Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Name	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Current awards	81st Golden Globe Awards
Description	Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture
Presenter	Hollywood Foreign Press Association (1943–2023), Dick Clark Productions (2024–present)
Country	United States
Year	1944

Contents

History and background
Eligibility and nomination process
Winners and nominees
Multiple wins and nominations
Notable records and statistics
See also

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is an annual accolade presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and, since 2024, Dick Clark Productions. It honors the best performance by an actress in a supporting role within a motion picture released in the previous calendar year. The award is a significant precursor to the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, with many winners and nominees often overlapping.

History and background

The award was first presented at the 1st Golden Globe Awards in 1944, honoring Katina Paxinou for her performance in *For Whom the Bell Tolls*. Initially, the category was not presented every year, with gaps in the late 1940s before becoming a permanent fixture. The ceremony, broadcast from Beverly Hills, California, has been a major part of the awards season, influencing industry recognition and Oscar campaigns. The award's history is intertwined with the evolution of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which faced significant criticism leading to its dissolution and the sale of the Golden Globe Awards assets to Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries.

Eligibility and nomination process

Eligibility follows the general rules of the Golden Globe Awards, requiring that the supporting performance be in a motion picture released in the United States during the calendar year. Nominations are determined by vote from the membership of the presenting organization. For most of its history, this was the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of international journalists based in Southern California. Following the 2023 reforms, a new, more diverse voting body was established. Final ballots are tabulated by the accounting firm Ernst & Young.

Winners and nominees

The list of winners includes many iconic performances from celebrated films. Early winners include Angela Lansbury for *The Picture of Dorian Gray* and Celeste Holm for Gentleman's Agreement. In subsequent decades, winners have spanned genres, from Ruth Gordon in *Rosemary's Baby* to Meryl Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer. Recent winners include Da'Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers and Ariana DeBose for *West Side Story*. Nominees often feature performances from major studio releases like Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures, as well as acclaimed independent films.

Multiple wins and nominations

Only a few actresses have won the award more than once. Shelley Winters and Meryl Streep each hold two wins. Winters won for *The Diary of Anne Frank* and A Patch of Blue, while Streep won for Kramer vs. Kramer and *Adaptation*. Actresses with the most nominations include Meryl Streep and Kathleen Turner, reflecting sustained recognition by the voters. Other frequently nominated performers include Glenn Close, Annette Bening, and Nicole Kidman.

Notable records and statistics

The youngest winner is Tatum O'Neal, who was 10 when she won for *Paper Moon*. The oldest winner is Peggy Ashcroft, who was 77 for her role in *A Passage to India*. The award has a strong correlation with the Academy Awards; a majority of winners have also won the Oscar in the same year, such as Patricia Arquette for *Boyhood* and Laura Dern for Marriage Story. The 1975 ceremony saw a unique tie between Jennifer Jones for The Towering Inferno and Karen Black for *The Great Gatsby*.