Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance

The Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance (German: Silberner Bär/Beste Schauspielerische Leistung in einer Nebenrolle) is an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival for an outstanding performance in a supporting role and chosen by the jury from the films in main competition at the festival.

Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance
Silberner Bär/Bester Schauspielerische Leistung in einer Nebenrolle (German)
The 2025 recipient: Andrew Scott
Awarded for	Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Country	Germany
Presented by	Berlin International Film Festival
First award	2021
Currently held by	Andrew Scott Blue Moon (2025)
Website	www.berlinale.de

The award was first presented at the 2021 Festival to replace the Best Actor and Best Actress awards.^[1] Lilla Kizlinger was the first recipient of this award for her role in Forest – I See You Everywhere (2021). Andrew Scott is the most recent winner of this award for his performance in Blue Moon (2025).

Winners

Emily Watson won for Small Things Like These (2024).

2020s

Year	Actress	Role	Title	Ref.
2021	Lilla Kizlinger	N/A	Forest – I See You Everywhere	[2]
2022	Laura Basuki	Ino	Before, Now & Then	[3]
2023	Thea Ehre	Leni	Till the End of the Night	[4][5]
2024	Emily Watson	Sister Mary	Small Things Like These	[6]
2025	Andrew Scott	Richard Rodgers	Blue Moon	[7]

See also

• Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance