Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

What is Academy Award for Best Actress?

The honor for Best Supporting Actress is a bequest presented annually by the Academy of flick Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). it's given to honor an actress who has delivered an impressive performance in a very supporting role while working within the screenland. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Supporting Actor winner. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, Gale Sondergaard was the primary winner of this award for her role in Anthony Adverse. Initially, winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded plaques rather than statuettes. Beginning with the 16th ceremony held in 1944, winners received full-sized statuettes. Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the complete eligible voting members of the Academy. Since its inception, the award has been given to 83 actresses. Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters have received the foremost awards during this category with two awards each. Despite winning no awards, Thelma Ritter was nominated on six occasions, over the other actress. As of the 2021 ceremony, Youn Yuh-jung is that the most up-to-date winner during this category for her role as Soon-ja in Minari. Youn became the primary Korean actor, and second Asian woman to win an acting Oscar.

The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress is presented annually by the Academy of show Arts and Sciences. Gale Sondergaard was the primary winner of this award in 1937. Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters have received the foremost awards during this category with two awards each. As of the 2021 ceremony, Youn Yuh-jung became the primary Korean actor to win an acting Oscar. Despite winning no awards, Thelma Ritter was nominated on six occasions, over the other actress.

Maria Bakalova, "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"

Maria Bakalova is a Bulgarian actress who gained international recognition for her role as Tutar Sagdiyev in the 2020 mockumentary Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. She won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is the first Bulgarian to have been nominated for the Academy Awards, the BAFTA Film Awards, and the Golden Globe Awards. She has also earned nominations for the Oscars, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. The actress is also the first Bulgar...

2021 OSCARS PREDICTIONS:BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Yuh-Jung Youn will become just the second Asian woman to win an acting prize. Glenn Close is the most nominated actor without an Oscar win, with the late Peter O'Toole. Amanda Seyfried and Olivia Colman have supporters but Glenn Close does not seem to have the support for a long-overdue win. Jayme Lawson, “Farewell Amor” should have been here: “The Nightmaroon” (A24).

AWARDS CATEGORY HISTORY (Best Supporting Actress)

The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, is Hollywood’s most prestigious artistic award in the film industry. The most awarded films in Oscar history are “Ben-Hur,” “Titanic” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” at 11 statuettes. The most nominated films in Academy history are “All About Eve,” “Titanic” and “La La Land” at 14. “La La Land” is the only film of the three to have lost best picture. The biggest Oscar “losers,” meaning most nominated and walk away with zero awards, are 1977’s “The Turning Point” and 1985’s “The Color Purple” at 11 each. Only two women have won this category, Dianne Wiest and Shelly Winters. Thelma Ritter has the most nominations at six, while Amy Adams is second with five. The oldest winner ever is Peggy Ashcroft (“A Passage to India”) at 77, while the oldest nominee is Gloria Stuart (“Titanic”) at 87. Tatum O’Neal (“Paper Moon”) is both the youngest nominee and winner in history at 10.

About the Academy Awards (Oscars)

The Academy Awards, better referred to as the Oscars, is Hollywood’s most prestigious artistic award within the movie industry. Since 1927, nominees and winners are selected by members of the Academy of picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 17 branches are represented within the near 10,000 person membership. The branches are actors, associates, casting directors, cinematographers, costume designers, directors, documentary, executives, film editors, makeup and hairstylists, marketing and packaging, members-at-large, members-at-large (artists’ representatives), music, producers, production design, short films and have animation, sound, visual effects and writers.

• The Oscars are scheduled for Sunday, April 25, 2021.