Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical

The Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical is a musical award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001.^[1] This is a list of winners and nominations for the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical.

Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical
Awarded for	Best Female Actor in a Musical
Location	Australia
Presented by	Live Performance Australia
Currently held by	Ursula Yovich for Barbara and the Camp Dogs (2019)
Website	HelpmannAwards.com.au

Winners and nominees

   Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour.

• Source:^[2][3]

2000s

Year	Actor	Production	Character(s)
2001 (1st)
	Sharon Millerchip	Chicago	Velma Kelly
	Chrissy Amphlett	The Boy from Oz	Judy Garland
	Lisa McCune	The Sound of Music	Maria Rainer
	Leonie Page	Jolson	Ruby Keeler
2002 (2nd)
	Judi Connelli	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Mrs. Lovett
	Deborah Conway	Always... Patsy Cline	Patsy Cline
	Lara Mulcahy	Mamma Mia!	Rosie
	Pamela Rabe	The Wizard of Oz	Wicked Witch of the West
2003 (3rd)
	Tamsin Carroll	Oliver!	Nancy
	Lisa McCune	Cabaret	Sally Bowles
	Caroline O'Connor	Man of La Mancha	Aldonza
	Marina Prior	The Witches of Eastwick	Jane Smart
2004 (4th)
	Kate Hoolihan	We Will Rock You	Scaramouche
	MaryAnne McCormack	The Full Monty	Georgie Bukatinsky
	Ursula Yovich	The Threepenny Opera	Polly Peachum
	Buyisile Zama	The Lion King	Rafiki
2005 (5th)
	Chloe Dallimore	The Producers	Ulla
	Bridget Boyle	The Venetian Twins	Beatrice
	Emma Matthews	The Mikado	Yum-Yum
	Lisa McCune	Urinetown	Hope Cladwell
2006 (6th)
	Tamsin Carroll	Dusty – The Original Pop Diva	Dusty Springfield
	Magda Szubanski	The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	William Barfee
	Marina Prior	The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	Rona Lisa Peretti
	Amanda Harrison	Leader of the Pack	Ellie Greenwich
2007 (7th)
	Laurie Cadevida	Miss Saigon	Kim
	Chrissy Amphlett	The Boy from Oz	Judy Garland
	Sharon Millerchip	Pippin	Catherine
	Silvie Paladino	Sideshow Alley	Rita
2008 (8th)
	Genevieve Lemon	Billy Elliot the Musical	Mrs Wilkinson
	Ana Marina	The Phantom of the Opera	Christine Daaé
	Sharon Millerchip	Sweet Charity	Charity Hope Valentine
	Marina Prior	Guys and Dolls	Miss Adelaide
2009 (9th)
	Sharon Millerchip	Chicago	Roxanne "Roxie" Hart
	Amanda Harrison	Wicked	Elphaba
	Lucy Durack	Wicked	Glinda
	Lucinda Shaw	Monty Python's Spamalot	Lady of the Lake

2010s

Year	Actor	Production	Character(s)
2010 (10th)
	Michala Banas	Avenue Q	Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut
	Delia Hannah	Cats	Grizabella
	Ursula Yovich	The Wizard Of Oz	Dorothy Gale
	Christie Whelan	The Drowsy Chaperone	Janet van de Graaff
2011 (11th)
	Verity Hunt-Ballard	Mary Poppins	Mary Poppins
	Jemma Rix	Wicked	Elphaba
	Jaz Flowers	Hairspray	Tracy Turnblad
	Lucy Maunder	Doctor Zhivago	Lara
2012 (12th)
	Pamela Rabe	Grey Gardens	Edith Bouvier Beale and "Little" Edie
	Anita Louise Combe	A Chorus Line	Cassie
	Amanda Harrison	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paula Pokrifki
	Amy Lehpamer	Rock of Ages	Sherrie Christian
2013 (13th)
	Lucy Durack	Legally Blonde	Elle Woods
	Chloe Dallimore	The Addams Family	Morticia Addams
	Esther Hannaford	King Kong	Ann Darrow
	Silvie Paladino	Chess	Florence Vassey
2014 (14th)
	Verity Hunt-Ballard	Sweet Charity	Charity
	Lisa McCune	The King and I	Anna Leonowens
	Caroline O'Connor	Gypsy	Rose
	Phoebe Panaretos	Strictly Ballroom: The Musical	Fran
2015 (15th)
	Caroline O'Connor	Anything Goes	Reno Sweeney
	Patrice Tipoki	Les Misérables	Fantine
	Helen Dallimore	Blood Brothers	Mrs Johnstone
	Madeleine Jones	Once	Girl
2016 (16th)
	Molly Barwick, Dusty Bursill, Tiana Mirra, Alannah Parfett, Sasha Rose, Georgia Taplin, Bella Thomas and Ingrid Torelli	Matilda the Musical	Matilda Wormwood
	Amy Lehpamer	The Sound of Music	Maria Rainer
	Antoinette Halloran	Sweeney Todd	Mrs Lovett
	Esther Hannaford	Little Shop of Horrors	Audrey
2017 (17th)
	Anna O'Byrne	My Fair Lady	Eliza Doolittle
	Amy Lehpamer	Dusty	Dusty Springfield
	Zahra Newman	The Book of Mormon	Nabulungi
	Sophie Wright	Kinky Boots	Lauren
2018 (18th)
	Esther Hannaford	Beautiful: The Carole King Musical	Carole King
	Natalie O'Donnell	Mamma Mia!	Donna Sheridan
	Marina Prior	Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical	Polly and Mary Douvan
	Maggie McKenna	Muriel's Wedding	Muriel Heslop
2019 (19th)[4]
	Ursula Yovich	Barbara and the Camp Dogs	Barbara
	Luisa Scrofani	In the Heights	Nina
	Tina Arena	Evita	Eva Peron
	Natalie Abbott	Muriel's Wedding the Musical	Muriel Heslop

See also

• Helpmann Awards