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.
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 2020s Year Actor Role(s) Film 2024 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 2025 Danielle Deadwyler Berniece The Piano Lesson Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Joyce Exhibiting Forgiveness Hattie Nickel Boys Brian Tyree Henry Jason Crutchfield The Fire Inside Clarence Maclin Himself Sing Sing Lashana Lynch Rita Marley Bob Marley: One Love Zoe Saldaña Rita Mora Castro Emilia Pérez Jurnee Smollett Dolores We Grown Now Denzel Washington Macrinus Gladiator II Brandon Wilson Turner Nickel Boys 2026 Wunmi Mosaku Annie Sinners Miles Caton Samuel "Sammie" Moore Sinners Regina Hall Deandra One Battle After Another Damson Idris Joshua Pearce F1 David Jonsson Peter "Pete" McVries The Long Walk Delroy Lindo Delta Slim Sinners Da'Vine Joy Randolph Anna Eternity ASAP Rocky Archie/Yung Felon Highest 2 Lowest Teyana Taylor Perfidia Beverly Hills One Battle After Another Jeffrey Wright Paul Christopher Highest 2 Lowest
Multiple nominations 2 nominations Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Da'Vine Joy Randolph Jurnee Smollett
Multiple nominations from the same film Erika Alexander and Sterling K. Brown in American Fiction (2024) Danielle Brooks (winner), Colman Domingo, and Taraji P. Henson in The Color Purple (2024) Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Brandon Wilson in Nickel Boys (2025) ASAP Rocky and Jeffrey Wright in Highest 2 Lowest (2026) Regina Hall and Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another (2026) Miles Caton, Delroy Lindo, and Wunmi Mosaku (winner) in Sinners (2026)
Age superlatives
Record Actor Film Age (in years) Oldest winner The Piano Lesson 42 Oldest nominee Sinners 73 Youngest winner The Color Purple 34 Youngest nominee Sinners 20
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