Oscar za najbolju sporednu glumicu dodjeljuje se redovno od 1936.
U prvim godinama pobjednice su dobijale svečanu plaketu, a od 1943. dobijaju pozlaćenu statuu, kao i svi ostali dobitnici Oscara.
- 1936: Gale Sondergaard - Anthony Adverse
- Beulah Bondi - The Gorgeous Hussy
- Alice Brady - Moj čovjek Godfrey
- Bonita Granville - Njih troje
- Maria Ouspenskaya - Dodsworth
- 1937: Alice Brady - U starom Chicagu
- Andrea Leeds - Ulaz na pozornicu
- Anne Shirley - Stella Dallas
- Claire Trevor - Ulica bez izlaza
- May Whitty - Noć mora pasti
- 1938: Fay Bainter - Jezebel
- Beulah Bondi - Of Human Hearts
- Billie Burke - Merrily We Live
- Spring Byington - U grob ništa ne nosiš
- Miliza Korjus - The Great Waltz
- 1939: Hattie McDaniel - Prohujalo s vihorom
- Olivia de Havilland - Prohujalo s vihorom
- Geraldine Fitzgerald - Orkanski visovi
- Edna Oliver - Drums Along the Mohawk
- Maria Ouspenskaya - Ljubavna afera
- 1940: Jane Darwell - Plodovi gnjeva
- Judith Anderson - Rebecca
- Ruth Hussey - Filadelfijska priča
- Barbara O'Neil - All This and Heaven Too
- Marjorie Rambeau - The Primrose Path
- 1941: Mary Astor - Velika laž
- Sara Allgood - Kako je bila zelena moja dolina
- Patricia Collinge - Male lisice
- Teresa Wright - Male lisice
- Margaret Wycherly - Narednik York
- 1942: Teresa Wright - Gospođa Miniver
- Gladys Cooper - Now, Voyager
- Agnes Moorehead - Veličanstveni Ambersonovi
- Susan Peters - Robovi prošlosti
- May Whitty - Gospođa Miniver
- 1943: Katina Paxinou - Kome zvona zvone
- Gladys Cooper - Bernadettina pjesma
- Paulette Goddard - So Proudly We Hail!
- Anne Revere - Bernadettina pjesma
- Lucile Watson - Straža na Rajni
- 1944: Ethel Barrymore - Niko osim usamljenog srca
- Jennifer Jones - Otkako si otišao
- Angela Lansbury - Plinsko svjetlo
- Aline MacMahon - Dragon Seed
- Agnes Moorehead - Gospođa Parkington
- 1945: Anne Revere - Velika nagrada
- Eve Arden - Mildred Pierce
- Anne Blyth - Mildred Pierce
- Angela Lansbury - Slika Doriana Graya
- Joan Lorring - The Corn is Green
- 1946: Anne Baxter - Oštri rub
- Ethel Barrymore - Spiralne stepenice
- Lillian Gish - Dvoboj na suncu
- Flora Robson - Kovčeg za Saratogu
- Gale Sondergaard - Anna i kralj Sijama
- 1947: Celeste Holm - Džentlmenski sporazum
- Ethel Barrymore - Slučaj Paradine
- Gloria Grahame - Crossfire
- Marjorie Main - Jaje i ja
- Anne Revere - Džentlmenski sporazum
- 1948: Claire Trevor - Otok Largo
- Barbara Bel Geddes - I Remember Mama
- Ellen Corby - I Remember Mama
- Agnes Moorehead - Johnny Belinda
- Jean Simmons - Hamlet
- 1949: Mercedes McCambridge - Svi kraljevi ljudi
- Ethel Barrymore - Pinky
- Celeste Holm - Pridružite se stadu
- Elsa Lanchester - Pridružite se stadu
- Ethel Waters - Pinky
- 1950: Josephine Hull - Harvey
- Hope Emerson - U kavezu
- Celeste Holm - Sve o Evi
- Nancy Olson - Bulevar sumraka
- Thelma Ritter - Sve o Evi
- 1951: Kim Hunter - Tramvaj zvan čežnja
- Joan Blondell - Plavi veo
- Mildred Dunnock - Smrt trgovačkog putnika
- Lee Grant - Detektivska priča
- Thelma Ritter - Sezona parenja
- 1952: Gloria Grahame - Grad iluzija
- Jean Hagen - Pjevajmo na kiši
- Colette Marchand - Moulin Rouge
- Terry Moore - Vrati se, mala Shebo
- Thelma Ritter - S pjesmom u srcu
- 1953: Donna Reed - Odavde do vječnosti
- Grace Kelly - Mogambo
- Geraldine Page - Hondo
- Marjorie Rambeau - Torch Strong
- Thelma Ritter - Krađa u Južnoj ulici
- 1954: Eva Marie Saint - Na dokovima New Yorka
- Nina Foch - Executive Suite
- Katy Jurado - Broken Lance
- Jan Sterling - Zapisano na nebu
- Claire Trevor - Zapisano na nebu
- 1955: Jo van Fleet - Istočno od raja
- Betsy Blair - Marty
- Peggy Lee - Pete Kelly's Blues
- Marisa Pavan - Tetovirana ruža
- Natalie Wood - Buntovnik bez razloga
- 1956: Dorothy Malone - Zapisano na vjetru
- Mildred Dunnock - Baby Doll
- Eileen Heckart - The Bad Seed
- Mercedes McCambridge - Div
- Patty McCormack - The Bad Seed
- 1957: Miyoshi Umeki - Sayonara
- Carolyn Jones - Momačka večer
- Elsa Lanchester - Svjedok optužbe
- Hope Lange - Gradić Peyton
- Diane Varsi - Gradić Peyton
- 1958: Wendy Hiller - Odvojeni stolovi
- Peggy Cass - Aunt Mame
- Martha Hyer - Neki su dotrčali
- Maureen Stapleton - Lonelyhearts
- Cara Williams - The Defiant Ones
- 1959: Shelley Winters - Dnevnik Anne Frank
- Hermione Baddeley - Put u visoko društvo
- Susan Kohner - Imitacija života
- Juanita Moore - Imitacija života
- Thelma Ritter - Šaputanje na jastuku
- 1960: Shirley Jones - Elmer Gantry
- Glynis Johns - The Sundowners
- Shirley Knight - Dark at the Top of the Stairs
- Janet Leigh - Psiho
- Mary Ure - Sinovi i ljubavnici
- 1961: Rita Moreno - Priča sa zapadne strane
- Fay Bainter - The Children's Hour
- Judy Garland - Suđenje u Nürnbergu
- Lotte Lenya - Rimsko proljeće gospođice Stone
- Una Merkel - Ljeto i dim
- 1962: Patty Duke - Čudotvorka
- May Badham - Ubiti pticu rugalicu
- Shirley Knight - Slatka ptica mladosti
- Angela Lansbury - Kandidat iz Mandžurije
- Thelma Ritter - Ptičar iz Alcatraza
- 1963: Margaret Rutherford - V.I.P.
- Diane Cilento - Tom Jones
- Edith Evans - Tom Jones
- Joyce Redman - Tom Jones
- Lilia Skala - Ljiljani u polju
- 1964: Lila Kedrova - Grk Zorba
- Gladys Cooper - Moja lijepa gospođice
- Dame Edith Evans - The Chalk Garden
- Grayson Hall - Noć iguane
- Agnes Moorehead - Tiho tiho, Charlotte
- 1965: Shelley Winters - Susret u parku
- 1966: Sandy Dennis - Ko se boji Virginije Woolf?
- Wendy Hiller - Čovjek za sva vremena
- Jocelyn Lagarde - Hawaji
- Vivien Merchant - Alfie
- Geraldine Page - Sada si velik momak
- 1967: Estelle Parsons - Bonnie i Clyde
- Carol Channing - Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Mildred Natwick - Bosonoga u parku
- Beah Richrds - Pogodi ko dolazi na večeru
- Katharine Ross - Diplomac
- 1968: Ruth Gordon - Rosemaryna beba
- Lynn Carlin - Faces
- Sandra Locke - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
- Kay Medford - Smiješna djevojka
- Estelle Parsons - Rachel, Rachel
- 1969: Goldie Hawn - Kaktusov cvijet
- Catherine Burns - Last Summer
- Dyan Cannon - Bob i Carol, Ted i Alice
- Sylvia Miles - Ponoćni kauboj
- Susannah York - Konje ubijaju, zar ne?
- 1970: Helen Hayes - Aerodrom
- Karen Black - Pet lahkih komada
- Lee Grant - The Landlord
- Sally Kellerman - M.A.S.H.
- Maureen Stapleton - Aerodrom
- 1971: Cloris Leachman - Posljednja kino predstava
- Ellen Burstyn - Posljednja kino predstava
- Barbara Harris - Who Is Harry Kellerman, and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
- Margaret Leighton - Ljubavni glasnik
- Ann-Margret - Carnal Knowledge
- 1972: Eileen Heckart - Leptiri su slobodni
- Jeannie Berlin - The Heartbreak Kid
- Geraldine Page - Pete i Tillie
- Susan Tyrrell - Fat City
- Shelley Winters - Posejdonova avantura
- 1973: Tatum O'Neal - Mjesec od papira
- Linda Blair - Egzorcist
- Candy Clark - Američki grafiti
- Madeline Kahn - Mjesec od papira
- Sylvia Sidney - Ljetne želje, zimski snovi
- 1974: Ingrid Bergman - Ubistvo u Orient-expressu
- Valentina Cortese - Day for Night
- Madeline Kahn - Vruća sedla
- Diane Ladd - Alice više ne stanuje ovdje
- Talia Shire - Kum 2
- 1975: Lee Grant - Hollywoodski frizer
- Ronee Blakley - Nashville
- Sylvia Miles - Farewell, My Lovely
- Lily Tomlin - Nashville
- Brenda Vaccaro - Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough
- 1976: Beatrice Straight - TV-mreža
- Jane Alexander - Svi predsjednikovi ljudi
- Jodie Foster - Taksist
- Lee Grant - Putovanje prokletih
- Piper Laurie - Carrie
- 1977: Vanessa Redgrave - Julia
- Leslie Browne - Životna prekretnica
- Quinn Cummings - Djevojka za zbogom
- Melinda Dillon - Bliski susreti treće vrste
- Tuesday Weld - Tražeći gospodina Goodbara
- 1978: Maggie Smith - Apartman hotela California
- Dyan Cannon - Nebo može čekati
- Penelope Milford - Povratak veterana
- Maureen Stapleton - Interijeri
- Meryl Streep - Lovac na jelene
- 1979: Meryl Streep - Kramer protiv Kramera
- Jane Alexander - Kramer protiv Kramera
- Barbara Barrie - Breaking Away
- Candice Bergen - Početi iznova
- Mariel Hemingway - Manhattan
- 1980: Mary Steenburgen - Melvin i Howard
- Eileen Brennan - Vojnik Benjamin
- Eva Le Gallienne - Resurrection
- Cathy Moriarty - Razjareni bik
- Diana Scarwid - Inside Moves
- 1981: Maureen Stapleton - Crveni
- Melinda Dillon - Absence of Malice
- Jane Fonda - Ljetnikovac
- Joan Hackett - Only When I Laugh
- Elizabeth McGovern - Ragtime
- 1982: Jessica Lange - Tootsie
- Glenn Close - Svijet po Garpu
- Teri Garr - Tootsie
- Kim Stanley - Frances
- Lesley Ann Warren - Victor/Victoria
- 1983: Linda Hunt - Godina opasnog življenja
- Cher - Silkwood
- Glenn Close - Velika jeza
- Amy Irving - Yentl
- Alfre Woodard - Cross Creek
- 1984: Peggy Ashcroft - Put u Indiju
- Glenn Close - Potpuno prirodno
- Lindsay Crouse - Mjesto u srcu
- Christine Lahti - Swing Shift
- Geraldine Page - Papa Greenwich Villagea
- 1985: Anjelica Huston - Čast Prizzijevih
- Margaret Avery - Boja purpura
- Amy Madigan - Dvaput u životu
- Meg Tilly - Agnes of God
- Oprah Winfrey - Boja purpura
- 1986: Dianne Wiest - Hannah i njene sestre
- Tess Harper - Zločini srca
- Piper Laurie - Djeca manjeg boga
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Boja novca
- Maggie Smith - Soba s pogledom
- 1987: Olympia Dukakis - Opčinjeni mjesečinom
- Norma Aleandro - Gaby - A True Story
- Anne Archer - Kobna privlačnost
- Anne Ramsey - Baci mamu iz voza
- Ann Sothern - The Whales of August
- 1988: Geena Davis - Slučajni turist
- 1989: Brenda Fricker - Moje lijevo stopalo
- Anjelica Huston - Neprijatelji - ljubavna priča
- Lena Olin - Neprijatelji - ljubavna priča
- Dianne Wiest - Parenthood
- Julia Roberts - Čelične magnolije
- 1990: Whoopi Goldberg - Duh
- Mary McDonnell - Ples s vukovima
- Lorraine Bracco - Dobri momci
- Annette Bening - Varalice
- Diane Ladd - Divlji u srcu
- 1991: Mercedes Ruehl - Kralj ribara
- Juliette Lewis - Rt straha
- Jessica Tandy - Pohani zeleni paradajz
- Kate Nelligan - Gospodar plime
- Diane Ladd - Rambling Rose
- 1992: Marisa Tomei - Moj rođak Vinny
- Joan Plowright - Enchanted April
- Miranda Richardson - Požuda
- Vanessa Redgrave - Howards End
- Judy Davis - Muževi i žene
- 1993: Anna Paquin - Klavir
- Winona Ryder - Doba nevinosti
- Rosie Perez - Lice straha
- Holly Hunter - Firma
- Emma Thompson - U ime oca
- 1994: Dianne Wiest - Meci iznad Broadwaya
- 1995: Mira Sorvino - Moćna Afrodita
- Kathleen Quinlan - Apollo 13
- Mare Winningham - Georgia
- Joan Allen - Nixon
- Kate Winslet - Razum i osjećaji
- 1996: Juliette Binoche - Engleski pacijent
- Joan Allen - Vještice iz Salema
- Lauren Bacall - Ogledalo ima dva lica
- Barbara Hershey - Portret jedne lady
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Tajne i laži
- 1997: Kim Basinger - L.A. povjerljivo
- 1998: Judi Dench - Zaljubljeni Shakespeare
- Lynn Redgrave - Bogovi i čudovišta
- Rachel Griffiths - Hilary i Jackie
- Brenda Blethyn - Mali glas
- Kathy Bates - Pobjedničke boje
- 1999: Angelina Jolie - Prekinuta mladost
- Catherine Keener - Biti John Malkovich
- Chloë Sevigny - Dječaci ne plaču
- Toni Collette - Šesto čulo
- Samantha Morton - Sweet and Lowdown
- 2000: Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock
- 2001: Jennifer Connelly - Genijalni um
- 2002: Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago
- 2003: Renee Zellweger - Studengora
- Shohreh Aghdashloo - Kuća pijeska i magle
- Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April
- Marcia Gay Harden - Mistična rijeka
- Holly Hunter - Trinaest
- 2004: Cate Blanchett – Avijatičar
- 2005: Rachel Weisz – Brižni vrtlar
- 2006: Jennifer Hudson - Komadi iz snova
- Adriana Barraza – Babel
- Cate Blanchett – Bilješke o skandalu
- Abigail Breslin – Mala Miss Amerike
- Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
- 2007: Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
- Cate Blanchett – Nema me
- Ruby Dee – Američki gangster
- Saoirse Ronan – Okajanje
- Amy Ryan – Nestala bez traga
- 2008: Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Amy Adams – Sumnja
- Viola Davis – Sumnja
- Taraji P. Henson – Neobična priča o Benjaminu Buttonu
- Marisa Tomei – Hrvač
- 2009: Mo'Nique – Precious
- Penélope Cruz – Devet
- Vera Farmiga – Ni na nebu ni na zemlji
- Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
- Anna Kendrick – Ni na nebu ni na zemlji
- 2010: Melissa Leo - Bokser
- Amy Adams - Bokser
- Helena Bonham Carter - Kraljev govor
- Hailee Steinfeld - Čovjek zvan Hrabrost
- Jacki Weaver - Životinjsko carstvo
- 2011: Octavia Spencer - Tajni život kućnih pomoćnica
- Berenice Bejo - Umjetnik
- Jessica Chastain - Tajni život kućnih pomoćnica
- Melissa McCarthy - Djeveruše
- Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
- 2012: Anne Hathaway - Jadnici
- Amy Adams - Gospodar
- Sally Field - Lincoln
- Helen Hunt - Seanse
- Jacki Weaver - U dobru i u zlu
- 2013: Lupita Nyong'o - 12 godina ropstva
- 2014: Patricia Arquette – Odrastanje
- 2015: Alicia Vikander – Dankinja
- 2016: Viola Davis – Ograde
- Naomie Harris – Mjesečina
- Nicole Kidman – Lav
- Octavia Spencer – Skrivene brojke
- Michelle Williams – Manchester na Moru
- 2017: Allison Janney – I, Tonya
- Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
- Lesley Manville – Fantomska nit
- Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
- Octavia Spencer – Oblik vode
- 2018: Regina King – Kad bi ulica Beale mogla pričati