BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress

The British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is an annual award given to the Best Supporting Actress in a British film. The award was introduced at the 2008 ceremony. Previously, there had been a single award given for Best Supporting Actor/Actress starting in 2003.

Winners and nominees

Best Supporting Actor/Actress:

• 2003
  • Susan Lynch – 16 Years of Alcohol
  • Benedict Wong – Dirty Pretty Things
  • Sophie Okonedo – Dirty Pretty Things
  • Adrian Rawlins – Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
  • Shirley Henderson – Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
• 2004
  • Eddie Marsan – Vera Drake
  • Gary Stretch – Dead Man's Shoes
  • Samantha Morton – Enduring Love
  • Romola Garai – Rory O'Shea Was Here
  • Paddy Considine – My Summer of Love
• 2005
  • Rosamund Pike – The Libertine
  • Bill Nighy – The Constant Gardener
  • Tom Hollander – The Libertine
  • Kelly Reilly – Mrs Henderson Presents
  • Rob Brydon – A Cock and Bull Story
• 2006
  • Leslie Phillips – Venus
  • Martin Compston – Red Road
  • Joseph Gilgun – This Is England
  • Stephen Graham – This Is England
  • Vanessa Redgrave – Venus
• 2007
  • Toby Kebbell – Control
  • Colin Firth – And When Did You Last See Your Father?
  • Samantha Morton – Control
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl – Eastern Promises
  • Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal

See also

• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
• BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role