Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The award has been presented since 1947, and is for performance in new productions or revivals.
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[edit] Awards and nominations
[edit] 1940s
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[edit] 1950s
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[edit] 1960s
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[edit] 1970s
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[edit] 1980s
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[edit] 1990s
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[edit] 2000s
[edit] 2010s
- 2010: Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson
- Valerie Harper – Looped as Tallulah Bankhead
- Linda Lavin – Collected Stories as Ruth Steiner
- Laura Linney – Time Stands Still as Sarah
- Jan Maxwell – The Royal Family as Julie Cavendish
- 2011: Frances McDormand in Good People as Margie Walsh
- Nina Arianda – Born Yesterday as Billie Dawn
- Lily Rabe – The Merchant of Venice as Portia
- Vanessa Redgrave – Driving Miss Daisy as Daisy Werthan
- Hannah Yelland – Brief Encounter as Laura
[edit] Multiple winners
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5 Wins
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2 Wins
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[edit] Multiple Nominees
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9 Nominations
8 Nominations
7 Nominations
6 Nominations
4 Nominations
3 Nominations
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2 Nominations
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[edit] Statistics
- There have been 2 ties in this category.
- Only three roles have garned multiple Lead Actress Tony Awards for their performers.
- Jessica Tandy is the oldest winner in this category. She was 74 when she won for Foxfire in 1983. The youngest winner is Audrey Hepburn who won at age 25.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Tony Awards official site
- New York Times article on the Tony Awards
- broadwayworld Tony Awards database at BroadwayWorld.com
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