Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Laurence Olivier Award
for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Awarded for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Location  United Kingdom
Presented by The Society of London Theatre
Currently held by Sheila Atim for Girl from the North Country (2018)
Website Olivier Awards.com

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and, renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor Lord Olivier.

The award has been given as a singular award for Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical since 1991 and has been separated for the first time for the 2015 awards.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year Performer Musical Character
2015
Lorna Want Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Cynthia Weil
Samantha Bond Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Muriel Eubanks
Haydn Gwynne Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Lucia
Nicole Scherzinger Cats Grizabella
2016
Lara Pulver Gypsy Gypsy Rose Lee
Preeya Kalidas Bend It Like Beckham the Musical Pinky
Amy Lennox Kinky Boots Lauren
Emma Williams Mrs Henderson Presents Maureen
2017
Rebecca Trehearn Show Boat Julie LaVerne
Haydn Gwynne The Threepenny Opera Celia Peachum
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt Murder Ballad The Narrator
Emma Williams Half a Sixpence Helen Walsingham
2018
Sheila Atim Girl from the North Country Marianne Lane
Tracie Bennett Follies Carlotta Campion
Rachel John Hamilton Angelica Schuyler
Lesley Joseph Young Frankenstein Frau Blücher

See also

References

    • London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (.PDF). 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre: 20. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
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