Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

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The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding performance by an actress in a supporting role in a film.

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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress canonical 603
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination 7
Best Supporting Actress 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award
acting award
film award
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
surface form: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress
awardedFor outstanding performance by an actress in a supporting role
supporting female acting performance in a film
categoryType supporting role
ceremonyFrequency annual
country United States of America
surface form: United States
firstAwarded 1937
gender female
hasBroadcast streaming media
television
hasEligibilityCriteria performance must be in a feature-length film
performance must be released within the qualifying year
performer must be credited as actress
hasLanguage English
hasParentAward Academy Award
surface form: Academy Award for Acting
hasSignificance one of the most prestigious awards for supporting actresses in cinema
inception 1936
industry film industry
isSubsetOf Academy Award
surface form: Academy Awards for acting
locationOfCeremony Hollywood
Los Angeles
medium film
notableRecipient Alicia Vikander
Angelina Jolie
Cate Blanchett
Dianne Wiest
Hattie McDaniel
Jennifer Connelly
Lupita Nyong'o
Maggie Smith
Meryl Streep
Octavia Spencer
Viola Davis
organizer Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
partOf Academy Award
surface form: Academy Awards
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
relatedAward Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
surface form: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
selectionMethod voting by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
symbolizes recognition of excellence in supporting film acting by a woman
trophyName Oscar
surface form: Oscar statuette
typicalAnnouncementTime during the annual Academy Awards ceremony

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Jean Hagen awardNomination Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Jean Hagen nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Singin' in the Rain
Viola Davis awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Pulp Fiction nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Danish Girl awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Maggie Smith awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Hailee Steinfeld nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
A Passage to India academyAwardWon Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
this entity surface form: Best Supporting Actress
Amy Irving nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Talia Shire nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Talia Shire awardNominationForWork Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Godfather Part II
Juliette Lewis nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton awardReceivedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Michael Clayton
Penélope Cruz awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Maureen Stapleton awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Maureen Stapleton nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Geena Davis awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Roma nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
subject surface form: Roma (2018 film)
Candice Bergen nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Fisher King award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Kathleen Quinlan awardNomination Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Kathleen Quinlan nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Apollo 13
Jennifer Jason Leigh awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
this entity surface form: Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress
Nine awardNomination Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
subject surface form: Nine (2009 film)
Dern awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
subject surface form: Laura Dern
Coming Home nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Michael Clayton academyAwardWin Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
this entity surface form: Best Supporting Actress
Michael Clayton awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Up in the Air awardNominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Lange awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Johnny Belinda nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Help awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Help nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Chastain)
Sigourney Weaver nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Elizabeth in Gentleman's Agreement awardWonByWork Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
subject surface form: Elizabeth (Gentleman's Agreement)
Gaslight academyAwardNomination Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
subject surface form: Gaslight (1944 film)
film Birdman of Alcatraz nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
subject surface form: Birdman of Alcatraz
Bergman awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
subject surface form: Ingrid Bergman
Everything Everywhere All at Once awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Bonham Carter nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
subject surface form: Helena Bonham Carter
Lady Bird awardNomination Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Mudbound nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Diane Ladd nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Diane Ladd nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Diane Ladd nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rambling Rose
Separate Tables (1958 film) awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Iris hasAward Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination
Janney awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
subject surface form: Allison Janney