Best Supporting Actress Nominees 2024

Vindication

 Venus has earned numerous awards for her deep emotional range and sincere ability to bring characters to life. She plays a lead role in the internationally known crime drama, Vindication (translated into over 11 languages), and has an on-set reputation for making others feel important.

Her experience with stage performance and dance and fight choreography makes her a dynamic actor with a broad range of ability. She has a passion for inspirational films and challenging roles.

Venus started acting in college when God told her to make it her career. She auditioned for her first-ever play and booked the lead role. After college, she moved to Austin, TX and became a stand-in on an ABC Family show. There, she learned the ins and outs of the industry and has taken that knowledge into her various projects.

Along with acting, Venus is the owner and founder of Personal Powerhouse, a Christian company that helps actresses build their careers with integrity and has started a production company.

Venus has been on numerous interviews and was recently selected to be a speaker in a women's conference based in Atlanta, GA teaching Biblical leadership principles to women in business. 

I Want To Jump

  A Portland native, Jana can be seen alongside Dwayne Johnson and Russell Brand on "Ballers" and is returning on CW's "Jane The Virgin" this season.  Her recently completed work includes Lifetime's "My Teacher My Obsession," FX's "Znation," "Portlandia" (recurring cast member on IFC), Macon Blair's "I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore" with Elijah Wood and Melanie Lynskey and "Seaside" with Ariana Debose- directed by Sam Zalutsky.  She has worked on NBC's "Grimm" with Russell Hornsby, David Giuntoli, and Sasha Roiz and she starred in "A Walk in My Shoes" with Nancy Travis (Last Man Standing) and Philip Winchester. Previously, she worked with Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser in "Extraordinary Measures." Other television credits include: TNT's "Leverage," four seasons on "The West Wing," "E.R.," "Family Law," and "Lincoln Heights." She has worked with Martin Sheen, George Clooney, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, and Harvey Keitel. She's also worked with local directors and producers such as David Cress (Portlandia, Restless), Marc Steele (Undeserved), Neil Kopp (I Don't Feel at Home In This World Anymore) and James Westby (Rid of Me, The Auteur, Film Geek). Her list of commercials, both national and regional, is extensive. Recently, she's expanded her live theater experience, playing Morgan Fairchild in the Portland premier of Artists Repertory Theater's "Trevor" and Emily in Beirut Wedding's production of "Reborning." In addition to film and stage credits, Jana is a the owner and founder of Jana Lee Hamblin's Act Now Studio in Portland, OR. As a coach and mentor for over 12 years, Jana has nurtured a creative and supportive environment for actors to hone their craft. She teaches at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in LA and continues to privately coach actors.  During her time off, she can be found hiking the desert landscapes of Southern California with horses or spending rainy days on the trails of Portland's forests with her three dogs. Jana is a staunch animal rights activist. 

The Hill

Bedelia (born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin; March 25, 1948) is an American actress. After beginning her career in theatre in the 1960s, Bedelia starred in the CBS daytime soap opera Love of Life and made her film debut in The Gypsy Moths. Bedelia subsequently appeared in the films They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Lovers and Other Strangers, Heart Like a Wheel, The Prince of Pennsylvania, Die Hard, Presumed Innocent, and Needful Things.

For her television work, Bedelia has earned two Emmy Awards nominations. From 2001 to 2004, Bedelia played the lead role in the Lifetime television drama series The Division. She later starred as family matriarch Camille Braverman in the NBC drama series Parenthood (2010–2015). Bonnie starred as Gram Hill in the award winning movie The Hill (2024) directed by Jeff Celentano.

Undefiled

 In the suspense drama unDEFILED, Stephanie Peterson (@stephiepete), who recently received many nominations for Best Supporting Actress, perfectly depicts the anguish of the deceived wife, Amber Jennings. She believes that by playing this role, marriages would be restored.

The gripping Vindication crime series, the acclaimed short My Dear Aunt Sally, and the faith-based feature I Am Gabriel are just a few of Stephanie's past credits.

In every project, Stephanie brings genuine and sincere performances to the film by capturing the emotional depth of the characters' most basic demands. 

Vindication

Candace Kirkpatrick is a method-trained award-winning actress. She can be seen as the quirky

Janet in the faith-based crime drama Vindication.  Her passion is telling stories that truthfully express the human condition while showing there is great beauty in redemption.  Colossians 3: 17