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Best Supporting Actress

Notable Honorees

Cate Blanchett • Meryl Streep • Vanessa Redgrave • Jamie Lee Curtis • Viola Davis • Angelina Jolie • Anjelica Huston • Tilda Swinton • Judi Dench • Penélope Cruz • Jessica Lange • Hattie McDaniel • Jennifer Hudson • Maggie Smith • Whoopi Goldberg • Rita Moreno • Ingrid Bergman • Ariana DeBose • Zoe Saldaña • Catherine Zeta-Jones • Cloris Leachman • Marcia Gay Harden • Octavia Spencer • Helen Hunt • Juliette Binoche • Ruth Gordon • Linda Hunt • Mo’Nique • Alicia Vikander • Mira Sorvino • Laura Dern • Helen Hayes • Dianne Wiest • Marlee Matlin • Geena Davis • Lupita Nyong’o • Anna Paquin • Rachel Weisz • Renée Zellweger • Patricia Arquette • Eva Marie Saint • Melissa Leo • Kim Basinger • Shirley Jones • Mary Steenburgen • Dame Wendy Hiller • Goldie Hawn • Donna Reed • Jennifer Connelly • Marisa Tomei • Mary Astor • Kim Hunter • Ethel Barrymore • Tatum O’Neal • Katina Paxinou • Peggy Ashcroft • Claire Trevor • Shelley Winters • Dame Margaret Rutherford • Miyoshi Umeki • Patty Duke

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Alice Brady

American actress