Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
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![]() The 2022 recipient: Jamie Lee Curtis | |
Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
First awarded | 1937 (for performance in films released during the 1936 film season) |
Most recent winner | Jamie Lee Curtis Everything Everywhere All at Once (2023) |
Website | oscars |
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit. It is presented each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is to recognize an actress with an outstanding performance in a movie. Since the beginning, the award has commonly been called the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Actresses are nominated for this award by Academy members who are actors and actresses themselves. Winners are selected by the academy membership as a whole.