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The 101 pages that link to Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, each with the reason it gives.

• Gloria GrahameRelated: Grahame received this award for The Bad and the Beautiful in 1953.

• Goldie HawnRelated: Hawn won the award for her film debut in Cactus Flower.

• Holly HunterRelated: Hunter received a nomination for Thirteen in this category.

• Jennifer LawrenceCompared with: Lawrence won the leading-actress award, not this separate category.

• Joan FontaineCompared with: Fontaine’s competitive win was for a leading role, unlike her sister’s first Oscar category.

• Mary SteenburgenRelated: Steenburgen received the award in 1981 for Melvin and Howard.

• Patty DukeRelated: Duke became its youngest winner at the time for The Miracle Worker.

• Peggy AshcroftRelated: Ashcroft received the award in 1985 for A Passage to India.

• Shelley WintersNarrower topic: Winters won this award for The Diary of Anne Frank and A Patch of Blue.

• Anna PaquinRelated: Paquin received the award for The Piano at age eleven.

• Beatrice StraightRelated: Straight received this award for Network.

• Carolyn JonesRelated: Jones was nominated for her role in The Bachelor Party.

• Catherine Zeta-JonesBroader topic: Zeta-Jones received the award for Chicago in 2003.

• Donna ReedRelated: Reed received this award for From Here to Eternity.

• Hailee SteinfeldRelated: Steinfeld was nominated for this award for True Grit at age 14.

• Jennifer ConnellyRelated: Connelly received the award for A Beautiful Mind in 2002.

• Jo Van FleetRelated: Van Fleet won the award for East of Eden, her first film role.

• Kate HudsonRelated: Hudson was nominated for this award for Almost Famous.

• Kim BasingerRelated: Basinger won the award for L.A. Confidential, her first and only Academy Award.

• Margaret RutherfordRelated: Rutherford won the award for The V.I.P.s in 1964.

• Maria OuspenskayaRelated: Ouspenskaya was nominated twice in this category, for Waterloo Bridge and Love Affair.

• Marisa TomeiRelated: Tomei won the award for My Cousin Vinny, a result that became central to her public profile.

• Mary AstorRelated: Astor received the award for her performance in The Great Lie.

• Miyoshi UmekiRelated: Umeki received the award for Sayonara at the 30th Academy Awards in 1958.

• Octavia SpencerRelated: Spencer won the award for The Help in 2012.

• Patricia ArquetteRelated: Arquette won the award for playing Olivia in Boyhood.

• Rachel WeiszRelated: Weisz won the award in 2006 for The Constant Gardener.

• Tatum O’NealRelated: O’Neal received this award for Paper Moon.

• Wendy HillerRelated: Hiller won the award for her performance in Separate Tables (1958).

• Allison JanneyRelated: Janney received it for I, Tonya in 2018.

• Brenda FrickerNarrower topic: Fricker received this award for My Left Foot in 1990.

• Colette MarchandRelated: Marchand was nominated in this category for Moulin Rouge.

• Estelle ParsonsRelated: Parsons won this award for Bonnie and Clyde in 1968.

• Eve ArdenRelated: Arden received a nomination for her performance in Mildred Pierce.

• Geraldine PageCompared with: Page received several nominations in this category before winning the leading-actress award.

• Glenda JacksonBroader topic: Her two Oscars were both for leading performances, distinguishing them from this acting category.

• Jennifer HudsonBroader topic: Hudson received it for Dreamgirls, becoming the film's breakout award winner.

• Katina PaxinouBroader topic: Paxinou became its first recipient for a performance in a film made outside the United States.

• Lila KedrovaRelated: Kedrova won the award for Zorba the Greek at the 1965 ceremony.

• Linda HuntRelated: Hunt won the award for The Year of Living Dangerously, a rare honor for a debuting film actor.

• Lupita Nyong'oRelated: Nyong'o received the award for 12 Years a Slave in 2014.

• Marcia Gay HardenRelated: Harden received the award for Pollock in 2001.

• Maureen StapletonRelated: Stapleton received the award for her performance in Reds.

• Melissa LeoBroader topic: Leo won this award for her portrayal of Alice Ward in The Fighter.

• Mercedes McCambridgeRelated: McCambridge received the award for All the King's Men, establishing her as a major film performer.

• Mercedes RuehlRelated: Ruehl received it for The Fisher King, bringing her screen work the film industry’s highest-profile honor.

• Mo'NiqueRelated: Mo'Nique received the award in 2010 for her performance in Precious.

• Olympia DukakisRelated: Dukakis received the award for Moonstruck in 1988.

• Regina KingRelated: King received the award for If Beale Street Could Talk in 2019.

• Sandy DennisRelated: Dennis won it for her screen portrayal of Honey in the 1966 film adaptation of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.