Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress
Year Actress Character Film
2000 Frances McDormand Elaine Miller / Sara Gaskell Almost Famous / Wonder Boys
2001 Jennifer Connelly Alicia Nash A Beautiful Mind
2001 Cameron Diaz Julie Gianni Vanilla Sky
2001 Marisa Tomei Natalie Strout In the Bedroom
2002 Catherine Zeta-Jones Velma Kelly Chicago
2002 Kathy Bates Roberta Hertzel About Schmidt
2002 Meryl Streep Susan Orlean Adaptation
2003 Renée Zellweger Ruby Thewes Cold Mountain
2003 Patricia Clarkson Joy Burns Pieces of April
2003 Marcia Gay Harden Celeste Boyle Mystic River
2003 Holly Hunter Melanie Freeland Thirteen
2003 Scarlett Johansson Charlotte Lost in Translation
2004 Virginia Madsen Maya Randall Sideways
2004 Cate Blanchett Katharine Hepburn The Aviator
2004 Laura Linney Clara McMillen Kinsey
2004 Natalie Portman Jane Jones / Alice Ayres Closer
2004 Kate Winslet Sylvia Llewelyn Davies Finding Neverland
2005 Amy Adams ( TIE ) Ashley Johnsten Junebug
2005 Michelle Williams ( TIE ) Alma Beers Del Mar Brokeback Mountain
2005 Maria Bello Edie Stall A History of Violence
List of winners and nominees -- 2000s
The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given out at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The awards are presented by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and was first presented in 1995. There were no official nominees announced until 2001. There have been two ties in this category (1998, 2005) and there are currently six nominees annually.