BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress

British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Awarded forBest Supporting Actress
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBIFA
First awarded2008
Last awarded2021
Currently held byVinette Robinson – Boiling Point (2020)
Websitewww.bifa.org.uk

The British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best supporting performance by an actress in a British independent film.

From 2003 to 2007, only one award was presented for supporting performances named Best Supporting Actor/Actress. Since 2008, two categories named Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress are presented.

Olivia Colman is the only actress who has won this award more than once since its creations in 2008 with two wins while Kristin Scott Thomas and Julie Walters hold the record of most nominations in this category with three each.

In July 2022, it was announced that the performance categories would be replaced with gender-neutral categories, with both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress merging into the Best Lead Performance category. Additionally, a category named Best Joint Lead Performance was created for "two (or exceptionally three) performances that are the joint focus of the film, especially where performances share a large number of scenes and screen time".[1]

Winners and nominees

2000s

Best Supporting Actor/Actress
Year Actor/Actress Film Character
2003
(6th)
[2][3]
Susan Lynch 16 Years of Alcohol Mary
Benedict Wong Dirty Pretty Things Guo Yi
Sophie Okonedo Juliette
Adrian Rawlins Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Harbour
Shirley Henderson Alice
2004
(7th)
[4]
Eddie Marsan Vera Drake Reg
Gary Stretch Dead Man's Shoes Sonny
Samantha Morton Enduring Love Claire
Romola Garai Rory O'Shea Was Here Siobhán
Paddy Considine My Summer of Love Phil
2005
(8th)
[5]
Rosamund Pike The Libertine Elizabeth Wilmot, Countess of Rochester
Bill Nighy The Constant Gardener Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Tom Hollander The Libertine George Etherege
Kelly Reilly Mrs Henderson Presents Maureen Ashford
Rob Brydon A Cock and Bull Story Captain Toby Shandy / Rob Brydon
2006
(9th)
[6][7]
Leslie Phillips Venus Ian
Martin Compston Red Road Stevie
Joseph Gilgun This Is England Woody
Stephen Graham Combo
Vanessa Redgrave Venus Valerie
2007
(10th)
[8][9]
Toby Kebbell Control Rob Gretton
Colin Firth And When Did You Last See Your Father? Blake Morrison
Samantha Morton Control Deborah Curtis
Armin Mueller-Stahl Eastern Promises Vor Semyon
Cate Blanchett Notes on a Scandal Sheba Hart
Best Supporting Actress
Year Actress Film Character
2008
(11th)
[10][11]
Alexis Zegerman Happy-Go-Lucky Zoe
Emma Thompson Brideshead Revisited Lady Marchmain
Kristin Scott Thomas Easy Virtue Veronica Whittaker
Hayley Atwell The Duchess Elizabeth "Bess" Foster
Sienna Miller The Edge of Love Caitlin Thomas
2009
(12th)
[12][13]
Anne-Marie Duff Nowhere Boy Julia Lennon
Rosamund Pike An Education Helen
Kerry Fox Bright Star Mrs. Brawne
Kierston Wareing Fish Tank Joanne Williams
Kristin Scott Thomas Nowhere Boy Mimi Smith

2010s

Year Actress Film Character
2010
(13th)
[14][15]
Helena Bonham Carter The King's Speech Queen Elizabeth
Lesley Manville Another Year Mary Smith
Rosamund Pike Made in Dagenham Lisa Hopkins
Keira Knightley Never Let Me Go Ruth C
Tamsin Greig Tamara Drewe Beth Hardiment
2011
(14th)
[16][17]
Vanessa Redgrave Coriolanus Volumnia
Felicity Jones Albatross Beth Fischer
Carey Mulligan Shame Sissy Sullivan
Sally Hawkins Submarine Jill Tate
Kathy Burke Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Connie Sachs
2012
(15th)
[18][19]
Olivia Colman Hyde Park on Hudson Queen Elizabeth
Vanessa Redgrave Song for Marion Marion
Maggie Smith The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Muriel Donnelly
Alice Englert Ginger and Rosa Rosa
Eileen Davies Sightseers Carol
2013
(16th)
[20][21]
Imogen Poots The Look of Love Debbie Raymond
Kristin Scott Thomas The Invisible Woman Frances Ternan
Mia Wasikowska The Double Hannah
Shirley Henderson Filth Bunty Blades
Siobhan Finneran The Selfish Giant Mrs. Swift
2014
(17th)
[22][23]
Imelda Staunton Pride Hefina Headon
Dorothy Atkinson Mr. Turner Hannah Danby
Maggie Gyllenhaal Frank Clara
Sally Hawkins X+Y Julie Ellis
Sienna Guillory The Goob Janet Taylor
2015
(18th)
[24][25]
Olivia Colman The Lobster The Hotel Manager
Helena Bonham Carter Suffragette Edith Ellyn
Anne-Marie Duff Violet Miller
Sienna Miller High-Rise Charlotte Melville
Julie Walters Brooklyn Madge Kehoe
2016
(19th)
[26][27]
Avin Manshadi Under the Shadow Dorsa
Gemma Arterton The Girl with All the Gifts Helen Justineau
Naomie Harris Our Kind of Traitor Gail Perkins
Terry Pheto A United Kingdom Naledi Khama
Shana Swash My Feral Heart Eve
2017
(20th)
[28][29]
Patricia Clarkson The Party April
Naomi Ackie Lady Macbeth Anna
Kelly Macdonald Goodbye Christopher Robin Olive
Andrea Riseborough The Death of Stalin Svetlana Stalin
Julie Walters Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool Bella Turner
2018
(21st)
[30][31]
Rachel Weisz The Favourite Lady Sarah
Nina Arianda Stan & Ollie Ida Kitaeva Laurel
Rachel McAdams Disobedience Esti Kuperman
Emma Stone The Favourite Abigail
Molly Wright Apostasy Alex
2019
(22nd)
[32][33]
Ruthxjiah Bellenea The Last Tree Tope
Jessica Barden Scarborough Beth
Elizabeth Debicki Vita and Virginia Virginia Woolf
Tilda Swinton The Personal History of David Copperfield Betsey Trotwood
Julie Walters Wild Rose Marion Harlan

2020s

Year Actress Film Character
2020
(23rd)
[34][35]
Kosar Ali Rocks Sumaya
Niamh Algar Calm with Horses Ursula
Ashley Madekwe County Lines Tony
Fiona Shaw Kindred Margaret
Jennifer Ehle Saint Maud Amanda
2021
(24th)
[36]
Vinette Robinson Boiling Point Carly
Judi Dench Belfast Buddy's grandmother
Jo Hartley Sweetheart Tina
Nathalie Richard After Love Genevieve
Tilda Swinton The Souvenir Part II Rosalind

Multiple nominations

Multiple wins

2 wins

See also

References

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