Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleAwarded for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Location United Kingdom Presented by The Society of London Theatre Currently held by Indira Varma for Present Laughter (2020) Website Olivier Awards.com
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and, renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor Lord Olivier .
The award was first given in 1977 but in the years following was often given as a singular award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role .
Winners and nominees [ ]
1970s [ ]
1980s [ ]
1990s [ ]
2000s [ ]
2010s [ ]
Year
Actress
Play
Character
2010
Ruth Wilson
A Streetcar Named Desire
Stella Kowalski
Hayley Atwell
A View from the Bridge
Catherine Carbone
Michelle Dockery
Burnt by the Sun
Maroussia
Alexandra Gilbreath
Twelfth Night
Olivia
Keira Knightley
The Misanthrope
Jennifer / Célimène
Rachael Stirling
The Priory
Rebecca
2011
Michelle Terry
Tribes
Sylvia
Sarah Goldberg
Clybourne Park
Betsy / Lindsey
Anastasia Hille
The Master Builder
Aline Solness
Gina McKee
King Lear
Goneril
Rachael Stirling
An Ideal Husband
Lady Chiltern
2012
see Best Performance in a Supporting Role
2013
Nicola Walker
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Judy
Janie Dee
NSFW
Miranda
Anastasia Hille
The Effect
Dr. Lorna
Cush Jumbo
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Helen McCrory
The Last of the Haussmans
Libby
2014
Sharon D. Clarke
The Amen Corner
Odessa
Sarah Greene
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Slippy Helen
Katherine Kingsley
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Helena
Cecilia Noble
The Amen Corner
Sister Moore
2015
Angela Lansbury
Blithe Spirit
Madame Arcati
Jamie Adler, Zoe Brough, Perdita Hibbins and Isabella Pappas
The Nether
Iris
Phoebe Fox
A View from the Bridge
Catherine Carbone
Lydia Wilson
King Charles III
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
2016
Judi Dench
The Winter's Tale
Paulina
Michele Dotrice
Nell Gwynn
Nancy
Melody Grove
Farinelli and the King
Isabella Farnese
Catherine Steadman
Oppenheimer
Jean Tatlock
2017
Noma Dumezweni
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Hermione Granger
Melissa Allan, Caroline Deyga, Kirsty Findlay, Karen Fishwick , Kirsty MacLaren, Frances Mayli McCann, Joanne McGuinness and Dawn Sievewright
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour
Various Characters
Clare Foster
Travesties
Cecily Carruthers
Kate O'Flynn
The Glass Menagerie
Laura Wingfield
2018
Denise Gough
Angels in America
Harper Pitt
Bríd Brennan
The Ferryman
Aunt Maggie Far Away
Dearbhla Molloy
The Ferryman
Aunt Pat
Imogen Poots
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Honey
2019
Monica Dolan
All About Eve
Karen Richards
Susan Brown
Home, I'm Darling
Sylvia
Cecilia Noble
Nine Night
Aunt Maggie
Vanessa Redgrave
The Inheritance
Margaret
2020s [ ]
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Drama Musical Production/Creatives Dance/Opera Special/Other Retired Ceremonies
1976–1984
Merged Actor
Nigel Hawthorne (1977)
Robert Eddison (1978)
Patrick Stewart (1979)
David Threlfall (1980)
Joe Melia (1981)
David Healy (1982)
Alan Devlin (1983)
Edward Petherbridge (1984)
Actress
Mona Washbourne (1977)
Elizabeth Spriggs (1978)
Doreen Mantle (1979)
Suzanne Bertish (1980)
Gwen Watford (1981)
Anna Massey (1982)
Abigail McKern (1983)
Marcia Warren (1984)
1985–1990
Merged
Imelda Staunton (1985)
Paul Jesson (1986)
Michael Bryant (1987)
Eileen Atkins (1988)
Michael Bryant (1989/1990)
1991–1995
Actor
David Bradley (1991)
Oleg Menshikov (1992)
Julian Glover (1993)
Joseph Mydell (1994)
Ken Stott (1995)
Actress
Sara Crowe (1991)
Frances de la Tour (1992)
Barbara Leigh-Hunt (1993)
Helen Burns (1994)
Dora Bryan (1995)
1996–2002
Actor
Trevor Eve (1997)
Roger Allam (2000)
Ben Daniels (2001)
Toby Jones (2002)
Actress Merged
Simon Russell Beale (1996)
Sarah Woodward (1998)
Brendan Coyle (1999)
2003–2009
Merged
Essie Davis (2003)
Warren Mitchell (2004)
Amanda Harris (2005)
Noma Dumezweni (2006)
Jim Norton (2007)
Rory Kinnear (2008)
Patrick Stewart (2009)
2010–present
Actor
Eddie Redmayne (2010)
Adrian Scarborough (2011)
Richard McCabe (2013)
Jack Lowden (2014)
Nathaniel Parker (2015)
Mark Gatiss (2016)
Anthony Boyle (2017)
Bertie Carvel (2018)
Chris Walley (2019)
Adrian Scarborough (2020)
Actress Merged