Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress is an annual award given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.

Winners

1980s

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role
1988	Frances McDormand	Mississippi Burning	Mrs. Pell
1989	Laura San Giacomo	Sex, Lies, and Videotape	Cynthia Patrice Bishop
	Ellen Barkin	Johnny Handsome	Sunny Boyd
	Shirley MacLaine	Steel Magnolias	Louisa "Ouiser" Boudreaux
	Amy Madigan	Field of Dreams	Annie Kinsella
	Mary Steenburgen	Miss Firecracker	Elain Rutledge

1990s

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role
1990	Lorraine Bracco	Goodfellas	Karen Hill
1991	Mercedes Ruehl	The Fisher King	Anne
	Halle Berry	Jungle Fever	Vivian
	Glenne Headly	Mortal Thoughts	Joyce Urbanski
	Diane Ladd	Rambling Rose	Mother
	Juliette Lewis	Cape Fear	Danielle Bowden
	Elizabeth Perkins	The Doctor	June Ellis
	Amanda Plummer	The Fisher King	Lydia
1992	Marisa Tomei	My Cousin Vinny	Mona Lisa Vito
	Marcia Gay Harden	Used People	Norma
	Rosie Perez	White Men Can't Jump	Gloria Clemente
	Miranda Richardson	The Crying Game	Jude
	Judy Davis	Husbands and Wives	Sally
1993	Rosie Perez	Fearless	Carla Rodrigo
	Andie MacDowell	Short Cuts	Ann Finnigan
	Anna Paquin	The Piano	Flora McGrath
	Winona Ryder	The Age of Innocence	May Welland
	Irene Worth	Lost in Yonkers	Grandma
1994	Dianne Wiest	Bullets Over Broadway	Helen Sinclair
	Claire Danes	Little Women	Elizabeth "Beth" March
	Kirsten Dunst	Interview with the Vampire	Claudia
	Lena Olin	Romeo Is Bleeding	Mona Demarkov
	Uma Thurman	Pulp Fiction	Mia Wallace
1995	Joan Allen	Nixon	Pat Nixon
	Kathleen Quinlan	Apollo 13	Marilyn Lovell
	Kyra Sedgwick	Something to Talk About	Emma Rae King
	Mira Sorvino	Mighty Aphrodite	Linda Ash
	Diane Venora	Heat	Justine Hanna
1996	Irma P. Hall	A Family Thing	Aunt T.
	Joan Allen	The Crucible	Elizabeth Proctor
	Juliette Binoche	The English Patient	Hana
	Barbara Hershey	The Portrait of a Lady	Madame Serena Merle
	Natalie Portman	Beautiful Girls	Marty
1997	Debbi Morgan	Eve's Bayou	Mozelle Batiste Delacroix
	Joan Allen	The Ice Storm	Elena Hood
	Joan Cusack	In & Out	Emily Montgomery
	Julianne Moore	Boogie Nights	Amber Waves
	Sarah Polley	The Sweet Hereafter	Nicole Burnell
1998	Kathy Bates	Primary Colors	Libby Holden
	Joan Allen	Pleasantville	Betty Parker
	Kimberly Elise	Beloved	Denver
	Rachel Griffiths	Hilary and Jackie	Hilary du Pré
	Lisa Kudrow	The Opposite of Sex	Lucia De Lury
1999	Chloë Sevigny	Boys Don't Cry	Lana Tisdel
	Angelina Jolie	Girl, Interrupted	Lisa Rowe
	Catherine Keener	Being John Malkovich	Maxine Lund
	Julianne Moore	An Ideal Husband	Mrs. Laura Cheveley
	Samantha Morton	Sweet and Lowdown	Hattie

2000s

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role
2000	Frances McDormand	Almost Famous	Elaine Miller
	Kate Hudson	Almost Famous	Penny Lane
	Julie Walters	Billy Elliot	Mrs. Georgia Wilkinson
	Catherine Zeta-Jones	Traffic	Helena Ayala
	Zhang Ziyi	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Jen Yu
2001	Cameron Diaz	Vanilla Sky	Julianna Gianni
	Jennifer Connelly	A Beautiful Mind	Alicia Nash
	Helen Mirren	Gosford Park	Mrs. Wilson
	Maggie Smith	Gosford Park	Constance, Countess of Trentham
	Marisa Tomei	In the Bedroom	Natalie Strout
2002	Meryl Streep	Adaptation	Susan Orlean
	Kathy Bates	About Schmidt	Roberta Hertzel
	Patricia Clarkson	Far from Heaven	Eleanor Fine
	Julianne Moore	The Hours	Laura Brown
	Emily Mortimer	Lovely & Amazing	Elizabeth Marks
2003	Patricia Clarkson	Pieces of April	Joy Burns
	Ellen DeGeneres	Finding Nemo	Dory
	Marcia Gay Harden	Mystic River	Celeste Boyle
	Holly Hunter	Thirteen	Melanie Freeland
	Miranda Richardson	Spider	Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
	Renée Zellweger	Cold Mountain	Ruby Thewes
2004	Virginia Madsen	Sideways	Maya Randall
2005	Maria Bello	A History of Violence	Edie Stall
	Amy Adams	Junebug	Ashley Johnsten
	Scarlett Johansson	Match Point	Nola Rice
	Catherine Keener	Capote	Harper Lee
	Rachel Weisz	The Constant Gardener	Tessa Quayle
	Michelle Williams	Brokeback Mountain	Alma Beers-Del Mar
2006	Rinko Kikuchi	Babel	Chieko
	Adriana Barraza	Babel	Amelia
	Cate Blanchett	Notes on a Scandal	Sheba Hart
	Abigail Breslin	Little Miss Sunshine	Olive Hoover
	Toni Collette	Little Miss Sunshine	Sheryl Hoover
	Jennifer Hudson	Dreamgirls	Effie White
2007	Cate Blanchett	I'm Not There	Jude Quinn
	Jennifer Jason Leigh	Margot at the Wedding	Pauline
	Leslie Mann	Knocked Up	Debbie
	Amy Ryan	Gone Baby Gone	Helene McCready
	Tilda Swinton	Michael Clayton	Karen Crowder
2008	Kate Winslet	The Reader	Hanna Schmitz
	Amy Adams	Doubt	Sister James
	Penélope Cruz	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	María Elena
	Viola Davis	Doubt	Mrs. Miller
	Rosemarie DeWitt	Rachel Getting Married	Rachel
2009	Mo'Nique	Precious	Mary Lee Johnston
	Vera Farmiga	Up in the Air	Alex Goran
	Anna Kendrick	Up in the Air	Natalie Keener
	Julianne Moore	A Single Man	Charley
	Natalie Portman	Brothers	Grace Cahill

2010s

Year	Winner and nominees	Film	Role
2010	Hailee Steinfeld	True Grit	Mattie Ross
	Amy Adams	The Fighter	Charlene Fleming
	Helena Bonham Carter	The King's Speech	Queen Elizabeth
	Melissa Leo	The Fighter	Alice Eklund
	Jacki Weaver	Animal Kingdom	Janine 'Smurf' Cody
2011	Jessica Chastain	The Tree of Life	Mrs. O'Brien
	Melissa McCarthy	Bridesmaids	Megan
	Carey Mulligan	Shame	Sissy Sullivan
	Octavia Spencer	The Help	Minny Jackson
	Shailene Woodley	The Descendants	Alexandra King
2012	Amy Adams	The Master	Peggy Dodd
	Emily Blunt	Looper	Sara Rollins
	Judi Dench	Skyfall	M
	Sally Field	Lincoln	Mary Todd Lincoln
	Anne Hathaway	Les Misérables	Fantine
2013	Lupita Nyong'o	12 Years a Slave	Patsey
	Scarlett Johansson	Her	Samantha (voice)
	Jennifer Lawrence	American Hustle	Rosalyn Rosenfeld
	Léa Seydoux	Blue Is the Warmest Colour	Emma
	June Squibb	Nebraska	Kate Grant
2014	Patricia Arquette	Boyhood	Olivia Evans
	Jessica Chastain	A Most Violent Year	Anna Morales
	Laura Dern	Wild	Barbara "Bobbi" Grey
	Agata Kulesza	Ida	Wanda
	Emma Stone	Birdman	Sam Thomson
2015	Alicia Vikander	Ex Machina	Ava
	Jennifer Jason Leigh	Anomalisa	Lisa Hesselman
		The Hateful Eight	Daisy Domergue
	Cynthia Nixon	James White	Gail White
	Kristen Stewart	Clouds of Sils Maria	Valentine

References

• http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=59
• http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=58
• http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=60