Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress

It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the Mexican film industry.

In 1947, the 1st and 2nd Ariel Awards were held, with Lilia Michel winning in both ceremonies for the films Un Beso en la Noche and Vértigo, respectively.

Angélica Aragón, Katy Jurado, Ofelia Medina, Lilia Michel, Angelina Peláez, and Eileen Yáñez have been awarded twice; Jurado was also the first Mexican actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film Broken Lance (1954).

In 2019, Cassandra Ciangherotti became the first performer to be nominated twice the same year, with their supporting roles in the films El Club de los Insomnes and Las Niñas Bien.

Twenty one films have featured two nominated performances for Best Supporting Actress, Una Familia de Tantas (Eugenia Galindo and Martha Roth), Fin de Fiesta (Ana Martín and Helena Rojo), Actas de Marusia (Silvia Mariscal and Patricia Reyes Spíndola), Las Poquianchis (Ana Ofelia Murguía and María Rojo), El Lugar Sin Límites (Ana Martín and Lucha Villa), Que Viva Tepito (Leonor Llausás and Rebeca Silva), Vidas Errantes (Eugenia D'Silva and Josefina González de la Riva), Los Motivos de Luz (Murguía and Dunia Zaldívar), Como Agua Para Chocolate (Pilar Aranda and Claudette Maillé), Novia Que Te Vea (Angélica Aragón and Verónica Langer), Dos Crimenes (Leticia Huijara and Margarita Isabel), Mujeres Insumisas (Regina Orozco and Lourdes Elizarrarás), Profundo Carmesí (Julieta Egurrola and Verónica Merchant, Por Si No Te Vuelvo a Ver (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and Angelina Peláez), Un Embrujo (Luisa Huertas and Mayra Sérbulo), Mezcal (Aída López and Sérbulo), Fuera del Cielo (Martha Higareda and Isela Vega), Cinco Días Sin Nora (Langer and Peláez), Las Oscuras Primaveras (Margarita Sanz and Cecilia Suárez), Las Niñas Bien (Cassandra Ciangherotti and Paulina Gaitán), Leona (Sanz and Carolina Politti); Roth, Helena Rojo, Reyes Spíndola, María Rojo, Villa, Murguía, Maillé, Aragón, Isabel, Egurrola, Vega, and Peláez won the award.

Color photo of Marga López.
Marga López was nominated twice winning for Soledad in 1948.
Color photo of Columba Domínguez.
Columba Domínguez won in 1949 for her role in Maclovia .
Color photo of Diana Bracho.
Diana Bracho won the award twice for El Castillo de la Pureza (1973) and El Infierno de Todos Tan Temido (1980).
Color photo of Lucha Villa.
Lucha Villa received the award for El Lugar Sin Límites in 1978.
Ana Ofelia Murguía won thrice, for Cadena Perpetua (Life Sentence) (1979); Los Motivos de Luz (The Motives of Luz) (1985); & La Reina de la Noche ( The Queen of the Night ) (1994).
Color photo of Angélica Aragón.
Angélica Aragón won the award twice for the films Novia Que Te Vea (1994) and El Crímen del Padre Amaro (2003).
Color photo of Vanessa Bauche.
Vanessa Bauche was nominated three times and won for De La Calle in 2002.
Color photo of Ofelia Medina.
Ofelia Medina won the award twice for the films Voces Inocentes (2005) and Las Buenas Hierbas (2011).
Color photo of Lisa Owen.
Lisa Owen won the award for the film Los Insólitos Peces Gato (2013).
Color photo of Adriana Paz.
Adriana Paz won the award in 2016 and 2017 for the films Hilda and La Caridad , respectively.
Color photo of Marina de Tavira.
Marina de Tavira won the award in 2019 for the film Roma and was nominated for the same award at the 91st Academy Awards .
Color photo of Ludwika Paleta.
Ludwika Paleta won the award in 2024 for the film Todo El Silencio .