The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking.
The award was awarded for the first time in 1969, to Dyan Cannon for her role in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Karen Black | Five Easy Pieces | Rayette Dipesto |
| 1971 | Ellen Burstyn | The Last Picture Show | Lois Farrow |
| 1972 | Jeannie Berlin | The Heartbreak Kid | Lila Kolodny |
| 1973 | Valentina Cortese | Day for Night (La nuit américaine) | Séverine |
| 1974 | Valerie Perrine | Lenny | Honey Bruce |
| 1975 | Lily Tomlin | Nashville | Linnea Reese |
| 1976 | Talia Shire | Rocky | Adrian Pennino |
| 1977 | Sissy Spacek | 3 Women | Pinky Rose |
| 1978 | Maureen Stapleton | Interiors | Pearl |
| 1979 | Meryl Streep | Kramer vs. Kramer | Joanna Kramer |
| The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Karen Traynor | ||
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Mary Steenburgen | Melvin and Howard | Lynda Dummar |
| 1981 | Mona Washbourne | Stevie | Aunt |
| 1982 | Jessica Lange | Tootsie | Julie Nichols |
| 1983 | Linda Hunt | The Year of Living Dangerously | Billy Kwan |
| 1984 | Christine Lahti | Swing Shift | Hazel |
| 1985 | Anjelica Huston | Prizzi's Honor | Maerose Prizzi |
| 1986 | Dianne Wiest | Hannah and Her Sisters | Holly |
| 1987 | Vanessa Redgrave | Prick Up Your Ears | Peggy Ramsay |
| 1988 | Diane Venora | Bird | Chan Berg-Parker |
| 1989 | Lena Olin | Masha | |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Miami Blues | Susie Waggoner |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn | Tralala | ||
| 1991 | Judy Davis | Barton Fink | Audrey Taylor |
| Naked Lunch | Joan Frost/Joan Lee | ||
| 1992 | Miranda Richardson | The Crying Game | Jude |
| Damage | Ingrid Fleming | ||
| Enchanted April | Rose Arbuthnot | ||
| 1993 | Gong Li | Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji) | Juxian |
| 1994 | Dianne Wiest | Bullets Over Broadway | Helen Sinclair |
| 1995 | Mira Sorvino | Mighty Aphrodite | Linda Ash |
| 1996 | Courtney Love | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Althea Leasure-Flynt |
| 1997 | Joan Cusack | In & Out | Emily Montgomery |
| 1998 | Lisa Kudrow | The Opposite of Sex | Lucia De Lury |
| 1999 | Catherine Keener | Being John Malkovich | Maxine Lund |
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Marcia Gay Harden | Pollock | Lee Krasner-Pollock |
| 2001 | Helen Mirren | Gosford Park | Mrs. Wilson |
| 2002 | Patricia Clarkson | Far from Heaven | Eleanor Fine |
| 2003 | Shohreh Aghdashloo | House of Sand and Fog | Nadereh "Nadi" Behrani |
| 2004 | Virginia Madsen | Sideways | Maya Randall |
| 2005 | Maria Bello | A History of Violence | Edie Stall |
| 2006 | Jennifer Hudson | Dreamgirls | Effie White |
| 2007 | Amy Ryan | Gone Baby Gone | Helene McCready |
| 2008 | Penélope Cruz | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | María Elena |