Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play | |
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Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play |
Location | New York City |
Presented by | American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League |
Currently held by | Jodie Comer for Prima Facie (2023) |
Website | TonyAwards.com |
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play is presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League[1] at an annual ceremony in Manhattan. The award is given to actresses for quality leading roles in a Broadway play.[2] Despite the award first being presented in 1947, there were no nominees announced until 1956. There have been two ties and one three-way tie in this category.
Winners and nominees[edit]
indicates the winner
1940s[edit]
Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) | Ref. |
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1947 (1st) | ||||
Ingrid Bergman | Joan of Lorraine | Mary Grey / Joan of Arc | ||
Helen Hayes | Happy Birthday | Addie Bemis | ||
1948 (2nd) | ||||
Judith Anderson | Medea | Medea | ||
Katharine Cornell | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | ||
Jessica Tandy | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | ||
1949 (3rd) | ||||
Martita Hunt | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Countess Aurelia |
1950s[edit]
1960s[edit]
1970s[edit]
1980s[edit]
1990s[edit]
2000s[edit]
2010s[edit]
2020s[edit]
Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) | Ref. |
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2020 (74th) | ||||
Mary-Louise Parker | The Sound Inside | Bella Baird | [67] | |
Joaquina Kalukango | Slave Play | Kaneisha | ||
Laura Linney | My Name Is Lucy Barton | Lucy Barton | ||
Audra McDonald | Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune | Frankie | ||
2022 (75th) | ||||
Deirdre O'Connell | Dana H. | Dana H. | [68] | |
Gabby Beans | The Skin of Our Teeth | Sabina | ||
LaChanze | Trouble in Mind | Wiletta Mayer | ||
Ruth Negga | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | ||
Mary-Louise Parker | How I Learned to Drive | Li'l Bit | ||
2023 (76th) | ||||
Jodie Comer | Prima Facie | Tessa Ensler | [69] | |
Jessica Chastain | A Doll's House | Nora Helmer | ||
Jessica Hecht | Summer, 1976 | Alice | ||
Audra McDonald | Ohio State Murders | Suzanne Alexander | ||
2024 (77th) | ||||
Betsy Aidem | Prayer for the French Republic | Marcelle Salomon Benhamou | [70] | |
Jessica Lange | Mother Play | Phyllis | ||
Rachel McAdams | Mary Jane | Mary Jane | ||
Sarah Paulson | Appropriate | Antoinette "Toni" Lafayette | ||
Amy Ryan | Doubt: A Parable | Sister Aloysius Beauvier |
Multiple wins[edit]
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Multiple nominations[edit]
Multiple character wins[edit]
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Multiple character nominations[edit]
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- Characters nominated for both the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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Productions with multiple nominations[edit]
Winners are in bold.
- The Chalk Garden -- Gladys Cooper and Siobhán McKenna
- Toys In The Attic -- Maureen Stapleton and Irene Worth
- The Killing of Sister George -- Beryl Reid and Eileen Atkins
- 'night, Mother -- Kathy Bates and Anne Pitoniak
- A Streetcar Named Desire -- Blythe Danner and Frances McDormand
- The Sisters Rosensweig -- Madeline Kahn and Jane Alexander
- A Delicate Balance -- Rosemary Harris and Elaine Stritch
- August: Osage County -- Deanna Dunagan and Amy Morton
- God of Carnage -- Marcia Gay Harden and Hope Davis
- Mary Stuart -- Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter (God of Carnage and Mary Stuart were produced in the same year)
Multiple awards and nominations[edit]
Actress who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories
See also[edit]
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress
- List of Tony Award-nominated productions
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