| Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
|---|---|
 Current recipient: Zendaya | |
| 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 | Zendaya for Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) |
| Website | www |
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 and Tilda Swinton 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.
Winners and nominees[]
1970s[]
| Year | Actress | Motion Picture | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
(3rd) |
Ida Lupino | The Devil's Rain | Mrs. Preston |
(4th) |
Bette Davis | Burnt Offerings | Aunt Elizabeth |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 (posthumous nomination) | Brainstorm | Karen Brace | |
(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 | |
(13th) |
Anne Ramsey | The Goonies | Mama Fratelli |
| Ruth Gordon (posthumous nomination) | 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 | |
(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 | |
(15th) |
Anne Ramsey (posthumous) | 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 (for the segment "Old Chief Wood'nhead") | Martha Spruce | |
(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 | |
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | ||
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(34th) |
Marcia Gay Harden | The Mist | Mrs. Carmody |
| Lizzy Caplan | Cloverfield | Marlena Diamond | |
| Lena Headey | 300 | Queen Gorgo | |
| Rose McGowan | Grindhouse (for the segment Planet Terror) | Cherry Darling | |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | Stardust | Lamia | |
| Imelda Staunton | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Dolores Umbridge | |
(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 | |
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(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 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Avanthika | |
| Alicia Vikander | Ex Machina | Ava | |
(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 | |
(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 | |
(45th) |
Zendaya | Spider-Man: Far From Home | MJ |
| Cynthia Erivo | Bad Times at the El Royale | Darlene Sweet | |
| Scarlett Johansson | Avengers: Endgame | Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow | |
| Karen Gillan | Nebula | ||
| Amber Heard | Aquaman | Mera | |
| Naomi Scott | Aladdin | Princess Jasmine | |
| Hailee Steinfeld | Bumblebee | Charlie Watson |
Multiple nominations[]
- 5 nominations
- Scarlett Johansson
- 3 nominations
- Joan Allen
- Grace Jones
- Evangeline Lilly
- Rene Russo
- Frances Sternhagen
- Charlize Theron
- 2 nominations
- Kirstie Alley
- Kim Basinger
- Halle Berry
- 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
- Anne Ramsey
- Tilda Swinton