Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role
February 26, 2024
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role was an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
This commingled actor/actress award was introduced in 1985, merging the preceding awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role. However, this comingled award was suspended after its presentation in 1990; from 1991 to 2012, the supporting category vacillated at random between the commingled award (presented for 12 different seasons) and the original split pair of awards (presented for the other 11 seasons). The comingled Best Performance in a Supporting Role was last presented in 2012, and fully retired thereafter.
On the 16 occasions that this commingled award was given, it was presented six times to an actress and ten times to an actor.
London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (.PDF). 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre. p. 20. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
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February 26, 2024
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The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role was an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976 and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting RoleAwarded forBest Performance in a Supporting RoleLocationEnglandPresented bySociety of London TheatreFirst awarded1985Last awarded2012Websiteofficiallondontheatre wbr com wbr olivier awards wbr This commingled actor actress award was introduced in 1985 merging the preceding awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role However this comingled award was suspended after its presentation in 1990 from 1991 to 2012 the supporting category vacillated at random between the commingled award presented for 12 different seasons and the original split pair of awards presented for the other 11 seasons The comingled Best Performance in a Supporting Role was last presented in 2012 and fully retired thereafter On the 16 occasions that this commingled award was given it was presented six times to an actress and ten times to an actor Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 1980s 1 2 1990s 1 3 2000s 1 4 2010s 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksWinners and nominees edit1980s edit Year Actor Play Character1985Imelda Staunton A Chorus of Disapproval and The Corn is Green Hannah Llewellyn Bessie WattyMaria Aitken Waste Frances TrebellPatricia Routledge Richard III Queen MargaretZoe Wanamaker Mother Courage and Her Children Mother Courage1986Paul Jesson The Normal Heart FelixJanet Dale The Merry Wives of Windsor and Othello Mistress Page EmiliaNicky Henson As You Like It and The Merry Wives of Windsor Touchstone FordFiona Shaw As You Like It and Mephisto Celia Erika Bruckner1987Michael Bryant King Lear and Antony and Cleopatra The Fool EnobarbusRobin Bailey Fathers and Sons Vassily Ivanyich BazarovDiane Bull Tons of Money Louise AllingtonSheila Reid When I was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout Morag1988Eileen Atkins Cymbeline The Winter s Tale and Mountain Language Queen Paulina Elderly WomanRudi Davies A Touch of the Poet Sara MelodySerena Evans Henceforward ZoeTony Haygarth The Tempest Trinculo1989 90Michael Bryant Hamlet The Voysey Inheritance and Racing Demon Polonius Peacey Rev Harry HendersonLinda Kerr Scott Ghetto DjiganSimon Russell Beale The Man of Mode Restoration Playing with Trains and Some Americans Abroad Sir Fopling Flutter Lord Are Danny Henry McNeilZoe Wanamaker Othello Emilia1990s edit Year Actor Play Character1996Simon Russell Beale Volpone MoscaBen Chaplin The Glass Menagerie Tom WingfieldGeraldine McEwan The Way of the World Lady WishfortClaire Skinner The Glass Menagerie Laura Wingfield1998Sarah Woodward Tom amp Clem KittyMichael Bryant King Lear Lear s FoolRonald Pickup Amy s View Frank OddiePaul Rhys King Lear Edgar1999Brendan Coyle The Weir BrendanEmma Fielding The School for Scandal Lady TeazleAdam Godley Cleo Camping Emmanuelle and Dick KennethMichael Sheen Amadeus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2000s edit Year Actor Play Character2003Essie Davis A Streetcar Named Desire Stella KowalskiJessica Hynes The Night Heron BollaMark Strong Twelfth Night OrsinoSian Thomas Up for Grabs Dawn2004Warren Mitchell The Price Gregory SolomonJoe Dixon The Roman Actor ParisOliver Ford Davies Absolutely Perhaps LaudisiPaul Hilton Mourning Becomes Electra Orin2005Amanda Harris Othello EmiliaSamuel Barnett The History Boys PosnerJudi Dench All s Well that Ends Well Countess RossillionEddie Redmayne The Goat or Who Is Sylvia Billy2006Noma Dumezweni A Raisin in the Sun Ruth YoungerDavid Bradley Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 Henry IV of EnglandBenedict Cumberbatch Hedda Gabler George TesmanAnne Reid Epitaph for George Dillon Kate ElliotPaul Ritter Coram Boy Otis Gardiner2007Jim Norton The Seafarer Richard HarkinSamantha Bond Donkeys Years RosemaryDeborah Findlay The Cut SusanMark Hadfield Therese Raquin GrivetColm Meaney A Moon for the Misbegotten Phil2008Rory Kinnear The Man of Mode Fopling FluterMichelle Fairley Othello EmiliaPam Ferris The Entertainer Phoebe RiceConleth Hill Philistines Teterev2009Patrick Stewart Hamlet Claudius GhostOliver Ford Davies Hamlet PoloniusKevin McNally Ivanov LebedevPaul Ritter The Norman Conquests Reg2010s edit Year Actor Play Character2012Sheridan Smith Flare Path Doris Countess SkriczevinskyMark Addy Collaborators VladimirOliver Chris One Man Two Guvnors Stanley StubbersJohnny Flynn Jerusalem LeeBryony Hannah The Children s Hour Mary TilfordSee also editDrama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a PlayReferences editLondon Theatre Guide 2008 The Laurence Olivier Awards Full List of Winners 1976 2008 PDF 1976 2008 The Society of London Theatre p 20 Retrieved 2008 08 30 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role amp oldid 1113026666, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
