Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

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Tony Award for
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Location United States New York City
Presented by American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held by Kecia Lewis for Hell's Kitchen (2024)
Website TonyAwards.com

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical 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 featured roles in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, an American actress who died in 1946.

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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]

The award was originally called the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured or Supporting Role in a Musical. It was first presented to Juanita Hall at the 4th Tony Awards for her portrayal of Bloody Mary in South Pacific . Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public; [2] the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers". [3] The category was renamed to its current title in 1976.

Judy Kaye, Andrea Martin and Audra McDonald share the record for having the most wins in this category, with a total of two. Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel and Marge MacDougall in Promises, Promises are the characters to take the award the most times, winning twice.

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner
Juanita Hall won for South Pacific (1950) Hall as Bloody Mary.jpg
Juanita Hall won for South Pacific (1950)
Helen Gallagher won for Pal Joey (1952) Helen Gallagher 1971.jpg
Helen Gallagher won for Pal Joey (1952)
Gwen Verdon won for Can-Can (1954) Gwen Verdon 1954.jpg
Gwen Verdon won for Can-Can (1954)
Edie Adams won for Lil' Abner (1957) Edie Adams 1958.JPG
Edie Adams won for Lil' Abner (1957)
Barbara Cook won for The Music Man (1958) Barbara Cook.jpg
Barbara Cook won for The Music Man (1958)
Tammy Grimes won for The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1961) Tammy Grimes 1966.jpg
Tammy Grimes won for The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1961)
Phyllis Newman won for Subways Are for Sleeping (1962) Phyllis Newman 1966.jpg
Phyllis Newman won for Subways Are for Sleeping (1962)
Bea Arthur won for Mame (1966) Beatrice Arthur - 1973.jpg
Bea Arthur won for Mame (1966)
Melba Moore won for Purlie (1970) Melba Moore 1999.jpg
Melba Moore won for Purlie (1970)
Dee Dee Bridgewater won for The Wiz (1975) Dee dee.jpg
Dee Dee Bridgewater won for The Wiz (1975)
Kelly Bishop won for A Chorus Line (1976) Kelly Bishop.jpg
Kelly Bishop won for A Chorus Line (1976)
Betty Buckley won for Cats (1983) Betty Buckley Eight Is Enough 1977.JPG
Betty Buckley won for Cats (1983)
Lila Kedrova won for Zorba (1984) Lila Kedrova (1965).jpg
Lila Kedrova won for Zorba (1984)
Bebe Neuwirth won for Sweet Charity (1986) Bebe Neuwirth.jpg
Bebe Neuwirth won for Sweet Charity (1986)
Tonya Pinkins won for Jelly's Last Jam (1992) Tonya Pinkins Throws Down The Gauntlet.jpg
Tonya Pinkins won for Jelly's Last Jam (1992)
Andrea Martin won twice: for My Favorite Year (1993) and Pippin (2013) Andrea Martin - Lyceum Theatre 2019.jpg
Andrea Martin won twice: for My Favorite Year (1993) and Pippin (2013)
Audra McDonald won twice: for Carousel (1994) and Ragtime (1998) Audra mcdonald 2021 2.jpg
Audra McDonald won twice: for Carousel (1994) and Ragtime (1998)
Kristin Chenoweth won for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999) Kristin Chenoweth by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Kristin Chenoweth won for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999)
Jane Krakowski won for Nine (2003) Jane Krakowski, Red Dress Collection 2007.jpg
Jane Krakowski won for Nine (2003)
Anika Noni Rose won for Caroline, or Change (2004) Anika Noni Rose (8281946306) (cropped).jpg
Anika Noni Rose won for Caroline, or Change (2004)
Sara Ramirez won for Spamalot (2005) Sara Ramirez3.jpg
Sara Ramirez won for Spamalot (2005)
Beth Leavel won for The Drowsy Chaperone (2006) Beth leavel 2019 1.jpg
Beth Leavel won for The Drowsy Chaperone (2006)
Laura Benanti won for Gypsy (2008) Laura Benanti cropped.jpg
Laura Benanti won for Gypsy (2008)
Karen Olivo won for West Side Story (2009) Karen Olivo.jpg
Karen Olivo won for West Side Story (2009)
Katie Finneran won for Promises, Promises (2010) Katie Finneran in Annie The Musical, October 6, 2012.jpg
Katie Finneran won for Promises, Promises (2010)
Nikki M. James won for The Book of Mormon (2011) Nikki M. James (5923037535).jpg
Nikki M. James won for The Book of Mormon (2011)
Lena Hall won for Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014) LenaHall2022.jpg
Lena Hall won for Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014)
Ruthie Ann Miles won for The King and I (2015) RuthieAnnMiles54Below.jpg
Ruthie Ann Miles won for The King and I (2015)
Renee Elise Goldsberry won for Hamilton (2016) Renee Elise Goldsberry at Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards.jpg
Renée Elise Goldsberry won for Hamilton (2016)
Lindsay Mendez won for Carousel (2018) Lindsay Mendez, May 2018.jpg
Lindsay Mendez won for Carousel (2018)
Ali Stroker won for Oklahoma! (2019) Ali stroker 2021 1.jpg
Ali Stroker won for Oklahoma! (2019)
Lauren Patten won for Jagged Little Pill (2021) Lauren patten 2021 1.jpg
Lauren Patten won for Jagged Little Pill (2021)
Patti LuPone won for Company (2022) Patti Lupone AICP Social Media New York 2014 (cropped).jpg
Patti LuPone won for Company (2022)
Bonnie Milligan won for Kimberly Akimbo (2023) Bonnie milligan 2023 1.jpg
Bonnie Milligan won for Kimberly Akimbo (2023)

1950s

YearActorMusicalRole(s)Ref.
1950
(4th)
Juanita Hall South Pacific Bloody Mary
1951
(5th)
Isabel Bigley Guys and Dolls Sarah Brown
1952
(6th)
Helen Gallagher Pal Joey Gladys Bumps
1953
(7th)
Sheila Bond Wish You Were Here Fay Fromkin
1954
(8th)
Gwen Verdon Can-Can Claudine
1955
(9th)
Carol Haney The Pajama Game Gladys Hotchkiss
1956
(10th)
Lotte Lenya The Threepenny Opera Jenny [4]
Rae Allen Damn Yankees Gloria Thorpe
Pat Carroll Catch a Star!Various Characters
Judy Tyler Pipe Dream Suzy
1957
(11th)
Edie Adams Lil' Abner Daisy Mae [5]
Virginia Gibson Happy Hunting Beth Livingstone
Irra Petina Candide The Old Lady / Madame Sofronia
Jo Sullivan Loesser The Most Happy Fella Rosabella
1958
(12th)
Barbara Cook The Music Man Marian Paroo [6]
Susan Johnson Oh, Captain! Mae
Carol Lawrence West Side Story Maria
Jackie McKeever Oh, Captain! Mrs. Maud St.James
Josephine Premice Jamaica Ginger
1959
(13th)
Pat Stanley Goldilocks Lois Lee [7]
Julienne Marie Whoop-Up Mary Champlain

1960s

YearActorMusicalRole(s)Ref.
1960
(14th)
Patricia Neway The Sound of Music The Mother Abbess [8]
Sandra Church Gypsy Louise
Pert Kelton Greenwillow Gramma Briggs
Lauri Peters and Kathy Dunn, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Marilyn Robers, William Snowden and Joseph Stewart The Sound of Music Liesl von Trapp and the other six von Trapp children
1961
(15th)
Tammy Grimes The Unsinkable Molly Brown Molly Tobin [9]
Nancy Dussault Do Re Mi Tilda Mullen
Chita Rivera Bye Bye Birdie Rosie Alvarez
1962
(16th)
Phyllis Newman Subways Are for Sleeping Martha Vail [10]
Elizabeth Allen The Gay Life Magda
Barbara Harris From the Second CityVarious Characters
Barbra Streisand I Can Get It for You Wholesale Miss Marmelstein
1963
(17th)
Anna Quayle Stop the World – I Want to Get Off Evie / Anya / Ilse / Ginnie [11]
Ruth Kobart A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Domina
Virginia Martin Little Me Young Belle Poitrine
Louise Troy Tovarich Natalia Mayovskaya
1964
(18th)
Tessie O'Shea The Girl Who Came to Supper Ada Cockle [12]
Julienne Marie Foxy Celia
Kay Medford Funny Girl Rose Brice
Louise Troy High Spirits Ruth Condomine
1965
(19th)
Maria Karnilova Fiddler on the Roof Golde [13]
Luba Lisa I Had a Ball Addie
Carrie Nye Half a Sixpence Helen Walsingham
Barbara Windsor Oh, What a Lovely War! Various Characters
1966
(20th)
Bea Arthur Mame Vera Charles [14]
Helen Gallagher Sweet Charity Nickie
Patricia Marand It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman Lois Lane
Charlotte Rae Pickwick Mrs. Bardell
1967
(21st)
Peg Murray Cabaret Fraulein Kost [15]
Leland Palmer A Joyful Noise Miss Jimmie
Josephine Premice A Hand Is on the Gate Various Characters
Susan Watson A Joyful Noise Jenny Lee
1968
(22nd)
Lillian Hayman Hallelujah, Baby! Momma [16]
Geula GillThe Grand Music Hall of IsraelVarious Characters
Julie Gregg The Happy Time Laurie Mannon
Alice Playten Henry, Sweet Henry Lillian 'Lili' Kafritz
1969
(23rd)
Marian Mercer Promises, Promises Marge MacDougall [17]
Sandy Duncan Canterbury Tales Molly / Allison / May / The Sweetheart
Lorraine Serabian Zorba Leader
Virginia Vestoff 1776 Abigail Adams

1970s

YearActorMusicalRole(s)Ref.
1970
(24th)
Melba Moore Purlie Lutiebell Gussie Mae Jenkins [18]
Bonnie Franklin Applause Bonnie the Gypsy
Penny Fuller Eve Harrington
Melissa Hart Georgy Meredith
1971
(25th)
Patsy Kelly No, No, Nanette Pauline [19]
Barbara Barrie Company Sarah
Pamela Myers Marta
1972
(26th)
Linda Hopkins Inner CityVarious Characters [20]
Adrienne Barbeau Grease Betty Rizzo
Bernadette Peters On the Town Hildy Esterhazy
Beatrice Winde Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Various Characters
1973
(27th)
Patricia Elliott A Little Night Music Countess Charlotte Malcolm [21]
Hermione Gingold A Little Night Music Madame Armfeldt
Patsy Kelly Irene Mrs. O'Dare
Irene Ryan Pippin Berthe
1974
(28th)
Janie Sell Over Here! Mitzi [22]
Leigh Beery Cyrano Roxana
Maureen Brennan Candide Cunégonde
June Gable The Old Lady
Ernestine Jackson Raisin Ruth Younger
1975
(29th)
Dee Dee Bridgewater The Wiz Glinda [23]
Susan Browning Goodtime Charley Agnès Sorel
Zan Charisse Gypsy Louise
Taina Elg Where's Charley? Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez
Kelly Garrett The Night That Made America Famous Various Characters
Donna Theodore Shenandoah Ann Anderson
1976
(30th)
Kelly Bishop A Chorus Line Sheila Bryant [24]
Priscilla Lopez A Chorus Line Diana Morales
Patti LuPone The Robber Bridegroom Rosamund Musgrove
Virginia Seidel Very Good Eddie Elsie Darling
1977
(31st)
Delores Hall Your Arms Too Short to Box with God Various Characters [25]
Ellen Greene The Threepenny Opera Jenny
Millicent Martin Side by Side by Sondheim Various Characters
Julia McKenzie Various Characters
1978
(32nd)
Nell Carter Ain't Misbehavin' Nell [26]
Imogene Coca On the Twentieth Century Letitia Primrose
Ann Reinking Dancin' Various Characters
Charlayne Woodard Ain't Misbehavin' Charlayne
1979
(33rd)
Carlin Glynn The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Mona Stangley [27]
Joan Ellis The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Shy
Millicent Martin King of Hearts Madame Madeleine
Maxine Sullivan My Old Friends Mrs. Cooper

1980s

YearActorMusicalRole(s)Ref.
1980
(34th)
Priscilla Lopez A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine Gino / Usherette [28]
Debbie Allen West Side Story Anita
Glenn Close Barnum Charity 'Chairy' Barnum
Josie de Guzman West Side Story Maria
1981
(35th)
Marilyn Cooper Woman of the Year Jan Donovan [29]
Phyllis Hyman Sophisticated Ladies Various Characters
Wanda Richert 42nd Street Peggy Sawyer
Lynne Thigpen Tintypes Sussanah
1982
(36th)
Liliane Montevecchi Nine Liliane La Fleur [30]
Karen Akers Nine Luisa Contini
Laurie Beechman Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat The Narrator
Anita Morris Nine Carla Albanese
1983
(37th)
Betty Buckley Cats Grizabella [31]
Christine Andreas On Your Toes Frankie Frayne
Karla Burns Show Boat Queenie
Denny Dillon My One and Only Mickey
1984
(38th)
Lila Kedrova Zorba Madame Hortense [32]
Martine Allard The Tap Dance Kid Emma
Liz Callaway Baby Lizzie Fields
Dana Ivey Sunday in the Park with George Yvonne / Naomi Eisen
1985
(39th)
Leilani Jones Grind Satin
Evalyn Baron Quilters Daughter of the Frontier
Mary Beth Peil The King and I Anna Leonowens
Lenka Peterson QuiltersSarah
1986
(40th)
Bebe Neuwirth Sweet Charity Nickie [33]
Patti Cohenour The Mystery of Edwin Drood Rosa Bud / Deirdre Peregrine
Jana Schneider Helena Landless / Janet Conover
Elisabeth Welch Jerome Kern Goes to HollywoodVarious Characters
1987
(41st)
Frances Ruffelle Les Misérables Éponine [34]
Jane Connell Me and My Girl Duchess Maria
Judy Kuhn Les Misérables Cosette
Jane Summerhays Me and My Girl Jaqueline 'Jackie' Carstone
1988
(42nd)
Judy Kaye The Phantom of the Opera Carlotta Guidicelli [35]
Leleti Khumalo Sarafina! Sarafina
Alyson Reed Cabaret Sally Bowles
Regina Resnik Fraulein Schneider
1989
(43rd)
Debbie Gravitte Jerome Robbins' Broadway Hildy Esterhazy / Mazeppa / Rosalia / Company [36]
Jane Lanier Jerome Robbins' Broadway Various Characters
Faith Prince Ma / Tessie / Company
Julie Wilson Legs Diamond Flo

1990s

YearActorMusicalRole(s)Ref.
1990
(44th)
Randy Graff City of Angels Oolie / Donna [37]
Jane Krakowski Grand Hotel Freida Flamm / Flaemmchen
Kathleen Rowe McAllen Aspects of Love Giulietta Trapani
Crista Moore Gypsy Louise
1991
(45th)
Daisy Eagan The Secret Garden Mary Lennox [38]
Alison Fraser The Secret Garden Martha Sowerby
Cady Huffman The Will Rogers Follies Ziegfeld's Favorite
LaChanze Once on This Island Ti Moune
1992
(46th)
Tonya Pinkins Jelly's Last Jam Anita [39]
Liz Larsen The Most Happy Fella Cleo
Vivian Reed The High Rollers Social and Pleasure ClubEnchantress
Barbara Walsh Falsettos Trina
1993
(47th)
Andrea Martin My Favorite Year Alice Miller [40]
Marcia Mitzman Gaven The Who's Tommy Nora Walker
Jan Graveson Blood Brothers Linda
Lainie Kazan My Favorite Year Belle Carroca
1994
(48th)
Audra McDonald Carousel Carrie Pipperidge [41]
Marcia Lewis Grease Miss Lynch
Sally Mayes She Loves Me Ilona Ritter
Marin Mazzie Passion Clara
1995
(49th)
Gretha Boston Show Boat Queenie [42]
Brenda Braxton Smokey Joe's Cafe Various Characters
B.J. Crosby
DeLee Lively
1996
(50th)
Ann Duquesnay Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk 'da Singer / The Chanteuse [43]
Joohee Choi The King and I Tuptim
Veanne Cox Company Amy
Idina Menzel Rent Maureen Johnson
1997
(51st)
Lillias White The Life Sonja [44]
Marcia Lewis Chicago Matron Mama Morton
Andrea Martin Candide The Old Lady
Debra Monk Steel Pier Shelby Stevens
1998
(52nd)
Audra McDonald Ragtime Sarah [45]
Anna Kendrick High Society Dinah Lord
Tsidii Le Loka The Lion King Rafiki
Mary Louise Wilson Cabaret Fraulein Schneider
1999
(53rd)
Kristin Chenoweth You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Sally Brown [46]
Gretha Boston It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues Various Characters
Valarie Pettiford Fosse Various Characters
Mary Testa On the Town Madame Maude P. Dilly

2000s

YearActorMusicalRole(s)Ref.
2000
(54th)
Karen Ziemba Contact Wife [47]
Laura Benanti Swing! Various Characters
Ann Hampton Callaway Various Characters
Eartha Kitt The Wild Party Dolores
Deborah Yates Contact Girl in a Yellow Dress / Gina Minetti
2001
(55th)
Cady Huffman The Producers Ulla [48]
Polly Bergen Follies Carlotta Campion
Kathleen Freeman The Full Monty Jeanette Burmeister
Kate Levering 42nd Street Peggy Sawyer
Mary Testa Maggie Jones
2002
(56th)
Harriet Sansom Harris Thoroughly Modern Millie Mrs. Meers [49]
Laura Benanti Into the Woods Cinderella
Spencer Kayden Urinetown Little Sally
Judy Kaye Mamma Mia! Rosie Mulligan
Andrea Martin Oklahoma! Aunt Eller
2003
(57th)
Jane Krakowski Nine Carla Albanese [50]
Tammy Blanchard Gypsy Louise
Mary Stuart Masterson Nine Luisa Contini
Chita Rivera Liliane La Fleur
Ashley Tuttle Movin' Out Judy
2004
(58th)
Anika Noni Rose Caroline, or Change Emmie Thibodeaux [51]
Beth Fowler The Boy from Oz Marion Woolnough
Isabel Keating Judy Garland
Jennifer Westfeldt Wonderful Town Eileen Sherwood
Karen Ziemba Never Gonna Dance Mabel Pritt
2005
(59th)
Sara Ramirez Spamalot Lady of the Lake [52]
Joanna Gleason Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Muriel Eubanks
Celia Keenan-Bolger The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Olive Ostrovsky
Jan Maxwell Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Baroness Bomburst
Kelli O'Hara The Light in the Piazza Clara Johnson
2006
(60th)
Beth Leavel The Drowsy Chaperone The Drowsy Chaperone / Beatrice Stockwell [53]
Carolee Carmello Lestat Gabrielle de Lioncourt
Felicia P. Fields The Color Purple Sofia Johnson
Megan Lawrence The Pajama Game Gladys Hotchkiss
Elisabeth Withers The Color Purple Shug Avery
2007
(61st)
Mary Louise Wilson Grey Gardens 'Big Edie' Beale [54]
Charlotte d'Amboise A Chorus Line Cassie Ferguson
Rebecca Luker Mary Poppins Winifred Banks
Orfeh Legally Blonde Paulette Bonafonté
Karen Ziemba Curtains Georgia Hendricks
2008
(62nd)
Laura Benanti Gypsy Louise [55]
Loretta Ables Sayre South Pacific Bloody Mary
De'Adre Aziza Passing Strange Edwina / Marianna / Sudabey
Andrea Martin Young Frankenstein Frau Blücher
Olga Merediz In the Heights Abuela Claudia
2009
(63rd)
Karen Olivo West Side Story Anita [56]
Jennifer Damiano Next to Normal Natalie Goodman
Haydn Gwynne Billy Elliot the Musical Georgia Wilkinson
Martha Plimpton Pal Joey Gladys Bumps
Carole Shelley Billy Elliot the Musical Grandma

2010s

YearActorMusicalRole(s)Ref.
2010
(64th)
Katie Finneran Promises, Promises Marge MacDougall [57]
Barbara Cook Sondheim on Sondheim Various Characters
Angela Lansbury A Little Night Music Madame Armfeldt
Karine Plantadit Come Fly Away Kate
Lillias White Fela! Funmilayo Kuti
2011
(65th)
Nikki M. James The Book of Mormon Nabulungi Hatimbi [58]
Laura Benanti Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Candela
Tammy Blanchard How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Hedy La Rue
Victoria Clark Sister Act Mother Superior
Patti LuPone Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Lucia
2012
(66th)
Judy Kaye Nice Work If You Can Get It Estonia Dulworth [59]
Elizabeth A. Davis Once Réza
Jayne Houdyshell Follies Hattie Walker
Jessie Mueller On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Melinda Wells
Da'Vine Joy Randolph Ghost the Musical Oda Mae Brown
2013
(67th)
Andrea Martin Pippin Berthe [60]
Annaleigh Ashford Kinky Boots Lauren
Victoria Clark Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella Marie / Fairy Godmother
Keala Settle Hands on a Hardbody Norma Valverde
Lauren Ward Matilda the Musical Miss Jennifer "Jenny" Honey
2014
(68th)
Lena Hall Hedwig and the Angry Inch Yitzhak [61]
Linda Emond Cabaret Fräulein Schneider
Anika Larsen Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Cynthia Weil
Adriane Lenox After Midnight Various Characters
Lauren Worsham A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Phoebe D'Ysquith
2015
(69th)
Ruthie Ann Miles The King and I Lady Thiang [62]
Victoria Clark Gigi Mamita
Judy Kuhn Fun Home Helen Fontana Bechdel
Sydney Lucas Small Alison
Emily Skeggs Medium Alison
2016
(70th)
Renée Elise Goldsberry Hamilton Angelica Schuyler [63]
Danielle Brooks The Color Purple Sofia Johnson
Jane Krakowski She Loves Me Ilona Ritter
Jennifer Simard Disaster! Sister Mary Downy
Adrienne Warren Shuffle Along Gertrude Saunders / Florence Mills
2017
(71st)
Rachel Bay Jones Dear Evan Hansen Heidi Hansen [64]
Kate Baldwin Hello, Dolly! Irene Molloy
Stephanie J. Block Falsettos Trina
Jenn Colella Come from Away Annette, Beverley Bass, and others
Mary Beth Peil Anastasia Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
2018
(72nd)
Lindsay Mendez Carousel Carrie Pipperidge [65]
Ariana DeBose Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Disco Donna
Renée Fleming Carousel Nettie Fowler
Ashley Park Mean Girls Gretchen Wieners
Diana Rigg My Fair Lady Mrs. Higgins
2019
(73rd)
Ali Stroker Oklahoma! Ado Annie Carnes [66]
Lilli Cooper Tootsie Julie Nichols
Amber Gray Hadestown Persephone
Sarah Stiles Tootsie Sandy Lester
Mary Testa Oklahoma! Aunt Eller

2020s

YearActorMusicalRole(s)Ref.
2020
(74th)
Lauren Patten Jagged Little Pill Jo Taylor [67]
Kathryn Gallagher Jagged Little Pill Bella Fox
Celia Rose Gooding Frankie Healy
Robyn Hurder Moulin Rouge! Nini Legs-in-the-Air
Myra Lucretia Taylor Tina Gran Georgeanna
2021No ceremony
2022
(75th)
Patti LuPone Company Joanne [68]
Jeannette Bayardelle Girl from the North Country Mrs. Neilsen
Shoshana Bean Mr. Saturday Night Susan Young
Jayne Houdyshell The Music Man Mrs. Shinn
L Morgan Lee A Strange Loop Thought 1
Jennifer Simard Company Sarah
2023
(76th)
Bonnie Milligan Kimberly Akimbo Aunt Debra [69]
Julia Lester Into the Woods Little Red Ridinghood
Ruthie Ann Miles Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street The Beggar Woman
NaTasha Yvette Williams Some Like It Hot Sweet Sue
Betsy Wolfe & Juliet Anne Hathaway
2024
(77th)
Kecia Lewis Hell's Kitchen Miss Liza Jane [70]
Shoshana Bean Hell's Kitchen Jersey
Amber Iman Lempicka Rafaela
Nikki M. James Suffs Ida B. Wells
Lindsay Mendez Merrily We Roll Along Mary Flynn
Bebe Neuwirth Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Fraulein Schneider
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer Spamalot Lady of the Lake

Statistics

Most wins

2 wins

Most nominations

Character win total

2 wins

Character nomination total

5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

Productions with multiple nominations

boldface=winner

Multiple awards and nominations

Actresses who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories
AwardsNominationsRecipient
610 Audra McDonald
510 Julie Harris
7 Angela Lansbury
46 Gwen Verdon
4 Zoe Caldwell
38 Patti LuPone
5 Irene Worth
Jessica Tandy
4 Glenn Close
Mary Martin
3 Shirley Booth
210 Chita Rivera
8 Colleen Dewhurst
7 Bernadette Peters
Frances Sternhagen
Sutton Foster
6 Andrea Martin
Laurie Metcalf
Maureen Stapleton
5 Victoria Clark
Cherry Jones
Donna Murphy
Mary-Louise Parker
Swoosie Kurtz
4 Christine Ebersole
Cynthia Nixon
Judith Ivey
Judy Kaye
Margaret Leighton
3 Anne Bancroft
Bebe Neuwirth
Helen Gallagher
Helen Hayes
Jennifer Ehle
Judith Light
Liza Minnelli
Phylicia Rashad
Viola Davis
2 Christine Baranski
Katie Finneran
Lauren Bacall
Sandy Dennis
Tammy Grimes
Uta Hagen
19 Rosemary Harris
8 Jane Alexander
Stockard Channing
7 Kelli O'Hara
6 Linda Lavin
5 Celia Keenan-Bolger
Glenda Jackson
Jayne Houdyshell
Laura Benanti
Marian Seldes
4 Blythe Danner
Carol Channing
Carole Shelley
Debra Monk
Diana Rigg
Faith Prince
Jessie Mueller
Julie White
Karen Ziemba
LaChanze
Madeline Kahn
3 Amanda Plummer
Annaleigh Ashford
Barbara Harris
Beth Leavel
Dorothy Loudon
Elizabeth Ashley
Elizabeth Franz
Ethel Merman
Helen Mirren
Idina Menzel
Jane Krakowski
Janet McTeer
Joanna Gleason
Kristin Chenoweth
Lois Smith
Maggie Smith
Mercedes Ruehl
Rae Allen
Stephanie J. Block
Tonya Pinkins
Tyne Daly
Vanessa Redgrave
2 Adriane Lenox
Adrienne Warren
Alexis Smith
Alice Ghostly
Alice Ripley
Anika Noni Rose
Anna Manahan
Barbara Cook
Betty Buckley
Cady Huffman
Dolores Gray
Frances McDormand
Gretha Boston
Jessica Lange
Jo Van Fleet
Joan Allen
Joaquina Kalukango
Judith Anderson
Karen Olivo
Leora Dana
Leslie Uggams
Liliane Montevecchi
Lillias White
Linda Hopkins
Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay Mendez
Lotte Lenya
Lynne Thigpen
Marcia Gay Harden
Margaret Tyzack
Maria Karnilova
Mary Alice
Maryann Plunkett
Mary Louise Wilson
Nanette Fabray
Natasha Richardson
Nikki M. James
Nina Arianda
Patina Miller
Patricia Elliott
Patsy Kelly
Phyllis Newman
Priscilla Lopez
Randy Graff
Rosalind Russell
Ruthie Ann Miles
Shirley Knight
Sophie Okonedo
NominationsRecipient
5 Dana Ivey
Laura Linney
Estelle Parsons
Jan Maxwell
4 Condola Rashad
Eileen Atkins
Elaine Stritch
Geraldine Page
Judy Kuhn
Kate Nelligan
Tovah Feldshuh
Zoë Wanamaker
3 Amy Ryan
Brenda Vaccaro
Carolee Carmello
Dee Hoty
Eileen Heckart
Julie Andrews
Kara Young
Kate Burton
Linda Emond
Louise Troy
Lynn Redgrave
Marin Mazzie
Martha Plimpton
Mary Beth Hurt
Mary Testa
Rebecca Luker
Rosemary Murphy
Sandy Duncan
2 Alison Fraser
Allison Janney
Amy Morton
Ann Reinking
Anne Pitoniak
Annette Bening
Barbara Bel Geddes
Barbra Streisand
Beatrice Lillie
Beth Fowler
Carmen Cusack
Carol Burnett
Charlotte d'Amboise
Charlotte Rae
Christine Andreas
Claudia McNeil
Crista Moore
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Debbie Allen
Diana Sands
Eartha Kitt
Elizabeth Allen
Ernestine Jackson
Eva Noblezada
Eve Best
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Georgia Brown
Gladys Cooper
Inga Swenson
Jane Fonda
Jayne Atkinson
Jennifer Simard
Jessica Hecht
Johanna Day
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Julienne Marie
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Kate Reid
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Kim Stanley
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Laura Osnes
Leland Palmer
Liv Ullmann
Marcia Lewis
Mare Winningham
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Michele Lee
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Nancy Walker
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Sarah Stiles
Sherie Rene Scott
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