Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Laurence Olivier Award
for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Laurence Olivier Award ; for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Awarded for	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Location	England
Presented by	Society of London Theatre
First award	2015
Currently held by	Maimuna Memon for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (2025)
Website	officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/

Last updated April 08, 2025

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Performer	Musical	Character
2015	Lorna Want	Beautiful	Cynthia Weil
	Samantha Bond	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	Muriel Eubanks
	Haydn Gwynne	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Lucia
	Nicole Scherzinger	Cats	Grizabella
2016
	Lara Pulver	Gypsy	Gypsy Rose Lee
	Preeya Kalidas	Bend It Like Beckham	Pinky
	Amy Lennox	Kinky Boots	Lauren
	Emma Williams	Mrs Henderson Presents	Maureen
2017
	Rebecca Trehearn	Show Boat	Julie LaVerne
	Haydn Gwynne	The Threepenny Opera	Celia Peachum
	Victoria Hamilton-Barritt	Murder Ballad	The Narrator
	Emma Williams	Half a Sixpence	Helen Walsingham
2018
	Sheila Atim	Girl from the North Country	Marianne Lane
	Tracie Bennett	Follies	Carlotta Campion
	Rachel John	Hamilton	Angelica Schuyler
	Lesley Joseph	Young Frankenstein	Frau Blücher
2019
	Patti LuPone	Company	Joanne
	Aimie Atkinson Alexia McIntosh Millie O'Connell Natalie Paris Maiya Quansah-Breed Jarnéia Richard-Noel	SIX	Katherine Howard Anne of Cleves Anne Boleyn Jane Seymour Catherine Parr Catherine of Aragon
	Ruthie Ann Miles	The King and I	Lady Thiang
	Rachel Tucker	Come from Away	Beverley Bass, Annette and others

2020s

Year	Performer	Musical	Character
2020	Cassidy Janson	& Juliet	Anne Hathaway
	Lucy Anderson	Dear Evan Hansen	Zoe Murphy
	Petula Clark	Mary Poppins	Bird Woman
	Lauren Ward	Dear Evan Hansen	Cynthia Murphy
2021	Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic ^[A]
2022 ^[A]	Liza Sadovy	Cabaret	Fraulein Schneider
	Victoria Hamilton-Barritt	Cinderella	Stepmother
	Carly Mercedes Dyer	Anything Goes	Erma
	Gabrielle Brooks	Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical	Rita Marley
2023
	Beverley Knight	Sylvia	Emmeline Pankhurst
	Maimuna Memon	Standing at the Sky's Edge	Nikki
	Liza Sadovy	Oklahoma!	Aunt Eller Murphy
	Marisha Wallace	Oklahoma!	Ado Annie Carnes
2024
	Amy Trigg	The Little Big Things	Agnes
	Grace Hodgett Young	Sunset Boulevard	Betty Schaefer
	Zoë Roberts	Operation Mincemeat	Johnny Bevan & Others
	Eleanor Worthington-Cox	Next to Normal	Natalie Goodman
2025
	Maimuna Memon	Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812	Sonia Rostova
	Liv Andrusier	Fiddler on the Roof	Tzeitel
	Amy Di Bartolomeo	The Devil Wears Prada	Emily
	Beverley Klein	Fiddler on the Roof	Yente

1 2 Due to late March 2020^[1] to late July 2021^[2] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022^[3]

References

↑ Johnson, The Rt Hon Boris, MP (2020-03-23). Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 [transcript] (Speech). Prime Minister's Televised Speech to the United Kingdom. www.gov.uk. London, UK. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2022-04-25. From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home.{{cite speech}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ McPhee, Ryan (2021-06-14). "U.K. Postpones Reopening Roadmap; West End Theatres Will No Longer Reopen in Full in June". Playbill . Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-04-25. Step 4 of the roadmap will allow productions to play without capacity restrictions. June 21 was the goal; now, the government is eyeing July 19.
↑ Thomas, Sophie (2022-03-08). "Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards". londontheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-25. Any new production that opened between 19 Feb. 2020 to 22 Feb. 2022 are eligible for categories in the 2022 Olivier Awards. With two years worth of shows set for honours in one year's ceremony, the 2022 Olivier Awards will prove tougher competition than before.

London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (.PDF). 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre. p. 20. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

External links

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[COVID1-4] 1 2 Due to late March 2020^[1] to late July 2021^[2] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022^[3]

[1] Johnson, The Rt Hon Boris, MP (2020-03-23). Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 [transcript] (Speech). Prime Minister's Televised Speech to the United Kingdom. www.gov.uk. London, UK. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2022-04-25. From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home.{{cite speech}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] McPhee, Ryan (2021-06-14). "U.K. Postpones Reopening Roadmap; West End Theatres Will No Longer Reopen in Full in June". Playbill . Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-04-25. Step 4 of the roadmap will allow productions to play without capacity restrictions. June 21 was the goal; now, the government is eyeing July 19.

[3] Thomas, Sophie (2022-03-08). "Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards". londontheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-25. Any new production that opened between 19 Feb. 2020 to 22 Feb. 2022 are eligible for categories in the 2022 Olivier Awards. With two years worth of shows set for honours in one year's ceremony, the 2022 Olivier Awards will prove tougher competition than before.

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v t e Laurence Olivier Awards
Drama	New Play Entertainment or Comedy Play Revival Actor Actress Actor in a Supporting Role Actress in a Supporting Role
Musical	New Musical Musical Revival Actor in a Musical Actress in a Musical Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical Musical Contribution
Production/Creatives	Director Theatre Choreographer Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design
Dance/Opera	New Dance Production New Opera Production Achievement in Dance Achievement in Opera
Special/Other	Special Award Family Show Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Retired	Actor of the Year in a New Play Actress of the Year in a New Play Actor of the Year in a Revival Actress of the Year in a Revival Comedy Performance Performance in a Musical Supporting Artist of the Year Performance in a Supporting Role Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Newcomer in a Play Most Promising Performer Company Performance Director of a Play Director of a Musical Most Promising Playwright Achievement in a Musical Audience Award
Ceremonies	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 ~~1989 (see 1989/90)~~ 1989/90 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~~2021 (COVID-19)~~ 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Merged	Karla Burns (1991) Jenny Galloway (1992) Janie Dee (1993) Sara Kestelman (1994) Tracie Bennett (1995) Sheila Gish (1996) Clive Rowe (1997) James Dreyfus (1998) Shuler Hensley (1999) Jenny Galloway (2000) Miles Western (2001) Martyn Jacques (2002) Paul Baker (2003) The Chorus of Jerry Springer (2004) Conleth Hill (2005) Celia Imrie (2006) Sheila Hancock (2007) Tracie Bennett (2008) Lesli Margherita (2009) Iwan Rheon (2010) Jill Halfpenny (2011) Nigel Harman (2012) Leigh Zimmerman (2013) Stephen Ashfield (2014)
Actor	George Maguire (2015) David Bedella (2016) Adam J. Bernard (2017) Michael Jibson (2018) Jonathan Bailey (2019) David Bedella (2020) No Ceremony (2021) Elliot Levey (2022) Zubin Varla (2023) Jak Malone (2024)
Actress	Lorna Want (2015) Lara Pulver (2016) Rebecca Trehearn (2017) Sheila Atim (2018) Patti LuPone (2019) Cassidy Janson (2020) No Ceremony (2021) Liza Sadovy (2022) Beverley Knight (2023) Amy Trigg (2024)