Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to an actress for the best performance by an actress in a supporting role.

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Awarded for	Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Country	Hong Kong
Presented by	Hong Kong Film Awards
First award	1985
Currently held by	Rachel Leung (2024)

History

The award was established at the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards (1985) and the first winner was Anita Mui for her role in the film Behind the Yellow Line. There are 5, sometimes 6, nominations for the category of Best Supporting Actress from which one actress is chosen the winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. The most recent recipient of the award was Rachel Leung, who was honoured at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards (2024), for her performance in In Broad Daylight.

The actress with most awards in this category is Elaine Jin with 4 awards. There are six actresses who have been awarded in both the categories for leading and supporting roles, Anita Mui, Cecilia Yip, Zhou Xun, Deanie Ip, Kara Wai and Teresa Mo.

Winners and nominees

Year	Actor	Film	Ref.
1985 (4th)	Anita Mui	Behind the Yellow Line	[1]
	Loletta Lee	Shanghai Blues
	Chiao Chiao	Love in a Fallen City
	Monica Lam	An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty
	Angela Yu Chien	Hong Kong 1941
1986 (5th)	Deanie Ip	My Name Ain't Suzie	[2]
	Elaine Jin	Women
	Chan Yuen-Lai	Hong Kong Graffiti
	Pauline Wong	Night Caller
1987 (6th)	Elaine Jin	Love Unto Waste	[3]
	Margaret Lee	The Last Emperor
	Lee Din-Hing	The Last Emperor
	Cher Yeung	Dream Lovers
	Tsai Chin	Love Unto Waste
1988 (7th)	Elaine Jin	People's Hero	[4]
	Joyce Godenzi	Eastern Condors
	Carrie Ng	City on Fire
	Deanie Ip	Spiritual Love
1989 (8th)	Sara Lee	School on Fire	[5]
	Elaine Jin	Set Me Free
	Prudence Liew	Law or Justice
	Cora Miao	The Other Half and the Other Half
1990 (9th)	Cecilia Yip	Beyond the Sunset	[6]
	Josephine Koo	A Fishy Story
	Meg Lam	The First Time is the Last Time
	Seung Tin-Ngoh	Sentenced to Hang
	Pauline Wong	Web of Deception
1991 (10th)	Rain Lau	Queen of Temple Street	[7]
	Carol Cheng	Queen's Bench III
	Maggie Cheung	Red Dust
	Hayley Man	Farewell China
	Rebecca Pan	Days of Being Wild
1992 (11th)	Deanie Ip	Dances with Dragon	[8]
	Rosamund Kwan	This Thing Called Love
	Carrie Ng	Au Revoir Mon Amour
	Chingmy Yau	Lee Rock
	Cecilia Yip	To Be Number One
1993 (12th)	Fung Bo Bo	92 Legendary La Rose Noire	[9]
	Teresa Mo	92 Legendary La Rose Noire
	Teresa Mo	Now You See Love, Now You Don't
	Wong Wan-Si	92 Legendary La Rose Noire
	Deanie Ip	Fight Back to School II
1994 (13th)	Fung Bo Bo	C'est la vie, mon chéri	[10]
	Law Lan	Thou Shalt Not Swear
	Carrie Ng	C'est la vie, mon chéri
	Deanie Ip	Murder
	Veronica Yip	Love Among the Triad
1995 (14th)	Law Koon-Lan	I Have a Date with Spring	[11]
	Valerie Chow	Chungking Express
	Fung Wai-Hung	I Have a Date with Spring
	Carrie Ng	The Lovers
	Sandra Ng	The Returning
1996 (15th)	Karen Mok	Fallen Angels	[12]
	Law Koon-Lan	Summer Snow
	Law Koon-Lan	The Umbrella Story
	Teresa Ha	Full Throttle
	Francoise Yip	Rumble in the Bronx
1997 (16th)	Shu Qi	Viva Erotica	[13]
	Law Koon-Lan	Bodyguards of Last Governor
	Law Koon-Lan	July 13th
	Theresa Lee	Big Bullet
	Theresa Lee	Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
	Anita Yuen	Hu-Du-Men
1998 (17th)	Anita Mui	Eighteen Springs	[14]
	Elaine Jin	The Soong Sisters
	Michelle Yeoh	The Soong Sisters
	Theresa Lee	Downtown Torpedoes
	Theresa Lee	Intimates
1999 (18th)	Shu Qi	Portland Street Blues	[15]
	Stephanie Che	Beast Cops
	Amanda Lee Wai Man	9413
	Shu Qi	The Storm Riders
	Kristy Yang	Portland Street Blues
2000 (19th)	Carrie Ng	The Kid	[16]
	Nina Paw	Ordinary Heroes
	Josie Ho	Purple Storm
	Elaine Jin	Metade Fumaca
	Elaine Jin	Tempting Heart
2001 (20th)	Cheng Pei-pei	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	[17]
	Gigi Leung	A War Named Desire
	Candy Lo	Time and Tide
	Teresa Mo	And I Hate You So
	Rebecca Pan	In the Mood for Love
2002 (21st)	Karena Lam	July Rhapsody	[18]
	Josie Ho	Forever and Ever
	Kara Hui	Visible Secret
	So Kung	Lan Yu
	Cecilia Yip	The Avenging Fist
2003 (22nd)	Rene Liu	Double Vision	[19]
	Kristal Tin	Golden Chicken
	Cecilia Yip	May and August
	Eugenia Yuan	Three: Going Home
	Zhang Ziyi	Hero
2004 (23rd)	Josie Ho	Naked Ambition	[20]
	Nina Paw	Lost in Time
	Josie Ho	The Twins Effect
	Candy Lo	Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat
	Maggie Shiu	PTU
2005 (24th)	Bai Ling	Dumplings: Three...Extremes	[21]
	Jenny Hu	Yesterday Once More
	Candy Lo	Six Strong Guys
	Maggie Shiu	Breaking News
	Kate Yeung	20 30 40
2006 (25th)	Teresa Mo	2 Young	[22]
	Karena Lam	Ah Sou
	Maggie Shiu	Election
	Su Yan	Everlasting Regret
	Zhang Jingchu	Seven Swords
2007 (26th)	Zhou Xun	The Banquet	[23]
	Kelly Lin	After This Our Exile
	Isabella Leong	Diary
	Kristal Tin	My Mother is a Belly Dancer
	Candice Yu	My Name Is Fame
2008 (27th)	Susan Shaw	The Pye-Dog	[24]
	Anita Yuen	Protégé
	Karen Mok	Mr. Cinema
	Maggie Shiu	Eye in the Sky
	Zhao Wei	The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2009 (28th)	Chan Lai-Wun	The Way We Are	[25]
	Nora Miao	Run Papa Run
	Sun Li	Painted Skin
	Race Wong	True Women for Sale
	Zhao Wei	Red Cliff
2010 (29th)	Michelle Ye	Accident	[26]
	Denise Ho	Look for a Star
	Fan Bingbing	Bodyguards And Assassins
	Li Yuchun	Bodyguards And Assassins
	Zhao Wei	Red Cliff II
2011 (30th)	Susan Shaw	Gallants	[27]
	Candice Yu	Once A Gangster
	Mimi Chu	Crossing Hennessy
	Nina Paw	Crossing Hennessy
	Zhang Jingchu	City Under Siege
2012 (31st)	Soh Hang-suen	Life Without Principle	[28]
	Kara Wai	Dragon
	Qin Hailu	A Simple Life
	Gwei Lun-Mei	Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
	Carina Lau	Let the Bullets Fly
2013 (32nd)	Dada Chan	Vulgaria	[29]
	Susan Shaw	Vulgaria
	Jiang Yiyan	The Bullet Vanishes
	Elaine Jin	The Viral Factor
	Mavis Fan	The Silent War
2014 (33rd)	Kara Wai	Rigor Mortis	[30]
	Du Juan	American Dreams in China
	Carina Lau	Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
	Law Lan	The White Storm
	Crystal Lee	Unbeatable
2015 (34th)	Ivana Wong	Golden Chickensss	[31]
	Kara Wai	The Midnight After
	Hao Lei	The Golden Era
	Fiona Sit	Girls
	Nina Paw	Insanity
2016 (35th)	Elaine Jin	Port of Call	[32]
	Qin Hailu	A Tale of Three Cities
	Anna Ng	Little Big Master
	Janice Man	Helios
	Angelica Lee	Murmur of the Hearts
2017 (36th)	Elaine Jin	Mad World	[33]
	Charmaine Fong	Mad World
	Zhang Yuqi	Mermaid
	Fish Liew	Sisterhood
	Janice Man	Cold War 2
2018 (37th)	Deanie Ip	Our Time Will Come	[34]
	Joyce Cheng	29+1
	Estelle Wu	Love Education
	Susan Shaw	Vampire Cleanup Department
	Pui-Yee Bo	Somewhere Beyond The Mist
2019 (38th)	Kara Wai	Tracey	[35]
	Huang Lu	G Affairs
	Jiang Luxia	Operation Red Sea
	Jennifer Yu	Men On The Dragon
	Catherine Chau	Project Gutenberg
2020 (39th)	Patra Au	Suk Suk	[36]
	Megan Lai	Fagara
	Nina Paw	My Prince Edward
	Cya Liu	I'm Livin' It
	Charlene Choi	Fatal Visit
2022 (40th)	Fish Liew	Anita	[37]
	Nina Paw	Caught in Time
	Chung Suet Ying	Time
	Fish Liew	Limbo
	Bai Lang	Leap
	Loletta Lee	Drifting
2023 (41st)	Ivana Wong	Table for Six	[38]
	Harriet Yeung	The Sparring Partner
	Patra Au	The Narrow Road
	Lin Min Chen	Table for Six
	Jennifer Yu	Far Far Away
2024 (42nd)	Rachel Leung	In Broad Daylight	[39]
	Elaine Jin	Ready O/R Rot
	Rosa Maria Velasco	Time Still Turns the Pages
	Renci Yeung	A Guilty Conscience
	Fish Liew	A Guilty Conscience

Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins Wins Actress 4 Elaine Jin 3 Deanie Ip 2 Anita Mui Fung Bo Bo Shu Qi Susan Shaw Kara Wai Ivana Wong

Multiple nominations Nominations Actress 11 Elaine Jin 6 Deanie Ip Nina Paw 5 Carrie Ng Law Koon-Lan 4 Cecilia Yip Teresa Mo Theresa Lee Josie Ho Maggie Shiu Susan Shaw Kara Wai Fish Liew 3 Shu Qi Candy Lo Zhao Wei

See also

• Hong Kong Film Award
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer