Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance. The award recognizes an actor or actress who delivers an outstanding performance in a supporting role within the given eligible period.^[1]

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance
The 2025 recipient: Danielle Deadwyler
Awarded for	Outstanding Performance
Country	United States
Presented by	Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
First award	2024
Most recent winner	Danielle Deadwyler The Piano Lesson
Website	blackreelawards.com

The award was first presented at the 24th Annual Black Reel Awards as a result of a merger between the Outstanding Supporting Actor and Outstanding Supporting Actress awards into a single gender-neutral award, with a total of ten nominees being selected. Danielle Brooks is the inaugural winner for her performance in The Color Purple, for which she was also nominated at the Academy Awards.

Winners and nominees

2020s

Year	Actor	Role(s)	Film
2024 [2]
	Danielle Brooks	Sofia	The Color Purple
	Erika Alexander	Coraline	American Fiction
	Sterling K. Brown	Clifford "Cliff" Ellison
	Viola Davis	Deloris Jordan	Air
	Colman Domingo	Albert "Mister" Johnson	The Color Purple
	Taraji P. Henson	Shug Avery
	Jamie Foxx	Slick Charles	They Cloned Tyrone
	Jonathan Majors	Damian Anderson	Creed III
	Da'Vine Joy Randolph	Mary Lamb	The Holdovers
	Jurnee Smollett	Mame Downes	The Burial
2025 [3]
	Danielle Deadwyler	Berniece	The Piano Lesson
	Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor	Joyce	Exhibiting Forgiveness
		Hattie	Nickel Boys
	Brian Tyree Henry	Jason Crutchfield	The Fire Inside
	Clarence Maclin	Himself	Sing Sing
	Lashana Lynch	Rita Marley	Bob Marley: One Love
	Zoe Saldaña	Rita Mora Castro	Emilia Pérez
	Jurnee Smollett	Dolores	We Grown Now
	Denzel Washington	Macrinus	Gladiator II
	Brandon Wilson	Turner	Nickel Boys

Multiple nominations

2 nominations

• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
• Jurnee Smollett

Multiple nominations from the same film

• Erika Alexander and Sterling K. Brown in American Fiction (2024)
• Danielle Brooks (winner), Colman Domingo, and Taraji P. Henson in The Color Purple (2024)
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Brandon Wilson in Nickel Boys (2025)

Age superlatives

Record	Actor	Film	Age (in years)
Oldest winner	Danielle Deadwyler	The Piano Lesson	42
Oldest nominee	Denzel Washington	Gladiator II	70
Youngest winner	Danielle Brooks	The Color Purple	34
Youngest nominee	Brandon Wilson	Nickel Boys	31