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Best Supporting Actress

Notable Honorees

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

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Alice Brady

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