Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is presented annually by the Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA), a non-profit organization founded by Busan International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival with the shared goal of celebrating excellence in Asian cinema. It was first presented in 2008.

Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
The 2025 recipient: Yang Kuei-mei
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Asian Cinema
Presented by	Asian Film Awards Academy
First award	2008
Most recent winner	Yang Kuei-mei Yen and Ai-Lee (2025)
Website	afa-academy.com

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Recipient(s)	English title	Original title
2008	Joan Chen	The Sun Also Rises	太阳照常升起
	Gong Hyo-jin	Happiness	행복 Haengbok
	Kim Hye-soo	Skeletons in the Closet	좋지 아니한가 Johji-anihanga
	Apinya Sakuljaroensuk	Ploy	พลอย
	Hiroko Yakushimaru	Always: Sunset on Third Street 2	続・三丁目の夕日
2009	Gina Pareño	Service	Serbis
	Yū Aoi	Sex Is No Laughing Matter	人のセックスを笑うな
	Jaclyn Jose	Service	Serbis
	Kirin Kiki	Still Walking	歩いても 歩いても
	Kim Ji-young	Forever the Moment	우리 생애 최고의 순간

2010s

Year	Recipient(s)	English title	Original title
2010	Kara Hui	At the End of Daybreak	心魔, Sham Moh
	Yan Ni	Cow	斗牛
	Kim Kkot-bi	Breathless	똥파리 Ddongpari
	Ryōko Hirosue	Villon's Wife	ヴィヨンの妻 〜桜桃とタンポポ〜
	Sakura Ando	A Crowd of Three	ケンタとジュンとカヨちゃんの国
2011	Youn Yuh-jung	The Housemaid	하녀 Hanyeo
	Yū Aoi	Otōto	おとうと
	Yoshino Kimura	Confessions	告白
	Carina Lau	Let the Bullets Fly	让子弹飞
	Shanty Paredes	Madame X
2012	Shamaine Buencamino	Niño
	Gwei Lun-mei	Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
	Cris Horwang	Headshot	ฝนตกขึ้นฟ้า
	Hikari Mitsushima	Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai	一命 Ichimei
	Yan Ni	11 Flowers
2013	Makiko Watanabe	Capturing Dad	チチを撮りに
	Jun Ji-hyun	The Thieves	도둑들 Dodukdeul
	Kim Hye-soo	The Thieves	도둑들 Dodukdeul
	Lee Lieh	Together	Tian mimi
	Qin Lan	The Last Supper	王的盛宴
2014	Yeo Yann Yann	Ilo Ilo	爸妈不在家
	Yū Aoi	Tokyo Family	東京家族 Tōkyō Kazoku
	Mavis Fan	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
	Kim Young-ae	The Attorney	변호인 Byeonhoin
	Fumi Nikaidō	Why Don't You Play in Hell?	地獄でなぜ悪い Jigoku de naze warui
2015	Chizuru Ikewaki	The Light Shines Only There	そこのみにて光輝く
	Han Ye-ri	Haemoo	해무 Haemu
	Haru Kuroki	The Little House	小さいおうち Chiisai Ouchi
	Tabu	Haider
	Wan Qian	Paradise in Service	軍中樂園 Jun Zhong Le Yuan
2017	Moon So-ri	The Handmaiden	아가씨
	Elaine Jin	Mad World	一念無明
	Atsuko Maeda	The Mohican Comes Home	モヒカン故郷に帰る
	Shabana Azmi	Neerja	नीरजा
	Lynn Hung	See You Tomorrow	擺渡人
2018	Zhang Yuqi	Legend of the Demon Cat	妖猫传
	Choi Hee-seo	Anarchist from Colony	박열
	Hana Sugisaki	Blade of the Immortal	無限の住人
	Wu Yanshu	Love Education	相爱相亲
	Suzu Hirose	The Third Murder	三度目の殺人
2019	Kara Wai	Tracey	翠絲
	Jin Seo-yeon	Believer	독전
	Ding Ning	Cities of Last Things	幸福城市
	Xu Qing	Hidden Man	邪不压正
	Mayu Matsuoka	Shoplifters	万引き家族

2020s

Year	Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Ref.
2020	Ko Shu-chin	A Sun	陽光普照	[1] [2]
	Lee Jeong-eun	Parasite	기생충
	Zhou Ye	Better Days	少年的你
	Patra Au	Twilight's Kiss	叔．叔
	Yūko Tanaka	One Night	ひとよ
2021	Aju Makita	True Mothers	朝が来る	[3] [4]
	Loletta Lee	Drifting	濁水漂流
	Hsieh Ying-xuan	Little Big Women	孤味
	Qin Hailu	Cliff Walkers	懸崖之上
	Jang Yoon-ju	Three Sisters	세 자매
2023	Kim So-jin	Emergency Declaration	비상선언	[5] [6]
	Sakura Ando	A Man	ある男
	Laura Basuki	Before, Now & Then	Nana
	Yin Tao	Home Coming	万里归途
	Yuumi Kawai	Plan 75
2024	Rachel Leung	In Broad Daylight	白日之下	[7]
	Minami Hamabe	Godzilla Minus One	ゴジラ-1.0
	Mariko Tsutsui	Last Shadow at First Light
	Go Min-si	Smugglers	밀수
	Wanfang	Snow in Midsummer	五月雪
2025	Yang Kuei-mei	Yen and Ai-Lee	小雁與吳愛麗	[8]
	Divya Prabha	All We Imagine as Light
	Maggie Li Lin Lin	All Shall Be Well	從今以後
	Lim Ji-yeon	Revolver	리볼버
	Kumi Takiuchi	Teki Cometh	敵

See also

• Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role