Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play |
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Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role in a Play |
Location | United States New York City |
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Presented by | American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League |
Currently held by | Helen Mirren for The Audience (2015) |
Official website | Tonys.com |
The Tony Award for Best Lead 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.
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Winners and nominees
1940s
Year | Actress | Play | Character |
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1947 1st Tony Awards |
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Ingrid Bergman | Joan of Lorraine | Mary Grey / Joan of Arc | |
Helen Hayes | Happy Birthday | Addie | |
1948 2nd Tony Awards |
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Judith Anderson | Medea | Medea | |
Katharine Cornell | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | |
Jessica Tandy | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | |
1949 3rd Tony Awards |
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Martita Hunt | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Countess Aurelia |
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Win total
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Nomination total
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Character Win total
- 3 Wins
- Medea from Medea
- 2 Wins
- Amanda Prynne from Private Lives
- Annie from The Real Thing
Character Nomination total
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References
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