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

The Green Room Award for Female Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre) was an annual award recognising excellence in the performing arts in Melbourne, Australia. The peer-based Green Room Awards were first presented in February 1984, for productions in 1983. From 2019, music theatre performance awards were combined into a single cross-gender category for each of lead and supporting performances.

## 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 | Judi Connelli | The Pack of Women | |
| 1984 2nd |
| 1984 2nd | Geraldine Turner | Oliver! | Nancy |
| 1985 3rd |
| 1985 3rd | Nancye Hayes | Stepping Out | |
| 1986 4th |
| 1986 4th | Nancye Hayes | Guys and Dolls | Miss Adelaide |
| 1987 5th |
| 1987 5th | Christine Douglas | Cho Cho San | Cho Cho San |
| 1988 6th |
| 1988 6th | No award given | — | — |
| 1989 7th |
| 1989 7th | Geraldine Turner | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney |
| 1989 7th | Geneviève Bujold | Joan of Arc at the Stake | Joan of Arc |
| 1989 7th | Jodie Gillies | Man of La Mancha | Aldonza/Dulcinea |
| 1989 7th | Caroline Gillmer | Only Heaven Knows | Guinea |
| 1989 7th | Suzanne Johnston | The Gondoliers | Tessa |

### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character |
| 1990 8th |
| 1990 8th | Marina Prior | Les Misérables | Cosette |
| 1991 9th |
| 1991 9th | Marina Prior | The Phantom of the Opera | Christine Daaé |
| 1991 9th | Rhonda Burchmore | Iolanthe | Queen of the Fairies |
| 1991 9th | Anna Butera | Black Cargo | |
| 1991 9th | Cate McQuillen | Hair | Sheila |
| 1991 9th | Helen Noonan | The Venetian Twins | Beatrice |
| 1991 9th | Tamsin West | The Wizard of Oz | Dorothy |
| 1992 10th |
| 1992 10th | Evelyn Krape | Ginger | Meg Ginger |
| 1992 10th | Elizabeth Campbell | The Pirates of Penzance | Ruth |
| 1992 10th | Colleen Hewett | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Science Officer |
| 1992 10th | Sharon Prero | The Pirates of Penzance | Mabel |
| 1992 10th | Bernadette Robinson | You Might As Well Live | |
| 1993 11th |
| 1993 11th | Josephine Byrnes | High Society | Tracey Lord |
| 1994 12th |
| 1994 12th | Gina Riley | Falsettos | Trina |
| 1994 12th | Mary Sitarenos | The Last Supper | |
| 1995 13th |
| 1995 13th | Jill Perryman | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Levi |
| 1995 13th | Robyn Arthur | Beauty and the Beast | Mrs Potts |
| 1995 13th | Heather Bolton | Assassins | Sara Jane Moore |
| 1995 13th | Kim Deacon | I Only Want To Be With You | |
| 1995 13th | Christen O'Leary | Assassins | Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme |
| 1996 14th |
| 1996 14th | No award given | — | — |
| 1997 15th |
| 1997 15th | Kelley Abbey | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine |
| 1997 15th | Fiona Benjamin | Crazy for You | Polly Baker |
| 1997 15th | Maria Mercedes | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond |
| 1997 15th | Helen Morse | A Little Night Music | Desiree Armfeld |
| 1998 16th |
| 1998 16th | Caroline O'Connor | Chicago | Velma Kelly |
| 1998 16th | Chelsea Gibb | Chicago | Roxie Hart |
| 1998 16th | Amanda Levy | The Journey Girl | Annie |
| 1998 16th | Della Miles | Sisterella | Ella |
| 1998 16th | Jane Scali | Grease | Sandy |
| 1999 17th |
| 1999 17th | Christine Anu | Rent | Mimi Márquez |
| 1999 17th | Marina Prior | Show Boat | Magnolia |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character |
| 2000 18th |
| 2000 18th | Caroline O'Connor | Piaf | Édith Piaf |
| 2000 18th | Kelley Abbey | Fame | Carmen Diaz |
| 2000 18th | Lisa McCune | The Sound of Music | Maria |
| 2001 19th |
| 2001 19th | Anne Wood | Mamma Mia! | Donna |
| 2001 19th | Rachael Beck | Singin' in the Rain | Kathy Seldon |
| 2001 19th | Maryanne McCormack | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Rosemary Pilkington |
| 2001 19th | Caroline O'Connor | Mack and Mabel | Mabel Normand |
| 2001 19th | Tamsin Carroll | Shout! The Legend of The Wild One | Marianne Renate |
| 2002 20th |
| 2002 20th | Tamsin Carroll | Oliver! | Nancy |
| 2002 20th | Robyn Arthur | Putting It Together | |
| 2002 20th | Meredith Chipperton | Hair | |
| 2003 21st |
| 2003 21st | Lisa McCune | Cabaret | Sally Bowles |
| 2003 21st | Sharon Millerchip | They're Playing Our Song | Sonia Walsk |
| 2003 21st | Kate Hoolihan | We Will Rock You | Scaramouche |
| 2004 22nd |
| 2004 22nd | Chloe Dallimore | The Producers | Ulla |
| 2004 22nd | Lisa McCune | Urinetown | Hope Cladwell |
| 2005 23rd |
| 2005 23rd | Caroline Gillmer | Menopause the Musical | Power Woman |
| 2005 23rd | Marina Prior | Kiss Me, Kate | Lilli Vanessi |
| 2005 23rd | Amanda Harrison | Leader of the Pack – The Ellie Greenwich Musical | Ellie Greenwich |
| 2006 24th |
| 2006 24th | Tamsin Carroll | Dusty – The Original Pop Diva | Dusty Springfield |
| 2006 24th | Marina Prior | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Rona Lisa Peretti |
| 2006 24th | Amanda Levy | Virgins | Tracey/Lauren/Holly |
| 2006 24th | Julia Zemiro | Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision | Bronya |
| 2007 25th |
| 2007 25th | Laurie Cadevida | Miss Saigon | Kim |
| 2007 25th | Ana Marina | The Phantom of the Opera | Christine Daaé |
| 2007 25th | Sharon Millerchip | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine |
| 2007 25th | Donna Lee | Menopause the Musical | The Dubbo Housewife |
| 2007 25th | Lucinda Shaw | Spamalot | Lady of the Lake |
| 2008 26th |
| 2008 26th | Genevieve Lemon | Billy Elliot the Musical | Mrs Wilkinson |
| 2008 26th | Lisa Marie Charalambous | john & jen | Jen |
| 2008 26th | Lucy Durack | Wicked | Glinda |
| 2008 26th | Amanda Harrison | Wicked | Elphaba |
| 2008 26th | Lisa McCune | Guys and Dolls | Miss Sarah Brown |
| 2009 27th |
| 2009 27th | Esther Hannaford | Once We Lived Here | Amy |
| 2009 27th | Sharon Millerchip | Chicago | Roxie Hart |
| 2009 27th | Chelsea Plumley | Life's A Circus | Vivien |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character |
| 2010 28th |
| 2010 28th | Verity Hunt-Ballard | Mary Poppins | Mary Poppins |
| 2010 28th | Jaz Flowers | Hairspray | Tracy Turnblad |
| 2010 28th | Christie Whelan | Sugar | Sugar Kane |
| 2010 28th | Delia Hannah | Cats | Grizabella |
| 2011 29th |
| 2011 29th | Pamela Rabe | Grey Gardens | Edith Bouvier Beale/"Little" Edie Beale |
| 2011 29th | Nancye Hayes | Turns | Marjorie Joy |
| 2011 29th | Amy Lehpamer | Rock of Ages | Sherrie |
| 2011 29th | Anna O'Byrne | Love Never Dies | Christine Daaé |
| 2012 30th |
| 2012 30th | Silvie Paladino | Chess | Florence |
| 2012 30th | Fem Belling | From Genesis to Broadway | |
| 2012 30th | Anita Louise Combe | A Chorus Line | Cassie |
| 2012 30th | Lisa McCune | South Pacific | Nellie Forbush |
| 2013 31st |
| 2013 31st | Esther Hannaford | King Kong | Ann Darrow |
| 2013 31st | Rachael Beck | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Truly Scrumptious |
| 2013 31st | Alinta Chidzey | Singin' in the Rain | Kathy Selden |
| 2013 31st | Claire Lyon | The Pirates of Penzance | Mabel |
| 2014 32nd |
| 2014 32nd | Madeleine Jones | Once | Girl |
| 2014 32nd | Alinta Chidzey | Show Boat | Magnolia |
| 2014 32nd | Lisa McCune | The King and I | Anna Leonowens |
| 2014 32nd | Chelsea Plumley | Guys and Dolls | Miss Adelaide |
| 2014 32nd | Queenie van de Zandt | Into the Woods | The Witch |
| 2015 33rd |
| 2015 33rd | Verity Hunt-Ballard | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine |
| 2015 33rd | Esther Hannaford | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Billie Bendix |
| 2015 33rd | Anna O'Byrne | West Side Story | Maria |
| 2015 33rd | Caroline O'Connor | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney |
| 2015 33rd | Phoebe Panaretos | Strictly Ballroom | Fran |
| 2016 34th |
| 2016 34th | Caroline O’Connor | Funny Girl | Fanny Brice |
| 2016 34th | Dusty Bursill, Tiana Mirra, Alannah Parfett and Ingrid Torelli | Matilda the Musical | Matilda |
| 2016 34th | Jayme-Lee Hanekom | The Color Purple | |
| 2016 34th | Verity Hunt-Ballard | The Last Five Years | |
| 2016 34th | Sarah Morrison | Ladies in Black | |
| 2017 35th |
| 2017 35th | Christie Whelan Browne | Vigil | |
| 2017 35th | Anna O'Byrne | My Fair Lady | Eliza Doolittle |
| 2017 35th | Marina Prior | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Levi |
| 2017 35th | Genevieve Kingsford | Brigadoon | |
| 2018 36th |
| 2018 36th | Esther Hannaford | Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Carole King |
| 2018 36th | Virginia Gay | Calamity Jane | Calamity Jane |
| 2018 36th | Natalie O’Donnell | Mamma Mia! The Musical | Donna |
| 2018 36th | Tina Arena | Evita | Eva Perón |