Best Supporting Actress Oscar winners of the 2010s
The top 3 according to 368 votes from people: Melissa Leo — The Fighter · Octavia Spencer — The Help · Anne Hathaway — Les Misérables. (Updated Mar 18, 2026.)
The actresses who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for films from 2010 to 2019, and their roles.
Top 10
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Melissa Leo — The Fighter
2010 film. Alice Ward, the boxers' formidable mother.
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2
Octavia Spencer — The Help
2011 film. Minny Jackson, a maid in 1960s Mississippi.
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3
Anne Hathaway — Les Misérables
2012 film. Fantine, singing I Dreamed a Dream live on set.
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Patricia Arquette — Boyhood
2014 film. A mother filmed over twelve years.
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Allison Janney — I, Tonya
2017 film. LaVona Golden, Tonya Harding's mother.
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6
Alicia Vikander — The Danish Girl
2015 film. Painter Gerda Wegener.
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Viola Davis — Fences
2016 film. Rose Maxson, a role she had also played on Broadway.
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Regina King — If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 film. Sharon Rivers, a mother fighting for her daughter.
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Lupita Nyong'o — 12 Years a Slave
2013 film. Patsey, in her first feature role.
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10
Laura Dern — Marriage Story
2019 film. Divorce lawyer Nora Fanshaw.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (17)
Amy Adams should have won at least once in the 2010s.
Great decade for this category.
Regina King in Beale Street, so much warmth.
Alicia Vikander was really a lead in The Danish Girl, category fraud.
Janney vs Metcalf in 2018 was a tough call.
Lupita Nyong'o's debut win, incredible.
Viola Davis in Fences, the best performance on this list.
Hathaway's win was well deserved despite the 'it came true' speech.
Melissa Leo's F-bomb in her speech, iconic.
Laura Dern's lawyer in Marriage Story was terrifying.
Allison Janney as LaVona Golden with the bird on her shoulder 😂
Lupita's speech made me cry.
Viola Davis is now an EGOT, legend.
Octavia Spencer's pie scene, never forget.
Anne Hathaway's I Dreamed a Dream in one take, devastating.
Patricia Arquette filmed Boyhood over 12 years, wild.
Love seeing all these in one list.