# Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

The Tony Award for Best 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."
The award was originally called the Tony Award for Actress, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic). Patricia Neal won the first such award for her portrayal of Regina Hubbard in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public: the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers". The award was renamed in 1976, when Shirley Knight became the first winner under the new title for her role as Carla in Robert Patrick's Kennedy's Children. Its most recent recipient is Miriam Silverman for the role of Mavis Parodus Bryson, in The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window.
Six actresses (Christine Baranski, Judith Ivey, Judith Light, Swoosie Kurtz, Audra McDonald, and Frances Sternhagen) hold the record for most awards in this category, each with two total. Portrayals of Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun and Mavis Parodus Bryson in The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window have won twice.

## Winners and nominees
### 1940s

| Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) | Ref. |
| 1947 (1st) |
| 1947 (1st) | Patricia Neal | Another Part of the Forest | Regina Hubbard | |
| 1948 (2nd) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1949 (3rd) |
| 1949 (3rd) | Shirley Booth | Goodbye, My Fancy | Grace Woods | |

### 1950s

| Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) | Ref. |
| 1950 (4th) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1951 (5th) |
| 1951 (5th) | Maureen Stapleton | The Rose Tattoo | Serafina Delle Rose | |
| 1952 (6th) |
| 1952 (6th) | Marian Winters | I Am a Camera | Natalia Landauer | |
| 1953 (7th) |
| 1953 (7th) | Beatrice Straight | The Crucible | Elizabeth Proctor | |
| 1954 (8th) |
| 1954 (8th) | Jo Van Fleet | The Trip to Bountiful | Jessie Mae Watts | |
| 1955 (9th) |
| 1955 (9th) | Patricia Jessel | Witness for the Prosecution | Romaine | |
| 1956 (10th) |
| 1956 (10th) | Una Merkel | The Ponder Heart | Edna Earle Ponder | |
| 1956 (10th) | Diane Cilento | Tiger at the Gates | Helen of Troy | |
| 1956 (10th) | Anne Jackson | Middle of the Night | The Daughter | |
| 1956 (10th) | Elaine Stritch | Bus Stop | Grace Hoylard | |
| 1957 (11th) | | | | |
| 1957 (11th) | Peggy Cass | Auntie Mame | Agnes Gooch | |
| 1957 (11th) | Anna Massey | The Reluctant Debutante | Jane Broadbent | |
| 1957 (11th) | Beryl Measor | Separate Tables | Pat Cooper | |
| 1957 (11th) | Mildred Natwick | The Waltz of the Toreadors | Mme. St. Pé | |
| 1957 (11th) | Phyllis Neilson-Terry | Separate Tables | Mrs. Railton-Bell | |
| 1957 (11th) | Diana Van der Vlis | The Happiest Millionaire | Cordelia Biddle | |
| 1958 (12th) | | | | |
| 1958 (12th) | Anne Bancroft | Two for the Seesaw | Gittel Mosca | |
| 1958 (12th) | Brenda De Banzie | The Entertainer | Phoebe Rice | |
| 1958 (12th) | Joan Blondell | The Rope Dancers | Mrs. Farrow | |
| 1958 (12th) | Mary Fickett | Sunrise at Campobello | Eleanor Roosevelt | |
| 1958 (12th) | Eileen Heckart | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Lottie Lacey | |
| 1959 (13th) | | | | |
| 1959 (13th) | Julie Newmar | The Marriage-Go-Round | Katrin Sveg | |
| 1959 (13th) | Maureen Delany | God and Kate Murphy | Carrie Donovan | |
| 1959 (13th) | Dolores Hart | The Pleasure of His Company | Jessica Poole | |
| 1959 (13th) | Nan Martin | J.B. | Sarah | |
| 1959 (13th) | Bertice Reading | Requiem for a Nun | Nancy Mannigoe | |

### 1960s

| Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) |
| 1960 (14th) |
| 1960 (14th) | Anne Revere | Toys in the Attic | Anna Berniers |
| 1960 (14th) | Leora Dana | The Best Man | Alice Russell |
| 1960 (14th) | Jane Fonda | There Was a Little Girl | Toni Newton |
| 1960 (14th) | Sarah Marshall | Goodbye Charlie | Rusty Mayerling |
| 1960 (14th) | Juliet Mills | Five Finger Exercise | Pamela Harrington |
| 1961 (15th) | | | |
| 1961 (15th) | Colleen Dewhurst | All the Way Home | Mary Follet |
| 1961 (15th) | Eileen Heckart | Invitation to a March | DeeDee Grogan |
| 1961 (15th) | Tresa Hughes | The Devil's Advocate | Nina Sanduzzi |
| 1961 (15th) | Rosemary Murphy | Period of Adjustment | Dorothea Bates |
| 1962 (16th) | | | |
| 1962 (16th) | Elizabeth Ashley | Take Her, She's Mine | Mollie Michaelson |
| 1962 (16th) | Zohra Lampert | Look: We've Come Through | Jennifer Lewison |
| 1962 (16th) | Janet Margolin | Daughter of Silence | Anna Albertini |
| 1962 (16th) | Pat Stanley | Sunday in New York | Eileen Taylor |
| 1963 (17th) | | | |
| 1963 (17th) | Sandy Dennis | A Thousand Clowns | Sandra Markowitz |
| 1963 (17th) | Melinda Dillon | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey |
| 1963 (17th) | Alice Ghostley | The Beauty Part | Various Characters |
| 1963 (17th) | Zohra Lampert | Mother Courage and Her Children | Kattrin |
| 1964 (18th) | | | |
| 1964 (18th) | Barbara Loden | After the Fall | Maggie |
| 1964 (18th) | Rosemary Murphy | Any Wednesday | Dorothea Cleves |
| 1964 (18th) | Kate Reid | Dylan | Caitlin Thomas |
| 1964 (18th) | Diana Sands | Blues for Mister Charlie | Juanita |
| 1965 (19th) | | | |
| 1965 (19th) | Alice Ghostley | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window | Mavis Parodus Bryson |
| 1965 (19th) | Rae Allen | Traveller Without Luggage | Juliette |
| 1965 (19th) | Alexandra Berlin | All in Good Time | Violet Fitton |
| 1965 (19th) | Carolan Daniels | Slow Dance on the Killing Ground | Rosie |
| 1966 (20th) | | | |
| 1966 (20th) | Zoe Caldwell | Slapstick Tragedy | Polly |
| 1966 (20th) | Glenda Jackson | Marat/Sade | Charlotte Corday |
| 1966 (20th) | Mairin D. O'Sullivan | Philadelphia, Here I Come! | Madge Mulhern |
| 1966 (20th) | Brenda Vaccaro | Cactus Flower | Toni Simmons |
| 1967 (21st) | | | |
| 1967 (21st) | Marian Seldes | A Delicate Balance | Julia |
| 1967 (21st) | Camila Ashland | Black Comedy | Miss Furnival |
| 1967 (21st) | Brenda Forbes | The Loves of Cass McGuire | Trilbe Costello |
| 1967 (21st) | Maria Tucci | The Rose Tattoo | Rose Dell Rose |
| 1968 (22nd) | | | |
| 1968 (22nd) | Zena Walker | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Sheila |
| 1968 (22nd) | Pert Kelton | Spofford | Mrs. Punck |
| 1968 (22nd) | Ruth White | The Birthday Party | Meg |
| 1968 (22nd) | Eleanor D. "Siddy" Wilson | The Weekend | Mrs. Andrews |
| 1969 (23rd) | | | |
| 1969 (23rd) | Jane Alexander | The Great White Hope | Eleanor Bachman |
| 1969 (23rd) | Diane Keaton | Play It Again, Sam | Linda Christie |
| 1969 (23rd) | Lauren Jones | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? | Linda |
| 1969 (23rd) | Anna Manahan | Lovers | Hanna Wilson |

### 1970s

| Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) |
| 1970 (24th) |
| 1970 (24th) | Blythe Danner | Butterflies Are Free | Jill Tanner |
| 1970 (24th) | Alice Drummond | The Chinese and Dr. Fish | Mrs. Lee |
| 1970 (24th) | Eileen Heckart | Butterflies Are Free | Mrs. Baker |
| 1970 (24th) | Linda Lavin | Last of the Red Hot Lovers | Elaine Navazio |
| 1971 (25th) | | | |
| 1971 (25th) | Rae Allen | And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little | Fleur Stein |
| 1971 (25th) | Lili Darvas | Les Blancs | Madame Neilsen |
| 1971 (25th) | Joan Van Ark | The School for Wives | Agnes |
| 1971 (25th) | Mona Washbourne | Home | Marian |
| 1972 (26th) | | | |
| 1972 (26th) | Elizabeth Wilson | Sticks and Bones | Harriet |
| 1972 (26th) | Cara Duff-MacCormick | Moonchildren | Shelly |
| 1972 (26th) | Mercedes McCambridge | The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks | Lucy Lake |
| 1972 (26th) | Frances Sternhagen | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window | Mavis Parodus Bryson |
| 1973 (27th) | | | |
| 1973 (27th) | Leora Dana | The Last of Mrs. Lincoln | Elizabeth Edwards |
| 1973 (27th) | Maya Angelou | Look Away | Elizabeth Keckley |
| 1973 (27th) | Katherine Helmond | The Great God Brown | Margaret |
| 1973 (27th) | Penelope Windust | Elizabeth I | Elizabeth I |
| 1974 (28th) | | | |
| 1974 (28th) | Frances Sternhagen | The Good Doctor | Various Characters |
| 1974 (28th) | Regina Baff | Veronica's Room | Susan |
| 1974 (28th) | Fionnula Flanagan | Ulysses in Nighttown | Various Characters |
| 1974 (28th) | Charlotte Moore | Chemin de Fer | Sophie |
| 1974 (28th) | Roxie Roker | The River Niger | Mattie Williams |
| 1975 (29th) | | | |
| 1975 (29th) | Rita Moreno | The Ritz | Googie Gomez |
| 1975 (29th) | Linda Miller | Black Picture Show | Jane |
| 1975 (29th) | Geraldine Page | Absurd Person Singular | Marion |
| 1975 (29th) | Carole Shelley | Absurd Person Singular | Jane |
| 1975 (29th) | Elizabeth Spriggs | London Assurance | Lady Gay Spanker |
| 1975 (29th) | Frances Sternhagen | Equus | Dora Strang |
| 1976 (30th) | | | |
| 1976 (30th) | Shirley Knight | Kennedy's Children | Carla |
| 1976 (30th) | Mary Beth Hurt | Trelawny of the 'Wells' | Rose Trewlawny |
| 1976 (30th) | Lois Nettleton | They Knew What They Wanted | Amy |
| 1976 (30th) | Meryl Streep | 27 Wagons Full of Cotton | Flora Meighan |
| 1977 (31st) | | | |
| 1977 (31st) | Trazana Beverley | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf | Lady in Red |
| 1977 (31st) | Patricia Elliott | The Shadow Box | Beverly |
| 1977 (31st) | Rose Gregorio | The Shadow Box | Agnes |
| 1977 (31st) | Mary McCarty | Anna Christie | Marthy Owen |
| 1978 (32nd) | | | |
| 1978 (32nd) | Ann Wedgeworth | Chapter Two | Faye Medwick |
| 1978 (32nd) | Starletta DuPois | The Mighty Gents | Rita |
| 1978 (32nd) | Swoosie Kurtz | Tartuffe | Mariane |
| 1978 (32nd) | Marian Seldes | Deathtrap | Myra Bruhl |
| 1979 (33rd) | | | |
| 1979 (33rd) | Joan Hickson | Bedroom Farce | Delia |
| 1979 (33rd) | Laurie Kennedy | Man and Superman | Violet Robinson |
| 1979 (33rd) | Susan Littler | Bedroom Farce | Kate |
| 1979 (33rd) | Mary-Joan Negro | Wings | Amy |

### 1980s

| Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) |
| 1980 (34th) |
| 1980 (34th) | Dinah Manoff | I Ought to Be in Pictures | Libby Tucker |
| 1980 (34th) | Maureen Anderman | The Lady from Dubuque | Carol |
| 1980 (34th) | Pamela Burrell | Strider | Various Characters |
| 1980 (34th) | Lois de Banzie | Morning's at Seven | Myrtle Brown |
| 1981 (35th) | | | |
| 1981 (35th) | Swoosie Kurtz | Fifth of July | Gwen Landis |
| 1981 (35th) | Maureen Stapleton | The Little Foxes | Birdie Hubbard |
| 1981 (35th) | Jessica Tandy | Rose | Rose's Mother |
| 1981 (35th) | Zoë Wanamaker | Piaf | Tione |
| 1982 (36th) | | | |
| 1982 (36th) | Amanda Plummer | Agnes of God | Agnes |
| 1982 (36th) | Judith Anderson | Medea | The Nurse |
| 1982 (36th) | Mia Dillon | Crimes of the Heart | Babe MaGrath Botrelle |
| 1982 (36th) | Mary Beth Hurt | Crimes of the Heart | Meg MaGrath |
| 1983 (37th) | | | |
| 1983 (37th) | Judith Ivey | Steaming | Josie |
| 1983 (37th) | Elizabeth Franz | Brighton Beach Memoirs | Kate Jerome |
| 1983 (37th) | Roxanne Hart | Passion | Kate |
| 1983 (37th) | Margaret Tyzack | All's Well That Ends Well | Countess of Rossillion |
| 1984 (38th) | | | |
| 1984 (38th) | Christine Baranski | The Real Thing | Charlotte |
| 1984 (38th) | Jo Henderson | Play Memory | Ruth MacMillan |
| 1984 (38th) | Dana Ivey | Heartbreak House | Lady Utterword |
| 1984 (38th) | Deborah Rush | Noises Off | Brooke Ashton |
| 1985 (39th) | | | |
| 1985 (39th) | Judith Ivey | Hurlyburly | Bonnie |
| 1985 (39th) | Joanna Gleason | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Pam |
| 1985 (39th) | Theresa Merritt | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey |
| 1985 (39th) | Sigourney Weaver | Hurlyburly | Darlene |
| 1986 (40th) | | | |
| 1986 (40th) | Swoosie Kurtz | The House of Blue Leaves | Bananas Shaughnessy |
| 1986 (40th) | Stockard Channing | The House of Blue Leaves | Bunny Flingus |
| 1986 (40th) | Bethel Leslie | Long Day's Journey into Night | Mary Tyrone |
| 1986 (40th) | Zoë Wanamaker | Loot | Fay |
| 1987 (41st) | | | |
| 1987 (41st) | Mary Alice | Fences | Rose Maxson |
| 1987 (41st) | Annette Bening | Coastal Disturbances | Holly Dancer |
| 1987 (41st) | Phyllis Newman | Broadway Bound | Blanche Morton |
| 1987 (41st) | Carole Shelley | Stepping Out | Maxine |
| 1988 (42nd) | | | |
| 1988 (42nd) | L. Scott Caldwell | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Bertha Holly |
| 1988 (42nd) | Kimberleigh Aarn | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Mattie Cambell |
| 1988 (42nd) | Kate Nelligan | Serious Money | Various Characters |
| 1988 (42nd) | Kimberly Scott | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Molly Cunningham |
| 1989 (43rd) | | | |
| 1989 (43rd) | Christine Baranski | Rumors | Chris Gorman |
| 1989 (43rd) | Joanne Camp | The Heidi Chronicles | Various Characters |
| 1989 (43rd) | Tovah Feldshuh | Lend Me a Tenor | Maria Merelli |
| 1989 (43rd) | Penelope Ann Miller | Our Town | Emily Webb |

### 1990s

| Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) |
| 1990 (44th) |
| 1990 (44th) | Margaret Tyzack | Lettice and Lovage | Lotte Schoen |
| 1990 (44th) | Polly Holliday | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Mama Pollitt |
| 1990 (44th) | S. Epatha Merkerson | The Piano Lesson | Berniece |
| 1990 (44th) | Lois Smith | The Grapes of Wrath | Ma Joad |
| 1991 (45th) | | | |
| 1991 (45th) | Irene Worth | Lost in Yonkers | Grandma Kurnitz |
| 1991 (45th) | Amelia Campbell | Our Country's Good | Various Characters |
| 1991 (45th) | Kathryn Erbe | The Speed of Darkness | Mary |
| 1991 (45th) | J. Smith-Cameron | Our Country's Good | Various Characters |
| 1992 (46th) | | | |
| 1992 (46th) | Brid Brennan | Dancing at Lughnasa | Agnes |
| 1992 (46th) | Rosaleen Linehan | Dancing at Lughnasa | Kate Mundy |
| 1992 (46th) | Cynthia Martells | Two Trains Running | Risa |
| 1992 (46th) | Dearbhla Molloy | Dancing at Lughnasa | Maggie Mundy |
| 1993 (47th) | | | |
| 1993 (47th) | Debra Monk | Redwood Curtain | Geneva |
| 1993 (47th) | Kathleen Chalfant | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Hannah Pitt, et al. |
| 1993 (47th) | Marcia Gay Harden | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Harper Pitt, et al. |
| 1993 (47th) | Anne Meara | Anna Christie | Marthy Owen |
| 1994 (48th) | | | |
| 1994 (48th) | Jane Adams | An Inspector Calls | Sheila Birling |
| 1994 (48th) | Debra Monk | Picnic | Rosemary Sydney |
| 1994 (48th) | Jeanne Paulson | The Kentucky Cycle | Various Characters |
| 1994 (48th) | Anne Pitoniak | Picnic | Helen Potts |
| 1995 (49th) | | | |
| 1995 (49th) | Frances Sternhagen | The Heiress | Lavinia Penniman |
| 1995 (49th) | Suzanne Bertish | The Molière Comedies | Lisette |
| 1995 (49th) | Cynthia Nixon | Indiscretions | Madeleine Ozeray |
| 1995 (49th) | Mercedes Ruehl | The Shadow Box | Beverly |
| 1996 (50th) | | | |
| 1996 (50th) | Audra McDonald | Master Class | Sharon Graham |
| 1996 (50th) | Viola Davis | Seven Guitars | Vera |
| 1996 (50th) | Michele Shay | Seven Guitars | Louise |
| 1996 (50th) | Lois Smith | Buried Child | Hallie |
| 1997 (51st) | | | |
| 1997 (51st) | Lynne Thigpen | An American Daughter | Dr. Judith B. Kaufman |
| 1997 (51st) | Helen Carey | London Assurance | Lady Gay Spanker |
| 1997 (51st) | Dana Ivey | The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Boo Levy |
| 1997 (51st) | Celia Weston | The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Reba Freitag |
| 1998 (52nd) | | | |
| 1998 (52nd) | Anna Manahan | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Mags Folan |
| 1998 (52nd) | Enid Graham | Honour | Sophie |
| 1998 (52nd) | Linda Lavin | The Diary of Anne Frank | Petronella van Daan |
| 1998 (52nd) | Julyana Soelistyo | Golden Child | Eng Ahn |
| 1999 (53rd) | | | |
| 1999 (53rd) | Elizabeth Franz | Death of a Salesman | Linda Loman |
| 1999 (53rd) | Claire Bloom | Electra | Clytemnestra |
| 1999 (53rd) | Samantha Bond | Amy's View | Amy Thomas |
| 1999 (53rd) | Dawn Bradfield | The Lonesome West | Girleen Kelleher |

### 2000s

| Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) |
| 2000 (54th) |
| 2000 (54th) | Blair Brown | Copenhagen | Margrethe Bohr |
| 2000 (54th) | Frances Conroy | The Ride Down Mt. Morgan | Theo |
| 2000 (54th) | Amy Ryan | Uncle Vanya | Sonya Serebryakova |
| 2000 (54th) | Helen Stenborg | Waiting in the Wings | Sarita Myrtle |
| 2000 (54th) | Sarah Woodward | The Real Thing | Charlotte |
| 2001 (55th) | | | |
| 2001 (55th) | Viola Davis | King Hedley II | Tonya |
| 2001 (55th) | Johanna Day | Proof | Claire |
| 2001 (55th) | Penny Fuller | The Dinner Party | Gabrielle Buonocelli |
| 2001 (55th) | Marthe Keller | Judgment at Nuremberg | Mme. Bertholt |
| 2001 (55th) | Michele Lee | The Tale of the Allergist's Wife | Lee Green |
| 2002 (56th) | | | |
| 2002 (56th) | Katie Finneran | Noises Off | Brooke Ashton |
| 2002 (56th) | Kate Burton | The Elephant Man | Madge Kendal |
| 2002 (56th) | Elizabeth Franz | Morning's at Seven | Aaronetta Gibbs |
| 2002 (56th) | Estelle Parsons | Morning's at Seven | Cora Swanson |
| 2002 (56th) | Frances Sternhagen | Morning's at Seven | Ida Bolton |
| 2003 (57th) | | | |
| 2003 (57th) | Michele Pawk | Hollywood Arms | Louise |
| 2003 (57th) | Christine Ebersole | Dinner at Eight | Toledo |
| 2003 (57th) | Linda Emond | Life x 3 | Inez |
| 2003 (57th) | Kathryn Meisle | Tartuffe | Elmire |
| 2003 (57th) | Marian Seldes | Dinner at Eight | Carlotta Vance |
| 2004 (58th) | | | |
| 2004 (58th) | Audra McDonald | A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger |
| 2004 (58th) | Essie Davis | Jumpers | Dotty |
| 2004 (58th) | Sanaa Lathan | A Raisin in the Sun | Beneatha Younger |
| 2004 (58th) | Margo Martindale | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Momma Pollitt |
| 2004 (58th) | Daphne Rubin-Vega | Anna in the Tropics | Conchita |
| 2005 (59th) | | | |
| 2005 (59th) | Adriane Lenox | Doubt | Mrs. Muller |
| 2005 (59th) | Mireille Enos | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey |
| 2005 (59th) | Heather Goldenhersh | Doubt | Sister James |
| 2005 (59th) | Dana Ivey | The Rivals | Mrs. Malaprop |
| 2005 (59th) | Amy Ryan | A Streetcar Named Desire | Stella Kowalski |
| 2006 (60th) | | | |
| 2006 (60th) | Frances de la Tour | The History Boys | Mrs. Lintott |
| 2006 (60th) | Tyne Daly | Rabbit Hole | Nat |
| 2006 (60th) | Jayne Houdyshell | Well | Ann Kron |
| 2006 (60th) | Alison Pill | The Lieutenant of Inishmore | Mairead |
| 2006 (60th) | Zoë Wanamaker | Awake and Sing! | Bessie Berger |
| 2007 (61st) | | | |
| 2007 (61st) | Jennifer Ehle | The Coast of Utopia | Liubov / Natalie Herzen / Malwida von Meysenbug |
| 2007 (61st) | Xanthe Elbrick | Coram Boy | Young Alexander / Ashbrook / Aaron |
| 2007 (61st) | Dana Ivey | Butley | Edna Shaft |
| 2007 (61st) | Jan Maxwell | Coram Boy | Mrs. Lynch |
| 2007 (61st) | Martha Plimpton | The Coast of Utopia | Varenka / Natasha Tuchkov / Natasha Tuchkov Ogarev |
| 2008 (62nd) | | | |
| 2008 (62nd) | Rondi Reed | August: Osage County | Mattie Fae Aiken |
| 2008 (62nd) | Sinéad Cusack | Rock 'n' Roll | Eleanor |
| 2008 (62nd) | Mary McCormack | Boeing-Boeing | Gretchen |
| 2008 (62nd) | Laurie Metcalf | November | Clarice Bernstein |
| 2008 (62nd) | Martha Plimpton | Top Girls | Angie |
| 2009 (63rd) | | | |
| 2009 (63rd) | Angela Lansbury | Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati |
| 2009 (63rd) | Hallie Foote | Dividing the Estate | Mary Jo Gordon |
| 2009 (63rd) | Jessica Hynes | The Norman Conquests | Annie |
| 2009 (63rd) | Marin Ireland | reasons to be pretty | Steph |
| 2009 (63rd) | Amanda Root | The Norman Conquests | Sarah |

### 2010s

| Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) |
| 2010 (64th) |
| 2010 (64th) | Scarlett Johansson | A View from the Bridge | Catherine |
| 2010 (64th) | Maria Dizzia | In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) | Mrs. Daldry |
| 2010 (64th) | Rosemary Harris | The Royal Family | Fanny Cavendish |
| 2010 (64th) | Jessica Hecht | A View from the Bridge | Beatrice Carbone |
| 2010 (64th) | Jan Maxwell | Lend Me a Tenor | Maria Merelli |
| 2011 (65th) | | | |
| 2011 (65th) | Ellen Barkin | The Normal Heart | Dr. Emma Brookner |
| 2011 (65th) | Edie Falco | The House of Blue Leaves | Bananas Shaughnessy |
| 2011 (65th) | Judith Light | Lombardi | Marie Lombardi |
| 2011 (65th) | Joanna Lumley | La Bête | The Princess |
| 2011 (65th) | Elizabeth Rodriguez | The Motherfucker with the Hat | Veronica |
| 2012 (66th) | | | |
| 2012 (66th) | Judith Light | Other Desert Cities | Silda Grauman |
| 2012 (66th) | Linda Emond | Death of a Salesman | Linda Loman |
| 2012 (66th) | Spencer Kayden | Don't Dress for Dinner | Suzette |
| 2012 (66th) | Celia Keenan-Bolger | Peter and the Starcatcher | Molly Aster |
| 2012 (66th) | Condola Rashād | Stick Fly | Cheryl |
| 2013 (67th) | | | |
| 2013 (67th) | Judith Light | The Assembled Parties | Faye |
| 2013 (67th) | Carrie Coon | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey |
| 2013 (67th) | Shalita Grant | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | Cassandra |
| 2013 (67th) | Judith Ivey | The Heiress | Lavinia Penniman |
| 2013 (67th) | Condola Rashad | The Trip to Bountiful | Thelma |
| 2014 (68th) | | | |
| 2014 (68th) | Sophie Okonedo | A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger |
| 2014 (68th) | Sarah Greene | The Cripple of Inishmaan | Helen McCormack |
| 2014 (68th) | Celia Keenan-Bolger | The Glass Menagerie | Laura Wingfield |
| 2014 (68th) | Anika Noni Rose | A Raisin in the Sun | Beneatha Younger |
| 2014 (68th) | Mare Winningham | Casa Valentina | Rita |
| 2015 (69th) | | | |
| 2015 (69th) | Annaleigh Ashford | You Can't Take It with You | Essie Carmichael |
| 2015 (69th) | Patricia Clarkson | The Elephant Man | Madge Kendal |
| 2015 (69th) | Lydia Leonard | Wolf Hall Parts One & Two | Anne Boleyn |
| 2015 (69th) | Sarah Stiles | Hand to God | Jessica |
| 2015 (69th) | Julie White | Airline Highway | Tanya |
| 2016 (70th) | | | |
| 2016 (70th) | Jayne Houdyshell | The Humans | Deirdre Blake |
| 2016 (70th) | Pascale Armand | Eclipsed | Bessie |
| 2016 (70th) | Megan Hilty | Noises Off | Brooke Ashton |
| 2016 (70th) | Andrea Martin | Noises Off | Dotty Otley |
| 2016 (70th) | Saycon Sengbloh | Eclipsed | Helena |
| 2017 (71st) | | | |
| 2017 (71st) | Cynthia Nixon | The Little Foxes | Birdie Hubbard |
| 2017 (71st) | Johanna Day | Sweat | Tracey |
| 2017 (71st) | Jayne Houdyshell | A Doll's House, Part 2 | Anne Marie |
| 2017 (71st) | Condola Rashād | A Doll's House, Part 2 | Emmy Helmer |
| 2017 (71st) | Michelle Wilson | Sweat | Tracey |
| 2018 (72nd) | | | |
| 2018 (72nd) | Laurie Metcalf | Three Tall Women | B |
| 2018 (72nd) | Susan Brown | Angels in America | Hannah Pitt, et al. |
| 2018 (72nd) | Noma Dumezweni | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Hermione Granger |
| 2018 (72nd) | Deborah Findlay | The Children | Hazel |
| 2018 (72nd) | Denise Gough | Angels in America | Harper Pitt, et al. |
| 2019 (73rd) | | | |
| 2019 (73rd) | Celia Keenan-Bolger | To Kill a Mockingbird | Scout Finch |
| 2019 (73rd) | Fionnula Flanagan | The Ferryman | Aunt Maggie Far Away |
| 2019 (73rd) | Kristine Nielsen | Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus | Janice |
| 2019 (73rd) | Julie White | Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus | Carol |
| 2019 (73rd) | Ruth Wilson | King Lear | Cordelia / Fool |

### 2020s

| Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) | Ref. |
| 2020 (74th) |
| 2020 (74th) | Lois Smith | The Inheritance | Margaret | |
| 2020 (74th) | Jane Alexander | Grand Horizons | Nancy | |
| 2020 (74th) | Chalia La Tour | Slave Play | Teá | |
| 2020 (74th) | Annie McNamara | Slave Play | Alana | |
| 2020 (74th) | Cora Vander Broek | Linda Vista | Jules | |
| 2021 | No ceremony | No ceremony | No ceremony | No ceremony |
| 2022 (75th) |
| 2022 (75th) | Phylicia Rashad | Skeleton Crew | Faye | |
| 2022 (75th) | Uzo Aduba | Clyde's | Clyde | |
| 2022 (75th) | Rachel Dratch | POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive | Stephanie | |
| 2022 (75th) | Kenita R. Miller | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf | Lady in Red | |
| 2022 (75th) | Julie White | POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive | Harriet | |
| 2022 (75th) | Kara Young | Clyde's | Letitia | |
| 2023 (76th) | | | | |
| 2023 (76th) | Miriam Silverman | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window | Mavis Parodus Bryson | |
| 2023 (76th) | Nikki Crawford | Fat Ham | Tedra | |
| 2023 (76th) | Crystal Lucas-Perry | Ain't No Mo' | Passenger #5 | |
| 2023 (76th) | Katy Sullivan | Cost of Living | Ani | |
| 2023 (76th) | Kara Young | Cost of Living | Jessie | |
| 2024 (77th) |
| 2024 (77th) | Kara Young | Purlie Victorious | Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins | |
| 2024 (77th) | Quincy Tyler Bernstine | Doubt | Mrs. Muller | |
| 2024 (77th) | Juliana Canfield | Stereophonic | Holly | |
| 2024 (77th) | Celia Keenan-Bolger | Mother Play | Martha | |
| 2024 (77th) | Sarah Pidgeon | Stereophonic | Diana | |

## Statistics
### Most wins
#### 2 wins

* Christine Baranski
* Judith Ivey
* Swoosie Kurtz
* Judith Light (consecutive)
* Audra McDonald
* Frances Sternhagen

### Most nominations
#### 5 nominations

* Frances Sternhagen

#### 4 nominations

* Dana Ivey
* Celia Keenan-Bolger

#### 3 nominations

* Elizabeth Franz
* Eileen Heckart
* Jayne Houdyshell
* Judith Ivey
* Swoosie Kurtz
* Judith Light
* Condola Rashād
* Marian Seldes
* Lois Smith
* Zoë Wanamaker
* Julie White
* Kara Young

#### 2 nominations

* Jane Alexander
* Rae Allen
* Christine Baranski
* Leora Dana
* Viola Davis
* Johanna Day
* Linda Emond
* Fionnula Flanagan
* Alice Ghostley
* Mary Beth Hurt
* Zohra Lampert
* Linda Lavin
* Anna Manahan
* Jan Maxwell
* Audra McDonald
* Laurie Metcalf
* Debra Monk
* Rosemary Murphy
* Cynthia Nixon
* Martha Plimpton
* Amy Ryan
* Carole Shelley
* Maureen Stapleton
* Margaret Tyzack

### Character win total
#### 2 wins

* Mavis Parodus Bryson from The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
* Ruth Younger from A Raisin in the Sun

### Character nomination total
#### 3 nominations

* Brooke Ashton from Noises Off
* Honey from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
* Mavis Parodus Bryson from The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

#### 2 nominations

* Bananas Shaughnessy from The House of Blue Leaves
* Beneatha Younger from A Raisin in the Sun
* Beverly from The Shadow Box
* Big Mama Pollitt from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
* Birdie Hubbard from The Little Foxes
* Charlotte from The Real Thing
* Hannah Pitt (and others) from Angels in America
* Harper Pitt (and others) from Angels in America
* Lady Gay Spanker from London Assurance
* Lady in Red from For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
* Lavinia Penniman from The Heiress
* Linda Loman from Death of a Salesman
* Madge Kendal from The Elephant Man
* Maria Merelli from Lend Me a Tenor
* Marthy Owen from Anna Christie
* Mrs. Muller from Doubt
* Ruth Younger from A Raisin in the Sun

### Productions with multiple featured nominations

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* Separate Tables – Beryl Measor and Phyllis Neilson-Terry
* Butterflies Are Free – Blythe Danner and Eileen Heckart
* Absurd Person Singular – Geraldine Page and Carole Shelley
* The Shadow Box – Patricia Elliott and Rose Gregorio
* Bedroom Farce – Joan Hickson and Susan Littler
* Crimes of the Heart – Mia Dillon and Mary Beth Hurt
* Hurlyburly – Judith Ivey and Sigourney Weaver
* The House of Blue Leaves – Stockard Channing and Swoosie Kurtz
* Joe Turner's Come and Gone – Kimberleigh Aarn, L. Scott Caldwell and Kimberly Scott
* Our Country's Good – Amelia Campbell and J. Smith-Cameron
* Angels in America: Millennium Approaches – Kathleen Chalfant and Marcia Gay Harden
* Dancing at Lughnasa – Brid Brennan, Rosaleen Linehan and Dearbhla Molloy
* Picnic – Debra Monk and Anne Pitoniak
* Seven Guitars – Viola Davis and Michele Shay
* The Last Night of Ballyhoo – Dana Ivey and Celia Weston
* Morning's at Seven – Elizabeth Franz, Estelle Parsons and Frances Sternhagen
* Dinner at Eight – Christine Ebersole and Marian Seldes
* A Raisin in the Sun – Sanaa Lathan and Audra McDonald
* Doubt: A Parable – Heather Goldenhersh and Adriane Lenox
* The Coast of Utopia – Jennifer Ehle and Martha Plimpton
* The Norman Conquests – Jessica Hynes and Amanda Root
* A View from the Bridge – Jessica Hecht and Scarlett Johansson
* A Raisin in the Sun – Sophie Okonedo and Anika Noni Rose
* Noises Off – Megan Hilty and Andrea Martin
* A Doll's House, Part 2 – Jayne Houdyshell and Condola Rashād
* Sweat – Johanna Day and Michelle Wilson (Both this and A Doll's House, Part 2 were nominated the same year)
* Angels in America – Susan Brown and Denise Gough
* Slave Play – Chalia La Tour and Annie McNamara
* Clyde's – Uzo Aduba and Kara Young
* POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive – Rachel Dratch and Julie White (Both this and Clyde's were nominated the same year)
* Cost of Living – Katy Sullivan and Kara Young
* Stereophonic – Juliana Canfield and Sarah Pidgeon

### Multiple awards and nominations
#### Actresses who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories

| Awards | Nominations | Recipient |
| 6 | 10 | Audra McDonald |
| 5 | 10 | Julie Harris |
| 5 | 7 | Angela Lansbury |
| 4 | 6 | Gwen Verdon |
| 4 | 4 | Zoe Caldwell |
| 3 | 8 | Patti LuPone |
| 3 | 5 | Irene Worth |
| 3 | 5 | Jessica Tandy |
| 3 | 4 | Glenn Close |
| 3 | 4 | Mary Martin |
| 3 | 3 | Shirley Booth |
| 2 | 10 | Chita Rivera |
| 2 | 8 | Colleen Dewhurst |
| 2 | 7 | Bernadette Peters |
| 2 | 7 | Frances Sternhagen |
| 2 | 7 | Sutton Foster |
| 2 | 6 | Andrea Martin |
| 2 | 6 | Laurie Metcalf |
| 2 | 6 | Maureen Stapleton |
| 2 | 5 | Victoria Clark |
| 2 | 5 | Cherry Jones |
| 2 | 5 | Donna Murphy |
| 2 | 5 | Mary-Louise Parker |
| 2 | 5 | Swoosie Kurtz |
| 2 | 4 | Christine Ebersole |
| 2 | 4 | Cynthia Nixon |
| 2 | 4 | Judith Ivey |
| 2 | 4 | Judy Kaye |
| 2 | 4 | Margaret Leighton |
| 2 | 3 | Anne Bancroft |
| 2 | 3 | Helen Gallagher |
| 2 | 3 | Helen Hayes |
| 2 | 3 | Jennifer Ehle |
| 2 | 3 | Judith Light |
| 2 | 3 | Liza Minnelli |
| 2 | 3 | Phylicia Rashad |
| 2 | 3 | Viola Davis |
| 2 | 2 | Bebe Neuwirth |
| 2 | 2 | Christine Baranski |
| 2 | 2 | Katie Finneran |
| 2 | 2 | Lauren Bacall |
| 2 | 2 | Sandy Dennis |
| 2 | 2 | Tammy Grimes |
| 2 | 2 | Uta Hagen |
| 1 | 9 | Rosemary Harris |
| 1 | 8 | Jane Alexander |
| 1 | 8 | Stockard Channing |
| 1 | 7 | Kelli O'Hara |
| 1 | 6 | Linda Lavin |
| 1 | 5 | Glenda Jackson |
| 1 | 5 | Jayne Houdyshell |
| 1 | 5 | Laura Benanti |
| 1 | 5 | Marian Seldes |
| 1 | 4 | Blythe Danner |
| 1 | 4 | Carol Channing |
| 1 | 4 | Carole Shelley |
| 1 | 4 | Celia Keenan-Bolger |
| 1 | 4 | Debra Monk |
| 1 | 4 | Diana Rigg |
| 1 | 4 | Faith Prince |
| 1 | 4 | Jessie Mueller |
| 1 | 4 | Julie White |
| 1 | 4 | Karen Ziemba |
| 1 | 4 | LaChanze |
| 1 | 4 | Madeline Kahn |
| 1 | 3 | Amanda Plummer |
| 1 | 3 | Annaleigh Ashford |
| 1 | 3 | Barbara Harris |
| 1 | 3 | Beth Leavel |
| 1 | 3 | Dorothy Loudon |
| 1 | 3 | Elizabeth Ashley |
| 1 | 3 | Elizabeth Franz |
| 1 | 3 | Ethel Merman |
| 1 | 3 | Helen Mirren |
| 1 | 3 | Idina Menzel |
| 1 | 3 | Jane Krakowski |
| 1 | 3 | Janet McTeer |
| 1 | 3 | Joanna Gleason |
| 1 | 3 | Kristin Chenoweth |
| 1 | 3 | Lois Smith |
| 1 | 3 | Maggie Smith |
| 1 | 3 | Mercedes Ruehl |
| 1 | 3 | Rae Allen |
| 1 | 3 | Stephanie J. Block |
| 1 | 3 | Tonya Pinkins |
| 1 | 3 | Tyne Daly |
| 1 | 3 | Vanessa Redgrave |
| 1 | 2 | Adriane Lenox |
| 1 | 2 | Adrienne Warren |
| 1 | 2 | Alexis Smith |
| 1 | 2 | Alice Ghostly |
| 1 | 2 | Alice Ripley |
| 1 | 2 | Anika Noni Rose |
| 1 | 2 | Anna Manahan |
| 1 | 2 | Barbara Cook |
| 1 | 2 | Betty Buckley |
| 1 | 2 | Cady Huffman |
| 1 | 2 | Dolores Gray |
| 1 | 2 | Frances McDormand |
| 1 | 2 | Gretha Boston |
| 1 | 2 | Jo Van Fleet |
| 1 | 2 | Joan Allen |
| 1 | 2 | Joaquina Kalukango |
| 1 | 2 | Judith Anderson |
| 1 | 2 | Karen Olivo |
| 1 | 2 | Leora Dana |
| 1 | 2 | Leslie Uggams |
| 1 | 2 | Liliane Montevecchi |
| 1 | 2 | Lillias White |
| 1 | 2 | Linda Hopkins |
| 1 | 2 | Lindsay Duncan |
| 1 | 2 | Lotte Lenya |
| 1 | 2 | Lynne Thigpen |
| 1 | 2 | Marcia Gay Harden |
| 1 | 2 | Margaret Tyzack |
| 1 | 2 | Maria Karnilova |
| 1 | 2 | Mary Alice |
| 1 | 2 | Mary Louise Wilson |
| 1 | 2 | Nanette Fabray |
| 1 | 2 | Natasha Richardson |
| 1 | 2 | Nina Arianda |
| 1 | 2 | Patina Miller |
| 1 | 2 | Patricia Elliott |
| 1 | 2 | Patsy Kelly |
| 1 | 2 | Phyllis Newman |
| 1 | 2 | Priscilla Lopez |
| 1 | 2 | Randy Graff |
| 1 | 2 | Rosalind Russell |
| 1 | 2 | Ruthie Ann Miles |
| 1 | 2 | Shirley Knight |
| 1 | 2 | Sophie Okonedo |
| Nominations | Recipient |
| 5 | Dana Ivey |
| 5 | Laura Linney |
| 5 | Estelle Parsons |
| 5 | Jan Maxwell |
| 4 | Condola Rashad |
| 4 | Eileen Atkins |
| 4 | Elaine Stritch |
| 4 | Geraldine Page |
| 4 | Judy Kuhn |
| 4 | Kate Nelligan |
| 4 | Tovah Feldshuh |
| 4 | Zoë Wanamaker |
| 3 | Brenda Vaccaro |
| 3 | Carolee Carmello |
| 3 | Dee Hoty |
| 3 | Eileen Heckart |
| 3 | Julie Andrews |
| 3 | Kate Burton |
| 3 | Linda Emond |
| 3 | Louise Troy |
| 3 | Lynn Redgrave |
| 3 | Marin Mazzie |
| 3 | Martha Plimpton |
| 3 | Mary Beth Hurt |
| 3 | Mary Testa |
| 3 | Rebecca Luker |
| 3 | Rosemary Murphy |
| 3 | Sandy Duncan |
| 2 | Alison Fraser |
| 2 | Allison Janney |
| 2 | Amy Morton |
| 2 | Amy Ryan |
| 2 | Ann Reinking |
| 2 | Anne Pitoniak |
| 2 | Annette Bening |
| 2 | Barbara Bel Geddes |
| 2 | Barbra Streisand |
| 2 | Beatrice Lillie |
| 2 | Beth Fowler |
| 2 | Carmen Cusack |
| 2 | Carol Burnett |
| 2 | Charlotte d'Amboise |
| 2 | Charlotte Rae |
| 2 | Christine Andreas |
| 2 | Claudia McNeil |
| 2 | Crista Moore |
| 2 | Daphne Rubin-Vega |
| 2 | Debbie Allen |
| 2 | Diana Sands |
| 2 | Eartha Kitt |
| 2 | Elizabeth Allen |
| 2 | Ernestine Jackson |
| 2 | Eva Noblezada |
| 2 | Eve Best |
| 2 | Fionnula Flanagan |
| 2 | Georgia Brown |
| 2 | Gladys Cooper |
| 2 | Inga Swenson |
| 2 | Jane Fonda |
| 2 | Jayne Atkinson |
| 2 | Jennifer Simard |
| 2 | Jessica Hecht |
| 2 | Johanna Day |
| 2 | Josephine Premice |
| 2 | Josie de Guzman |
| 2 | Julienne Marie |
| 2 | Kate Baldwin |
| 2 | Kara Young |
| 2 | Kate Reid |
| 2 | Katharine Hepburn |
| 2 | Kathleen Turner |
| 2 | Kim Stanley |
| 2 | Kristine Nielsen |
| 2 | Laura Osnes |
| 2 | Leland Palmer |
| 2 | Liv Ullmann |
| 2 | Marcia Lewis |
| 2 | Mare Winningham |
| 2 | Mary Beth Peil |
| 2 | Michele Lee |
| 2 | Mildred Natwick |
| 2 | Millicent Martin |
| 2 | Nancy Dussault |
| 2 | Nancy Walker |
| 2 | Penny Fuller |
| 2 | Pert Kelton |
| 2 | Ruth Wilson |
| 2 | S. Epatha Merkerson |
| 2 | Sarah Stiles |
| 2 | Sherie Rene Scott |
| 2 | Sinéad Cusack |
| 2 | Siobhán McKenna |
| 2 | Spencer Kayden |
| 2 | Susan Browning |
| 2 | Tammy Blanchard |
| 2 | Vivian Reed |
| 2 | Zohra Lampert |

## 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.