• Source: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading 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 leading 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."
The award was originally called the Tony Award for Actress—Play. It was first presented to Ingrid Bergman and Helen Hayes at the 1st Tony Awards for their portrayals of Mary Grey / Joan of Arc and Addie Bemis in Joan of Lorraine and Happy Birthday, respectively. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public; the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers".
There have been two ties and one three-way tie in this category. Julie Harris holds the record for having the most wins and nominations in this category, with a total of five wins from nine nominations. Medea in the play of the same name is the character to take the award the most times, winning three times.




Winners and nominees






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Statistics






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= Characters nominated for both the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

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The Chalk Garden – Gladys Cooper and Siobhán McKenna
Toys In The Attic – Maureen Stapleton and Irene Worth
The Killing of Sister George – Beryl Reid and Eileen Atkins
'night, Mother – Kathy Bates and Anne Pitoniak
A Streetcar Named Desire – Blythe Danner and Frances McDormand
The Sisters Rosensweig – Madeline Kahn and Jane Alexander
A Delicate Balance – Rosemary Harris and Elaine Stritch
August: Osage County – Deanna Dunagan and Amy Morton
God of Carnage – Marcia Gay Harden and Hope Davis
Mary Stuart – Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter (God of Carnage and Mary Stuart were produced in the same year)




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Actresses who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories




See also



Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress
List of Tony Award-nominated productions




References






External links


Internet Broadway Database Awards Archive
Official Tony Awards Website Archive

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