Tony award for Best Actress in a Musical - wikipedia Tony award for Best Actress in a Musical Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Awarded for Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role in a Musical Location New York City Presented by American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League Currently held by Katrina Lenk for The Band 's Visit ( 2018 ) Website TonyAwards.com The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical is awarded to the best actress in a musical, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been given since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been publicly announced since 1956. Contents 1 History 2 Winners and nominees 2.1 1940s 2.2 1950s 2.3 1960s 2.4 1970s 2.5 1980s 2.6 1990s 2.7 2000s 2.8 2010s 3 Multiple wins 4 Multiple nominations 5 Multiple character wins 6 Multiple character nominations 7 Musicals with multiple lead nominations 8 References 9 External links History The award was not presented in 1947 or 1985. Ken Mandelbaum wrote about the 1985 season : `` Things get bad enough musically to require the elimination of the Best Musical Actor and Actress categories, as well as the choreography prize. '' There have been three ties in this category, in 1958, 1962 and 1968. Winners and nominees indicates the winner 1940s Year Actor Musical Character 1947 1st Tony Awards N / A 1948 2nd Tony Awards Grace Hartman Angel in the Wings Nettie / Mrs. Blodgett / Ruth / Mrs. Hutchinson 1949 3rd Tony Awards Nanette Fabray Love Life Susan Cooper 1950s Year Actor Musical Character 1950 4th Tony Awards Mary Martin South Pacific Ensign Nellie Forbush 1951 5th Tony Awards Ethel Merman Call Me Madam Sally Adams 1952 6th Tony Awards Gertrude Lawrence The King and I Anna Leonowens 1953 7th Tony Awards Rosalind Russell Wonderful Town Ruth Sherwood 1954 8th Tony Awards Dolores Gray Carnival in Flanders Cornelia 1955 9th Tony Awards Mary Martin Peter Pan Peter Pan 1956 10th Tony Awards Gwen Verdon Damn Yankees Lola Carol Channing The Vamp Flora Weems Nancy Walker Phoenix ' 55 Various Characters 1957 11th Tony Awards Judy Holliday Bells Are Ringing Ella Peterson Julie Andrews My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle Ethel Merman Happy Hunting Liz Livingstone 1958 12th Tony Awards Thelma Ritter New Girl in Town Marthy Owen Gwen Verdon Anna Christopherson Lena Horne Jamaica Savannah Beatrice Lillie Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 Various Characters 1959 13th Tony Awards Gwen Verdon Redhead Essie Whimple Miyoshi Umeki Flower Drum Song Mei - Li 1960s Year Actor Musical Character 1960 14th Tony Awards Mary Martin The Sound of Music Maria von Trapp Carol Burnett Once Upon a Mattress Princess Winnifred Dolores Gray Destry Rides Again Frenchy Eileen Herlie Take Me Along Lily Miller Ethel Merman Gypsy Mama Rose 1961 15th Tony Awards Elizabeth Seal Irma La Douce Irma La Douce Julie Andrews Camelot Guenevere Carol Channing Show Girl Various Characters Nancy Walker Do Re Mi Kay Cram 1962 16th Tony Awards Anna Maria Alberghetti Carnival ! Lili Daurier Diahann Carroll No Strings Barbara Woodruff Molly Picon Milk and Honey Clara Weiss Elaine Stritch Sail Away Mimi Paragon 1963 17th Tony Awards Vivien Leigh Tovarich Tatiana Georgia Brown Oliver ! Nancy Nanette Fabray Mr. President Nell Henderson Sally Ann Howes Brigadoon Fiona MacLaren 1964 18th Tony Awards Carol Channing Hello, Dolly ! Dolly Gallagher Levi Beatrice Lillie High Spirits Madame Arcati Barbra Streisand Funny Girl Fanny Brice Inga Swenson 110 in the Shade Lizzie Curry 1965 19th Tony Awards Liza Minnelli Flora the Red Menace Flora Mezaros Elizabeth Allen Do I Hear a Waltz ? Leona Samish Nancy Dussault Bajour Emily Kirsten Inga Swenson Baker Street Irene Adler 1966 20th Tony Awards Angela Lansbury Mame Mame Dennis Barbara Harris On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Daisy Gamble / Melinda Wells Julie Harris Skyscraper Georgina Allerton Gwen Verdon Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine 1967 21st Tony Awards Barbara Harris The Apple Tree Eve / Princess Barbara / Ella and Passionella Lotte Lenya Cabaret Fraulein Schneider Mary Martin I Do ! I Do ! She ( Agnes ) Louise Troy Walking Happy Maggie Hobson 1968 22nd Tony Awards Patricia Routledge Darling of the Day Alice Challice Leslie Uggams Hallelujah, Baby ! Georgina Melina Mercouri Illya Darling Illya Brenda Vaccaro How Now, Dow Jones Cynthia Pike 1969 23rd Tony Awards Angela Lansbury Dear World Countess Aurelia Maria Karnilova Zorba Madame Hortense Dorothy Loudon The Fig Leaves Are Falling Lillian Stone Jill O'Hara Promises, Promises Fran Kubelik 1970s Year Actor Musical Character 1970 24th Tony Awards Lauren Bacall Applause Margo Channing Katharine Hepburn Coco Coco Chanel Dilys Watling Georgy Georgina `` Georgy '' Parkin 1971 25th Tony Awards Helen Gallagher No, No, Nanette Lucille Early Sandy Duncan The Boy Friend Maisie Susan Browning Company April Elaine Stritch Joanne 1972 26th Tony Awards Alexis Smith Follies Phyllis Rogers Stone Jonelle Allen Two Gentlemen of Verona Silvia Dorothy Collins Follies Sally Durant Plummer Mildred Natwick 70, Girls, 70 Ida Dodd 1973 27th Tony Awards Glynis Johns A Little Night Music Desiree Armfeldt Leland Palmer Pippin Fastrada Debbie Reynolds Irene Irene O'Dare Marcia Rodd Shelter Maud 28th Tony Awards Virginia Capers Raisin Lena Younger Carol Channing Lorelei Lorelei Lee Michele Lee Seesaw Gittel Mosca 29th Tony Awards Angela Lansbury Gypsy Mama Rose Lola Falana Doctor Jazz Edna Mae Sheridan Bernadette Peters Mack & Mabel Mabel Normand Ann Reinking Goodtime Charley Joan of Arc 1976 30th Tony Awards Donna McKechnie A Chorus Line Cassie Ferguson Vivian Reed Bubbling Brown Sugar Marsha / Young Irene Chita Rivera Chicago Velma Kelly Gwen Verdon Roxie Hart 1977 31st Tony Awards Dorothy Loudon Annie Miss Hannigan Clamma Dale Porgy and Bess Bess Ernestine Jackson Guys and Dolls Sarah Brown Andrea McArdle Annie Annie 1978 32nd Tony Awards Liza Minnelli The Act Michelle Craig Madeline Kahn On the Twentieth Century Lily Garland / Mildred Plotka Eartha Kitt Timbuktu ! Shaleem La Lume Frances Sternhagen Angel Eliza Gant 1979 33rd Tony Awards Angela Lansbury Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett Tovah Feldshuh Sarava Flor Dorothy Loudon Ballroom Bea Asher Alexis Smith Platinum Lila Halliday 1980s Year Actor Musical Character 1980 34th Tony Awards Patti LuPone Evita Eva Perón Christine Andreas Oklahoma ! Laurey Williams Sandy Duncan Peter Pan Peter Pan Ann Miller Sugar Babies Ann 1981 35th Tony Awards Lauren Bacall Woman of the Year Tess Harding Meg Bussert Brigadoon Fiona MacLaren Chita Rivera Bring Back Birdie Rosie Alvarez Linda Ronstadt The Pirates of Penzance Mabel 1982 36th Tony Awards Jennifer Holliday Dreamgirls Effie White Lisa Mordente Marlowe Emelia Bossano Mary Gordon Murray Little Me Belle Poitrine Sheryl Lee Ralph Dreamgirls Deena Jones 37th Tony Awards Natalia Makarova On Your Toes Vera Barnova Lonette McKee Show Boat Julie LaVerne Chita Rivera Merlin The Queen Twiggy My One and Only Edith Herbert 1984 38th Tony Awards Chita Rivera The Rink Anna Rhetta Hughes Amen Corner Sister Margaret Alexander Liza Minnelli The Rink Angel Bernadette Peters Sunday in the Park with George Dot / Marie 1985 39th Tony Awards N / A 1986 40th Tony Awards Bernadette Peters Song and Dance Emma Debbie Allen Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine Cleo Laine The Mystery of Edwin Drood Angela Prysock / The Princess Puffer Chita Rivera Jerry 's Girls Various Characters 41st Tony Awards Maryann Plunkett Me and My Girl Sally Smith Catherine Cox Oh, Coward ! Various Characters Teresa Stratas Rags Rebecca Hershkowitz 1988 42nd Tony Awards Joanna Gleason Into the Woods The Baker 's Wife Alison Fraser Romance / Romance Josefine Weninger / Monica Judy Kuhn Chess Florence Vassy Patti LuPone Anything Goes Reno Sweeney 1989 43rd Tony Awards Ruth Brown Black and Blue Various Characters Charlotte d'Amboise Jerome Robbins ' Broadway Anita / Peter Pan / Company Linda Hopkins Black and Blue Various Characters Sharon McNight ( it ) Starmites Diva / Mother 1990s Year Actor Musical Character 1990 44th Tony Awards Tyne Daly Gypsy Mama Rose Georgia Brown The Threepenny Opera Celia Peachum Beth Fowler Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett Liliane Montevecchi Grand Hotel Elizaveta Grushinskaya 1991 45th Tony Awards Lea Salonga Miss Saigon Kim June Angela Shōgun : The Musical Lady Mariko Dee Hoty The Will Rogers Follies Betty Blake Cathy Rigby Peter Pan Peter Pan 1992 46th Tony Awards Faith Prince Guys and Dolls Miss Adelaide Jodi Benson Crazy for You Polly Baker Josie de Guzman Guys and Dolls Sarah Brown Sophie Hayden The Most Happy Fella Rosabella 1993 47th Tony Awards Chita Rivera Kiss of the Spider Woman Aurora / Spider Woman Ann Crumb Anna Karenina Anna Karenina Stephanie Lawrence Blood Brothers Mrs. Johnstone Bernadette Peters The Goodbye Girl Paula McFadden 1994 48th Tony Awards Donna Murphy Passion Fosca Susan Egan Beauty and the Beast Belle Dee Hoty The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public Mona Stangley Judy Kuhn She Loves Me Amalia Balash 1995 49th Tony Awards Glenn Close Sunset Boulevard Norma Desmond Rebecca Luker Show Boat Magnolia Hawks 50th Tony Awards Donna Murphy The King and I Anna Leonowens Julie Andrews ( This nomination was declined by Andrews ) Victor / Victoria Victoria Grant Crista Moore Big : the musical Susan Lawrence Daphne Rubin - Vega Rent Mimi Marquez 1997 51st Tony Awards Bebe Neuwirth Chicago Velma Kelly Pamela Isaacs The Life Queen Tonya Pinkins Play On Lady Liv Karen Ziemba Steel Pier Rita Racine 1998 52nd Tony Awards Natasha Richardson Cabaret Sally Bowles Betty Buckley Triumph of Love Hesione Marin Mazzie Ragtime Mother Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner Side Show Violet and Daisy Hilton 1999 53rd Tony Awards Bernadette Peters Annie Get Your Gun Annie Oakley Carolee Carmello Parade Lucille Frank Dee Hoty Footloose Vi Moore Siân Phillips Marlene Marlene Dietrich 2000s Year Actor Musical Character 2000 54th Tony Awards Heather Headley Aida Aida Toni Collette The Wild Party Queenie Rebecca Luker The Music Man Marian Paroo Marin Mazzie Kiss Me, Kate Lilli Vanessi / Katherine Audra McDonald Marie Christine Marie Christine L'Adrese 2001 55th Tony Awards Christine Ebersole 42nd Street Dorothy Brock Blythe Danner Follies Phyllis Rogers Stone Randy Graff A Class Act Sophie Faith Prince Bells Are Ringing Ella Peterson Marla Schaffel Jane Eyre Jane Eyre 2002 56th Tony Awards Sutton Foster Thoroughly Modern Millie Millie Dillmount Louise Pitre Mamma Mia ! Donna Sheridan Nancy Opel Urinetown Penelope Pennywise Jennifer Laura Thompson Hope Cladwell Vanessa Williams Into the Woods The Witch 2003 57th Tony Awards Marissa Jaret Winokur Hairspray Tracy Turnblad Melissa Errico Amour Isabella Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Man of La Mancha Aldonza / Dulcinea Elizabeth Parkinson Movin ' Out Brenda Bernadette Peters Gypsy Mama Rose 58th Tony Awards Idina Menzel Wicked Elphaba Kristin Chenoweth Wicked Glinda Stephanie D'Abruzzo Avenue Q Kate Monster / Lucy the Slut / Company Donna Murphy Wonderful Town Ruth Sherwood Tonya Pinkins Caroline, or Change Caroline Thibodeaux 2005 59th Tony Awards Victoria Clark The Light in the Piazza Margaret Johnson Christina Applegate Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine Erin Dilly Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Truly Scrumptious Sutton Foster Little Women Josephine ' Jo ' March Sherie Rene Scott Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Christine Colgate 2006 60th Tony Awards LaChanze The Color Purple Celie Harris Johnson Sutton Foster The Drowsy Chaperone Janet Van De Graaff Patti LuPone Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett Kelli O'Hara The Pajama Game Catherine ' Babe ' Williams Chita Rivera Chita Rivera : The Dancer 's Life Chita Rivera 2007 61st Tony Awards Christine Ebersole Grey Gardens ' Little Edie ' Beale Laura Bell Bundy Legally Blonde Elle Woods Audra McDonald 110 in the Shade Lizzie Curry Debra Monk Curtains Carmen Bernstein Donna Murphy LoveMusik Lotte Lenya 2008 62nd Tony Awards Patti LuPone Gypsy Mama Rose Kerry Butler Xanadu Kira / Clio Kelli O'Hara South Pacific Ensign Nellie Forbush Faith Prince A Catered Affair Agnes ' Aggie ' Hurley Jenna Russell Sunday in the Park with George Dot / Marie 2009 63rd Tony Awards Alice Ripley Next to Normal Diana Goodman Stockard Channing Pal Joey Vera Simpson Sutton Foster Shrek the Musical Princess Fiona Allison Janney 9 to 5 Violet Newstead Josefina Scaglione West Side Story Maria 2010s Year Actor Musical Character 64th Tony Awards Catherine Zeta - Jones A Little Night Music Desiree Armfeldt Kate Baldwin Finian 's Rainbow Sharon McLonergan Montego Glover Memphis Felicia Farrell Christiane Noll Ragtime Mother Sherie Rene Scott Everyday Rapture Sherie Rene Scott 2011 65th Tony Awards Sutton Foster Anything Goes Reno Sweeney Beth Leavel Baby It 's You ! Florence Greenberg Patina Miller Sister Act Deloris Van Cartier Donna Murphy The People in the Picture Bubbie / Raisel 2012 66th Tony Awards Audra McDonald Porgy and Bess Bess Jan Maxwell Follies Phyllis Rogers Stone Cristin Milioti Once Girl Kelli O'Hara Nice Work If You Can Get It Billie Bendix Laura Osnes Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Parker 2013 67th Tony Awards Patina Miller Pippin The Leading Player Stephanie J. Block The Mystery of Edwin Drood Edwin Drood / Miss Alice Nutting Carolee Carmello Scandalous Aimee Semple McPherson Valisia LeKae Motown : The Musical Diana Ross Laura Osnes Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Cinderella Ella 2014 68th Tony Awards Jessie Mueller Beautiful : The Carole King Musical Carole King Mary Bridget Davies A Night with Janis Joplin Janis Joplin Sutton Foster Violet Violet Karl Idina Menzel If / Then Elizabeth Vaughan Kelli O'Hara The Bridges of Madison County Francesca Johnson 2015 69th Tony Awards Kelli O'Hara The King and I Anna Leonowens Kristin Chenoweth On the Twentieth Century Lily Garland / Mildred Plotka Leanne Cope An American in Paris Lise Dassin Beth Malone Fun Home Alison Bechdel Chita Rivera The Visit Claire Zachanassian 2016 70th Tony Awards Cynthia Erivo The Color Purple Celie Harris Johnson Laura Benanti She Loves Me Amalia Balash Carmen Cusack Bright Star Alice Murphy Jessie Mueller Waitress Jenna Hunterson Phillipa Soo Hamilton Eliza Hamilton 2017 71st Tony Awards Bette Midler Hello, Dolly ! Dolly Gallagher Levi Denée Benton Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Natasha Rostova Christine Ebersole War Paint Elizabeth Arden Patti LuPone Helena Rubinstein Eva Noblezada Miss Saigon Kim 2018 72nd Tony Awards Katrina Lenk The Band 's Visit Dina Lauren Ambrose My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle Hailey Kilgore Once on This Island Ti Moune LaChanze Summer : The Donna Summer Musical Diva Donna / Mary Gaines Taylor Louderman Mean Girls Regina George Jessie Mueller Carousel Julie Jordan Multiple wins 4 Wins Angela Lansbury 3 Wins Mary Martin Gwen Verdon 2 Wins Lauren Bacall Christine Ebersole Sutton Foster Patti LuPone Liza Minnelli Donna Murphy Bernadette Peters Chita Rivera Multiple nominations 8 Nominations Chita Rivera 7 nominations Patti LuPone 6 Nominations Sutton Foster Bernadette Peters 5 Nominations Donna Murphy Kelli O'Hara Gwen Verdon 4 Nominations Carol Channing Angela Lansbury Mary Martin Jessie Mueller 3 Nominations Julie Andrews Christine Ebersole Dee Hoty Dorothy Loudon Audra McDonald Ethel Merman Liza Minnelli Faith Prince 2 Nominations Lauren Bacall Georgia Brown Carolee Carmello Kristin Chenoweth Sandy Duncan Nanette Fabray Dolores Gray Barbara Harris Judy Kuhn LaChanze Beatrice Lillie Rebecca Luker Marin Mazzie Patina Miller Idina Menzel Laura Osnes Tonya Pinkins Alice Ripley Sherie Rene Scott Alexis Smith Elaine Stritch Inga Swenson Nancy Walker Multiple character wins 3 Wins Anna Leonowens from The King and I Mama Rose from Gypsy 2 Wins Desiree Armfeldt from A Little Night Music Celie Harris Johnson from The Color Purple Dolly Gallagher Levi from Hello, Dolly ! Multiple character nominations 5 Nominations Mama Rose from Gypsy 4 Nominations Peter Pan from Peter Pan and Jerome Robbins ' Broadway 3 Nominations Anna Leonowens from The King and I Charity Hope Valentine from Sweet Charity Mrs. Lovett from Sweeney Todd Phyllis Rogers Stone from Follies 2 Nominations Amalia Balash from She Loves Me Bess from Porgy and Bess Celie Harris Johnson from The Color Purple Desiree Armfeldt from A Little Night Music Dolly Gallagher Levi from Hello, Dolly ! Dot / Marie from Sunday in the Park with George Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady Ella Peterson from Bells Are Ringing Ensign Nellie Forbush from South Pacific Fiona MacLaren from Brigadoon Kim from Miss Saigon Lily Garland / Mildred Plotka from On the Twentieth Century Lizzie Curry from 110 in the Shade Mother from Ragtime Reno Sweeney from Anything Goes Ruth Sherwood from Wonderful Town Sarah Brown from Guys and Dolls Velma Kelly from Chicago Musicals with multiple lead nominations New Girl in Town -- Thelma Ritter ( winner ) and Gwen Verdon ( winner ) Company -- Susan Browning and Elaine Stritch Follies -- Dorothy Collins and Alexis Smith ( winner ) Chicago -- Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon Annie -- Dorothy Loudon ( winner ) and Andrea McArdle Dreamgirls -- Jennifer Holliday ( winner ) and Sheryl Lee Ralph The Rink -- Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera ( winner ) Black and Blue -- Ruth Brown ( winner ) and Linda Hopkins Guys and Dolls -- Josie de Guzman and Faith Prince ( winner ) Side Show -- Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner Urinetown -- Nancy Opel and Jennifer Laura Thompson Wicked -- Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel ( winner ) War Paint -- Christine Ebersole and Patti LuPone References Jump up ^ Gelb, Arthur. `` Popularizing the ' Tony ' Awards '', The New York Times, April 1, 1956, p. 93 Jump up ^ Freedman, Samuel G. The New York Times, June 3, 1985, p. C15 Jump up ^ Mandelbaum, Ken. `` Ken Mandelbaum 's Aisle View : Tony Highs And Lows '' playbill.com, May 11, 1997 Jump up ^ History, Ties in Tony History '' tonyawards.com, accessed June 13, 2014 Jump up ^ Viagas, Robert. `` Julie Andrews Declines Tony Nomination '' playbill.com, May 8, 1996 External links Internet Broadway Database Awards Archive Official Tony Awards Website Archive Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Grace Hartman ( 1948 ) Nanette Fabray ( 1949 ) Mary Martin ( 1950 ) Ethel Merman ( 1951 ) Gertrude Lawrence ( 1952 ) Rosalind Russell ( 1953 ) Dolores Gray ( 1954 ) Mary Martin ( 1955 ) Gwen Verdon ( 1956 ) Judy Holliday ( 1957 ) Thelma Ritter / Gwen Verdon ( 1958 ) Gwen Verdon ( 1959 ) Mary Martin ( 1960 ) Elizabeth Seal ( 1961 ) Anna Maria Alberghetti / Diahann Carroll ( 1962 ) Vivien Leigh ( 1963 ) Carol Channing ( 1964 ) Liza Minnelli ( 1965 ) Angela Lansbury ( 1966 ) Barbara Harris ( 1967 ) Patricia Routledge / Leslie Uggams ( 1968 ) Angela Lansbury ( 1969 ) Lauren Bacall ( 1970 ) Helen Gallagher ( 1971 ) Alexis Smith ( 1972 ) Glynis Johns ( 1973 ) Virginia Capers ( 1974 ) Angela Lansbury ( 1975 ) Donna McKechnie ( 1976 ) Dorothy Loudon ( 1977 ) Liza Minnelli ( 1978 ) Angela Lansbury ( 1979 ) Patti LuPone ( 1980 ) Lauren Bacall ( 1981 ) Jennifer Holliday ( 1982 ) Natalia Makarova ( 1983 ) Chita Rivera ( 1984 ) No Award ( 1985 ) Bernadette Peters ( 1986 ) Maryann Plunkett ( 1987 ) Joanna Gleason ( 1988 ) Ruth Brown ( 1989 ) Tyne Daly ( 1990 ) Lea Salonga ( 1991 ) Faith Prince ( 1992 ) Chita Rivera ( 1993 ) Donna Murphy ( 1994 ) Glenn Close ( 1995 ) Donna Murphy ( 1996 ) Bebe Neuwirth ( 1997 ) Natasha Richardson ( 1998 ) Bernadette Peters ( 1999 ) Heather Headley ( 2000 ) Christine Ebersole ( 2001 ) Sutton Foster ( 2002 ) Marissa Jaret Winokur ( 2003 ) Idina Menzel ( 2004 ) Victoria Clark ( 2005 ) LaChanze ( 2006 ) Christine Ebersole ( 2007 ) Patti LuPone ( 2008 ) Alice Ripley ( 2009 ) Catherine Zeta - Jones ( 2010 ) Sutton Foster ( 2011 ) Audra McDonald ( 2012 ) Patina Miller ( 2013 ) Jessie Mueller ( 2014 ) Kelli O'Hara ( 2015 ) Cynthia Erivo ( 2016 ) Bette Midler ( 2017 ) Katrina Lenk ( 2018 ) Tony Awards American Theatre Wing The Broadway League List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards Play Best Play Best Direction of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play Best Leading Actress in a Play Best Featured Actor in a Play Best Featured Actress in a Play Best Costume Design in a Play Best Lighting Design in a Play Best Revival of a Play Best Scenic Design in a Play Best Sound Design of a Play Musical Best Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical Best Leading Actress in a Musical Best Featured Actor in a Musical Best Featured Actress in a Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Choreography Best Costume Design in a Musical Best Lighting Design in a Musical Best Orchestrations Best Original Score Best Revival of a Musical Best Scenic Design in a Musical Best Sound Design of a Musical Special ( non-competitive ) Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award Retired Best Author Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Costume Design Best Director Best Lighting Design Best Newcomer Best Revival Best Scenic Design Best Special Theatrical Event Best Stage Technician Ceremonies 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Musical&oldid=856428632 '' Categories : Theatre acting awards Tony Awards Awards established in 1948 1948 establishments in the United States Hidden categories : Interlanguage link template link number Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Français Italiano 日本 語 Norsk Português Română Русский Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски 中文 5 more Edit links This page was last edited on 25 August 2018, at 03 : 44 ( UTC ). 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Question: who won best actress in the tony awards
Answer: Katrina Lenk