Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance

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]

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance
The 2024 recipient: Danielle Brooks
Awarded forOutstanding Performance
CountryUnited States
Presented byBlack Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awarded2024
Most recent winnerDanielle Brooks
The Color Purple
Websiteblackreelawards.com

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 Brooks is the inaugural winner for her performance in The Color Purple, for which she was also nominated at the Academy Awards.

Winners and nominees

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2020s

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Year Actor Role(s) Film
2024
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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

Multiple nominations from the same film

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Age superlatives

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Record Actor Film Age (in years)
Oldest winner Danielle Brooks The Color Purple 34
Oldest nominee Viola Davis Air 58
Youngest winner Danielle Brooks The Color Purple 34
Youngest nominee

References

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  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.