Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress
Introduction This article lists the winners and nominees for the '''Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture'''. Academy Award-nominated or winning performances also honored with nominations or wins at the Black Reel Awards include Lupita Nyong'o (''12 Years a Slave''), Queen Latifah (''Chicago''), Jennifer Hudson (''Dreamgirls''), Penélope Cruz (''Vicky Cristina Barcelona''), Taraji P. Henson (''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''), Viola Davis (''Doubt''), Mo'Nique (''Precious''), and Octavia Spencer  (''The Help'').
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''bold'''. :† indicates an Academy Award–winning performance. :‡ indicates an Academy Award–nominated performance that same year.===2000s=== Year Actress Film Ref 2000 '''Erykah Badu''' '''''The Cider House Rules'''''  Angela Bassett ''Music of the Heart'' Lisa Gay Hamilton ''True Crime'' Rebekah Johnson ''Liberty Heights'' Queen Latifah ''The Bone Collector'' 2001 '''Gabrielle Union''' '''''Bring It On'''''  Lisa Bonet ''High Fidelity'' Eartha Kitt ''The Emperor's New Groove'' Nia Long ''Boiler Room'' Sheryl Lee Ralph ''Deterrence'' 2002 '''Nona Gaye''' '''''Ali'''''  Marla Gibbs ''The Visit'' Adrienne-Joi Johnson ''Baby Boy'' Gabrielle Union ''The Brothers'' Kerry Washington ''Save the Last Dance'' 2003 '''Queen Latifah''' '''''Chicago'' ‡'''  Halle Berry ''Die Another Day'' Joy Bryant ''Antwone Fisher'' Viola Davis ''Solaris'' Rosario Dawson ''25th Hour'' 2004 '''Anna Deavere Smith''' '''''The Human Stain'''''  Mary Alice ''The Matrix Revolutions'' Gloria Foster ''The Matrix Reloaded'' Vivica A. Fox ''Kill Bill: Volume 1'' Michael Michele ''Dark Blue'' 2005 '''Sharon Warren''' '''''Ray'''''  Joy Bryant ''BAADASSSSS!'' Kimberly Elise ''The Manchurian Candidate'' Nia Long ''Alfie'' Jada Pinkett Smith ''Collateral'' 2006 '''Taraji P. Henson''' '''''Hustle & Flow'''''  Rosario Dawson ''Sin City'' Thandie Newton ''Crash'' Wanda Sykes ''Monster-in-Law'' Tracie Thoms ''Rent'' 2007 '''Jennifer Hudson''' '''''Dreamgirls'' †'''  Clare-Hope Ashitey ''Children of Men'' Angela Bassett ''Akeelah and the Bee'' Shareeka Epps ''Half Nelson'' Kerry Washington ''The Last King of Scotland'' 2008 '''Viola Davis''' '''''Doubt'' ‡'''  Alice Braga ''Blindness'' Penélope Cruz ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' † Taraji P. Henson ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' ‡ Sophie Okonedo ''The Secret Life of Bees''===2010s=== Year Actress Film Ref 2010 '''Mo'Nique''' '''''Precious'' †'''  Mariah Carey ''Precious'' Paula Patton Zoe Saldana ''Avatar'' Alfre Woodard ''American Violet'' 2011 '''Phylicia Rashad''' '''''For Colored Girls'''''  Viola Davis ''Eat Pray Love'' Shareeka Epps ''Mother and Child'' Janet Jackson ''For Colored Girls'' Kerry Washington 2012 '''Octavia Spencer''' '''''The Help'' †'''  Angela Bassett ''Jumping the Broom'' Maya Rudolph ''Bridesmaids'' Pernell Walker ''Pariah'' Kim Wayans 2013 '''Naomie Harris''' '''''Skyfall'''''  Octavia Spencer ''Smashed'' Lorraine Toussaint ''Middle of Nowhere'' Tamara Tunie ''Flight'' Kerry Washington ''Django Unchained'' 2014 '''Lupita Nyong'o''' '''''12 Years a Slave'' †'''  Melonie Diaz ''Fruitvale Station'' Naomie Harris ''Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom'' Octavia Spencer ''Fruitvale Station'' Oprah Winfrey ''The Butler'' 2015 '''Carmen Ejogo''' '''''Selma'''''  Viola Davis ''The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby'' Teyonah Parris ''Dear White People'' Zoe Saldana ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' Octavia Spencer ''Snowpiercer'' 2016 '''Tessa Thompson''' '''''Creed'''''  Angela Bassett ''Chi-Raq'' Zoë Kravitz ''Dope'' Gugu Mbatha-Raw ''Concussion'' Mya Taylor ''Tangerine'' 2017 '''Viola Davis''' '''Fences''' †  Naomie Harris ''Moonlight'' ‡Janelle Monáe ''Moonlight'' ''Hidden Figures'' Lupita Nyong'o  ''Queen of Katwe'' 2018  '''Tiffany Haddish''' '''Girls Trip'''  Mary J. Blige ''Mudbound'' ‡ Betty Gabriel ''Get Out'' Octavia Spencer ''The Shape of Water'' Tessa Thompson ''Thor: Ragnarok'' 2019 '''Regina King''' '''If Beale Street Could Talk''' †  Letitia Wright ''Black Panther'' Danai Gurira Lupita Nyong'o Simone Missick  ''Jinn''===2020s=== Year Actress Film Ref 2020 '''Da'Vine Joy Randolph''' '''''Dolemite Is My Name'''''  Shahadi Wright Joseph ''Us'' Janelle Monae ''Harriet'' Taylor Russell ''Waves'' Octavia Spencer ''Luce'' 2021 '''Dominique Fishback''' '''''Judas and the Black Messiah'''''  Alexis Chikaeze ''Miss Juneteenth'' Kiki Layne ''The Old Guard'' Tracee Ellis Ross ''The High Note'' Gabourey Sidibe ''Antebellum'' 2022 '''Aunjanue Ellis''' '''''King Richard''''' ‡  Ariana DeBose  ''West Side Story'' † Regina King  ''The Harder They Fall''  Rita Moreno  ''West Side Story''  Ruth Negga  ''Passing'' 2023 '''Angela Bassett''' '''''Black Panther: Wakanda Forever''''' ‡  Thuso Mbedu  ''The Woman King''  Janelle Monáe  ''Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery''  Keke Palmer  ''Nope''  Gabrielle Union  ''The Inspection''
Multiple nominations and wins ===Multiple nominations===; 6 Nominations* Octavia Spencer; 5 Nominations* Angela Bassett* Viola Davis; 4 Nominations* Kerry Washington; 3 nominations* Janelle Monae* Gabrielle Union; 2 Nominations* Joy Bryant* Rosario Dawson* Shareeka Epps* Naomie Harris* Taraji P. Henson* Regina King* Queen Latifah* Nia Long* Zoe Saldana
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