The Green Room Award for Female Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre) is an annual award recognising excellence in the performing arts in Melbourne, Australia. The peer-based Green Room Awards were first presented in February 1984, for productions in 1983.[1]
Winners are in bold; nominees are provided when all nominees in that year are known.
| Year | Actor | Production | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 1st | |||
| Judi Connelli | |||
| 1984 2nd | |||
| Geraldine Turner | Oliver! | Nancy | |
| 1985 3rd | |||
| 1986 4th | |||
| Nancye Hayes | Guys and Dolls | Miss Adelaide | |
| 1987 5th | |||
| Christine Douglas | Cho Cho San | Cho Cho San | |
| 1988 6th | |||
| No award given | — | — | |
| 1989 7th | |||
| Geraldine Turner | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney | |
| Geneviève Bujold | Joan of Arc at the Stake | Joan of Arc | |
| Jodie Gillies | Man of La Mancha | Aldonza/Dulcinea | |
| Caroline Gillmer | Only Heaven Knows | Guinea | |
| Suzanne Johnston | The Gondoliers | Tessa |
| Year | Actor | Production | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 8th | |||
| Marina Prior | Les Misérables | Cosette | |
| 1991 9th | |||
| Marina Prior | The Phantom of the Opera | Christine Daaé | |
| Rhonda Burchmore | Iolanthe | Queen of the Fairies | |
| Anna Butera | Black Cargo | ||
| Cate McQuillen | Hair | Sheila | |
| Helen Noonan | The Venetian Twins | Beatrice | |
| Tamsin West | The Wizard of Oz | Dorothy | |
| 1992 10th | |||
| Evelyn Krape | Ginger | Meg Ginger | |
| Elizabeth Campbell | The Pirates of Penzance | Ruth | |
| Colleen Hewett | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Science Officer | |
| Sharon Prero | The Pirates of Penzance | Mabel | |
| Bernadette Robinson | You Might As Well Live | ||
| 1993 11th | |||
| Josephine Byrnes | High Society | Tracey Lord | |
| 1994 12th | |||
| Gina Riley | Falsettos | Trina | |
| Mary Sitarenos | The Last Supper | ||
| 1995 13th[a] | |||
| Jill Perryman | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Levi | |
| Robyn Arthur | Beauty and the Beast | Mrs Potts | |
| Heather Bolton | Assassins | Sara Jane Moore | |
| Kim Deacon | I Only Want To Be With You | ||
| Christen O'Leary | Assassins | Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme | |
| 1996 14th | |||
| No award given | — | — | |
| 1997 15th[2] | |||
| Kelley Abbey | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine | |
| Fiona Benjamin | Crazy for You | Polly Baker | |
| Maria Mercedes | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | |
| Helen Morse | A Little Night Music | Desiree Armfeld | |
| 1998 16th | |||
| Caroline O'Connor | Chicago | Velma Kelly | |
| Chelsea Gibb | Chicago | Roxie Hart | |
| Amanda Levy | The Journey Girl | Annie | |
| Della Miles | Sisterella | Ella | |
| Jane Scali | Grease | Sandy | |
| 1999 17th[3] | |||
| Christine Anu | Rent | Mimi Márquez | |
| Marina Prior | Show Boat | Magnolia |