AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Supporting Actress
The 2023 recipient: Jodie Foster
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress over 50 in a Supporting Role
CountryUnited States
Presented byAARP
First awarded2008 (for performance in films released during the 2007 film season)
Currently held byJodie Foster
Nyad (2023)
Websitehttps://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/

The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honors an actress over the age of 50 who has given an outstanding supporting performance in a film in a given year.[1] The awards for Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor were first given at the 7th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards in 2008.[2] Prior to that, the only individual acting awards were for Best Actor and Best Actress.

Winners and Nominees

  indicates the winners.

2000s

Ruby Dee was the first and, to date, oldest winner of Best Supporting Actress, for her role in American Gangster.
Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
2007
(7th) 		Ruby Dee ‡ Mama Lucas American Gangster [3]
Jane Asher Sandra Death at a Funeral
Olympia Dukakis Marian Away from Her
Fernanda Montenegro Tránsito Ariza Love in the Time of Cholera
Vanessa Redgrave Briony Tallis Atonement
2008
(8th) 		Christine Baranski ‡ (tie) Tanya Chesham-Leigh Mamma Mia! [4]
Julie Walters ‡ (tie) Rosie Mulligan Mamma Mia!
Kim Cattrall Samantha Jones Sex and the City
Bette Midler Bernice Graves Then She Found Me
Debra Winger Abby Buchman Rachel Getting Married
Cloris Leachman Maggie The Women
2009
(9th) 		Kim Basinger ‡ Gina The Burning Plain [5]
Judi Dench Liliane La Fleur Nine
Marcia Gay Harden Brooke Cavendar Whip It
Susan Sarandon Grandma Lynn The Lovely Bones
Imelda Staunton Sonia Teichberg Taking Woodstock

2010s

Vanessa Redgrave was the first solo winner born outside the United States.
Rene Russo's win for Nightcrawler was her first professional award besides a win for Best Kiss at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards.[6]
At 51 years old, Viola Davis's win for Fences made her the youngest recipient of Best Supporting Actress to date.
In addition to her three nominations and one win for Supporting Actress, Judi Dench has seven nominations and two wins for Best Actress.
Year Actress Role(s) Film Ref.
2010
(10th) 		Phylicia Rashad ‡ Gilda ("Lady in Black") For Colored Girls [7]
Gemma Jones Helena Shepridge You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Diane Keaton Colleen Peck Morning Glory
Melissa Leo Alice Eklund-Ward The Fighter
Sissy Spacek Mattie Darrow Get Low
2011
(11th) 		Vanessa Redgrave ‡ Volumnia Coriolanus [8]
Ellen Burstyn Doris Another Happy Day
Judi Dench Anna Marie Hoover J. Edgar
Allison Janney Charlotte Phelan The Help
Janet McTeer Hubert Page Albert Nobbs
2012
(12th) 		Jacki Weaver ‡ Dolores Solitano Silver Linings Playbook [9]
Sally Field Mary Todd Lincoln Lincoln
Catherine Keener Juliette Gelbart A Late Quartet
Shirley MacLaine Marjorie "Margie" Nugent Bernie
Frances McDormand Sue Thomason Promised Land
2013
(13th) 		Oprah Winfrey ‡ Gloria Gaines Lee Daniels' The Butler [10]
Allison Janney Betty Thompson The Way Way Back
Margo Martindale Mattie Fae Aiken August: Osage County
Julianne Moore Esther Don Jon
June Squibb Kate Grant Nebraska
2014
(14th) 		Rene Russo ‡ Nina Romina Nightcrawler [11]
[12]
Susan Sarandon Florence Aadland The Last of Robin Hood
Meryl Streep The Witch Into the Woods
Marisa Tomei Kate Hull Love is Strange
Laura Dern Bobbi Grey Wild
2015
(15th) 		Diane Ladd ‡ Mimi Joy [13]
[14]
Joan Allen Nancy Newsome Room
Jane Fonda Brenda Morel Youth
Helen Mirren Hedda Hopper Trumbo
Cynthia Nixon Gail White James White
2016
(16th) 		Viola Davis ‡ Rose Lee Maxson Fences [15]
Nicole Kidman Sue Brierly Lion
Helen Mirren Col. Katherine Powell Eye in the Sky
Molly Shannon Joanne Mulcahey Other People
Sigourney Weaver Mrs. Clayton / Grandma A Monster Calls
2017
(17th) 		Laurie Metcalf ‡ Marion McPherson Lady Bird [16]
Holly Hunter Beth Gardner The Big Sick
Allison Janney LaVona Golden I, Tonya
Melissa Leo Reverend Mother Marie Saint-Clair Novitiate
Lesley Manville Cyril Woodcock Phantom Thread
2018
(18th) 		Judi Dench ‡ Anne Hathaway All Is True [17]
[18]
Angela Bassett Ramonda Black Panther
Blythe Danner Ruth Everhardt What They Had
Nicole Kidman Nancy Eamons Boy Erased
Michelle Yeoh Eleanor Sung-Young Crazy Rich Asians
2019
(19th) 		Laura Dern ‡ Nora Fanshaw Marriage Story [19]
[20]
Nicole Kidman Gretchen Carlson Bombshell
Jennifer Lopez Ramona Vega Hustlers
Zhao Shu-zhen Nai Nai The Farewell
Maggie Smith Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham Downton Abbey

2020s

At 87, Ellen Burstyn's performance in Pieces of a Woman made her the oldest nominee to date.
Year Actor Role(s) Film Ref.
2020
(20th) 		Jodie Foster ‡ Nancy Hollander The Mauritanian [21]
[22]
Candice Bergen Roberta Let Them All Talk
Ellen Burstyn Elizabeth Weiss Pieces of a Woman
Glenn Close Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance Hillbilly Elegy
Youn Yuh-jung Soon-ja Minari
2021
(21st) 		Aunjanue Ellis‡ Oracene "Brandy" Price King Richard [23]
[24]
Cate Blanchett Lilith Ritter Nightmare Alley
Judi Dench Granny Belfast
Marlee Matlin Jackie Rossi CODA
Rita Moreno Valentina West Side Story
2022
(22nd) 		Judith Ivey‡ Agata Women Talking
Angela Bassett Ramonda Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Patricia Clarkson Rebecca Corbett She Said
Jamie Lee Curtis Deirdre Beaubeirdre Everything Everywhere All at Once
Gabrielle Union Inez French The Inspection
2023
(23rd) 		Jodie Foster‡ Bonnie Stoll Nyad
Viola Davis Deloris Jordan Air
Taraji P. Henson Shug Avery The Color Purple
Julianne Moore Gracie May December
Leslie Uggams Agnes Ellison American Fiction

Actors with multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals received multiple Best Supporting Actress nominations:

Multiple wins

Wins Actor
2
 Jodie Foster

Multiple nominations

Nominations Actress
4 Judi Dench
3 Allison Janney
Nicole Kidman
2 Angela Bassett
Ellen Burstyn
Viola Davis
Laura Dern
Jodie Foster
Melissa Leo
Helen Mirren
Julianne Moore
Vanessa Redgrave
Susan Sarandon

Age superlatives

Record Actress Film Age (in years)
Oldest winner Ruby Dee American Gangster 85
Oldest nominee Ellen Burstyn Pieces of a Woman 87
Youngest winner Viola Davis Fences 51
Youngest nominee Nicole Kidman Lion 49

See also

References

  1. ^ Appelo, Tim. "About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP.
  2. ^ "Watching Old Movies is a Way of Connecting to Our Past". 31 January 2008.
  3. ^ "Movies for Grownups Awards 2008 with Bill Newcott - AARP Magazine".
  4. ^ "Movies for Grownups Awards 2009 from Bill Newcott of AARP".
  5. ^ "AARP the Magazine Recognizes the Best Movies for the 50+ Audience with the 9th Annual Movies for Grownups(R) Awards" (Press release).
  6. ^ "Kevin Costner at AARP gala: 'Look at the clock' and go for it, boomers". Los Angeles Times. 3 February 2015.
  7. ^ "2011 Movies for Grownups Awards".
  8. ^ "Movies for Grownups Award Winners - the Descendents, J. Edgar, the Artist".
  9. ^ "2013 Movies for Grownups Awards".
  10. ^ "13th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards, 2014 Best Actor, Actress and F".
  11. ^ Newcott, William R.; Grant, Meg (February 2015). "14th Annual Best Movies for Grownups". AARP the Magazine. Washington, DC. pp. 44–47, 77.
  12. ^ "14th Annual Movies for Grownups Award winners from AARP the Magazine Announced with Top Honors Going to Julianne Moore, Steve Carell, Rene Russo and J.K. Simmons #AwardSeason #AARPtheMagazine". 10 January 2015.
  13. ^ "AARP the Magazine Announces Nominees for the 15th Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards".
  14. ^ "AARP Names 'Spotlight' Best Picture, Salutes Ridley Scott and David O. Russell". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 February 2016.
  15. ^ "AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 February 2017.
  16. ^ "'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Named Best Movie for Grownups at AARP Gala". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 February 2018.
  17. ^ "AARP Movies for Grownups Awards Nominations: 'Green Book,' 'Roma,' and More". 5 January 2019.
  18. ^ "2018 Movies for Grownups Award Winners".
  19. ^ "2019 Movies for Grownups Awards Nominees".
  20. ^ "Movies for Grownups: See the Full List of 2019 Winners".
  21. ^ "Movies for Grownups Awards 2021 Winners: The Full List".
  22. ^ "AARP the Magazine Sets Movies for Grownups Nominees, Adds TV Categories". 8 February 2021.
  23. ^ "'Belfast' Tops Nominees for AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 January 2022.
  24. ^ "AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'Belfast' Named Best Film; 'King Richard' Lone Double Winner – Full List". 19 March 2022.
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