Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Following the Academy's practice, the films below are listed by release year: for example, the Oscar for "Best Supporting Actress in 1999" was announced during the award ceremony held in 2000. Winners are listed first, followed by the other nominees. For a list sorted by actress, please see List of Best Supporting Actress nominees. For a list sorted by movie title, please see List of Best Supporting Actress nominees (films).

1990s

• 1990 Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost
• Mary McDonnell - Dances with Wolves
• Lorraine Bracco - Goodfellas
• Annette Bening - Grifters
• Diane Ladd - Wild at Heart
• 1991 Mercedes Ruehl - The Fisher King
• Juliette Lewis - Cape Fear
• Jessica Tandy - Fried Green Tomatoes
• Kate Nelligan - The Prince of Tides
• Diane Ladd - Rambling Rose
• 1992 Marisa Tomei - My Cousin Vinny
• Joan Plowright - Enchanted April
• Miranda Richardson - Fatale
• Vanessa Redgrave - Howards End
• Judy Davis - Husbands and Wives
• 1993 Anna Paquin - The Piano
• Winona Ryder - The Age of Innocence
• Rosie Perez - Fearless
• Holly Hunter - The Firm
• Emma Thompson - In the Name of the Father
• 1994 Dianne Wiest - Bullets Over Broadway
• Jennifer Tilly - Bullets Over Broadway
• Helen Mirren - The Madness of King George
• Uma Thurman - Pulp Fiction
• Rosemary Harris - Tom and Viv
• 1995 Mira Sorvino - Mighty Aphrodite
• Kathleen Quinlan - Apollo 13
• Mare Winningham - Georgia
• Joan Allen - Nixon
• Kate Winslet - Sense and Sensibility
• 1996 Juliette Binoche - The English Patient
• Joan Allen - The Crucible
• Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces
• Barbara Hershey - The Portrait of a Lady
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Secrets and Lies
• 1997 Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
• Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
• Minnie Driver - Good Will Hunting
• Joan Cusack - In and Out
• Gloria Stuart - Titanic
• 1998 Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love
• Lynn Redgrave - Gods and Monsters
• Rachel Griffiths - Hilary and Jackie
• Brenda Blethyn - Little Voice
• Kathy Bates - Primary Colors
• 1999 Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted
• Catherine Keener - Being John Malkovich
• Chloë Sevigny - Boys Don't Cry
• Toni Collette - The Sixth Sense
• Samantha Morton - Sweet and Lowdown