Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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acting award film award

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is a major Australian film accolade recognizing outstanding performances by actresses in supporting roles in Australian cinema.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role canonical	7
AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role	3
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress	3
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actress	1
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for Miranda Otto	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1207864 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Context triple: [Proof (1991 film), awardReceived, Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]

A. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role is a major Australian film accolade recognizing the year’s most outstanding performance by a male lead actor in an Australian feature film.
B. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film is a prestigious Australian accolade presented annually to recognize the most outstanding feature film produced in the country.
C. Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award is a major Australian accolade recognizing excellence in film and television, often regarded as the nation's equivalent of the Oscars.
D. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction is a major Australian film accolade recognizing outstanding achievement in film directing.
E. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Screenplay
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Screenplay is a major Australian film accolade recognizing outstanding achievement in writing original screenplays for feature films.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Target entity description: The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is a major Australian film accolade recognizing outstanding performances by actresses in supporting roles in Australian cinema.

A. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role is a major Australian film accolade recognizing the year’s most outstanding performance by a male lead actor in an Australian feature film.
B. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film is a prestigious Australian accolade presented annually to recognize the most outstanding feature film produced in the country.
C. Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award is a major Australian accolade recognizing excellence in film and television, often regarded as the nation's equivalent of the Oscars.
D. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction is a major Australian film accolade recognizing outstanding achievement in film directing.
E. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Screenplay
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Screenplay is a major Australian film accolade recognizing outstanding achievement in writing original screenplays for feature films.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	acting award ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role ⓘ
associatedOrganization	Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ⓘ
awardCategoryOf	Australian Film Institute Awards ⓘ linked to: Australian Film Institute
awardType	competitive award ⓘ
categoryGroup	acting categories of the Australian Film Institute Awards ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
domain	Australian film industry ⓘ
eligiblePerformers	actresses ⓘ
field	film ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderRestriction	female ⓘ
genre	film award ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	Australian films ⓘ feature films ⓘ
notableAspect	recognizes supporting roles rather than leading roles ⓘ
performanceType	acting performance ⓘ
presentedBy	Australian Film Institute ⓘ
presentedFor	best performance by an actress in a supporting role ⓘ outstanding supporting actress performance in Australian cinema ⓘ
region	Australasia ⓘ linked to: Australasian realm
relatedAward	Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ linked to: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role ⓘ
roleType	supporting role ⓘ
scope	Australian cinema ⓘ
selectionBasis	artistic excellence in acting ⓘ merit ⓘ
status	major Australian film accolade ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Proof (1991 film) → awardReceived → Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role ⓘ

subject linked to: Proof

Miranda Otto → awardReceived → AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ