The

Hong Kong Film Award The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; ), founded in 1982, is an annual List of film awards, film awards ceremony in Hong Kong. The ceremonies typically take place in April, and have mostly been held at the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Cent ...

for Best Supporting Actress is an annual

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industry award presented to an actress for the best performance by an actress in a supporting role.

History

The award was established at the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards (1985) and the first winner was

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for her role in the film '' Behind the Yellow Line''. There are 5, sometimes 6, nominations for the category of Best Supporting Actress from which one actress is chosen the winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. The most recent recipient of the award was Rachel Leung, who was honoured at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards (2024), for her performance in '' In Broad Daylight''. The actress with most awards in this category is Elaine Jin with 4 awards. There are six actresses who have been awarded in both the categories for leading and supporting roles,

, Cecilia Yip, Zhou Xun, Deanie Ip, Kara Wai and Teresa Mo.

Winners and nominees

Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

References

External links

Hong Kong Film Awards
{{Hong Kong Film Awards Chron Film awards for supporting actress Awards established in 1985 Hong Kong Film Awards 1985 establishments in Hong Kong