BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress

The British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is an annual award given to the Best Supporting Actress in a British film. The award was introduced in the 2008 ceremony. Previously, there had been a single award given for Best Supporting Actor/Actress.

Winners and nominees

Best Supporting Actor/Actress:

20082009

Year Winners and nominees Film Role
2008 Alexis Zegerman Happy-Go-Lucky Zoe
Emma Thompson Brideshead Revisited Lady Marchmain
Kristin Scott Thomas Easy Virtue Mrs. Whittaker
Hayley Atwell The Duchess Elizabeth "Bess" Foster
Sienna Miller The Edge of Love Caitlin Macnamara
2009 Anne-Marie Duff Nowhere Boy Julia Lennon
Rosamund Pike An Education Helen
Kerry Fox Bright Star Mrs. Brawne
Kierston Wareing Fish Tank Joanne Williams
Kristin Scott Thomas Nowhere Boy Mimi Smith

20102019

Year Winners and nominees Film Role
2010 Helena Bonham Carter The King's Speech Queen Elizabeth
Lesley Manville Another Year Mary
Rosamund Pike Made in Dagenham Lisa
Keira Knightley Never Let Me Go Ruth
Tamsin Greig Tamara Drewe Beth Hardiment
2011 Vanessa Redgrave Coriolanus Volumnia
Felicity Jones Albatross Beth Fischer
Carey Mulligan Shame Sissy
Sally Hawkins Submarine Jill
Kathy Burke Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Connie Sachs
2012 Olivia Colman Hyde Park on Hudson Margaret Suckley
Vanessa Redgrave Song for Marion Marion
Maggie Smith The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Muriel Donnelly
Alice Englert Ginger and Rosa Rosa
Eileen Davies Sightseers Carol
2013 Imogen Poots The Look of Love Debbie Raymond
Kristin Scott Thomas The Invisible Woman Catherine Ternan
Mia Wasikowska The Double Hannah
Shirley Henderson Filth (film) Bunty
Siobhan Finneran The Selfish Giant (2013 film) Mrs. Swift
2014 Imelda Staunton Pride Hefina Headon
Dorothy Atkinson Mr. Turner Hannah Danby
Maggie Gyllenhaal Frank Clara
Sally Hawkins X+Y Julie
Sienna Guillory The Goob Janet