The following is a list of Saturn Award nominees and winners for Best Supporting Actress, which rewards the best female supporting performance in a genre film. Anne Ramsey and Tilda Swinton are the only actresses to win this award multiple times (twice), while only Whoopi Goldberg and Mercedes Ruehl have won both the Saturn Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the same role.
| Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded for | Best performance of the year by a female in a supporting role in a genre film |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |
| First awarded | 1974/75 |
| Currently held by | Awkwafina for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021/2022) |
| Website | www |
Winners and nominees edit
1970s edit
| Year | Actress | Motion Picture | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
1974/1975
(3rd) |
Ida Lupino | The Devil's Rain | Mrs. Preston |
1976
(4th) |
Bette Davis | Burnt Offerings | Aunt Elizabeth |
1977
(5th) |
Susan Tyrrell | Bad | Mary Aiken |
| Joan Bennett | Suspiria | Madame Blanc | |
| Teri Garr | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Ronnie Neary | |
| Alexis Smith | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Mrs. Hallet | |
| Margaret Whiting | Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger | Zenobia | |
1978
(6th) |
Dyan Cannon | Heaven Can Wait | Julia Farnsworth |
| Uta Hagen | The Boys from Brazil | Frieda Maloney | |
| Mabel King | The Wiz | Evillene | |
| Valerie Perrine | Superman | Eve Teschmacher | |
| Brenda Vaccaro | Capricorn One | Kay Brubaker | |
1979
(7th) |
Veronica Cartwright | Alien | Lambert |
| Pamela Hensley | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Princess Ardala | |
| Jacquelyn Hyde | The Dark | De Renzy | |
| Marcy Lafferty | The Day Time Ended | Beth | |
| Nichelle Nichols | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Lt. Cmdr. Uhura |
1980s edit
1990s edit
2000s edit
2010s edit
2020s edit
| Year | Actress | Motion Picture | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
2021/2022
(47th) |
Awkwafina | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Katy Chen |
| Carrie Coon | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Callie Spengler | |
| Jodie Comer | Free Guy | Millie Rusk | |
| Viola Davis | The Suicide Squad | Amanda Waller | |
| Stephanie Hsu | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki | |
| Diana Rigg (posthumously) | Last Night in Soho | Mrs. Collins | |
| Marisa Tomei | Spider-Man: No Way Home | May Parker |
Multiple nominations edit
- 5 nominations
- Scarlett Johansson
- 3 nominations
- Joan Allen
- Grace Jones
- Evangeline Lilly
- Rene Russo
- Frances Sternhagen
- Charlize Theron
- 2 nominations
- Kirstie Alley
- Ana de Armas
- Kim Basinger
- Halle Berry
- Veronica Cartwright
- Jessica Chastain
- Joan Cusack
- Judi Dench
- Cameron Diaz
- Carrie Fisher
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Anne Hathaway
- Nicole Kidman
- Keira Knightley
- Diane Kruger
- Lucy Liu
- Helen Mirren
- Anne Ramsey
- Zelda Rubinstein
- Maggie Smith
- Sissy Spacek
- Meryl Streep
- Tilda Swinton
- Emily Watson
- Robin Wright
Multiple wins edit
- 2 wins
- Anne Ramsey
- Tilda Swinton