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Academy Awards
Youngest Best Supporting Actress Nominees
This list features the youngest actresses that have been nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards.
RANK | ACTRESS | AGE | FILM | YEAR |
1 | Tatum O’Neal | 10 years, 106 days | Paper Moon | 1973 |
2 | Mary Badham | 10 years, 141 days | To Kill a Mockingbird | 1962 |
3 | Quinn Cummings | 10 years, 192 days | The Goodbye Girl | 1977 |
4 | Abigail Breslin | 10 years, 284 days | Little Miss Sunshine | 2006 |
5 | Patty McCormack | 11 years, 181 days | The Bad Seed | 1956 |
6 | Anna Paquin | 11 years, 200 days | The Piano | 1993 |
7 | Saoirse Ronan | 13 years, 285 days | Atonement | 2007 |
8 | Bonita Granville | 14 years, 5 days | These Three | 1936 |
9 | Hailee Steinfeld | 14 years, 45 days | True Grit | 2010 |
10 | Jodie Foster | 14 years, 83 days | Taxi Driver | 1976 |
References
Wikipedia (n.d.) List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees – Youngest nominees, Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_and_youngest_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees#Youngest_nominees_5 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
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