Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
The Best Performance by a Featured 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, to actresses for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, an American actress who died in 1946. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year."[1] Originally called the Tony Award for Actress, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic), it was later changed to its current title in 1976. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public. The change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers".[2][3]
| Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play |
| Location | United States New York City |
| Presented by | American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League |
| Currently held by | Celia Keenan-Bolger for To Kill a Mockingbird (2019) |
| Website | TonyAwards.com |
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
1940s
| Year | Actress | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 1st Tony Awards | |||
| Patricia Neal | Another Part of the Forest | Regina Hubbard | |
| 1948 2nd Tony Awards |
N/A | ||
| 1949 3rd Tony Awards | |||
| Shirley Booth | Goodbye, My Fancy | Grace Woods | |
1950s
| Year | Actress | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 4th Tony Awards |
N/A | ||
| 1951 5th Tony Awards | |||
| Maureen Stapleton | The Rose Tattoo | Serafina Delle Rose | |
| 1952 6th Tony Awards | |||
| Marian Winters | I Am a Camera | Natalia Landauer | |
| 1953 7th Tony Awards | |||
| Beatrice Straight | The Crucible | Elizabeth Proctor | |
| 1954 8th Tony Awards | |||
| Jo Van Fleet | The Trip to Bountiful | Jessie Mae Watts | |
| 1955 9th Tony Awards | |||
| Patricia Jessel | Witness for the Prosecution | Romaine Vole | |
| 1956 10th Tony Awards | |||
| Una Merkel | The Ponder Heart | Edna Earle Ponder | |
| Diane Cilento | Tiger at the Gates | Helen of Troy | |
| Anne Jackson | Middle of the Night | The Daughter | |
| Elaine Stritch | Bus Stop | Grace Hoylard | |
| 1957 11th Tony Awards | |||
| Peggy Cass | Auntie Mame | Agnes Gooch | |
| Anna Massey | The Reluctant Debutante | Jane Broadbent | |
| Beryl Measor | Separate Tables | Pat Cooper | |
| Mildred Natwick | The Waltz of the Toreadors | Mme. St. Pé | |
| Phyllis Neilson-Terry | Separate Tables | Mrs. Railton-Bell | |
| Diana Van der Vlis | The Happiest Millionaire | Cordelia Biddle | |
| 1958 12th Tony Awards | |||
| Anne Bancroft | Two for the Seesaw | Gittel Mosca | |
| Joan Blondell | The Rope Dancers | Mrs. Farrow | |
| Brenda de Banzie | The Entertainer | Phoebe Rice | |
| Mary Fickett | Sunrise at Campobello | Eleanor Roosevelt | |
| Eileen Heckart | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Lottie Lacey | |
| 1959 13th Tony Awards | |||
| Julie Newmar | The Marriage-Go-Round | Katrin Sveg | |
| Maureen Delany | God and Kate Murphy | Carrie Donovan | |
| Dolores Hart | The Pleasure of His Company | Jessica Poole | |
| Nan Martin | J.B. | Sarah | |
| Bertice Reading | Requiem for a Nun | Nancy Mannigoe | |
1960s
| Year | Actress | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 14th Tony Awards | |||
| Anne Revere | Toys in the Attic | Anna Berniers | |
| Leora Dana | The Best Man | Alice Russell | |
| Jane Fonda | There Was a Little Girl | Toni Newton | |
| Sarah Marshall | Goodbye Charlie | Rusty Mayerling | |
| Juliet Mills | Five Finger Exercise | Pamela Harrington | |
| 1961 15th Tony Awards | |||
| Colleen Dewhurst | All the Way Home | Mary Follet | |
| Eileen Heckart | Invitation to a March | DeeDee Grogan | |
| Tresa Hughes | The Devil's Advocate | Nina Sanduzzi | |
| Rosemary Murphy | Period of Adjustment | Dorothea Bates | |
| 1962 16th Tony Awards | |||
| Elizabeth Ashley | Take Her, She's Mine | Mollie Michaelson | |
| Zohra Lampert | Look: We've Come Through | Jennifer Lewison | |
| Janet Margolin | Daughter of Silence | Anna Albertini | |
| Pat Stanley | Sunday in New York | Eileen Taylor | |
| 1963 17th Tony Awards | |||
| Sandy Dennis | A Thousand Clowns | Sandra Markowitz | |
| Melinda Dillon | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey | |
| Alice Ghostley | The Beauty Part | Various Characters | |
| Zohra Lampert | Mother Courage and Her Children | Kattrin | |
| 1964 18th Tony Awards | |||
| Barbara Loden | After the Fall | Maggie | |
| Rosemary Murphy | Any Wednesday | Dorothea Cleves | |
| Kate Reid | Dylan | Caitlin Thomas | |
| Diana Sands | Blues for Mister Charlie | Juanita | |
| 1965 19th Tony Awards | |||
| Alice Ghostley | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window | Mavis Parodus Bryson | |
| Rae Allen | Traveller Without Luggage | Juliette | |
| Alexandra Berlin | All in Good Time | Violet Fitton | |
| Carolan Daniels | Slow Dance on the Killing Ground | Rosie | |
| 1966 20th Tony Awards | |||
| Zoe Caldwell | Slapstick Tragedy | Polly | |
| Glenda Jackson | Marat/Sade | Charlotte Corday | |
| Mairin D. O'Sullivan | Philadelphia, Here I Come! | Madge Mulhern | |
| Brenda Vaccaro | Cactus Flower | Toni Simmons | |
| 1967 21st Tony Awards | |||
| Marian Seldes | A Delicate Balance | Julia | |
| Camila Ashland | Black Comedy | Miss. Furnival | |
| Brenda Forbes | The Loves of Cass McGuire | Trilbe Costello | |
| Maria Tucci | The Rose Tattoo | Rosa Delle Rose | |
| 1968 22nd Tony Awards | |||
| Zena Walker | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Sheila | |
| Pert Kelton | Spofford | Mrs. Punck | |
| Ruth White | The Birthday Party | Meg | |
| Eleanor D. Wilson | Weekend | Mrs. Andrews | |
| 1969 23rd Tony Awards | |||
| Jane Alexander | The Great White Hope | Eleanor Bachman | |
| Diane Keaton | Play It Again, Sam | Linda Christie | |
| Lauren Jones | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? | Linda | |
| Anna Manahan | Lovers | Hanna Wilson |
1970s
| Year | Actress | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 24th Tony Awards | |||
| Blythe Danner | Butterflies Are Free | Jill Tanner | |
| Alice Drummond | The Chinese and Dr. Fish | Mrs. Lee | |
| Eileen Heckart | Butterflies Are Free | Mrs. Baker | |
| Linda Lavin | Last of the Red Hot Lovers | Elaine Navazio | |
| 1971 25th Tony Awards | |||
| Rae Allen | And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little | Fleur Stein | |
| Lili Darvas | Les Blancs | Madame Neilsen | |
| Joan Van Ark | The School for Wives | Agnes | |
| Mona Washbourne | Home | Marian | |
| 1972 26th Tony Awards | |||
| Elizabeth Wilson | Sticks and Bones | Harriet | |
| Cara Duff-MacCormick | Moonchildren | Shelly | |
| Mercedes McCambridge | The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks | Lucy Lake | |
| Frances Sternhagen | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window | Mavis Parodus Bryson | |
| 1973 27th Tony Awards | |||
| Leora Dana | The Last of Mrs. Lincoln | Elizabeth Edwards | |
| Maya Angelou | Look Away | Elizabeth Keckley | |
| Katherine Helmond | The Great God Brown | Margaret | |
| Penelope Windust | Elizabeth I | Elizabeth I | |
| 1974 28th Tony Awards | |||
| Frances Sternhagen | The Good Doctor | Various Characters | |
| Regie Baff | Veronica's Room | Susan | |
| Fionnula Flanagan | Ulysses in Nighttown | Various Characters | |
| Charlotte Moore | Chemin de Fer | Sophie | |
| Roxie Roker | The River Niger | Mattie Williams | |
| 1975 29th Tony Awards | |||
| Rita Moreno | The Ritz | Googie Gomez | |
| Linda Miller | Black Picture Show | Jane | |
| Geraldine Page | Absurd Person Singular | Marion | |
| Carole Shelley | Jane | ||
| Elizabeth Spriggs | London Assurance | Lady Gay Spanker | |
| Frances Sternhagen | Equus | Dora Strang | |
| 1976 30th Tony Awards | |||
| Shirley Knight | Kennedy's Children | Carla | |
| Mary Beth Hurt | Trelawny of the 'Wells' | Rose Trelawny | |
| Lois Nettleton | They Knew What They Wanted | Amy | |
| Meryl Streep | 27 Wagons Full of Cotton / A Memory of Two Mondays | Flora Meighan | |
| 1977 31st Tony Awards | |||
| Trazana Beverley | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf | Lady in Red | |
| Patricia Elliott | The Shadow Box | Beverly | |
| Rose Gregorio | Agnes | ||
| Mary McCarty | Anna Christie | Marthy Owen | |
| 1978 32nd Tony Awards | |||
| Ann Wedgeworth | Chapter Two | Faye Medwick | |
| Starletta DuPois | The Mighty Gents | Rita | |
| Swoosie Kurtz | Tartuffe | Mariane | |
| Marian Seldes | Deathtrap | Myra Bruhl | |
| 1979 33rd Tony Awards | |||
| Joan Hickson | Bedroom Farce | Delia | |
| Laurie Kennedy | Man and Superman | Violet Robinson | |
| Susan Littler | Bedroom Farce | Kate | |
| Mary-Joan Negro | Wings | Amy |
1980s
| Year | Actress | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 34th Tony Awards | |||
| Dinah Manoff | I Ought to Be in Pictures | Libby Tucker | |
| Maureen Anderman | The Lady from Dubuque | Carol | |
| Pamela Burrell | Strider | Various Characters | |
| Lois de Banzie | Morning's at Seven | Myrtle Brown | |
| 1981 35th Tony Awards | |||
| Swoosie Kurtz | Fifth of July | Gwen Landis | |
| Maureen Stapleton | The Little Foxes | Birdie Hubbard | |
| Jessica Tandy | Rose | Rose's Mother | |
| Zoë Wanamaker | Piaf | Tione | |
| 1982 36th Tony Awards | |||
| Amanda Plummer | Agnes of God | Sister Agnes | |
| Judith Anderson | Medea | The Nurse | |
| Mia Dillon | Crimes of the Heart | Babe MaGrath Botrelle | |
| Mary Beth Hurt | Meg MaGrath | ||
| 1983 37th Tony Awards | |||
| Judith Ivey | Steaming | Josie | |
| Elizabeth Franz | Brighton Beach Memoirs | Kate Jerome | |
| Roxanne Hart | Passion | Kate | |
| Margaret Tyzack | All's Well That Ends Well | Countess of Rossillion | |
| 1984 38th Tony Awards | |||
| Christine Baranski | The Real Thing | Charlotte | |
| Jo Henderson | Play Memory | Ruth MacMillan | |
| Dana Ivey | Heartbreak House | Lady Utterword | |
| Deborah Rush | Noises Off | Brooke Ashton | |
| 1985 39th Tony Awards | |||
| Judith Ivey | Hurlyburly | Bonnie | |
| Joanna Gleason | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Pam | |
| Theresa Merritt | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey | |
| Sigourney Weaver | Hurlyburly | Darlene | |
| 1986 40th Tony Awards | |||
| Swoosie Kurtz | The House of Blue Leaves | Bananas Shaughnessy | |
| Stockard Channing | The House of Blue Leaves | Bunny Flingus | |
| Bethel Leslie | Long Day's Journey into Night | Mary Tyrone | |
| Zoë Wanamaker | Loot | Fay | |
| 1987 41st Tony Awards | |||
| Mary Alice | Fences | Rose Maxson | |
| Annette Bening | Coastal Disturbances | Holly Dancer | |
| Phyllis Newman | Broadway Bound | Blanche Morton | |
| Carole Shelley | Stepping Out | Maxine | |
| 1988 42nd Tony Awards | |||
| L. Scott Caldwell | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Bertha Holly | |
| Kimberleigh Aarn | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Mattie Cambell | |
| Kate Nelligan | Serious Money | Various Characters | |
| Kimberly Scott | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Molly Cunningham | |
| 1989 43rd Tony Awards | |||
| Christine Baranski | Rumors | Chris Gorman | |
| Joanne Camp | The Heidi Chronicles | Various Characters | |
| Tovah Feldshuh | Lend Me a Tenor | Maria Merelli | |
| Penelope Ann Miller | Our Town | Emily Webb |
1990s
| Year | Actress | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 44th Tony Awards | |||
| Margaret Tyzack | Lettice and Lovage | Lotte Schoen | |
| Polly Holliday | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Mama Polllitt | |
| S. Epatha Merkerson | The Piano Lesson | Berniece | |
| Lois Smith | The Grapes of Wrath | Ma Joad | |
| 1991 45th Tony Awards | |||
| Irene Worth | Lost in Yonkers | Grandma Kurnitz | |
| Amelia Campbell | Our Country's Good | Various Characters | |
| Kathryn Erbe | The Speed of Darkness | Mary | |
| J. Smith-Cameron | Our Country's Good | Various Characters | |
| 1992 46th Tony Awards | |||
| Bríd Brennan | Dancing at Lughnasa | Agnes | |
| Rosaleen Linehan | Dancing at Lughnasa | Kate Mundy | |
| Cynthia Martells | Two Trains Running | Risa | |
| Dearbhla Molloy | Dancing at Lughnasa | Maggie Mundy | |
| 1993 47th Tony Awards | |||
| Debra Monk | Redwood Curtain | Geneva Riordan | |
| Kathleen Chalfant | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Hannah Pitt, et al. | |
| Marcia Gay Harden | Harper Pitt, et al. | ||
| Anne Meara | Anna Christie | Marthy Owen | |
| 1994 48th Tony Awards | |||
| Jane Adams | An Inspector Calls | Sheila Birling | |
| Debra Monk | Picnic | Rosemary Sydney | |
| Jeanne Paulson | The Kentucky Cycle | Various Characters | |
| Anne Pitoniak | Picnic | Helen Potts | |
| 1995 49th Tony Awards | |||
| Frances Sternhagen | The Heiress | Lavinia Penniman | |
| Suzanne Bertish | The Molière Comedies | Lisette | |
| Cynthia Nixon | Indiscretions | Madeleine Ozeray | |
| Mercedes Ruehl | The Shadow Box | Beverly | |
| 1996 50th Tony Awards | |||
| Audra McDonald | Master Class | Sharon Graham | |
| Viola Davis | Seven Guitars | Vera | |
| Michele Shay | Louise | ||
| Lois Smith | Buried Child | Hallie | |
| 1997 51st Tony Awards | |||
| Lynne Thigpen | An American Daughter | Dr. Judith B. Kaufman | |
| Helen Carey | London Assurance | Lady Gay Spanker | |
| Dana Ivey | The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Boo Levy | |
| Celia Weston | Reba Freitag | ||
| 1998 52nd Tony Awards | |||
| Anna Manahan | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Mags Folan | |
| Enid Graham | Honour | Sophie | |
| Linda Lavin | The Diary of Anne Frank | Petronella van Daan | |
| Julyana Soelistyo | Golden Child | Eng Ahn | |
| 1999 53rd Tony Awards | |||
| Elizabeth Franz | Death of a Salesman | Linda Loman | |
| Claire Bloom | Electra | Clytemnestra | |
| Samantha Bond | Amy's View | Amy Thomas | |
| Dawn Bradfield | The Lonesome West | Girleen Kelleher |
2000s
| Year | Actress | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 54th Tony Awards | |||
| Blair Brown | Copenhagen | Margrethe Bohr | |
| Frances Conroy | The Ride Down Mt. Morgan | Theo | |
| Amy Ryan | Uncle Vanya | Sonya Serebryakova | |
| Helen Stenborg | Waiting in the Wings | Sarita Myrtle | |
| Sarah Woodward | The Real Thing | Charlotte | |
| 2001 55th Tony Awards | |||
| Viola Davis | King Hedley II | Tonya | |
| Johanna Day | Proof | Claire | |
| Penny Fuller | The Dinner Party | Gabrielle Buonocelli | |
| Marthe Keller | Judgment at Nuremberg | Mme. Bertholt | |
| Michele Lee | The Tale of the Allergist's Wife | Lee Green | |
| 2002 56th Tony Awards | |||
| Katie Finneran | Noises Off | Brooke Ashton | |
| Kate Burton | The Elephant Man | Madge Kendal | |
| Elizabeth Franz | Morning's at Seven | Aaronetta Gibbs | |
| Estelle Parsons | Cora Swanson | ||
| Frances Sternhagen | Ida Bolton | ||
| 2003 57th Tony Awards | |||
| Michele Pawk | Hollywood Arms | Louise | |
| Christine Ebersole | Dinner at Eight | Millicent Jordan | |
| Linda Emond | Life x 3 | Inez | |
| Kathryn Meisle | Tartuffe | Elmire | |
| Marian Seldes | Dinner at Eight | Carlotta Vance | |
| 2004 58th Tony Awards | |||
| Audra McDonald | A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger | |
| Essie Davis | Jumpers | Dotty | |
| Sanaa Lathan | A Raisin in the Sun | Beneatha Younger | |
| Margo Martindale | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Momma Pollitt | |
| Daphne Rubin-Vega | Anna in the Tropics | Conchita | |
| 2005 59th Tony Awards | |||
| Adriane Lenox | Doubt: A Parable | Mrs. Muller | |
| Mireille Enos | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey | |
| Heather Goldenhersh | Doubt: A Parable | Sister James | |
| Dana Ivey | The Rivals | Mrs. Malaprop | |
| Amy Ryan | A Streetcar Named Desire | Stella Kowalski | |
| 2006 60th Tony Awards | |||
| Frances de la Tour | The History Boys | Mrs. Lintott | |
| Tyne Daly | Rabbit Hole | Nat Corbett | |
| Jayne Houdyshell | Well | Ann Kron | |
| Alison Pill | The Lieutenant of Inishmore | Mairead | |
| Zoë Wanamaker | Awake and Sing! | Bessie Berger | |
| 2007 61st Tony Awards | |||
| Jennifer Ehle | The Coast of Utopia | Various Characters | |
| Xanthe Elbrick | Coram Boy | Various Characters | |
| Dana Ivey | Butley | Edna Shaft | |
| Jan Maxwell | Coram Boy | Various Characters | |
| Martha Plimpton | The Coast of Utopia | Various Characters | |
| 2008 62nd Tony Awards | |||
| Rondi Reed | August: Osage County | Mattie Fae Aiken | |
| Sinéad Cusack | Rock 'n' Roll | Eleanor | |
| Mary McCormack | Boeing-Boeing | Gretchen | |
| Laurie Metcalf | November | Clarice Bernstein | |
| Martha Plimpton | Top Girls | Angie | |
| 2009 63rd Tony Awards | |||
| Angela Lansbury | Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati | |
| Hallie Foote | Dividing the Estate | Mary Jo Gordon | |
| Jessica Hynes | The Norman Conquests | Annie | |
| Marin Ireland | reasons to be pretty | Steph | |
| Amanda Root | The Norman Conquests | Sarah |
2010s
| Year | Actress | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 64th Tony Awards | |||
| Scarlett Johansson | A View from the Bridge | Catherine Carbone | |
| Maria Dizzia | In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) | Mrs. Daldry | |
| Rosemary Harris | The Royal Family | Fanny Cavendish | |
| Jessica Hecht | A View from the Bridge | Beatrice Carbone | |
| Jan Maxwell | Lend Me a Tenor | Maria Merelli | |
| 2011 65th Tony Awards | |||
| Ellen Barkin | The Normal Heart | Dr. Emma Brookner | |
| Edie Falco | The House of Blue Leaves | Bananas Shaughnessy | |
| Judith Light | Lombardi | Marie Lombardi | |
| Joanna Lumley | La Bête | The Princess | |
| Elizabeth Rodriguez | The Motherfucker with the Hat | Veronica | |
| 2012 66th Tony Awards | |||
| Judith Light | Other Desert Cities | Silda Grauman | |
| Linda Emond | Death of a Salesman | Linda Loman | |
| Spencer Kayden | Don't Dress for Dinner | Suzette | |
| Celia Keenan-Bolger | Peter and the Starcatcher | Molly Aster | |
| Condola Rashād | Stick Fly | Cheryl | |
| 2013 67th Tony Awards | |||
| Judith Light | The Assembled Parties | Faye | |
| Carrie Coon | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey | |
| Shalita Grant | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | Cassandra | |
| Judith Ivey | The Heiress | Lavinia Penniman | |
| Condola Rashād | The Trip to Bountiful | Thelma | |
| 2014 68th Tony Awards | |||
| Sophie Okonedo | A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger | |
| Sarah Greene | The Cripple of Inishmaan | Helen McCormack | |
| Celia Keenan-Bolger | The Glass Menagerie | Laura Wingfield | |
| Anika Noni Rose | A Raisin in the Sun | Beneatha Younger | |
| Mare Winningham | Casa Valentina | Rita | |
| 2015 69th Tony Awards | |||
| Annaleigh Ashford | You Can't Take It with You | Essie Carmichael | |
| Patricia Clarkson | The Elephant Man | Madge Kendal | |
| Lydia Leonard | Wolf Hall Parts One & Two | Anne Boleyn | |
| Sarah Stiles | Hand to God | Jessica | |
| Julie White | Airline Highway | Tanya | |
| 2016 70th Tony Awards | |||
| Jayne Houdyshell | The Humans | Deirdre Blake | |
| Pascale Armand | Eclipsed | Bessie | |
| Megan Hilty | Noises Off | Brooke Ashton | |
| Andrea Martin | Dotty Otley | ||
| Saycon Sengbloh | Eclipsed | Helena | |
| 2017 71st Tony Awards | |||
| Cynthia Nixon | The Little Foxes | Birdie Hubbard | |
| Johanna Day | Sweat | Tracey | |
| Jayne Houdyshell | A Doll's House, Part 2 | Anne Marie | |
| Condola Rashād | Emmy Helmer | ||
| Michelle Wilson | Sweat | Cynthia | |
| 2018 72nd Tony Awards | |||
| Laurie Metcalf | Three Tall Women | B | |
| Susan Brown | Angels in America | Hannah Pitt, et al. | |
| Noma Dumezweni | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Hermione Granger | |
| Deborah Findlay | The Children | Hazel | |
| Denise Gough | Angels in America | Harper Pitt, et al. | |
| 2019 73rd Tony Awards | |||
| Celia Keenan-Bolger | To Kill a Mockingbird | Scout Finch | |
| Fionnula Flanagan | The Ferryman | Aunt Maggie Far Away | |
| Kristine Nielsen | Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus | Janice | |
| Julie White | Carol | ||
| Ruth Wilson | King Lear | Cordelia / Fool |
Win total
- 2 Wins
- Christine Baranski
- Judith Ivey
- Swoosie Kurtz
- Judith Light (consecutive)
- Audra McDonald
- Frances Sternhagen
Nomination total
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Character win total
- 2 Wins
- Ruth Younger from A Raisin in the Sun
Character nomination total
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Multiple awards and nominations
Actress who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories
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Trivia
- Supporting actresses in two of three plays in Neil Simon's Eugene trilogy (Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound) were nominated for the Tony.
- Featured actresses in six parts of August Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle have been nominated for the award.
- Featured actress Trazana Beverley in Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is the first African American actor to receive the award.
References
- Kirkley, Donald (April 21, 1968). "Operation Frenzy Before the Tony Awards". The Baltimore Sun. p. T2. Retrieved December 24, 2011. (subscription required)
- Simons, Linda Keir (1994). The Performing Arts: a Guide to the Reference Literature. ABC-CLIO. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-87287-982-9.
- Gelb, Arthur (April 1, 1956). "Popularizing the Tony Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2011. (subscription required)
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