The

Hong Kong Film Award The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; ), founded in 1982, is an annual film awards ceremony in Hong Kong. The ceremonies are typically in April. The awards recognise achievement in various aspects of filmmaking, such as directing, screenwriting, act ...

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 The 4th Hong Kong Awards ceremony, honored the best films of 1984 and took place on 13 April 1985, at the Furama Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong. The ceremony was hosted by Winnie Yu, during the ceremony awards are presented in 14 categories. The cerem ...

(1985) and the first winner was Anita Mui 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

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, who was honoured at the

40th Hong Kong Film Awards The 40th Hong Kong Film Awards presentation ceremony took place at The Star Hall at Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (KITEC) on 17 July 2022. Earlier it was scheduled for April 17 but it was postponed thrice due to COVID-19. No ...

(2022), for her performance in '' Anita''. 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, Anita Mui, Cecilia Yip,

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, Deanie Ip,

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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