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Award for role in Broadway play From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actresses for quality leading roles in a Broadway play. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, an American actress who died in 1946.
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 | Sarah Paulson for Appropriate (2024) |
Website | TonyAwards.com |
Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year."[1][2]
The award was originally called the Tony Award for Actress—Play. It was first presented to Ingrid Bergman and Helen Hayes at the 1st Tony Awards for their portrayals of Mary Grey / Joan of Arc and Addie Bemis in Joan of Lorraine and Happy Birthday, respectively. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public;[3] the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers".[4]
There have been two ties and one three-way tie in this category. Julie Harris holds the record for having the most wins and nominations in this category, with a total of five wins from nine nominations. Medea in the play of the same name is the character to take the award the most times, winning three times.
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 |
Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) | Ref. |
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2020 (74th) | ||||
Mary-Louise Parker | The Sound Inside | Bella Baird | [69] | |
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 | ||
2021 | No ceremony | |||
2022 (75th) | ||||
Deirdre O'Connell | Dana H. | Dana H. | [70] | |
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 | [71] | |
Jessica Chastain | A Doll's House | Nora Helmer | ||
Jessica Hecht | Summer, 1976 | Alice | ||
Audra McDonald | Ohio State Murders | Suzanne Alexander | ||
2024 (77th) | ||||
Sarah Paulson | Appropriate | Antoinette "Toni" Lafayette | [72] | |
Betsy Aidem | Prayer for the French Republic | Marcelle Salomon Benhamou | ||
Jessica Lange | Mother Play | Phyllis | ||
Rachel McAdams | Mary Jane | Mary Jane | ||
Amy Ryan | Doubt: A Parable | Sister Aloysius Beauvier |
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