Year |
Winner |
Nominated |
1981 |
Roberta Maxwell, Stevie |
|
1982 |
Rosemary Dunsmore, Straight Ahead/Blind Dancers |
|
1983 |
Jennifer Phipps, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You |
|
1984 |
Martha Burns, Trafford Tanzi |
|
1985 |
Doris Petrie, 'night, Mother |
- Thuli Dumakude, Poppie Nongena
- Louise Philippe, De beaux gestes/Beautiful Deeds
- Jennifer Phipps, L'Amante anglaise
- Nora McLellan, Uncle Vanya
|
1986[1] |
Martha Burns, The Miracle Worker |
|
1987[2] |
Lally Cadeau, Saturday Sunday Monday |
|
1988[3] |
Susan Wright, A Lie of the Mind |
|
1989[4] |
Tanja Jacobs, Under the Skin |
|
1990 |
Nancy Beatty, Love and Anger |
- Marianne Copithorne, Laughing Wild
- Tanja Jacobs, The Man I Love
- Melody A. Johnson, The Europeans
- Kate Trotter, The Father
|
1991 |
Seana McKenna, Saint Joan |
- Robin Craig, A Fertile Imagination
- Nicola Lipman, Clutching the Heat
- Fiona Reid, Daylight Saving
- Tracy Wright, Lion in the Streets
|
1992 |
Nicola Cavendish, Shirley Valentine |
|
1993 |
Fiona Reid, Fallen Angels |
|
1994 |
Brenda Robins, Dancing at Lughnasa |
|
1995[5] |
Fiona Reid, Six Degrees of Separation |
|
1996 |
Nicola Cavendish, Later Life |
|
1997 |
Lilo Baur, The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol |
|
1998 |
Kristen Thomson, Problem Child |
- Brenda Bazinet, The End of Civilization
- Colombe Demers, Romeo and Juliet
- Maggie Huculak, Beating Heart Cadaver
- Nancy Palk, Molly Sweeney
- Fiona Reid, A Delicate Balance
|
1999 |
Nancy Beatty, Risk Everything |
|
2000 |
Nora McLellan, Music for Contortionist |
|
2001 |
Kristen Thomson, I, Claudia |
|
2002 |
Yanna McIntosh, Skylight |
- Marie-Hélène Fontaine, Plan B
- Caroline Gillis, You Are Here
- Tanja Jacobs, Elisa's Skin
- Yanna McIntosh, Belle
- Fiona Reid, Indian Ink
- Brenda Robins, The Bald Soprano
- Jenny Young, The Shape of a Girl
|
2003 |
Kristina Nicoll, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl |
|
2004 |
Caroline Cave, The Syringa Tree |
|
2005 |
Irene Poole, The Leisure Society |
- Marie-Hélène Fontaine, Le Collier d'Hélène
- Carolyn Hetherington, Half Life
- Melody A. Johnson, Trout Stanley
- Alison Sealy-Smith, Cast Iron
|
2006 |
d'bi young, blood.claat — one womban story |
|
2007 |
Seana McKenna, Orpheus Descending |
|
2008 |
Lally Cadeau, Rose |
|
2009 |
Alison Sealy-Smith, A Raisin in the Sun |
|
2010 |
Tara Rosling, If We Were Birds |
- Laura de Carteret, Hamlet
- Tara Nicodemo, Hamlet
- Anusree Roy, Letters to My Grandma
- Michaela Washburn, Such Creatures
|
2011 |
Yanna McIntosh, Ruined |
- Michelle Monteith, Blasted
- Anusree Roy, Brothel #9
- Pamela Mala Sinha, Brothel #9
- Jane Spidell, Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God - The Africa Trilogy
|
2012[6] |
Pamela Mala Sinha, Crash |
- Maev Beaty, The Happy Woman
- Christine Horne, Andromache
- Nicole Underhay, The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs
- Michaela Washburn, White Biting Dog
|
2013 |
Irene Poole, The Little Years |
- Maev Beaty, Proud
- Maev Beaty, Terminus
- Clare Coulter, LEAR
- Melody A. Johnson, Miss Caledonia
|
2014 |
Carly Street, Venus in Fur |
|
2015 |
Nicky Guadagni, Hooked |
- Maev Beaty, The De Chardin Project
- Rosemary Dunsmore, Tom at the Farm
- Alanna Hibbert, The Mountaintop
- Fiona Reid, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
|
2016 |
Rebecca Northan, Blind Date |
|
2017 |
Maev Beaty, The Last Wife |
- Lisa Berry, Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts I, II, III)
- Diane Flacks, Body Politic
- Katherine Gauthier, A Doll's House
- Shruti Kothari, Little Pretty and the Exceptional
|
2018 |
Michaela Washburn, Confederation & Riel |
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