Australian Film Institute Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in Television Drama

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in Television Drama is awarded annually by the Australian Film Institute

Australian Film Institute

The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...

as part of the awards

Australian Film Institute Awards

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...

in television

Australian Film Institute Television Awards

The Australian Film Institute Television Awards are annual awards presented for excellence in Australian television annually as part of the AFI Awards by the Australian Film Institute. The AFI Awards cover non-feature films, films, television, and special awards...

for excellence in acting

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

in television drama by a guest or supporting actress.

The first Award was made in 2000. Prior to 2002, the Award was called Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series. In 2002, the Award name was changed to Best Actress in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama and two years later, in 2004, the Award was named Best Actress in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy. A separate comedy Award was established in 2006, and this Award became Best Guest or Supporting Actress in Television Drama.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series

Year	Winner	Television Drama Series	Episode	Network	Other nominees
2000	Lois Ramsey	Grass Roots	"Late September"	ABC TV ABC1 ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on...	Deborra-Lee Furness Deborra-Lee Furness -Biography:Furness attended Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne where she graduated in 1973. She subsequently graduated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York in 1981.... - SeaChange SeaChange SeaChange was a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong... : "Hungi Jury" (ABCTV) Natalia Novikova - SeaChange: "How Much Greener Was My Neighbours Valley" (ABCTV)
2001	Catherine McClements Catherine McClements Catherine McClements is an Australian actress.-Early life:Catherine is the third of four children, and after acting with the St Martin's Youth Arts Centre in Melbourne for a couple of years, she successfully auditioned for the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art when she was 17...	The Secret Life of Us The Secret Life of Us The Secret Life of Us was a television drama series set in the beachside suburb of St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. The series was produced by Southern Star Entertainment and screened in Australia from 2001 to 2005 on Network Ten and on Channel 4 in the UK...	"Love Sucks"	Network Ten Network Ten Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...	Carol Burns Carol Burns .Carol Burns is an Australian actor. She has worked in film, television and theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom.-Career highlights:... - Blue Heelers Blue Heelers Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :... : "Deadly Fascination" - Episode #297 (Seven Network Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach... ) Rhondda Findleton - Stingers Stingers Stingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program... : "Fool To Want You" (Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia... ) Joanne Priest - Love is a Four Letter Word Love is a Four Letter Word Love Is A Four Letter Word is a 26 episode drama written by Matt Ford produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2001. It was set and filmed in Newtown, New South Wales, following the lives of a group of friends working in a pub, and the concerns facing urban 20somethings in Australia... : "Split" (ABCTV)

Best Actress in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama

Year	Winner	Television Drama	Episode	Network	Other nominees
2002	Magda Szubanski Magda Szubanski Magda Szubanski is a British-born Australian actress, comedian, television presenter, radio host and author.Szubanski's career began while she was studying at university and she progressed to television sketch comedy, as both a writer and performer...	Kath & Kim Kath & Kim Kath & Kim is a Logie Award-winning character-driven Australian television situation comedy series. The series was created by, and is written by Jane Turner and Gina Riley who play the title characters: a suburban mother and daughter with a dysfunctional relationship...	"Wedding"	ABC TV	Belinda McClory Belinda McClory Belinda McClory is an Australian film, television and stage actress.Belinda was born in Adelaide, Australia. On 30 January 1999 she married director Jon Hewitt. McClory is mainly known for her role in The Matrix... - All Saints All Saints (TV series) All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009... : "Opening Night" (Seven Network) Rebecca Frith Rebecca Frith Rebecca Frith is an Australian actress-Biography:Since graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1987, Frith has appeared in a diversity of TV shows... - Secret Bridesmaids' Business Sacha Horler Sacha Horler Sacha Horler is an Australian actress. Her parents were lawyers, but co-founded Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company in the early 1970s.-Career:... - Secret Bridesmaids' Business
2003	Essie Davis Essie Davis Essie Davis is an Australian actress. Born and raised in Hobart, Tasmania, she is the daughter of locally famed artist George Davis.She emerged from the Old Nick Company at the University of Tasmania in the late 1980s and has gone on to appear in Hollywood movies. She is a graduate of the National...	After the Deluge			Maggie Dence - Always Greener Always Greener Always Greener was an Australian television drama/comedy series that aired on the Seven Network which followed the fortunes of two families, one from the city and the other from the country, when they decide to switch homes and start a new direction in life for themselves... : "Understanding The Cry" (ABCTV) Sacha Horler - Grass Roots: "Art" (ABC TV) Magda Szubanski] - Kath & Kim (ABCTV)

Best Actress in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy

Year	Winner	Television Drama or Comedy	Episode	Network	Other nominees
2004	Katie Wall Katie Wall -Television roles:* Dirt Game as Caz Cohen* Dangerous as Esther* Love My Way as Sonia McClusky* The Surgeon as Siobhan Kerry* The Secret Life of Us as Karen* All Saints as Diana Short...	Marking Time Marking Time Marking Time was an Australian television mini-series, consisting of four one-hour episodes. It first aired on 9 and 10 November 2003 on ABC-TV...		ABC TV	Magda Szubanski - Kath & Kim (ABCTV) Abbie Cornish Abbie Cornish Abbie Cornish is an Australian actress. She is well known in Australia for a number of film and television roles, particularly her award-winning lead performance in 2004's Somersault, and internationally for her role as Fanny Brawne in Bright Star and her appearance as Sweet Pea in Sucker Punch.-... - Marking Time (ABCTV) Jacinta Stapleton Jacinta Stapleton Jacinta Stapelton is an Australian actress. Her most notable acting role was Amy Greenwood in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours from 1997 to 2000.-Early life:... - Stingers: Episode #172 (Nine Network)
2005	Anita Hegh Anita Hegh Anita Hegh is an Australian actor, known for starring as Ellen 'Mac' Mackenzie in the television seriesStingers.- Life :...	MDA MDA (TV series) MDA is an Australian television series that aired between 2002 and 2005 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . It concerned the day-to-day operation of legal firm MDA, which specialised in medical defence.-Synopsis:...	Episode #6	ABC TV	Maggie Dence - Always Greener Always Greener Always Greener was an Australian television drama/comedy series that aired on the Seven Network which followed the fortunes of two families, one from the city and the other from the country, when they decide to switch homes and start a new direction in life for themselves... : "Understanding The Cry" (ABCTV) Sacha Horler - Grass Roots: "Art" (ABC TV) Magda Szubanski] - Kath & Kim (ABCTV)

Best Guest or Supporting Actress in Television Drama

Year	Winner	Television Drama	Episode	Network	Other nominees
2006	Saskia Burmeister Saskia Burmeister Saskia Burmeister is anAustralian actress. She is most known for her roles in Hating Alison Ashley and Sea Patrol....	Blue Heelers Blue Heelers Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...		Seven Network Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...	Margaret Harvey - RAN RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series) RAN is an Australian television program , filmed entirely on Masig Island in the tropical Torres Strait north of the Cape York Peninsula, the northern-most part of Australia , and the border with Papua New Guinea.This is an important series to Torres Strait Islanders, but also to the... (SBS TV) Merwez Whaleboat - RAN (SBS TV) Emily Barclay Emily Barclay Emily Barclay is an English-born, New Zealand AFI award winning actress.-Career:Emily Barclay has performed in a wide variety of film and television roles... - The Silence (ABCTV)
2007	Vicki Saylor	Call Me Mum		SBS TV	Lynette Curran Lynette Curran Lynette Curran is an Australian actress best known for her roles in Australian television series and films. Between 1967 and 1974 she was a regular in soap opera Bellbird. She also acted in the film version of the serial, Country Town .... - Call Me Mum (SBS TV) Monica Maughan Monica Maughan Monica Maughan was an Australian actor with notable and well-known roles in film, theatre, radio and television.-Early life and education:... - The King The King (2007 film) The King: The Story of Graham Kennedy is an Australian telemovie examining the life of Australian entertainer Graham Kennedy.Produced in Australia by the Sydney based independent production company Crackerjack Productions for TV1 and the Nine Network, The King was first shown on 20 May 2007 on TV1... (TV1 TV1 (Australia) TV1 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms.-History:TV1 launched as part of the original Galaxy lineup. The channel is jointly owned by Sony International Television, Universal Studios and Paramount. The channel shows... ) Justine Clarke Justine Clarke Justine Clarke is an Australian actor and singer. She has been acting since the age of seven and has appeared in some of Australia's best-known TV shows... - Love My Way Love My Way Love My Way was a Logie Award winning and critically acclaimed Australian television drama series. It won the AFI award for Best Television Drama Series for each of its three seasons .... (Showtime Showtime Australia For the American service, see ShowtimeShowtime Movie Channels is an Australian pay-TV movie service, available on the Foxtel, Optus and Austar TV platforms, the service consists of five original channels , three HD simulcasts For the American service, see ShowtimeShowtime Movie Channels is an... )
2008	Madeleine West Madeleine West Madeleine West is an Australian actress known for her TV roles, having played Dee Bliss on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2000–2003 and high-class escort Mel on Satisfaction from 2007 to 2010.-Career:...	Underbelly Underbelly (series) Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama which originally broadcast on the Nine Network. Each series contains 13 episodes and is based on real-life events including the Melbourne gangland killings between 1995-2004, the Griffith drug trade between 1976-1987, and the Kings Cross scene...	"Wise Monkeys" - Episode #7	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...	Hanna Mangan-Lawrence Hanna Mangan-Lawrence Hanna Mangan-Lawrence is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Holly in the Australian drama series on the ABC television network Bed of Roses in which she received an AFI Award nomination in 2008 and a Logie Award nomination in 2009.-Career:Mangan-Lawrence started her film... - Bed of Roses Bed of Roses (TV series) Bed of Roses is an Australian comedy / drama television series which first screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 10 May 2008... : "Not Worth a Cent" - Episode #1 (ABCTV) Amanda Muggleton Amanda Muggleton Amanda Lillian Muggleton is a British-born theatre, television and film actress. She is best known for her role on television soap opera Prisoner.-Early life:Muggleton was born in Stepney, London in 1951 and emigrated to Australia in 1974... - City Homicide City Homicide City Homicide was an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 – 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne... : "Lie Down With Dogs" - Episode #3; Series 1 (Seven Network) Brittany Byrnes Brittany Byrnes Brittany Byrnes is an Australian actress. Her most notable acting role was Natasha Green in the 2005 TV film Little Oberon.- Personal life :... - H2O - Just Add Water: "Sea Change" - Episode #25; Series 2 (Network Ten)
2009	Anni Finsterer	3 Acts of Murder		ABCTV	Claire Forlani Claire Forlani Claire Antonia Forlani is an English actress.-Early life:Claire Forlani was born in Twickenham, London, the daughter of Barbara , who was English, and Pierluigi Forlani, a music manager from Ferrara, Italy. At the age of 11, Forlani entered the Arts Educational School in London, where she began to... - False Witness False Witness False Witness is an Australian television mini-series produced by Screentime Australia for the Australian subscription television channel UK.TV... : Episode #1 (UKTV UKTV UKTV is a digital cable and satellite television network, formed through a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, a commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Scripps Networks Interactive, spun off from The E.W Scripps Company in 2008... ) Kathryn Beck Kathryn Beck Kathryn Beck is an Australian actress, best known for playing Lily Nelson on the soap opera Home and Away.-Biography:... - Scorched (Nine Network) Kate Ritchie Kate Ritchie Katherine "Kate" Ritchie is an Australian actress, best known for her long-running role as Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away. She played the character for 20 years from 1988–2008... - Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities is a 13-part Australian television mini-series loosely based on real events that stemmed from the marijuana trade centred around the New South Wales town of Griffith. The timeline of the series is the years between 1976 and 1987. Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities... : Business As Usual - Episode #4 (Nine Network)
2010	Deborah Mailman Deborah Mailman Deborah Mailman , is an Australian television and film actress. She was the first Aboriginal actress to win the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role...	Offspring Offspring In biology, offspring is the product of reproduction, of a new organism produced by one or more parents.Collective offspring may be known as a brood or progeny in a more general way...		Network Ten	Linda Cropper Linda Cropper Linda Cropper is an Australian television actress.Her credits include the lead role in Melba as well as roles in Palace of Dreams , an ABC mini-series, Edens Lost, Ring of Scorpio, Bordertown, Wildside, Water Rats, All Saints, White Collar Blue and The Pacific, and more recently she has starred in... - Satisfaction Satisfaction (TV series) Satisfaction is an Australian television drama series which screened on the subscription television channel Showcase. It also screens in the Republic of Ireland on free-to-air channel TV3 and its sister channel 3e and in New Zealand on free-to-air channel TV2 respectively.The series was filmed in... : "Not Vanilla" - Episode #8 (Showcase Showtime Australia For the American service, see ShowtimeShowtime Movie Channels is an Australian pay-TV movie service, available on the Foxtel, Optus and Austar TV platforms, the service consists of five original channels , three HD simulcasts For the American service, see ShowtimeShowtime Movie Channels is an... ) Sacha Horler - Hawke Hawke (telemovie) Hawke is a television film or telemovie, which was produced by The Film Company for Network Ten. The telemovie premiered on 18 July 2010 in the prime-time slot of 8.30pm.- Premise :... (Network Ten) Asher Keddie Asher Keddie Asher Keddie is an Australian actress who is perhaps best known for her role in the Australian television series Offspring. She is also known for her theatre work and leading roles in the television series Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and Love My... - Hawke Hawke (telemovie) Hawke is a television film or telemovie, which was produced by The Film Company for Network Ten. The telemovie premiered on 18 July 2010 in the prime-time slot of 8.30pm.- Premise :... (Network Ten)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series

Best Actress in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama

Best Actress in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy

Best Guest or Supporting Actress in Television Drama

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