National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the annual awards given by the National Society of Film Critics.

This awards was given for the first time in 1967 to Marjorie Rhodes for her role in The Family Way.

Meryl Streep won this award three times (record): in 1978 for The Deer Hunter, in 1979 for Kramer vs. Kramer, for Manhattan and for The Seduction of Joe Tynan and in 2006 for The Devil Wears Prada and for A Prairie Home Companion. Anjelica Huston (1985 and 1989), Dianne Wiest (1986 and 1994), Patricia Clarkson (2002 and 2003) and Amy Adams (2005 and 2012) each won the award two times. In 2009, Mo'Nique became the first African-American to win in this category for her performance in Precious.

Winners

1960

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1967	Marjorie Rhodes	The Family Way	Lucy Fitton
1968	Billie Whitelaw	Charlie Bubbles	Lottie Bubbles
1969	Siân Phillips	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Ursula Mossbank
	Delphine Seyrig	Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés)	Fabienne Tabard

1970

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1970	Lois Smith	Five Easy Pieces	Partita Dupea
1971	Ellen Burstyn	The Last Picture Show	Lois Farrow
1972	Jeannie Berlin	The Heartbreak Kid	Lila Kolodny
1973	Valentina Cortese	Day for Night (La nuit américaine)	Séverine
1974	Bibi Andersson	Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap)	Katarina
1975	Lily Tomlin	Nashville	Linnea Reese
1976	Jodie Foster	Taxi Driver	Iris Steensma
1977	Ann Wedgeworth	Handle with Care	Joyce
1978	Meryl Streep	The Deer Hunter	Linda
1979	Meryl Streep	Kramer vs. Kramer	Joanna Kramer
		Manhattan	Jill Davis
		The Seduction of Joe Tynan	Karen Traynor

1980s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1980	Mary Steenburgen	Melvin and Howard	Lynda Dummar
1981	Maureen Stapleton	Reds	Emma Goldman
1982	Jessica Lange	Tootsie	Julie Nichols
1983	Sandra Bernhard	The King of Comedy	Masha
1984	Melanie Griffith	Body Double	Holly Body
1985	Anjelica Huston	Prizzi's Honor	Maerose Prizzi
1986	Dianne Wiest	Hannah and Her Sisters	Holly
1987	Kathy Baker	Street Smart	Punchy
1988	Mercedes Ruehl	Married to the Mob	Connie Russo
1989	Anjelica Huston	Enemies: A Love Story	Tamara Broder

1990s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
1990	Annette Bening	The Grifters	Myra Langtry
1991	Jane Horrocks	Life Is Sweet	Nicola
1992	Judy Davis	Husbands and Wives	Sally
1993	Madeleine Stowe	Short Cuts	Sherri Shepard
1994	Dianne Wiest	Bullets over Broadway	Helen Sinclair
1995	Joan Allen	Nixon	Pat Ryan-Nixon
1996	Barbara Hershey	The Portrait of a Lady	Serena Merle
1997	Julianne Moore	Boogie Nights	Amber Waves
1998	Judi Dench	Shakespeare in Love	Queen Elizabeth I
1999	Chloë Sevigny	Boys Don't Cry	Lana Tisdel

2000s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
2000	Elaine May	Small Time Crooks	May
2001	Helen Mirren	Gosford Park	Mrs. Wilson
2002	Patricia Clarkson	Far from Heaven	Eleanor Fine
2003	Patricia Clarkson	Pieces of April	Joy Burns
		The Station Agent	Olivia Harris
2004	Virginia Madsen	Sideways	Maya Randall
2005	Amy Adams	Junebug	Ashley Johnsten
2006	Meryl Streep	The Devil Wears Prada	Miranda Priestly
		A Prairie Home Companion	Yolanda Johnson
2007	Cate Blanchett	I'm Not There	Jude Quinn
2008	Hanna Schygulla	The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite)	Susanne Staub
2009	Mo'Nique	Precious	Mary Lee Johnston

2010s

Year	Winner	Film	Role
2010	Olivia Williams	The Ghost Writer	Ruth Lang
2011	Jessica Chastain	The Help	Celia Foote
		The Tree of Life	Mrs. O'Brien
		Take Shelter	Samantha LaForche
2012	Amy Adams	The Master	Peggy Dodd
2013	Jennifer Lawrence	American Hustle	Rosalyn Rosenfeld
2014	Patricia Arquette	Boyhood	Olivia Evans
2015	Kristen Stewart	Clouds of Sils Maria	Valentine

Multiple Awards

3 Wins

• Meryl Streep (1978, 1979, 2006)

2 Wins

• Amy Adams (2005, 2012)
• Patricia Clarkson (2002, 2003)
• Anjelica Huston (1985, 1989)
• Diane Wiest (1986, 1994)

See also

• National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress