Austin Film Critics Association
Year Winner Film Role
2005 Laura Linney The Squid and the Whale Joan Berkman
2006 Rinko Kikuchi Babel Chieko Wataya
2007 Allison Janney Juno Bren MacGuff
2008 Taraji P. Henson The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Queenie
2009 Anna Kendrick Up in the Air Natalie Keener
2010 Hailee Steinfeld True Grit Mattie Ross
2011 Jessica Chastain Take Shelter Samantha LaForche
2012 Anne Hathaway † Les Misérables Fantine
2013 Lupita Nyong ' o † 12 Years a Slave Patsey
2014 Patricia Arquette † Boyhood Olivia Evans
2015 Alicia Vikander Ex Machina Ava
2016 Viola Davis † Fences Rose Maxson
2017 Allison Janney † I , Tonya LaVona Golden
2018 Regina King † If Beale Street Could Talk Sharon Rivers
2019 Jennifer Lopez Hustlers Ramona Vega
Winners -- Best Supporting Actress
The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) is an organization of professional film critics from Austin, Texas. Each year, the AFCA votes on their end-of-year awards for films released in the same calendar year. A special award, the Austin Film Award, is given each year to the best film made in Austin or by an Austin-area director.