Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role

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Laurence Olivier Award theatre award

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding supporting acting in West End productions.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role canonical	5
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role	3
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role	3
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role	2
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress	2
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor	1
Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role	1
Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress	1
Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10242083 — 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: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Context triple: [Sheila Cameron Hancock, awardReceived, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role]

A. Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in West End productions.
B. Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.
C. Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play
The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual London theatre honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in stage plays.
D. BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor is a British Academy Film Award presented annually to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in film.
E. Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical is a prestigious London theatre honor presented annually to recognize outstanding leading performances by male actors in musical productions.
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: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Target entity description: The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding supporting acting in West End productions.

A. Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in West End productions.
B. Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.
C. Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play
The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual London theatre honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in stage plays.
D. BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor is a British Academy Film Award presented annually to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in film.
E. Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical is a prestigious London theatre honor presented annually to recognize outstanding leading performances by male actors in musical productions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
awardedFor	best performance in a supporting role ⓘ supporting acting in London theatre ⓘ supporting acting in West End productions ⓘ
categoryOf	supporting performance ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility	performers in eligible London productions ⓘ
field	performing arts ⓘ theatre ⓘ
formerName	Society of West End Theatre Award for Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role ⓘ linked to: Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Supporting Performance Society of West End Theatre Award for Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role ⓘ linked to: Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Supporting Performance Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Supporting Performance ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderRestriction	none ⓘ
genre	stage acting ⓘ
hasAwardedDiscipline	acting ⓘ
inception	1977 ⓘ
isSubsetOf	Laurence Olivier acting awards ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
namedAfter	Laurence Olivier ⓘ
notableFor	recognizing outstanding supporting performances on the London stage ⓘ
organizer	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
partOf	Laurence Olivier Awards ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award
presentedBy	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
region	London theatre ⓘ
scope	West End theatre ⓘ linked to: West End theatre district commercial London theatre ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

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

Sheila Cameron Hancock → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role ⓘ

Celia Imrie → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical ⓘ