AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Supporting Actress

The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP.

The award honors an actress over the age of 50 who has given an outstanding supporting performance in a film in a given year.

[1] The awards for Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor were first given at the 7th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards in 2008.

[2] Prior to that, the only individual acting awards were for Best Actor and Best Actress.

The following individuals received multiple Best Supporting Actress nominations:

Ruby Dee was the first and, to date, oldest winner of Best Supporting Actress, for her role in American Gangster .
Vanessa Redgrave was the first solo winner born outside the United States.
Rene Russo 's win for Nightcrawler was her first professional award besides a win for Best Kiss at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards . [ 6 ]
At 51 years old, Viola Davis 's win for Fences made her the youngest recipient of Best Supporting Actress to date.
In addition to her three nominations and one win for Supporting Actress, Judi Dench has seven nominations and two wins for Best Actress .
At 87, Ellen Burstyn 's performance in Pieces of a Woman made her the oldest nominee to date.