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.
1930-e
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-e
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-e
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-e
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 Ruth Gordon - Sve o Daisy Clover Joyce Redman - Othello Maggie Smith - Othello Peggy Wood - Moje pjesme, moji snovi 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-e
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-e
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 Frances McDormand - Mississippi u plamenu Michelle Pfeiffer - Opasne laži Joan Cusack - Zaposlena djevojka Sigourney Weaver - Zaposlena djevojka 1989: Brenda Fricker - Moje lijevo stopalo Anjelica Huston - Neprijatelji - ljubavna priča Lena Olin - Neprijatelji - ljubavna priča Dianne Wiest - Parenthood Julia Roberts - Čelične magnolije
1990-e
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 Jennifer Tilly - Meci iznad Broadwaya Helen Mirren - Ludilo kralja Georgea Uma Thurman - Pakleni šund Rosemary Harris - Tom i Viv 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 Julianne Moore - Kralj pornića Minnie Driver - Dobri Will Hunting Joan Cusack - In and Out Gloria Stuart - Titanic 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-e
2000: Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock Kate Hudson - Korak do slave Frances McDormand - Korak do slave Julie Walters - Billy Elliot Judi Dench - Čokolada 2001: Jennifer Connelly - Genijalni um Helen Mirren - Gosford Park Maggie Smith - Gosford Park Marisa Tomei - U zamci Kate Winslet - Iris 2002: Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago Kathy Bates - About Schmidt Meryl Streep - Adaptacija Queen Latifah - Chicago Julianne Moore - Sati 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 Laura Linney – Kinsey