British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress

This is a list of the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. The British Academy Television Awards (BAFTA TV Awards) were first presented in 1954. They are the UK equivalent to the Emmy Awards in the United States. From 1954 to 1997, film and television awards were presented at one ceremony. Since 1998, two separate ceremonies have been held.

British Academy Television Award
2025 Recipient: Jessica Gunning
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First award	2009 (presented 2010)
Currently held by	Jessica Gunning for Baby Reindeer (2025)
Website	bafta.org

The awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor were first presented at the 2010 ceremony.

The first winner of this award was Rebecca Hall for her performance as Paula Garland in the Channel 4 limited series Red Riding 1974 (2010). The most recent winner was Jasmine Jobson for her role in the series Top Boy on Netflix.

Monica Dolan, Jasmine Jobson and Lesley Manville have the most nominations for this award, with three each.

Winners and nominees

Rebecca Hall, the first recipient of this award for Red Riding (2010)

Lauren Socha won for Misfits in 2011.

Olivia Colman won for Accused in 2013.

Sarah Lancashire won for Last Tango in Halifax in 2014.

Gemma Jones won for Marvellous in 2015.

Vanessa Kirby won for her portrayal of Princess Margaret The Crown in 2018.

Fiona Shaw won playing Carolyn Martens in Killing Eve (2019).

2010s

Year	Actress	Work	Character	Network
2010 (56th)
	Rebecca Hall	Red Riding 1974	Paula Garland	Channel 4
	Sophie Okonedo	Criminal Justice	Jackie Woolf	BBC One
	Imelda Staunton	Return to Cranford	Octavia Pole
	Lauren Socha	The Unloved	Lauren	Channel 4
2011 (57th)
	Lauren Socha	Misfits	Kelly Bailey	E4
	Gillian Anderson	Any Human Heart	Wallis Simpson	Channel 4
	Lynda Baron	The Road to Coronation Street	Violet Carson	BBC Four
	Jessie Wallace		Pat Phoenix
2012 (58th)
	Monica Dolan	Appropriate Adult	Rose West	ITV
	Anna Chancellor	The Hour	Lix Storm	BBC Two
	Miranda Hart	Call the Midwife	Camilla "Chummy" Noakes	BBC One
	Maggie Smith	Downton Abbey	Violet Crawley	ITV
2013 (59th)
	Olivia Colman	Accused: "Mo's Story"	Sue	BBC One
	Anastasia Hille	The Fear	Jo Beckett	Channel 4
	Sarah Lancashire	Last Tango in Halifax	Caroline Dawson	BBC One
	Imelda Staunton	The Girl	Alma Reville	BBC Two
2014 (60th)
	Sarah Lancashire	Last Tango in Halifax	Caroline Dawson	BBC One
	Shirley Henderson	Southcliffe	Claire Salter	Channel 4
	Claire Rushbrook	My Mad Fat Diary	Linda Earl-Bouchtat	E4
	Nicola Walker	Last Tango in Halifax	Gillian Buttershaw	BBC One
2015 (61st)
	Gemma Jones	Marvellous	Mary Baldwin	BBC Two
	Amanda Redman	Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This	Gwen Cooper	ITV
	Vicky McClure	Line of Duty	Kate Fleming	BBC Two
	Charlotte Spencer	Glue	Tina Fallon	E4
2016 (62nd)
	Chanel Cresswell	This Is England '90	Kelly Jenkins	Channel 4
	Michelle Gomez	Doctor Who	Missy / The Master	BBC One
	Lesley Manville	River	Chrissie Read
	Eleanor Worthington Cox	The Enfield Haunting	Janet Hodgson	Sky Living
2017 (63rd)
	Wunmi Mosaku	Damilola, Our Loved Boy	Gloria Taylor	BBC One
	Vanessa Kirby	The Crown	Princess Margaret	Netflix
	Siobhan Finneran	Happy Valley	Claire Cartwright	BBC One
	Nicola Walker	Last Tango in Halifax	Gillian Buttershaw
2018 (64th)
	Vanessa Kirby	The Crown	Princess Margaret	Netflix
	Anna Friel	Broken	Christina Fitzsimmons	BBC One
	Liv Hill	Three Girls	Ruby Bowen
	Julie Hesmondhalgh	Broadchurch	Trish Winterman	ITV
2019 (65th)
	Fiona Shaw	Killing Eve	Carolyn Martens	BBC One
	Monica Dolan	A Very English Scandal	Marion Thorpe	BBC One
	Keeley Hawes	Mrs. Wilson	Dorothy Wick
	Billie Piper	Collateral	Karen Mars

2020s

Year	Actress	Work	Character	Network
2020 (66th) [1]
	Naomi Ackie	The End of the F***ing World	Bonnie	Channel 4
	Helena Bonham Carter	The Crown	Princess Margaret	Netflix
	Jasmine Jobson	Top Boy	Jacqueline "Jaq" Lawrence
	Helen Behan	The Virtues	Anna Lowery	Channel 4
2021 (67th) [2]
	Rakie Ayola	Anthony	Gee Walker	BBC One
	Helena Bonham Carter	The Crown	Princess Margaret	Netflix
	Sophie Okonedo	Criminal: UK	Julia Bryce
	Leila Farzad	I Hate Suzie	Naomi Jones	Sky Atlantic
	Siena Kelly	Adult Material	Amy Lloyd	Channel 4
	Weruche Opia	I May Destroy You	Terry Pratchard	BBC One / HBO Max
2022 (68th) [3]
	Cathy Tyson	Help	Poly	Channel 4
	Jessica Plummer	The Girl Before	Emma Matthews	BBC One
	Emily Mortimer	The Pursuit of Love	The Bolter
	Céline Buckens	Showtrial	Talitha Campbell
	Leah Harvey	Foundation	Salvor Hardin	Apple TV+
	Tahirah Sharif	The Tower	Lizzie Adama	ITV
2023 (69th) [4][5]
	Anne-Marie Duff	Bad Sisters	Grace Williams	Apple TV+
	Adelayo Adedayo	The Responder	Rachel Hargreaves	BBC One
	Lesley Manville	Sherwood	Julie Jackson
	Saffron Hocking	Top Boy	Lauryn Lawrence	Netflix
	Jasmine Jobson		Jacqueline "Jaq" Lawrence
	Fiona Shaw	Andor	Maarva Andor	Disney+
2024 (70th) [6]
	Jasmine Jobson	Top Boy	Jacqueline “Jaq” Lawrence	Netflix
	Elizabeth Debicki	The Crown	Diana, Princess of Wales	Netflix
	Harriet Walter	Succession	Lady Caroline Collingwood	Sky Atlantic
	Lesley Manville	The Crown	Princess Margaret	Netflix
	Nico Parker	The Last of Us	Sarah Miller	Sky Atlantic
	Siobhan Finneran	Happy Valley	Clare Cartwright	BBC One
2025 (71st) [7][8]
	Jessica Gunning	Baby Reindeer	Martha Scott	Netflix
	Nava Mau	Baby Reindeer	Teresa "Teri"	Netflix
	Katherine Parkinson	Rivals	Lizzie Vereker	Disney+
	Maxine Peake	Say Nothing	Older Dolours Price
	Monica Dolan	Sherwood	Ann Branson	BBC One
	Sue Johnston	Truelove	Marion	Channel 4

Superlatives

Record	Actress	Programme	Age (in years)
Oldest winner	Gemma Jones	Marvellous	72
Oldest nominee	Maggie Smith	Downton Abbey	77
Youngest winner	Lauren Socha	Misfits	20
Youngest nominee	Eleanor Worthington Cox	The Enfield Haunting	14

Actresses with multiple wins and nominations

Multiple nominations

The following people have been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress multiple times:

3 nominations Monica Dolan Jasmine Jobson Lesley Manville 2 nominations Helena Bonham Carter Siobhan Finneran Vanessa Kirby Sarah Lancashire Sophie Okonedo Fiona Shaw Lauren Socha Imelda Staunton Nicola Walker

Programmes with multiple wins and nominations

Multiple nominations

6 nominations The Crown 4 nominations Last Tango in Halifax Top Boy

2 nominations Baby Reindeer Happy Valley The Road to Coronation Street Sherwood