| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance | |
|---|---|
The 2024 recipient: Danielle Brooks
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| Awarded for | Outstanding Performance |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
| First awarded | 2024 |
| Most recent winner | Danielle Brooks The Color Purple |
| Website | blackreelawards |
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]
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.
| Year | Actor | Role(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 |
| 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 |
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