IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Film

IFTA Award for Supporting Actress – Film
The 2024 recipient: Saoirse Ronan
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
CountryIreland
Presented byIrish Film & Television Academy (IFTA)
First award2003
Most recent winnerSaoirse Ronan, Blitz (2025)
Websiteifta.ie

For the first and second Irish Film and Television Awards ceremonies, supporting performances for film and television were combined into one category. Up until the 2018–2019 film season, awards were given for films released in Ireland the previous year.

Eligibility

The award is exclusively open to Irish actresses. The rules define an Irish person as follows:

  • Born in Ireland (32 counties) or
  • Have Irish Citizenship or
  • Be full-time resident in Ireland (minimum of 3 years)[1]
Fionnula Flanagan won twice, for Transamerica (2005) and The Guard (2011).
Saoirse Ronan won four times, for Atonement (2007), Death Defying Acts (2007), The Way Back (2010), andBlitz] (2024).
Dervla Kirwan won for Ondine (2009).
Bríd Brennan won for Shadow Dancer (2012).
Sinéad Cusack won for The Sea (2013).
Victoria Smurfit won for The Lears (2017).
Niamh Algar won for Calm with Horses (2019).
Sharon Horgan won for Dating Amber (2020).
Jessie Buckley won for The Lost Daughter (2021).
Kerry Condon won for The Banshees of Inisherin (2022).

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year Actress Film Ref.
2006
3rd
Charlotte Bradley The Boys From County Clare [2]
Nora-Jane Noone The Descent
Deirdre O'Kane Boy Eats Girl
Tatiana Ouliankina Short Order
2007
4th
Fionnula Flanagan Transamerica [3]
Sinéad Cusack The Tiger's Tail
Orla Fitzgerald The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Ruth Negga Breakfast on Pluto
2008
5th
Saoirse Ronan Atonement [4]
Elaine Cassidy And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Anne-Marie Duff Garage
Gail Fitzpatrick Strength and Honour
2009
6th
Saoirse Ronan Death Defying Acts [5]
Sarah Bolger The Spiderwick Chronicles
Lesley Conroy Eden
Ger Ryan Dorothy

2010s

Year Actress Film Ref.
2010
7th
Dervla Kirwan Ondine [6]
Anne Marie Duff Nowhere Boy
Nora-Jane Noone Savage
Ger Ryan Happy Ever Afters
2011
8th
Saoirse Ronan The Way Back [7]
Kerry Condon The Runway
Marcella Plunkett Swansong – Story of Occi Byrne
Eileen Walsh Snap
2012
9th
Fionnula Flanagan The Guard [8]
Maria Doyle Kennedy Albert Nobbs
Brenda Fricker Albert Nobbs
Amy Huberman Stella Days
2013
10th
Bríd Brennan Shadow Dancer [9]
Bronagh Gallagher Grabbers
Charlene McKenna Jump
Gabrielle Reidy What Richard Did
2014
11th
Sinéad Cusack The Sea [10]
Fionnula Flanagan Life's a Breeze
Amy Huberman The Stag
Orla O'Rourke Calvary
2015
12th
Sarah Greene Noble [11]
Kerry Condon Gold
Sinéad Cusack Queen and Country
Catherine Walker Patrick's Day
2016
13th
Jane Brennan Brooklyn [12]
Gemma-Leah Devereux Get Up and Go
Olwen Fouéré The Survivalist
Siobhan O'Kelly An Klondike
Ger Ryan The Callback Queen
2017
14th
Charleigh Bailey A Date for Mad Mary [13]
Simone Kirby Notes on Blindness
Susan Lynch Bad Day for the Cut
Hilary Rose The Young Offenders
Fiona Shaw Out of Innocence
2018
15th
Victoria Smurfit The Lears [14]
Niamh Algar The Drummer and The Keeper
Sarah Carroll The Limit Of
Fionna Hewitt-Twamley Cardboard Gangsters
Deirdre O'Kane Halal Daddy

2020s

Year Actress Film Ref.
2020
16th
Niamh Algar Calm with Horses [15]
Caitríona Balfe Ford v Ferrari
Seána Kerslake Dublin Oldschool
Charlie Murphy Dark Lies the Island
Emily Taaffe The Dig
Catherine Walker We Ourselves
2021
17th
Sharon Horgan Dating Amber [16]
Kathy Kiera Clarke A Bend in the River
Molly McCann Herself
Ally Ní Chiaráin Broken Law
Saoirse Ronan Ammonite
2022
18th
Jessie Buckley The Lost Daughter [17]
Caitríona Balfe Belfast
Carrie Crowley An Cailín Ciúin
Amy-Joyce Hastings Who We Love
Ruth Negga Passing
2023
19th
Kerry Condon The Banshees of Inisherin [18]
Jessie Buckley Women Talking
Elaine Cassidy The Wonder
Kíla Lord Cassidy
Aisling Franciosi God's Creatures
Eileen Walsh Ann
2024
20th
Alison Oliver Saltburn [19]
Bronagh Gallagher Dance First
Catherine Walker My Sailor, My Love
Ruth McCabe That They May Face The Rising Sun
Agnes O'Casey The Miracle Club
Maya O’Shea Verdigris

Statistics

Multiple wins

3 wins:

2 wins:

Multiple nominations

See also

References

  1. ^ "IFTA Film & Drama Awards | Rules & Guidelines for Submissions" (PDF). Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA). p. 4. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  2. ^ Clare, Gabriella (14 October 2021). "Ruth Bradley's life from famous actress mum to relationship with sitcom star". MyLondon.
  3. ^ "Winners 2007 | IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie. 2007.
  4. ^ "Winners 2008 | IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie. 2008.
  5. ^ "Winners 2009 | IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie. 2009.
  6. ^ "IFTA Winners 2010 | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie. 2010.
  7. ^ "Winners of the 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards 2011 | IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie. 2011.
  8. ^ "Winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards IFTAs 2012 | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie. 2012.
  9. ^ "Winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards IFTAs 2013 | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie. 2013.
  10. ^ "Winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards IFTAs 2014 | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie. 2014.
  11. ^ "Sarah Greene - Winner Supporting Actress Film IFTA 2015". Irish Film & Television Academy. 2015 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ "Jane Brennan 'Brooklyn' Winner Best Actress in a Supporting Role Film Award - IFTA 2016". Irish Film & Television Academy. 2016 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ "Charleigh Bailey A Date For Mad Mary Winner Best Actress in a Leading Role Film Award - IFTA 2017". Irish Film & Television Academy. 2017 – via YouTube.
  14. ^ "Victoria Smurfit 'The Lears' Winner Best Supporting Actress Film 2018". Irish Film & Television Academy. 2018 – via YouTube.
  15. ^ "Niamh Algar - Calm With Horses; Winner of Best Supporting Actress Film 2020 (Pres. by Pierce Brosnan)". Irish Film & Television Academy. 2020 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ "Sharon Horgan - Dating Amber; Winner of Best Supporting Actress 2021 Film". Irish Film & Television Academy. 2021 – via YouTube.
  17. ^ "Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter) - Winner of Supporting Actress Film 2022 (Presented by Colin Farrell)". Irish Film & Television Academy. 2022 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ "2023 IFTA Nominations for the Irish Academy Awards". ifta.ie. Irish Film & Television Academy. 2023.
  19. ^ "Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Saoirse Ronan Among Irish Film & Television Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 March 2024.
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