: Allison Janney for I, Tonya as LaVona Golden
- Mary J. Blige for Mudbound as Florence Jackson
- Hong Chau for Downsizing as Ngoc Lan Tran
- Laurie Metcalf for Lady Bird as Marion McPherson
- Octavia Spencer for The Shape of Water as Zelda Fuller
- 2018: Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers
- Amy Adams for Vice as Lynne Cheney
- Claire Foy for First Man as Janet Armstrong
- Emma Stone for The Favourite as Abigail Masham
- Rachel Weisz for The Favourite as Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
- 2019: Laura Dern for Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw
- Kathy Bates for Richard Jewell as Barbara "Bobi" Jewell
- Annette Bening for The Report as Senator Dianne Feinstein
- Jennifer Lopez for Hustlers as Ramona Vega
- Margot Robbie for Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil
2020s
- 2020: Jodie Foster for The Mauritanian as Nancy Hollander
- Glenn Close for Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie "Mawmaw" Vance
- Olivia Colman for The Father as Anne
- Amanda Seyfried for Mank as Marion Davies
- Helena Zengel for News of the World as Johanna Leonberger / Cicada
- 2021: Ariana DeBose for West Side Story as Anita
- Caitríona Balfe for Belfast as Ma
- Kirsten Dunst for The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon
- Aunjanue Ellis for King Richard as Oracene "Brandy" Price
- Ruth Negga for Passing as Clare Bellew
- 2022: Angela Bassett for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Queen Ramonda
- Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre
- Kerry Condon for The Banshees of Inisherin as Siobhán Súilleabháin
- Dolly de Leon for Triangle of Sadness as Abigail
- Carey Mulligan for She Said as Megan Twohey
- 2023: Da'Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers as Mary Lamb
- Emily Blunt for Oppenheimer as Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer
- Danielle Brooks for The Color Purple as Sofia Johnson
- Jodie Foster for Nyad as Bonnie Stoll
- Julianne Moore for May December as Gracie Atherton-Yoo
- Rosamund Pike for Saltburn as Elspeth Catton