Best Supporting Actress 2000
by graveyardhang | created - 09 Sep 2019 | updated - 10 Jan 2022 | PublicEditing the Oscars: best performances by an actress in a supporting role in a film released in the US in the year 2000.
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1. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
R | 102 min | Drama
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Votes: 898,680 | Gross: $3.64M
Jennifer Connelly as soul-spent heroin addict and reluctant prostitute Marion Silver in Darren Aronofsky’s “Requiem for a Dream”.
“Getting the money’s not the problem. I don’t know what I’m going to have to do to get it.”
2. Almost Famous (2000)
R | 122 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand
Votes: 293,368 | Gross: $32.53M
Kate Hudson as wild but lost ‘band-aid’ Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous”.
“Never take it seriously. If you never take it seriously, you never get hurt, you never get hurt, you always have fun, and if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends.”
3. Almost Famous (2000)
R | 122 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand
Votes: 293,368 | Gross: $32.53M
Frances McDormand as humorously fretful ultra-conservative mom Elaine Miller in Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous”.
“I didn’t ask for this role, but I’ll play it. Now go do your best. Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid. Goethe said that. It’s not too late for you to become a person of substance, Russell. Please get my son home safely.”
4. Pollock (2000)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.
Director: Ed Harris | Stars: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Robert Knott, Molly Regan
Votes: 29,622 | Gross: $8.60M
Marcia Gay Harden as painter and committed genius-nurturer Lee Krasner in Ed Harris’s “Pollock”.
5. Scary Movie (2000)
R | 88 min | Comedy
A year after disposing of the body of a man they accidentally killed, a group of dumb teenagers are stalked by a bumbling serial killer.
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans | Stars: Anna Faris, Jon Abrahams, Marlon Wayans, Carmen Electra
Votes: 286,654 | Gross: $157.02M
Regina Hall as Brenda Meeks in Keenan Ivory Williams’ “Scary Movie”.
6. Scream 3 (2000)
R | 116 min | Horror, Mystery
While Sidney and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises to terrorize them.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 164,035 | Gross: $89.14M
Parker Posey as panic-stricken, sleuthing B-movie horror actress Jennifer Jolie (birth name Judy Jergenstern) in Wes Craven’s “Scream 3”.
“Here’s how I see it. I’ve got no house, no bodyguard, no movie and I’m being stalked. Because someone wants to kill me? No. Because someone wants to kill you. So, now, starting now, I go where you go. So that if someone wants to kill me, I’ll be with you and since they really wanna kill you, they won't kill me, they’ll kill you, make sense?”
7. Panic (2000)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Alex, a hit man, tries to get out of the family business, but his father won't let him do so. While seeking the help of a therapist, he meets a sexually charged 23-year-old woman with whom he falls in love.
Director: Henry Bromell | Stars: William H. Macy, Neve Campbell, John Ritter, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 9,043 | Gross: $0.78M
Neve Campbell as experimental, thoughtful young therapy-goer Sarah Cassidy in Henry Bromell’s “Panic”.
8. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 281,606 | Gross: $128.08M
Zhang Ziyi as Jen Yu in Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”.
9. Traffic (2000)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas
Votes: 219,722 | Gross: $124.12M
10. Billy Elliot (2000)
R | 110 min | Drama, Music
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven
Votes: 142,797 | Gross: $22.00M
11. Chocolat (2000)
PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Romance
A French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina
Votes: 201,959 | Gross: $71.51M
12. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare
Votes: 116,797 | Gross: $4.18M
Siobhan Fallon as unexpectedly caring prison guard Brenda in Lars von Trier’s “Dancer in the Dark”.
13. Best in Show (2000)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy
A behind-the-scenes look into the highly competitive and cut-throat world of dog shows through the eyes of a group of ruthless dog owners.
Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Fred Willard, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Jennifer Coolidge
Votes: 66,945 | Gross: $18.72M
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