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Lead Actress Play
Tony for Lead Actress in a Play
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1947 | TIE Ingrid Bergman-Joan of Lorraine/ Mary Grey / Joan of Arc Helen Hayes-Happy Birthday/Addie Bemis |
| 1948 | TIE Judith Anderson-Medea/Medea Katharine Cornell-Antony and Cleopatra/Cleopatra Jessica Tandy-A Streetcar Named Desire/Blanche DuBois |
| 1949 | Martita Hunt-The Madwoman of Chaillot/Countess Aurelia |
| 1950 | Shirley Booth -Come Back, Little Sheba/Lola Delaney |
| 1951 | Uta Hagen-The Country Girl/Georgie Elgin |
| 1952 | Julie Harris-I Am a Camera/Sally Bowles |
| 1953 | Shirley Booth-The Time of the Cuckoo/Leona Samish |
| 1954 | Audrey Hepburn-Ondine/Ondine |
| 1955 | Nancy Kelly-The Bad Seed/Christine Penmar |
| 1956 | Julie Harris-The Lark /Joan of Arc |
| 1957 | Margaret Leighton-Separate Tables/ Ann Shankland / Sibyl Railton-Bell |
| 1958 | Helen Hayes-Time Remembered/The Duchess of Pont-Au-Bronc |
| 1959 | Gertrude Berg-A Majority of One/Bertha Jacoby |
| 1960 | Anne Bancroft-The Miracle Worker/Annie Sullivan |
| 1961 | Joan Plowright-A Taste of Honey/Josephine |
| 1962 | Margaret Leighton-The Night of the Iguana/Hannah Jelkes |
| 1963 | Uta Hagen-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?/Martha |
| 1964 | Sandy Dennis-Any Wednesday/Ellen Gordon |
| 1965 | Irene Worth-Tiny Alice/Miss Alice |
| 1966 | Rosemary Harris-The Lion in Winter/Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| 1967 | Beryl Reid -The Killing of Sister George/Sister George / June Buckridge |
| 1968 | Zoe Caldwell-The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie/Jean Brodi |
| 1969 | Julie Harris-Forty Carats/Ann Stanley |
| 1970 | Tammy Grimes-Private Lives/Amanda Prynne |
| 1971 | Maureen Stapleton-The Gingerbread Lady/Evy Meara |
| 1972 | Sada Thompson-Twigs\Ma / Dorothy / Celia / Emily |
| 1973 | Julie Harris-The Last of Mrs. Lincoln/Mary Todd Lincoln |
| 1974 | Colleen Dewhurst-A Moon for the Misbegotten/Josie Hogan |
| 1975 | Ellen Burstyn-Same Time, Next Year/Doris |
| 1976 | Irene Worth-Sweet Bird of Youth/Alexandra Del Lago |
| 1977 | Julie Harris-The Belle of Amherst/Emily Dickinso |
| 1978 | Jessica Tandy-The Gin Game/Fonsia Dorsey |
| 1979 | TIE Constance Cummings (TIE)-Wings/Emily Stilson Carole Shelley (TIE)-The Elephant Man/ Madge Kendal |
| 1980 | Phyllis Frelich-Children of a Lesser God/Sarah Norman |
| 1981 | Jane Lapotaire-Piaf/Édith Piaf |
| 1982 | Zoe Caldwell-Medea/Medea |
| 1983 | Jessica Tandy-Foxfire/Annie Nations |
| 1984 | Glenn Close-The Real Thing/Annie |
| 1985 | Stockard Channing-A Day in the Death of Joe Egg/Sheila |
| 1986 | Lily Tomlin-The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe /Various Characters |
| 1987 | Linda Lavin-Broadway Bound/Kate Jerome |
| 1988 | Joan Allen-Burn This/Anna Mann |
| 1989 | Pauline Collins-Shirley Valentine/Shirley Valentine |
| 1990 | Maggie Smith-Lettice and Lovage/Lettice Douffet |
| 1991 | Mercedes Ruehl-Lost in Yonkers/Bella Kurnitz |
| 1992 | Glenn Close-Death and the Maiden/Paulina Salas Escoba |
| 1993 | Madeline Kahn-The Sisters Rosensweig/Gorgeous Teitelbaum |
| 1994 | Diana Rigg-Medea/Medea |
| 1995 | Cherry Jones-The Heiress/Catherine Sloper |
| 1996 | Zoe Caldwell-Master Class/Maria Callas |
| 1997 | Janet McTeer-A Doll's House/Nora Helmer |
| 1998 | Marie Mullen-The Beauty Queen of Leenane/Maureen Folan |
| 1999 | Judi Dench-Amy's View/Esme Allen |
| 2000 | Jennifer Ehle-The Real Thing/Annie |
| 2001 | Mary-Louise Parker-Proof/Catherine Llewellyn |
| 2002 | Lindsay Duncan-Private Lives/Amanda Prynne |
| 2003 | Vanessa Redgrave-Long Day's Journey into Night/Mary Tyrone |
| 2004 | Phylicia Rashad-A Raisin in the Sun/Lena Younger |
| 2005 | Cherry Jones-Doubt/Sister Aloysius Beauvi |
| 2006 | Cynthia Nixon-Rabbit Hole/Becca Corbett |
| 2007 | Julie White-The Little Dog Laughed/Diane |
| 2008 | Deanna Dunagan -August: Osage County/Violet Westo |
| 2009 | Marcia Gay Harden-God of Carnage/Veronica |
| 2010 | Viola Davis-Fences/Rose Maxson |
| 2011 | Frances McDormand-Good People/Margie Walsh |
| 2012 | Nina Arianda-Venus in Fur/Vanda |
| 2013 | Cicely Tyson-The Trip to Bountiful/Carrie Watts |
| 2014 | Audra McDonald-Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill/Billie Holiday |
| 2015 | Helen Mirren-The Audience/Queen Elizabeth II |
| 2016 | Jessica Lange-Long Day's Journey into Night/Mary Tyrone |
| 2017 | Laurie Metcalf-A Doll's House, Part 2/Nora Helmer |
| 2018 | Glenda Jackson-Three Tall Women/A |
| 2019 | Elaine May-The Waverly Gallery/Gladys Green |
| 2020 | Mary-Louise Parker-The Sound Inside/Bella Baird |
| 2021 | None |
| 2022 | Deirdre O'Connell-Dana H./Dana H. |
| 2023 | Jodie Comer-Prima Facie/Tessa Ensler |
| 2024 | Sarah Paulson-Appropriate/Antoinette "Toni" Lafa |
| 2025 | Sarah Snook-The Picture of Dorian Gray/Dorian Gray, et a |
| 2026 | Lesley Manville-Oedipus/Jocasta |
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