Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play | |
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![]() 2023 Recipient: Jodie Comer | |
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 | Jodie Comer for Prima Facie (2023) |
Website | TonyAwards.com |
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. The award is given to actresses for quality leading roles in a Broadway play.[1] Despite the award first being presented in 1947, there were no nominees announced until 1956. There have been two ties in this category, and one three-way tie.
Year | Actress | Play | Character |
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1947 1st Tony Awards | |||
Ingrid Bergman | Joan of Lorraine | Mary Grey / Joan of Arc | |
Helen Hayes | Happy Birthday | Addie Bemis | |
1948 2nd Tony Awards | |||
Judith Anderson | Medea | Medea | |
Katharine Cornell | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | |
Jessica Tandy | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | |
1949 3rd Tony Awards | |||
Martita Hunt | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Countess Aurelia |
Year | Actor | Play | Role |
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2020 74th Tony Awards | |||
Mary-Louise Parker | The Sound Inside | Bella Baird | |
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 Ceremony not held |
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2022 75th Tony Awards | |||
Deirdre O'Connell | Dana H. | Dana H. | |
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 Tony Awards | |||
Jodie Comer | Prima Facie | Tessa Ensler | |
Jessica Chastain | A Doll's House | Nora Helmer | |
Jessica Hecht | Summer, 1976 | Alice | |
Audra McDonald | Ohio State Murders | Suzanne Alexander |
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Winners are in bold.
Actress who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories