# Green Room Award for Female Actor in a Featured Role (Music Theatre)

The Green Room Award for Female Actor in a Featured Role (Music Theatre) is an annual award recognising excellence in the performing arts in Melbourne. The peer-based Green Room Awards were first presented in February 1984 for productions held in 1983.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold; nominees are provided when all nominees in that year are known.

### 1980s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character |
| 1983 1st |
| 1983 1st | Donna Lee | Oklahoma! | Ado Annie |
| 1984 2nd |
| 1984 2nd | June Bronhill | The Pirates of Penzance | Ruth |
| 1985 3rd |
| 1985 3rd | Margo Lee | Stepping Out | |
| 1986 4th |
| 1986 4th | Marjorie Irving | Countess Maritza | |
| 1987 5th |
| 1987 5th | Caroline Gillmer | Nine | Saraghina |
| 1988 6th |
| 1988 6th | Madge Ryan | My Fair Lady | Mrs Higgins |
| 1989 7th |
| 1989 7th | Jacqui Rae | Anything Goes | Erma |
| 1989 7th | Venetta Fields | Big River | Alice |
| 1989 7th | Maggie Kirkpatrick | Anything Goes | Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt |
| 1989 7th | Karen Knowles | Big River | Mary Jane Wilks |
| 1989 7th | Marian Mackenzie | Pastrana | Johanna Lent |

### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character |
| 1990 8th |
| 1990 8th | Robyn Arthur | Les Misérables | Madame Thenardier |
| 1991 9th |
| 1991 9th | Pamela Rabe | The Wizard of Oz | Wicked Witch of the West |
| 1991 9th | Carrie Barr | Hair | Mary |
| 1991 9th | Meredith Chipperton | Hair | Astrid |
| 1991 9th | Tara Morice | The Venetian Twins | Colombina |
| 1992 10th |
| 1992 10th | Louie Reyes | The King and I | Lady Thiang |
| 1992 10th | Carrie Barr | King of Country | Vicki |
| 1992 10th | Tomi Kalinski | Ginger | Mick Ginger |
| 1992 10th | Julie Mullins | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Miranda |
| 1992 10th | Shu-Cheen Yu | The King and I | Tuptim |
| 1993 11th |
| 1993 11th | Helen Buday | High Society | Liz Imbrie |
| 1994 12th |
| 1994 12th | Caroline O'Connor | West Side Story | Anita |
| 1994 12th | Beth Daly | Falsettos | Dr Charlotte |
| 1994 12th | Christine Ewing | Me and My Girl | Lady Jacqueline Carstone |
| 1994 12th | Sharon Millerchip | Falsettos | Cordelia |
| 1994 12th | The Fabulous Singlettes – Anna Butera, Suzie French, Melissa Langton | The Pirates of Penzance | Major-General Stanley's Daughters |
| 1995 13th |
| 1996 14th |
| 1996 14th | No award given | — | — |
| 1997 15th |
| 1997 15th | Christen O’Leary | A Little Night Music | Petra |
| 1997 15th | Andrea McEwan | A Little Night Music | Fredrika Armfeldt |
| 1997 15th | Pamela Rabe | A Little Night Music | Countess Charlotte |
| 1997 15th | Delia Hannah | Chess | Svetlana |
| 1997 15th | Anne Wood | Crazy for You | Irene |
| 1998 16th |
| 1998 16th | Caroline Gillmer | Chicago | Matron "Mama" Morton |
| 1998 16th | Rachael Beck | Les Misérables | Fantine |
| 1998 16th | Donna Lee | Les Misérables | Madame Thenardier |
| 1998 16th | Geraldene Morrow | Into the Woods | Jack's Mother |
| 1998 16th | Helen Noonan | The Phantom of the Opera | Carlotta |
| 1999 17th |
| 1999 17th | Chrissy Amphlett | The Boy From Oz | Judy Garland |
| 1999 17th | Genevieve Davis | Rent | Joanne |
| 1999 17th | Estelle Mays-Cotton | Show Boat | Julie |
| 1999 17th | Jill Perryman | The Boy From Oz | Marion Woolnough |
| 1999 17th | Jacqui Rae | Show Boat | Ellie |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character |
| 2000 18th |
| 2000 18th | Christen O’Leary | Company | Amy |
| 2000 18th | Pia Morley | The Sound of Music | Liesl |
| 2000 18th | Caroline Gillmer | Company | Joanne |
| 2000 18th | Nicki Wendt | Company | Sarah |
| 2000 18th | Amanda Levy | Prodigal Son | Maddy Sinclair |
| 2000 18th | Anne Wood | The Sound of Music | Elsa Schraeder |
| 2001 19th |
| 2001 19th | Julie McGregor | Always... Patsy Cline | Louise Seger |
| 2001 19th | Lara Mulcahy | Mamma Mia! | Rosie |
| 2001 19th | Rhonda Burchmore | Mamma Mia! | Tanya |
| 2001 19th | Trisha Noble | Shout! The Legend of the Wild One | Thelma O'Keefe |
| 2001 19th | Leonie Page | Mack & Mabel | Lottie Ames |
| 2002 20th |
| 2002 20th | Cherine Peck | Hair | Diane |
| 2002 20th | Ana Maria Belo | Hair | Jeanie |
| 2002 20th | Pamela Rabe | The Wizard of Oz | Wicked Witch of the West |
| 2002 20th | Sally-Anne Upton | Oliver! | Widow Corney/Mrs Bumble |
| 2002 20th | Judith Roberts | A New Brain | Mimi Schwinn |
| 2003 21st |
| 2003 21st | Nadine Garner | Cabaret | Fräulein Kost |
| 2003 21st | Judi Connelli | Cabaret | Fräulein Schneider |
| 2003 21st | Annie Crummer | We Will Rock You | Killer Queen |
| 2004 22nd |
| 2004 22nd | Carrie Barr | Carousel | Carrie Pipperidge |
| 2004 22nd | Nicki Wendt | Annie Get Your Gun | Dolly Tate |
| 2004 22nd | Queenie van de Zandt | The Full Monty | Vicki Nichols |
| 2005 23rd |
| 2005 23rd | Lisa Sontag | Grease | Frenchy |
| 2005 23rd | Amanda Harrison | Oklahoma! | Ado Annie |
| 2005 23rd | Chelsea Plumley | Sunset Boulevard | Betty Schaefer |
| 2005 23rd | Lelda Kapsis | Dirty Dancing | Lisa Houseman |
| 2005 23rd | Nancye Hayes | Oklahoma! | Aunt Eller |
| 2006 24th |
| 2006 24th | Colleen Hewett | The Boy From Oz | Marion Woolnough |
| 2006 24th | Nicki Wendt | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Mrs Meers |
| 2006 24th | Natalie O’Donnell | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Olive Ostrovsky |
| 2006 24th | Monique Chanel Pitsakis | Hello Again | The Young Wife |
| 2006 24th | Kelly Rode | Virgins | Veronica/Link/Namida |
| 2006 24th | Magda Szubanski | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | William Barfée |
| 2007 25th |
| 2007 25th | No award given | — | — |
| 2008 26th |
| 2008 26th | Penny McNamee | Wicked | Nessarose |
| 2008 26th | Judi Connelli | Follies | Carlotta |
| 2008 26th | Rosemarie Harris | Shane Warne: The Musical | Simone Warne |
| 2008 26th | Nancye Hayes | My Fair Lady | Mrs Higgins |
| 2008 26th | Sharon Millerchip | The Rocky Horror Show | Columbia |
| 2009 27th |
| 2009 27th | No award given | — | — |
| 2009 27th | Lisa Adam | Jersey Boys | Mary Delgado, Angel and others |
| 2009 27th | Sally Bourne | Once We Lived Here | Claire |
| 2009 27th | Nancye Hayes | A Little Night Music | Madame Armfeldt |
| 2009 27th | Christie Whelan | Once We Lived Here | Lucy |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character |
| 2010 28th |
| 2010 28th | Esther Hannaford | Hairspray | Penny Pingleton |
| 2010 28th | Christen O’Leary | The Boy From Oz | Judy Garland |
| 2010 28th | Robyn Arthur | The Boy From Oz | Marion Woolnough |
| 2010 28th | Alinta Chidzey | West Side Story | Anita |
| 2010 28th | Lisa Marie Parker | Cats | Jellylorum/Griddlebone |
| 2011 29th |
| 2011 29th | Emma Jones | The Hatpin | Clara Makin |
| 2011 29th | Francine Cain | Rock of Ages | Regina |
| 2011 29th | Sharon Millerchip | Love Never Dies | Meg Giry |
| 2011 29th | Cherine Peck | Xanadu | Melpomene/Medusa |
| 2011 29th | Chelsea Plumley | Kismet | Lalume |
| 2012 30th |
| 2012 30th | Alinta Chidzey | Chess | Svetlana |
| 2012 30th | Julie Lea Goodwin | Annie | Grace |
| 2012 30th | Chelsea Plumley | Promises, Promises | Marge MacDougall |
| 2012 30th | Christie Whelan-Browne | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Philia |
| 2013 31st |
| 2013 31st | Christina Tan | Gypsy | Louise |
| 2013 31st | Helen Dallimore | Legally Blonde | Paulette Bonafonte |
| 2013 31st | Nancye Hayes | Sunday in the Park with George | Old Lady/Blair Daniels |
| 2013 31st | Jennifer Vuletic | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Baroness Bomburst |
| 2013 31st | Christie Whelan-Browne | Singin' in the Rain | Lina Lamont |
| 2014 32nd |
| 2014 32nd | Yong Ying Woo | The King and I | Eliza / Ensemble |
| 2014 32nd | Lucy Maunder | Into the Woods | Cinderella |
| 2014 32nd | Lisa-Marie Parker | Blood Brothers | Linda |
| 2014 32nd | Shu-Cheen Yu | The King and I | Lady Thiang |
| 2015 33rd |
| 2015 33rd | Heather Mitchell | Strictly Ballroom | Shirley Hastings |
| 2015 33rd | Amy Berrisford | Cats | Demeter |
| 2015 33rd | Debora Krizak | Sweet Charity | Nickie / Ursula |
| 2015 33rd | Anne Wood | City Of Angels | Alaura / Carla |
| 2015 33rd | Buyi Zama | The Lion King | Rafiki |
| 2016 34th |
| 2016 34th | Naomi Price | Ladies in Black | |
| 2016 34th | Robyn Arthur | Singin’ in the Rain | |
| 2016 34th | Madison Green | The Light in the Piazza | |
| 2016 34th | Elise McCann | Matilda the Musical | |
| 2016 34th | Christen O’Leary | Ladies in Black |
| 2017 35th |
| 2017 35th | Robyn Nevin | My Fair Lady | Mrs Higgins |
| 2017 35th | Verity Hunt-Ballard | Hello, Dolly! | Irene Molloy |
| 2017 35th | Nancye Hayes | Brigadoon | |
| 2018 36th |
| 2018 36th | Johanna Allen | A Little Night Music | Countess Charlotte Malcolm |
| 2018 36th | Jackie Rees | A Little Night Music | Madam Armfeldt |
| 2018 36th | Lucy Maunder | Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Cynthia Weil |
| 2018 36th | Elandrah Feo | Bring It On: The Musical | Danielle |
| 2018 36th | Jayde Westaby | Mamma Mia! The Musical | Tanya |