| 9th Academy Awards (1936) | Gale Sondergaard | “Come and Get It” | Faith Paleologus |
| 10th Academy Awards (1937) | Alice Brady | “In Old Chicago” | Molly O’Leary |
| 11th Academy Awards (1938) | Fay Bainter | “Jezebel” | Belle Massey |
| 12th Academy Awards (1939) | Hattie McDaniel | “Gone with the Wind” | Mammy |
| 13th Academy Awards (1940) | Jane Darwell | “The Grapes of Wrath” | Ma Joad |
| 14th Academy Awards (1941) | Mary Astor | “The Great Lie” | Sandra Kovak |
| 15th Academy Awards (1942) | Teresa Wright | “Mrs. Miniver” | Carol Beldon |
| 16th Academy Awards (1943) | Katina Paxinou | “For Whom the Bell Tolls” | Pilar |
| 17th Academy Awards (1944) | Ethel Barrymore | “None but the Lonely Heart” | Ma Mott |
| 18th Academy Awards (1945) | Anne Revere | “National Velvet” | Araminty Brown |
| 19th Academy Awards (1946) | Anne Baxter | “The Razor’s Edge” | Sophie Nelson-MacDonald |
| 20th Academy Awards (1947) | Celeste Holm | “Gentleman’s Agreement” | Anne Dettrey |
| 21st Academy Awards (1948) | Claire Trevor | “Key Largo” | Gaye Dawn |
| 22nd Academy Awards (1949) | Mercedes McCambridge | “All the King’s Men” | Sadie Burke |
| 23rd Academy Awards (1950) | Josephine Hull | “Harvey” | Veta Louise Simmons |
| 24th Academy Awards (1951) | Kim Hunter | “A Streetcar Named Desire” | Stella Kowalski |
| 25th Academy Awards (1952) | Gloria Grahame | “The Bad and the Beautiful” | Rosemary Bartlow |
| 26th Academy Awards (1953) | Donna Reed | “From Here to Eternity” | Alma Burke / Lorene |
| 27th Academy Awards (1954) | Eva Marie Saint | “On the Waterfront” | Edie Doyle |
| 28th Academy Awards (1955) | Jo Van Fleet | “East of Eden” | Cathy Ames / Kate Trask |
| 29th Academy Awards (1956) | Dorothy Malone | “Written on the Wind” | Marylee Hadley |
| 30th Academy Awards (1957) | Miyoshi Umeki | “Sayonara” | Katsumi Kelly |
| 31st Academy Awards (1958) | Wendy Hiller | “Separate Tables” | Pat Cooper |
| 32nd Academy Awards (1959) | Shelley Winters | “The Diary of Anne Frank” | Petronella van Daan |
| 33rd Academy Awards (1960) | Shirley Jones | “Elmer Gantry” | Lulu Baines |
| 34th Academy Awards (1961) | Rita Moreno | “West Side Story” | Anita |
| 35th Academy Awards (1962) | Patty Duke | “The Miracle Worker” | Helen Keller |
| 36th Academy Awards (1963) | Margaret Rutherford | “The V.I.P.s” | The Duchess of Brighton |
| 37th Academy Awards (1964) | Lila Kedrova | “Zorba The Greek” | Madame Hortense |
| 38th Academy Awards (1965) | Shelley Winters | “A Patch of Blue” | Rose-ann D’Arcey |
| 39th Academy Awards (1966) | Sandy Dennis | “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” | Honey |
| 40th Academy Awards (1967) | Estelle Parsons | “Bonnie and Clyde” | Blanche Barrow |
| 41st Academy Awards (1968) | Ruth Gordon | “Rosemary’s Baby” | Minnie Castevet |
| 42nd Academy Awards (1969) | Goldie Hawn | “Cactus Flower” | Toni Simmons |
| 43rd Academy Awards (1970) | Helen Hayes | “Airport” | Ada Quonsett |
| 44th Academy Awards (1971) | Cloris Leachman | “The Last Picture Show” | Ruth Popper |
| 45th Academy Awards (1972) | Eileen Heckart | “Butterflies Are Free” | Mrs. Baker |
| 46th Academy Awards (1973) | Tatum O’Neal | “Paper Moon” | Addie Loggins |
| 47th Academy Awards (1974) | Ingrid Bergman | “Murder on the Orient Express” | Greta Ohlsson |
| 48th Academy Awards (1975) | Lee Grant | “Shampoo” | Felicia Karpf |
| 49th Academy Awards (1976) | Beatrice Straight | “Network” | Louise Schumacher |
| 50th Academy Awards (1977) | Vanessa Redgrave | “Julia” | Julia |
| 51st Academy Awards (1978) | Maggie Smith | “California Suite” | Diana Barrie |
| 52nd Academy Awards (1979) | Meryl Streep | “Kramer Vs. Kramer” | Joanna Kramer |
| 53rd Academy Awards (1980) | Mary Steenburgen | “Melvin and Howard” | Lynda West-Dummar |
| 54th Academy Awards (1981) | Maureen Stapleton | “Reds” | Emma Goldman |
| 55th Academy Awards (1982) | Jessica Lange | “Tootsie” | Julie Nichols |
| 56th Academy Awards (1983) | Linda Hunt | “The Year of Living Dangerously” | Billy Kwan |
| 57th Academy Awards (1984) | Peggy Ashcroft | “A Passage to India” | Mrs. Moore |
| 58th Academy Awards (1985) | Anjelica Huston | “Prizzi’s Honor” | Maerose Prizzi |
| 59th Academy Awards (1986) | Dianne Wiest | “Hannah and Her Sisters” | Holly |
| 60th Academy Awards (1987) | Olympia Dukakis | “Moonstruck” | Rose Castorini |
| 61st Academy Awards (1988) | Geena Davis | “The Accidental Tourist” | Muriel Pritchett |
| 62nd Academy Awards (1989) | Brenda Fricker | “My Left Foot” | Bridget Fagan-Brown |
| 63rd Academy Awards (1990) | Whoopi Goldberg | “Ghost” | Oda Mae Brown |
| 64th Academy Awards (1991) | Mercedes Ruehl | “The Fisher King” | Anne Napolitano |
| 65th Academy Awards (1992) | Marisa Tomei | “My Cousin Vinny” | Mona Lisa Vito |
| 66th Academy Awards (1993) | Anna Paquin | “The Piano” | Flora McGrath |
| 67th Academy Awards (1994) | Dianne Wiest | “Bullets Over Broadway” | Helen Sinclair |
| 68th Academy Awards (1995) | Mira Sorvino | “Mighty Aphrodite” | Linda Ash |
| 69th Academy Awards (1996) | Juliette Binoche | “The English Patient” | Hana |
| 70th Academy Awards (1997) | Kim Basinger | “L.A. Confidential” | Lynn Bracken |
| 71st Academy Awards (1998) | Judi Dench | “Shakespeare In Love” | Queen Elizabeth I |
| 72nd Academy Awards (1999) | Angelina Jolie | “Girl, Interrupted” | Lisa Rowe |
| 73rd Academy Awards (2000) | Marcia Gay Harden | “Pollock” | Lee Krasner |
| 74th Academy Awards (2001) | Jennifer Connelly | “A Beautiful Mind” | Alicia Nash |
| 75th Academy Awards (2002) | Catherine Zeta-Jones | “Chicago” | Velma Kelly |
| 76th Academy Awards (2003) | Renée Zellweger | “Cold Mountain” | Ruby Thewes |
| 77th Academy Awards (2004) | Cate Blanchett | “The Aviator” | Katharine Hepburn |
| 78th Academy Awards (2005) | Rachel Weisz | “The Constant Gardener” | Tessa Quayle |
| 79th Academy Awards (2006) | Jennifer Hudson | “Dreamgirls” | Effie White |
| 80th Academy Awards (2007) | Tilda Swinton | “Michael Clayton” | Karen Crowder |
| 81st Academy Awards (2008) | Penélope Cruz | “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” | María Elena |
| 82nd Academy Awards (2009) | Mo’Nique | “Precious” | Mary Lee Johnston |
| 83rd Academy Awards (2010) | Melissa Leo | “The Fighter” | Alice Eklund-Ward |
| 84th Academy Awards (2011) | Octavia Spencer | “The Help” | Minny Jackson |
| 85th Academy Awards (2012) | Anne Hathaway | “Les Misérables” | Fantine |
| 86th Academy Awards (2013) | Lupita Nyong’o | “12 Years A Slave” | Patsey |
| 87th Academy Awards (2014) | Patricia Arquette | “Boyhood” | Olivia Evans |
| 88th Academy Awards (2015) | Alicia Vikander | “The Danish Girl” | Gerda Wegener |
| 89th Academy Awards (2016) | Viola Davis | “Fences” | Rose Lee Maxson |
| 90th Academy Awards (2017) | Allison Janney | “I, Tonya” | LaVona Golden |
| 91st Academy Awards (2018) | Regina King | “If Beale Street Could Talk” | Sharon Rivers |
| 92nd Academy Awards (2019) | Laura Dern | “Marriage Story” | Nora Fanshaw |
| 93rd Academy Awards (2020) | Youn Yuh-jung | “Minari” | Soon-ja |
| 94th Academy Awards (2021) | Ariana DeBose | “West Side Story” | Anita |
| 95th Academy Awards (2022) | Jamie Lee Curtis | “Everything Everywhere All At Once” | Deirdre Beaubeirdre |
