Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance
Danielle Deadwyler at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (cropped 3).jpg
The 2025 recipient: Danielle Deadwyler
Awarded forOutstanding Performance
CountryUnited States
Presented by Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
First award 2024
Most recent winner Danielle Deadwyler
The Piano Lesson
Website blackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance. The award recognizes an actor or actress who delivers an outstanding performance in a supporting role within the given eligible period. [1]

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The award was first presented at the 24th Annual Black Reel Awards as a result of a merger between the Outstanding Supporting Actor and Outstanding Supporting Actress awards into a single gender-neutral award, with a total of ten nominees being selected. Danielle Deadwyler is the inaugural winner for her performance in The Piano Lesson , for which she was also nominated at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Winners and nominees

2020s

YearActorRole(s)Film
2024
[2]
Danielle Brooks Sofia The Color Purple
Erika Alexander Coraline American Fiction
Sterling K. Brown Clifford "Cliff" Ellison
Viola Davis Deloris Jordan Air
Colman Domingo Albert "Mister" Johnson The Color Purple
Taraji P. Henson Shug Avery
Jamie Foxx Slick Charles They Cloned Tyrone
Jonathan Majors Damian Anderson Creed III
Da'Vine Joy Randolph Mary Lamb The Holdovers
Jurnee Smollett Mame Downes The Burial
2025
[3]
Danielle Deadwyler Berniece The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Joyce Exhibiting Forgiveness
Hattie Nickel Boys
Brian Tyree Henry Jason Crutchfield The Fire Inside
Clarence Maclin Himself Sing Sing
Lashana Lynch Rita Marley Bob Marley: One Love
Zoe Saldaña Rita Mora Castro Emilia Pérez
Jurnee Smollett Dolores We Grown Now
Denzel Washington Macrinus Gladiator II
Brandon Wilson Turner Nickel Boys

Multiple nominations

2 nominations

Multiple nominations from the same film

Age superlatives

RecordActorFilmAge (in years)
Oldest winner Danielle Deadwyler The Piano Lesson 42
Oldest nominee Denzel Washington Gladiator II 70
Youngest winner Danielle Brooks The Color Purple 34
Youngest nominee Brandon Wilson Nickel Boys 31

References

  1. Siler, Brenda C. (January 23, 2024). "'The Color Purple' at the Top in 2024 Black Reel Awards". The Washington Informer . Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  2. Complex, Valerie (February 6, 2023). "'The Woman King' Wins Big at the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  3. "25th Annual Black Reel Awards Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 19, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.