Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

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, Tilda Swinton, and Emily Blunt 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
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	Emily Blunt for Oppenheimer (2022/2023)
Website	www.saturnawards.org

Winners and nominees

1970s

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

Year	Actress	Motion Picture	Character
1980 (8th)	Eve Brent	Fade to Black	Aunt Stella Binford
	Linda Kerridge	Fade to Black	Marilyn O'Connor
	Eva Le Gallienne	Resurrection	Grandma Pearl
	Nancy Parsons	Motel Hell	Ida Smith
	Stephanie Zimbalist	The Awakening	Margaret Corbeck
1981 (9th)	Frances Sternhagen	Outland	Dr. Lazarus
	Viveca Lindfors	The Hand	Doctress
	Helen Mirren	Excalibur	Morgana
	Kyle Richards	The Watcher in the Woods	Ellie Curtis
	Maggie Smith	Clash of the Titans	Thetis
1982 (10th)	Zelda Rubinstein	Poltergeist	Tangina Barrons
	Kirstie Alley	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Lt. Saavik
	Filomena Spagnuolo	The Last Horror Film	Vinny's Mother
	Dee Wallace	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Mary
	Irene Worth	Deathtrap	Helga ten Dorp
1983 (11th)	Candy Clark	Blue Thunder	Kate
	Maud Adams	Octopussy	Octopussy
	Annette O'Toole	Superman III	Lana Lang
	Meg Tilly	Psycho II	Mary Loomis
	Natalie Wood (posthumously)	Brainstorm	Karen Brace
1984 (12th)	Polly Holliday	Gremlins	Ruby Deagle
	Kirstie Alley	Runaway	Jackie Rogers
	Judith Anderson	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Vulcan High Priestess
	Grace Jones	Conan the Destroyer	Zula
	Mary Woronov	Night of the Comet	Audrey
1985 (13th)	Anne Ramsey	The Goonies	Mama Fratelli
	Ruth Gordon (posthumously)	Maxie	Mrs. Lavin
	Grace Jones	A View to a Kill	May Day
	Lea Thompson	Back to the Future	Lorraine Baines
	Gwen Verdon	Cocoon	Bess McCarthy
1986 (14th)	Jenette Goldstein	Aliens	Private Vasquez
	Catherine Hicks	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Doctor Gillian Taylor
	Grace Jones	Vamp	Katrina
	Kay Lenz	House	Sandy Sinclair
	Vanity	52 Pick-Up	Doreen
1987 (15th)	Anne Ramsey (posthumously)	Throw Momma from the Train	Momma Lift
	Lisa Bonet	Angel Heart	Epiphany Proudfoot
	Veronica Cartwright	The Witches of Eastwick	Felicia Alden
	Louise Fletcher	Flowers in the Attic	Olivia Foxworth
	Jenette Goldstein	Near Dark	Diamondback
	Dorothy Lamour	Creepshow 2 (Segment: "Old Chief Wood'nhead")	Martha Spruce
1988 (16th)	Sylvia Sidney	Beetlejuice	Juno
	Joanna Cassidy	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Dolores
	Katherine Helmond	Lady in White	Amanda Harper
	Clare Higgins	Hellbound: Hellraiser II	Julia Cotton
	Jean Marsh	Willow	Queen Bavmorda
	Zelda Rubinstein	Poltergeist III	Tangina Barrons
	Meredith Salenger	The Kiss	Amy
1989/1990 (17th)	Whoopi Goldberg	Ghost	Oda Mae Brown
	Kim Basinger	Batman	Vicki Vale
	Finn Carter	Tremors	Rhonda LeBeck
	Reba McEntire		Heather Gummer
	Julia Roberts	Flatliners	Rachel Mannus
	Jenny Seagrove	The Guardian	Camilla
	Mary Steenburgen	Back to the Future Part III	Clara Clayton
	Rachel Ticotin	Total Recall	Melina
	Mai Zetterling	The Witches	Helga Eveshim

1990s

Year	Actress	Motion Picture	Character
1991 (18th)	Mercedes Ruehl	The Fisher King	Anne Napolitano
	Robin Bartlett	If Looks Could Kill	Patricia Grober
	Jennifer Connelly	The Rocketeer	Jenny Blake
	Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Marian Dubois
	Frances Sternhagen	Misery	Virginia
	Dianne Wiest	Edward Scissorhands	Peg Boggs
1992 (19th)	Isabella Rossellini	Death Becomes Her	Lisle Von Rhuman
	Kim Cattrall	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Lt. Valeris
	Julianne Moore	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Marlene Craven
	Rene Russo	Freejack	Julie Redlund
	Frances Sternhagen	Raising Cain	Dr Lynn Waldheim
	Marcia Strassman	Honey, I Blew Up the Kid	Diane Szalinski
	Robin Wright	Toys	Gwen Tyler
1993 (20th)	Amanda Plummer	Needful Things	Nettie Cobb
	Nancy Allen	RoboCop 3	Officer Anne Lewis
	Joan Cusack	Addams Family Values	Debbie Jellinsky
	Julie Harris	The Dark Half	Reggie Delesseps
	Kathy Najimy	Hocus Pocus	Mary Sanderson
	Sarah Jessica Parker		Sarah Sanderson
	Kyra Sedgwick	Heart and Souls	Julia
	Alfre Woodard		Penny Washington
1994 (21st)	Mia Sara	Timecop	Melissa Walker
	Halle Berry	The Flintstones	Miss Stone
	Tia Carrere	True Lies	Juno Skinner
	Whoopi Goldberg	Star Trek Generations	Guinan
	Rosie O'Donnell	The Flintstones	Betty Rubble
	Robin Wright	Forrest Gump	Jenny Curran
1995 (22nd)	Bonnie Hunt	Jumanji	Sarah Whittle
	Illeana Douglas	To Die For	Janice Maretto
	Salma Hayek	Desperado	Carolina
	Jennifer Jason Leigh	Dolores Claiborne	Selena St. George
	Juliette Lewis	From Dusk till Dawn	Kate Fuller
	Gwyneth Paltrow	Seven	Tracy Mills
1996 (23rd)	Alice Krige	Star Trek: First Contact	Borg Queen
	Fairuza Balk	The Craft	Nancy Downs
	Drew Barrymore	Scream	Casey Becker
	Glenn Close	101 Dalmatians	Cruella de Vil
	Pam Ferris	Matilda	Agatha Trunchbull
	Vivica A. Fox	Independence Day	Jasmine Dubrow
	Jennifer Tilly	Bound	Violet
1997 (24th)	Gloria Stuart	Titanic	Rose DeWitt Bukater (Old)
	Joan Allen	Face/Off	Dr. Eve Archer
	Courteney Cox	Scream 2	Gale Weathers
	Teri Hatcher	Tomorrow Never Dies	Paris Carver
	Milla Jovovich	The Fifth Element	Leeloo
	Winona Ryder	Alien: Resurrection	Annalee Call
1998 (25th)	Joan Allen	Pleasantville	Betty Parker
	Claire Forlani	Meet Joe Black	Susan Parrish
	Anne Heche	Psycho	Marion Crane
	Anjelica Huston	Ever After	Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent
	Sheryl Lee	Vampires	Katrina
	Charlize Theron	Mighty Joe Young	Jill Young
1999 (26th)	Patricia Clarkson	The Green Mile	Melinda Moores
	Pernilla August	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	Shmi Skywalker
	Joan Cusack	Arlington Road	Cheryl Lang
	Geena Davis	Stuart Little	Eleanor Little
	Miranda Richardson	Sleepy Hollow	Lady Van Tassel / Crone
	Sissy Spacek	Blast from the Past	Helen Webber

2000s

Year	Actress	Motion Picture	Character
2000 (27th)	Rebecca Romijn-Stamos	X-Men	Raven Darkholme / Mystique
	Cameron Diaz	Charlie's Angels	Natalie Cook
	Lucy Liu		Alex Munday
	Rene Russo	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle	Natasha Fatale
	Hilary Swank	The Gift	Valerie Barksdale
	Zhang Ziyi	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Jen Yu
2001 (28th)	Fionnula Flanagan	The Others	Mrs. Bertha Mills
	Monica Bellucci	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Sylvia
	Helena Bonham Carter	Planet of the Apes	Ari
	Cameron Diaz	Vanilla Sky	Julie Gianni
	Frances McDormand	The Man Who Wasn't There	Doris Crane
	Maggie Smith	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Minerva McGonagall
2002 (29th)	Samantha Morton	Minority Report	Agatha
	Halle Berry	Die Another Day	Jinx Johnson
	Connie Nielsen	One Hour Photo	Nina Yorkin
	Rachel Roberts	Simone	Simone
	Sissy Spacek	Tuck Everlasting	Mae Tuck
	Emily Watson	Red Dragon	Reba McClane
2003 (30th)	Ellen DeGeneres	Finding Nemo	Dory (voice)
	Keira Knightley	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Elizabeth Swann
	Lucy Liu	Kill Bill: Volume 1	O-Ren Ishii
	Kristanna Loken	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	T-X
	Miranda Otto	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Éowyn
	Peta Wilson	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	Mina Harker
2004 (31st)	Daryl Hannah	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Elle Driver
	Kim Basinger	Cellular	Jessica Martin
	Irma P. Hall	The Ladykillers	Marva Munson
	Angelina Jolie	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Francesca "Franky" Cook
	Diane Kruger	National Treasure	Abigail Chase
	Meryl Streep	The Manchurian Candidate	Eleanor Shaw
2005 (32nd)	Summer Glau	Serenity	River Tam
	Jessica Alba	Sin City	Nancy Callahan
	Jennifer Carpenter	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Emily Rose
	Katie Holmes	Batman Begins	Rachel Dawes
	Michelle Monaghan	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	Harmony Faith Lane
	Gena Rowlands	The Skeleton Key	Violet Devereaux
2006 (33rd)	Famke Janssen	X-Men: The Last Stand	Jean Grey / Phoenix
	Cate Blanchett	Notes on a Scandal	Sheba Hart
	Eva Green	Casino Royale	Vesper Lynd
	Rachel Hurd-Wood	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Laura Richis
	Parker Posey	Superman Returns	Kitty Kowalski
	Emma Thompson	Stranger than Fiction	Karen Eiffel
2007 (34th)	Marcia Gay Harden	The Mist	Mrs. Carmody
	Lizzy Caplan	Cloverfield	Marlena Diamond
	Lena Headey	300	Queen Gorgo
	Rose McGowan	Grindhouse (Segment: Planet Terror)	Cherry Darling
	Michelle Pfeiffer	Stardust	Lamia
	Imelda Staunton	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Dolores Umbridge
2008 (35th)	Tilda Swinton	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Elizabeth Abbott
	Joan Allen	Death Race	Claire Hennessey
	Judi Dench	Quantum of Solace	M
	Olga Kurylenko		Camille Montes
	Charlize Theron	Hancock	Mary Embrey
	Carice van Houten	Valkyrie	Nina von Stauffenberg
2009 (36th)	Sigourney Weaver	Avatar	Dr. Grace Augustine
	Malin Åkerman	Watchmen	Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II
	Diane Kruger	Inglourious Basterds	Bridget von Hammersmark
	Rachel McAdams	Sherlock Holmes	Irene Adler
	Lorna Raver	Drag Me to Hell	Mrs. Sylvia Ganush
	Susan Sarandon	The Lovely Bones	Grandma Lynn

2010s

Year	Actress	Motion Picture	Character
2010 (37th)	Mila Kunis	Black Swan	Lily / The Black Swan
	Scarlett Johansson	Iron Man 2	Natalie Rushman / Natasha Romanoff
	Keira Knightley	Never Let Me Go	Ruth C
	Helen Mirren	RED	Victoria Winslow
	Vanessa Redgrave	Letters to Juliet	Claire Smith-Wyman
	Jacki Weaver	Animal Kingdom	Janine 'Smurf' Cody
2011 (38th)	Emily Blunt	The Adjustment Bureau	Elise Sellas
	Elena Anaya	The Skin I Live In	Vera Cruz
	Charlotte Gainsbourg	Melancholia	Claire
	Paula Patton	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	Jane Carter
	Lin Shaye	Insidious	Elise Rainier
	Emma Watson	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Hermione Granger
2012 (39th)	Anne Hathaway	The Dark Knight Rises	Selina Kyle / Catwoman
	Judi Dench	Skyfall	M
	Gina Gershon	Killer Joe	Sharla Smith
	Anne Hathaway	Les Misérables	Fantine
	Nicole Kidman	The Paperboy	Charlotte Bless
	Charlize Theron	Snow White and the Huntsman	Queen Ravenna
2013 (40th)	Scarlett Johansson	Her	Samantha (voice)
	Nicole Kidman	Stoker	Evelyn Stoker
	Melissa Leo	Prisoners	Holly Jones
	Evangeline Lilly	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Tauriel
	Jena Malone	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Johanna Mason
	Emily Watson	The Book Thief	Rosa Hubermann
2014 (41st)	Rene Russo	Nightcrawler	Nina Romina
	Jessica Chastain	Interstellar	Murphy "Murph" Cooper
	Scarlett Johansson	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
	Evangeline Lilly	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Tauriel
	Emma Stone	Birdman	Sam Thomson
	Meryl Streep	Into the Woods	The Witch
2015 (42nd)	Jessica Chastain	Crimson Peak	Lady Lucille Sharpe
	Carrie Fisher	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	General Leia Organa
	Evangeline Lilly	Ant-Man	Hope van Dyne
	Lupita Nyong'o	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Maz Kanata
	Tamannaah Bhatia	Baahubali: The Beginning	Avanthika
	Alicia Vikander	Ex Machina	Ava
2016 (43rd)	Tilda Swinton	Doctor Strange	The Ancient One
	Betty Buckley	Split	Dr. Karen Fletcher
	Bryce Dallas Howard	Gold	Kay
	Scarlett Johansson	Captain America: Civil War	Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
	Kate McKinnon	Ghostbusters	Dr. Jillian "Holtz" Holtzmann
	Margot Robbie	Suicide Squad	Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn
2017 (44th)	Danai Gurira	Black Panther	Okoye
	Ana de Armas	Blade Runner 2049	Joi
	Carrie Fisher (posthumously)	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	General Leia Organa
	Lois Smith	Marjorie Prime	Marjorie
	Octavia Spencer	The Shape of Water	Zelda Delilah Fuller
	Tessa Thompson	Thor: Ragnarok	Valkyrie
	Kelly Marie Tran	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Rose Tico
2018/2019 (45th)	Zendaya	Spider-Man: Far From Home	MJ
	Cynthia Erivo	Bad Times at the El Royale	Darlene Sweet
	Karen Gillan	Avengers: Endgame	Nebula
	Amber Heard	Aquaman	Mera
	Scarlett Johansson	Avengers: Endgame	Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
	Naomi Scott	Aladdin	Princess Jasmine
	Hailee Steinfeld	Bumblebee	Charlie Watson
2019/2020 (46th)	Ana de Armas	Knives Out	Marta Cabrera
	Zazie Beetz	Joker	Sophie Dumond
	Ellen Burstyn	Lucy in the Sky	Nana Holbrook
	Jamie Lee Curtis	Knives Out	Linda Drysdale
	Linda Hamilton	Terminator: Dark Fate	Sarah Connor
	Amanda Seyfried	Mank	Marion Davies
	Jurnee Smollett	Birds of Prey	Dinah Lance / Black Canary

2020s

Year	Actress	Motion Picture	Character
2021/2022 (50th)	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
2022/2023 (51st)	Emily Blunt	Oppenheimer	Katherine 'Kitty' Oppenheimer
	Angela Bassett	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Queen Ramonda
	Jane Curtin	Jules	Joyce
	Melissa McCarthy	The Little Mermaid	Ursula
	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	Helena Shaw
	Sophie Wilde	Talk to Me	Mia
2023/2024 (52nd)	Emma Corrin	Deadpool & Wolverine	Cassandra Nova
	Rebecca Ferguson	Dune: Part Two	Lady Jessica
	Barbara Hershey	Strange Darling	Genevieve
	Juliette Lewis	The Thicket	Cut Throat Bill
	Margaret Qualley	The Substance	Sue
	Cailee Spaeny	Alien: Romulus	Marie "Rain" Carradine
	Zendaya	Dune: Part Two	Chani

Multiple nominations

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
• Emily Blunt
• 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

2 wins

• Emily Blunt
• Anne Ramsey
• Tilda Swinton

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