Black Oscar: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

African American actresses nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts & Sciences as Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

1936-2009

 

First Row:

Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind, 1939

Ethel Waters in Pinky, 1948

Juanita Moore in Imitation of Life, 1959

Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Mellie, 1967

Beah Richards in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, 1967

 

Second Row:

Alfre Woodard in Cross Creek, 1983

Margaret Avery in The Color Purple, 1985

Oprah Winfrey in The Color Purple, 1985

Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost, 1990

Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Secrets & Lies, 1996

 

Third Row:

Queen Latifah in Chicago, 2002

Sophie Okonedo in Hotel Rwanda, 2004

Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls, 2006

Ruby Dee in American Gangster, 2007

Viola Davis in Doubt, 2008

 

Fourth Row:

Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008

Mo'Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, 2009

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