# Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical 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 featured roles in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. 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 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured or Supporting Role in a Musical. It was first presented to Juanita Hall at the 4th Tony Awards for her portrayal of Bloody Mary in South Pacific. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public; the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers". The category was renamed to its current title in 1976.
Judy Kaye, Andrea Martin and Audra McDonald share the record for having the most wins in this category, with a total of two. Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel and Marge MacDougall in Promises, Promises are the characters to take the award the most times, winning twice.

## Winners and nominees
### 1950s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 1950 (4th) |
| 1950 (4th) | Juanita Hall | South Pacific | Bloody Mary |
| 1951 (5th) |
| 1951 (5th) | Isabel Bigley | Guys and Dolls | Sarah Brown |
| 1952 (6th) |
| 1952 (6th) | Helen Gallagher | Pal Joey | Gladys Bumps |
| 1953 (7th) |
| 1953 (7th) | Sheila Bond | Wish You Were Here | Fay Fromkin |
| 1954 (8th) |
| 1954 (8th) | Gwen Verdon | Can-Can | Claudine |
| 1955 (9th) |
| 1955 (9th) | Carol Haney | The Pajama Game | Gladys Hotchkiss |
| 1956 (10th) |
| 1956 (10th) | Lotte Lenya | The Threepenny Opera | Jenny |
| 1956 (10th) | Rae Allen | Damn Yankees | Gloria Thorpe |
| 1956 (10th) | Pat Carroll | Catch a Star! | Various Characters |
| 1956 (10th) | Judy Tyler | Pipe Dream | Suzy |
| 1957 (11th) | | | |
| 1957 (11th) | Edie Adams | Lil' Abner | Daisy Mae |
| 1957 (11th) | Virginia Gibson | Happy Hunting | Beth Livingstone |
| 1957 (11th) | Irra Petina | Candide | The Old Lady / Madame Sofronia |
| 1957 (11th) | Jo Sullivan Loesser | The Most Happy Fella | Rosabella |
| 1958 (12th) | | | |
| 1958 (12th) | Barbara Cook | The Music Man | Marian Paroo |
| 1958 (12th) | Susan Johnson | Oh, Captain! | Mae |
| 1958 (12th) | Carol Lawrence | West Side Story | Maria |
| 1958 (12th) | Jackie McKeever | Oh, Captain! | Mrs. Maud St.James |
| 1958 (12th) | Josephine Premice | Jamaica | Ginger |
| 1959 (13th) | | | |
| 1959 (13th) | Pat Stanley | Goldilocks | Lois Lee |
| 1959 (13th) | Julienne Marie | Whoop-Up | Mary Champlain |

### 1960s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 1960 (14th) |
| 1960 (14th) | Patricia Neway | The Sound of Music | The Mother Abbess |
| 1960 (14th) | Sandra Church | Gypsy | Louise |
| 1960 (14th) | Pert Kelton | Greenwillow | Gramma Briggs |
| 1960 (14th) | Lauri Peters and Kathy Dunn, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Marilyn Robers, William Snowden and Joseph Stewart | The Sound of Music | Liesl von Trapp and the other six von Trapp children |
| 1961 (15th) | | | |
| 1961 (15th) | Tammy Grimes | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Molly Tobin |
| 1961 (15th) | Nancy Dussault | Do Re Mi | Tilda Mullen |
| 1961 (15th) | Chita Rivera | Bye Bye Birdie | Rosie Alvarez |
| 1962 (16th) | | | |
| 1962 (16th) | Phyllis Newman | Subways Are for Sleeping | Martha Vail |
| 1962 (16th) | Elizabeth Allen | The Gay Life | Magda |
| 1962 (16th) | Barbara Harris | From the Second City | Various Characters |
| 1962 (16th) | Barbra Streisand | I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Miss Marmelstein |
| 1963 (17th) | | | |
| 1963 (17th) | Anna Quayle | Stop the World – I Want to Get Off | Evie / Anya / Ilse / Ginnie |
| 1963 (17th) | Ruth Kobart | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Domina |
| 1963 (17th) | Virginia Martin | Little Me | Young Belle Poitrine |
| 1963 (17th) | Louise Troy | Tovarich | Natalia Mayovskaya |
| 1964 (18th) | | | |
| 1964 (18th) | Tessie O'Shea | The Girl Who Came to Supper | Ada Cockle |
| 1964 (18th) | Julienne Marie | Foxy | Celia |
| 1964 (18th) | Kay Medford | Funny Girl | Rose Brice |
| 1964 (18th) | Louise Troy | High Spirits | Ruth Condomine |
| 1965 (19th) | | | |
| 1965 (19th) | Maria Karnilova | Fiddler on the Roof | Golde |
| 1965 (19th) | Luba Lisa | I Had a Ball | Addie |
| 1965 (19th) | Carrie Nye | Half a Sixpence | Helen Walsingham |
| 1965 (19th) | Barbara Windsor | Oh, What a Lovely War! | Various Characters |
| 1966 (20th) | | | |
| 1966 (20th) | Bea Arthur | Mame | Vera Charles |
| 1966 (20th) | Helen Gallagher | Sweet Charity | Nickie |
| 1966 (20th) | Patricia Marand | It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman | Lois Lane |
| 1966 (20th) | Charlotte Rae | Pickwick | Mrs. Bardell |
| 1967 (21st) | | | |
| 1967 (21st) | Peg Murray | Cabaret | Fraulein Kost |
| 1967 (21st) | Leland Palmer | A Joyful Noise | Miss Jimmie |
| 1967 (21st) | Josephine Premice | A Hand Is on the Gate | Various Characters |
| 1967 (21st) | Susan Watson | A Joyful Noise | Jenny Lee |
| 1968 (22nd) | | | |
| 1968 (22nd) | Lillian Hayman | Hallelujah, Baby! | Momma |
| 1968 (22nd) | Geula Gill | The Grand Music Hall of Israel | Various Characters |
| 1968 (22nd) | Julie Gregg | The Happy Time | Laurie Mannon |
| 1968 (22nd) | Alice Playten | Henry, Sweet Henry | Lillian 'Lili' Kafritz |
| 1969 (23rd) | | | |
| 1969 (23rd) | Marian Mercer | Promises, Promises | Marge MacDougall |
| 1969 (23rd) | Sandy Duncan | Canterbury Tales | Molly / Allison / May / The Sweetheart |
| 1969 (23rd) | Lorraine Serabian | Zorba | Leader |
| 1969 (23rd) | Virginia Vestoff | 1776 | Abigail Adams |

### 1970s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 1970 (24th) |
| 1970 (24th) | Melba Moore | Purlie | Lutiebell Gussie Mae Jenkins |
| 1970 (24th) | Bonnie Franklin | Applause | Bonnie the Gypsy |
| 1970 (24th) | Penny Fuller | Applause | Eve Harrington |
| 1970 (24th) | Melissa Hart | Georgy | Meredith |
| 1971 (25th) | | | |
| 1971 (25th) | Patsy Kelly | No, No, Nanette | Pauline |
| 1971 (25th) | Barbara Barrie | Company | Sarah |
| 1971 (25th) | Pamela Myers | Company | Marta |
| 1972 (26th) | | | |
| 1972 (26th) | Linda Hopkins | Inner City | Various Characters |
| 1972 (26th) | Adrienne Barbeau | Grease | Betty Rizzo |
| 1972 (26th) | Bernadette Peters | On the Town | Hildy Esterhazy |
| 1972 (26th) | Beatrice Winde | Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death | Various Characters |
| 1973 (27th) | | | |
| 1973 (27th) | Patricia Elliott | A Little Night Music | Countess Charlotte Malcolm |
| 1973 (27th) | Hermione Gingold | A Little Night Music | Madame Armfeldt |
| 1973 (27th) | Patsy Kelly | Irene | Mrs. O'Dare |
| 1973 (27th) | Irene Ryan | Pippin | Berthe |
| 1974 (28th) | | | |
| 1974 (28th) | Janie Sell | Over Here! | Mitzi |
| 1974 (28th) | Leigh Beery | Cyrano | Roxana |
| 1974 (28th) | Maureen Brennan | Candide | Cunégonde |
| 1974 (28th) | June Gable | Candide | The Old Lady |
| 1974 (28th) | Ernestine Jackson | Raisin | Ruth Younger |
| 1975 (29th) | | | |
| 1975 (29th) | Dee Dee Bridgewater | The Wiz | Glinda |
| 1975 (29th) | Susan Browning | Goodtime Charley | Agnès Sorel |
| 1975 (29th) | Zan Charisse | Gypsy | Louise |
| 1975 (29th) | Taina Elg | Where's Charley? | Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez |
| 1975 (29th) | Kelly Garrett | The Night That Made America Famous | Various Characters |
| 1975 (29th) | Donna Theodore | Shenandoah | Ann Anderson |
| 1976 (30th) | | | |
| 1976 (30th) | Kelly Bishop | A Chorus Line | Sheila Bryant |
| 1976 (30th) | Priscilla Lopez | A Chorus Line | Diana Morales |
| 1976 (30th) | Patti LuPone | The Robber Bridegroom | Rosamund Musgrove |
| 1976 (30th) | Virginia Seidel | Very Good Eddie | Elsie Darling |
| 1977 (31st) | | | |
| 1977 (31st) | Delores Hall | Your Arms Too Short to Box with God | Various Characters |
| 1977 (31st) | Ellen Greene | The Threepenny Opera | Jenny |
| 1977 (31st) | Millicent Martin | Side by Side by Sondheim | Various Characters |
| 1977 (31st) | Julia McKenzie | Side by Side by Sondheim | Various Characters |
| 1978 (32nd) | | | |
| 1978 (32nd) | Nell Carter | Ain't Misbehavin' | Nell |
| 1978 (32nd) | Imogene Coca | On the Twentieth Century | Letitia Primrose |
| 1978 (32nd) | Ann Reinking | Dancin' | Various Characters |
| 1978 (32nd) | Charlayne Woodard | Ain't Misbehavin' | Charlayne |
| 1979 (33rd) | | | |
| 1979 (33rd) | Carlin Glynn | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Mona Stangley |
| 1979 (33rd) | Joan Ellis | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Shy |
| 1979 (33rd) | Millicent Martin | King of Hearts | Madame Madeleine |
| 1979 (33rd) | Maxine Sullivan | My Old Friends | Mrs. Cooper |

### 1980s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 1980 (34th) |
| 1980 (34th) | Priscilla Lopez | A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine | Gino / Usherette |
| 1980 (34th) | Debbie Allen | West Side Story | Anita |
| 1980 (34th) | Glenn Close | Barnum | Charity 'Chairy' Barnum |
| 1980 (34th) | Josie de Guzman | West Side Story | Maria |
| 1981 (35th) | | | |
| 1981 (35th) | Marilyn Cooper | Woman of the Year | Jan Donovan |
| 1981 (35th) | Phyllis Hyman | Sophisticated Ladies | Various Characters |
| 1981 (35th) | Wanda Richert | 42nd Street | Peggy Sawyer |
| 1981 (35th) | Lynne Thigpen | Tintypes | Sussanah |
| 1982 (36th) | | | |
| 1982 (36th) | Liliane Montevecchi | Nine | Liliane La Fleur |
| 1982 (36th) | Karen Akers | Nine | Luisa Contini |
| 1982 (36th) | Laurie Beechman | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | The Narrator |
| 1982 (36th) | Anita Morris | Nine | Carla Albanese |
| 1983 (37th) | | | |
| 1983 (37th) | Betty Buckley | Cats | Grizabella |
| 1983 (37th) | Christine Andreas | On Your Toes | Frankie Frayne |
| 1983 (37th) | Karla Burns | Show Boat | Queenie |
| 1983 (37th) | Denny Dillon | My One and Only | Mickey |
| 1984 (38th) | | | |
| 1984 (38th) | Lila Kedrova | Zorba | Madame Hortense |
| 1984 (38th) | Martine Allard | The Tap Dance Kid | Emma |
| 1984 (38th) | Liz Callaway | Baby | Lizzie Fields |
| 1984 (38th) | Dana Ivey | Sunday in the Park with George | Yvonne / Naomi Eisen |
| 1985 (39th) | | | |
| 1985 (39th) | Leilani Jones | Grind | Satin |
| 1985 (39th) | Evalyn Baron | Quilters | Daughter of the Frontier |
| 1985 (39th) | Mary Beth Peil | The King and I | Anna Leonowens |
| 1985 (39th) | Lenka Peterson | Quilters | Sarah |
| 1986 (40th) | | | |
| 1986 (40th) | Bebe Neuwirth | Sweet Charity | Nickie |
| 1986 (40th) | Patti Cohenour | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Rosa Bud / Deirdre Peregrine |
| 1986 (40th) | Jana Schneider | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Helena Landless / Janet Conover |
| 1986 (40th) | Elisabeth Welch | Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood | Various Characters |
| 1987 (41st) | | | |
| 1987 (41st) | Frances Ruffelle | Les Misérables | Éponine |
| 1987 (41st) | Jane Connell | Me and My Girl | Duchess Maria |
| 1987 (41st) | Judy Kuhn | Les Misérables | Cosette |
| 1987 (41st) | Jane Summerhays | Me and My Girl | Jaqueline 'Jackie' Carstone |
| 1988 (42nd) | | | |
| 1988 (42nd) | Judy Kaye | The Phantom of the Opera | Carlotta Guidicelli |
| 1988 (42nd) | Leleti Khumalo | Sarafina! | Sarafina |
| 1988 (42nd) | Alyson Reed | Cabaret | Sally Bowles |
| 1988 (42nd) | Regina Resnik | Cabaret | Fraulein Schneider |
| 1989 (43rd) | | | |
| 1989 (43rd) | Debbie Gravitte | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | Hildy Esterhazy / Mazeppa / Rosalia / Company |
| 1989 (43rd) | Jane Lanier | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | Various Characters |
| 1989 (43rd) | Faith Prince | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | Ma / Tessie / Company |
| 1989 (43rd) | Julie Wilson | Legs Diamond | Flo |

### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 1990 (44th) |
| 1990 (44th) | Randy Graff | City of Angels | Oolie / Donna |
| 1990 (44th) | Jane Krakowski | Grand Hotel | Freida Flamm / Flaemmchen |
| 1990 (44th) | Kathleen Rowe McAllen | Aspects of Love | Giulietta Trapani |
| 1990 (44th) | Crista Moore | Gypsy | Louise |
| 1991 (45th) | | | |
| 1991 (45th) | Daisy Eagan | The Secret Garden | Mary Lennox |
| 1991 (45th) | Alison Fraser | The Secret Garden | Martha Sowerby |
| 1991 (45th) | Cady Huffman | The Will Rogers Follies | Ziegfeld's Favorite |
| 1991 (45th) | LaChanze | Once on This Island | Ti Moune |
| 1992 (46th) | | | |
| 1992 (46th) | Tonya Pinkins | Jelly's Last Jam | Anita |
| 1992 (46th) | Liz Larsen | The Most Happy Fella | Cleo |
| 1992 (46th) | Vivian Reed | The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club | Enchantress |
| 1992 (46th) | Barbara Walsh | Falsettos | Trina |
| 1993 (47th) | | | |
| 1993 (47th) | Andrea Martin | My Favorite Year | Alice Miller |
| 1993 (47th) | Marcia Mitzman Gaven | The Who's Tommy | Nora Walker |
| 1993 (47th) | Jan Graveson | Blood Brothers | Linda |
| 1993 (47th) | Lainie Kazan | My Favorite Year | Belle Carroca |
| 1994 (48th) | | | |
| 1994 (48th) | Audra McDonald | Carousel | Carrie Pipperidge |
| 1994 (48th) | Marcia Lewis | Grease | Miss Lynch |
| 1994 (48th) | Sally Mayes | She Loves Me | Ilona Ritter |
| 1994 (48th) | Marin Mazzie | Passion | Clara |
| 1995 (49th) | | | |
| 1995 (49th) | Gretha Boston | Show Boat | Queenie |
| 1995 (49th) | Brenda Braxton | Smokey Joe's Cafe | Various Characters |
| 1995 (49th) | B.J. Crosby | Smokey Joe's Cafe | Various Characters |
| 1995 (49th) | DeLee Lively | Smokey Joe's Cafe | Various Characters |
| 1996 (50th) | | | |
| 1996 (50th) | Ann Duquesnay | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | 'da Singer / The Chanteuse |
| 1996 (50th) | Joohee Choi | The King and I | Tuptim |
| 1996 (50th) | Veanne Cox | Company | Amy |
| 1996 (50th) | Idina Menzel | Rent | Maureen Johnson |
| 1997 (51st) | | | |
| 1997 (51st) | Lillias White | The Life | Sonja |
| 1997 (51st) | Marcia Lewis | Chicago | Matron Mama Morton |
| 1997 (51st) | Andrea Martin | Candide | The Old Lady |
| 1997 (51st) | Debra Monk | Steel Pier | Shelby Stevens |
| 1998 (52nd) | | | |
| 1998 (52nd) | Audra McDonald | Ragtime | Sarah |
| 1998 (52nd) | Anna Kendrick | High Society | Dinah Lord |
| 1998 (52nd) | Tsidii Le Loka | The Lion King | Rafiki |
| 1998 (52nd) | Mary Louise Wilson | Cabaret | Fraulein Schneider |
| 1999 (53rd) | | | |
| 1999 (53rd) | Kristin Chenoweth | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Sally Brown |
| 1999 (53rd) | Gretha Boston | It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues | Various Characters |
| 1999 (53rd) | Valarie Pettiford | Fosse | Various Characters |
| 1999 (53rd) | Mary Testa | On the Town | Madame Maude P. Dilly |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 2000 (54th) |
| 2000 (54th) | Karen Ziemba | Contact | Wife |
| 2000 (54th) | Laura Benanti | Swing! | Various Characters |
| 2000 (54th) | Ann Hampton Callaway | Swing! | Various Characters |
| 2000 (54th) | Eartha Kitt | The Wild Party | Dolores |
| 2000 (54th) | Deborah Yates | Contact | Girl in a Yellow Dress / Gina Minetti |
| 2001 (55th) | | | |
| 2001 (55th) | Cady Huffman | The Producers | Ulla |
| 2001 (55th) | Polly Bergen | Follies | Carlotta Campion |
| 2001 (55th) | Kathleen Freeman | The Full Monty | Jeanette Burmeister |
| 2001 (55th) | Kate Levering | 42nd Street | Peggy Sawyer |
| 2001 (55th) | Mary Testa | 42nd Street | Maggie Jones |
| 2002 (56th) | | | |
| 2002 (56th) | Harriet Sansom Harris | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Mrs. Meers |
| 2002 (56th) | Laura Benanti | Into the Woods | Cinderella |
| 2002 (56th) | Spencer Kayden | Urinetown | Little Sally |
| 2002 (56th) | Judy Kaye | Mamma Mia! | Rosie Mulligan |
| 2002 (56th) | Andrea Martin | Oklahoma! | Aunt Eller |
| 2003 (57th) | | | |
| 2003 (57th) | Jane Krakowski | Nine | Carla Albanese |
| 2003 (57th) | Tammy Blanchard | Gypsy | Louise |
| 2003 (57th) | Mary Stuart Masterson | Nine | Luisa Contini |
| 2003 (57th) | Chita Rivera | Nine | Liliane La Fleur |
| 2003 (57th) | Ashley Tuttle | Movin' Out | Judy |
| 2004 (58th) | | | |
| 2004 (58th) | Anika Noni Rose | Caroline, or Change | Emmie Thibodeaux |
| 2004 (58th) | Beth Fowler | The Boy from Oz | Marion Woolnough |
| 2004 (58th) | Isabel Keating | The Boy from Oz | Judy Garland |
| 2004 (58th) | Jennifer Westfeldt | Wonderful Town | Eileen Sherwood |
| 2004 (58th) | Karen Ziemba | Never Gonna Dance | Mabel Pritt |
| 2005 (59th) | | | |
| 2005 (59th) | Sara Ramirez | Spamalot | Lady of the Lake |
| 2005 (59th) | Joanna Gleason | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Muriel Eubanks |
| 2005 (59th) | Celia Keenan-Bolger | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Olive Ostrovsky |
| 2005 (59th) | Jan Maxwell | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Baroness Bomburst |
| 2005 (59th) | Kelli O'Hara | The Light in the Piazza | Clara Johnson |
| 2006 (60th) | | | |
| 2006 (60th) | Beth Leavel | The Drowsy Chaperone | The Drowsy Chaperone / Beatrice Stockwell |
| 2006 (60th) | Carolee Carmello | Lestat | Gabrielle de Lioncourt |
| 2006 (60th) | Felicia P. Fields | The Color Purple | Sofia Johnson |
| 2006 (60th) | Megan Lawrence | The Pajama Game | Gladys Hotchkiss |
| 2006 (60th) | Elisabeth Withers | The Color Purple | Shug Avery |
| 2007 (61st) | | | |
| 2007 (61st) | Mary Louise Wilson | Grey Gardens | 'Big Edie' Beale |
| 2007 (61st) | Charlotte d'Amboise | A Chorus Line | Cassie Ferguson |
| 2007 (61st) | Rebecca Luker | Mary Poppins | Winifred Banks |
| 2007 (61st) | Orfeh | Legally Blonde | Paulette Bonafonté |
| 2007 (61st) | Karen Ziemba | Curtains | Georgia Hendricks |
| 2008 (62nd) | | | |
| 2008 (62nd) | Laura Benanti | Gypsy | Louise |
| 2008 (62nd) | Loretta Ables Sayre | South Pacific | Bloody Mary |
| 2008 (62nd) | De'Adre Aziza | Passing Strange | Edwina / Marianna / Sudabey |
| 2008 (62nd) | Andrea Martin | Young Frankenstein | Frau Blücher |
| 2008 (62nd) | Olga Merediz | In the Heights | Abuela Claudia |
| 2009 (63rd) | | | |
| 2009 (63rd) | Karen Olivo | West Side Story | Anita |
| 2009 (63rd) | Jennifer Damiano | Next to Normal | Natalie Goodman |
| 2009 (63rd) | Haydn Gwynne | Billy Elliot the Musical | Georgia Wilkinson |
| 2009 (63rd) | Martha Plimpton | Pal Joey | Gladys Bumps |
| 2009 (63rd) | Carole Shelley | Billy Elliot the Musical | Grandma |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) |
| 2010 (64th) |
| 2010 (64th) | Katie Finneran | Promises, Promises | Marge MacDougall |
| 2010 (64th) | Barbara Cook | Sondheim on Sondheim | Various Characters |
| 2010 (64th) | Angela Lansbury | A Little Night Music | Madame Armfeldt |
| 2010 (64th) | Karine Plantadit | Come Fly Away | Kate |
| 2010 (64th) | Lillias White | Fela! | Funmilayo Kuti |
| 2011 (65th) | | | |
| 2011 (65th) | Nikki M. James | The Book of Mormon | Nabulungi Hatimbi |
| 2011 (65th) | Laura Benanti | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Candela |
| 2011 (65th) | Tammy Blanchard | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Hedy La Rue |
| 2011 (65th) | Victoria Clark | Sister Act | Mother Superior |
| 2011 (65th) | Patti LuPone | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Lucia |
| 2012 (66th) | | | |
| 2012 (66th) | Judy Kaye | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Estonia Dulworth |
| 2012 (66th) | Elizabeth A. Davis | Once | Réza |
| 2012 (66th) | Jayne Houdyshell | Follies | Hattie Walker |
| 2012 (66th) | Jessie Mueller | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Melinda Wells |
| 2012 (66th) | Da'Vine Joy Randolph | Ghost the Musical | Oda Mae Brown |
| 2013 (67th) | | | |
| 2013 (67th) | Andrea Martin | Pippin | Berthe |
| 2013 (67th) | Annaleigh Ashford | Kinky Boots | Lauren |
| 2013 (67th) | Victoria Clark | Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella | Marie / Fairy Godmother |
| 2013 (67th) | Keala Settle | Hands on a Hardbody | Norma Valverde |
| 2013 (67th) | Lauren Ward | Matilda the Musical | Miss Jennifer "Jenny" Honey |
| 2014 (68th) | | | |
| 2014 (68th) | Lena Hall | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Yitzhak |
| 2014 (68th) | Linda Emond | Cabaret | Fräulein Schneider |
| 2014 (68th) | Anika Larsen | Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Cynthia Weil |
| 2014 (68th) | Adriane Lenox | After Midnight | Various Characters |
| 2014 (68th) | Lauren Worsham | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | Phoebe D'Ysquith |
| 2015 (69th) | | | |
| 2015 (69th) | Ruthie Ann Miles | The King and I | Lady Thiang |
| 2015 (69th) | Victoria Clark | Gigi | Mamita |
| 2015 (69th) | Judy Kuhn | Fun Home | Helen Fontana Bechdel |
| 2015 (69th) | Sydney Lucas | Fun Home | Small Alison |
| 2015 (69th) | Emily Skeggs | Fun Home | Medium Alison |
| 2016 (70th) | | | |
| 2016 (70th) | Renée Elise Goldsberry | Hamilton | Angelica Schuyler |
| 2016 (70th) | Danielle Brooks | The Color Purple | Sofia Johnson |
| 2016 (70th) | Jane Krakowski | She Loves Me | Ilona Ritter |
| 2016 (70th) | Jennifer Simard | Disaster! | Sister Mary Downy |
| 2016 (70th) | Adrienne Warren | Shuffle Along | Gertrude Saunders / Florence Mills |
| 2017 (71st) | | | |
| 2017 (71st) | Rachel Bay Jones | Dear Evan Hansen | Heidi Hansen |
| 2017 (71st) | Kate Baldwin | Hello, Dolly! | Irene Molloy |
| 2017 (71st) | Stephanie J. Block | Falsettos | Trina |
| 2017 (71st) | Jenn Colella | Come from Away | Annette, Beverley Bass, and others |
| 2017 (71st) | Mary Beth Peil | Anastasia | Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna |
| 2018 (72nd) | | | |
| 2018 (72nd) | Lindsay Mendez | Carousel | Carrie Pipperidge |
| 2018 (72nd) | Ariana DeBose | Summer: The Donna Summer Musical | Disco Donna |
| 2018 (72nd) | Renée Fleming | Carousel | Nettie Fowler |
| 2018 (72nd) | Ashley Park | Mean Girls | Gretchen Wieners |
| 2018 (72nd) | Diana Rigg | My Fair Lady | Mrs. Higgins |
| 2019 (73rd) | | | |
| 2019 (73rd) | Ali Stroker | Oklahoma! | Ado Annie Carnes |
| 2019 (73rd) | Lilli Cooper | Tootsie | Julie Nichols |
| 2019 (73rd) | Amber Gray | Hadestown | Persephone |
| 2019 (73rd) | Sarah Stiles | Tootsie | Sandy Lester |
| 2019 (73rd) | Mary Testa | Oklahoma! | Aunt Eller |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Musical | Role(s) | Ref. |
| 2020 (74th) |
| 2020 (74th) | Lauren Patten | Jagged Little Pill | Jo Taylor | |
| 2020 (74th) | Kathryn Gallagher | Jagged Little Pill | Bella Fox | |
| 2020 (74th) | Celia Rose Gooding | Jagged Little Pill | Frankie Healy | |
| 2020 (74th) | Robyn Hurder | Moulin Rouge! | Nini Legs-in-the-Air | |
| 2020 (74th) | Myra Lucretia Taylor | Tina | Gran Georgeanna | |
| 2021 | No ceremony | No ceremony | No ceremony | No ceremony |
| 2022 (75th) |
| 2022 (75th) | Patti LuPone | Company | Joanne | |
| 2022 (75th) | Jeannette Bayardelle | Girl from the North Country | Mrs. Neilsen | |
| 2022 (75th) | Shoshana Bean | Mr. Saturday Night | Susan Young | |
| 2022 (75th) | Jayne Houdyshell | The Music Man | Mrs. Shinn | |
| 2022 (75th) | L Morgan Lee | A Strange Loop | Thought 1 | |
| 2022 (75th) | Jennifer Simard | Company | Sarah | |
| 2023 (76th) | | | | |
| 2023 (76th) | Bonnie Milligan | Kimberly Akimbo | Aunt Debra | |
| 2023 (76th) | Julia Lester | Into the Woods | Little Red Ridinghood | |
| 2023 (76th) | Ruthie Ann Miles | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | The Beggar Woman | |
| 2023 (76th) | NaTasha Yvette Williams | Some Like It Hot | Sweet Sue | |
| 2023 (76th) | Betsy Wolfe | & Juliet | Anne Hathaway | |
| 2024 (77th) | | | | |
| 2024 (77th) | Kecia Lewis | Hell's Kitchen | Miss Liza Jane | |
| 2024 (77th) | Shoshana Bean | Hell's Kitchen | Jersey | |
| 2024 (77th) | Amber Iman | Lempicka | Rafaela | |
| 2024 (77th) | Nikki M. James | Suffs | Ida B. Wells | |
| 2024 (77th) | Lindsay Mendez | Merrily We Roll Along | Mary Flynn | |
| 2024 (77th) | Bebe Neuwirth | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | Fraulein Schneider | |
| 2024 (77th) | Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer | Spamalot | Lady of the Lake | |

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

* Judy Kaye
* Andrea Martin
* Audra McDonald

### Most nominations
#### 5 nominations

* Andrea Martin

#### 4 nominations

* Laura Benanti

#### 3 nominations

* Victoria Clark
* Judy Kaye
* Jane Krakowski
* Patti LuPone
* Mary Testa
* Karen Ziemba

#### 2 nominations

* Shoshana Bean
* Tammy Blanchard
* Gretha Boston
* Barbara Cook
* Helen Gallagher
* Jayne Houdyshell
* Cady Huffman
* Nikki M. James
* Patsy Kelly
* Judy Kuhn
* Marcia Lewis
* Priscilla Lopez
* Julienne Marie
* Millicent Martin
* Audra McDonald
* Lindsay Mendez
* Ruthie Ann Miles
* Bebe Neuwirth
* Mary Beth Peil
* Josephine Premice
* Chita Rivera
* Jennifer Simard
* Louise Troy
* Lillias White
* Mary Louise Wilson

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

* Carrie Pipperidge from Carousel
* Marge MacDougall from Promises, Promises

### Character nomination total
#### 5 nominations

* Louise from Gypsy

#### 4 nominations

* Fraulein Schneider from Cabaret

#### 3 nominations

* The Old Lady from Candide

#### 2 nominations

* Anita from West Side Story
* Aunt Eller from Oklahoma!
* Berthe from Pippin
* Bloody Mary from South Pacific
* Carla Albanese from Nine
* Carrie Pipperidge from Carousel
* Gladys Bumps from Pal Joey
* Gladys Hotchkiss from The Pajama Game
* Hildy Esterhazy from On the Town and Jerome Robbins' Broadway
* Ilona Ritter from She Loves Me
* Jenny from The Threepenny Opera
* Lady of the Lake from Spamalot
* Liliane La Fleur from Nine
* Luisa Contini from Nine
* Madame Armfeldt from A Little Night Music
* Marge MacDougall from Promises, Promises
* Maria from West Side Story
* Nickie from Sweet Charity
* Peggy Sawyer from 42nd Street
* Queenie from Show Boat
* Sarah from Company
* Sofia Johnson from The Color Purple
* Trina from Falsettos

### Productions with multiple nominations

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* The Sound of Music – Patricia Neway and Lauri Peters, Kathy Dunn, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Marilyn Robers, William Snowden & Joseph Stewart
* A Joyful Noise – Leland Palmer and Susan Watson
* Applause – Bonnie Franklin and Penny Fuller
* Company – Barbara Barrie and Pamela Myers
* A Little Night Music – Patricia Elliott and Hermione Gingold
* Candide – Maureen Brennan and June Gable
* A Chorus Line – Kelly Bishop and Priscilla Lopez
* Side by Side by Sondheim – Millicent Martin and Julia McKenzie
* Ain't Misbehavin' – Nell Carter and Charlayne Woodard
* The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas – Carlin Glynn and Joan Ellis
* West Side Story – Debbie Allen and Josie de Guzman
* Nine – Karen Akers, Liliane Montevecchi and Anita Morris
* Quilters – Evalyn Baron and Lenka Peterson
* The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Patti Cohenour and Jana Schneider
* Les Misérables – Frances Ruffelle and Judy Kuhn
* Me and My Girl – Jane Connell and Jane Summerhays (Les Misérables and Me and My Girl were nominated the same year)
* Cabaret – Alyson Reed and Regina Resnik
* Jerome Robbins' Broadway – Debbie Gravitte, Jane Lanier and Faith Prince
* The Secret Garden – Daisy Eagan and Alison Fraser
* Smokey Joe's Cafe – Brenda Braxton, B.J. Crosby and DeLee Lively
* Contact – Deborah Yates and Karen Ziemba
* Swing! – Laura Benanti and Ann Hampton Callaway (Contact and Swing! were nominated the same year)
* 42nd Street – Kate Levering and Mary Testa
* Nine – Jane Krakowski, Mary Stuart Masterson and Chita Rivera (This is the second time the show had multiple nominations)
* The Boy from Oz – Beth Fowler and Isabel Keating
* The Color Purple – Felicia P. Fields and Elisabeth Withers
* Billy Elliot the Musical – Haydn Gwynne and Carole Shelley
* Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Laura Benanti and Patti LuPone
* Fun Home – Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas and Emily Skeggs
* Carousel – Renée Fleming and Lindsay Mendez
* Oklahoma! – Ali Stroker and Mary Testa
* Tootsie – Lilli Cooper and Sarah Stiles (Oklahoma! and Tootsie were nominated the same year)
* Jagged Little Pill – Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding and Lauren Patten
* Company – Patti LuPone and Jennifer Simard (This is the second time the show had multiple nominations)
* Hell's Kitchen – Shoshana Bean and Kecia Lewis

### 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 | Bebe Neuwirth |
| 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 | 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 | Celia Keenan-Bolger |
| 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 | 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 | Jessica Lange |
| 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 | Lindsay Mendez |
| 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 | Maryann Plunkett |
| 1 | 2 | Mary Louise Wilson |
| 1 | 2 | Nanette Fabray |
| 1 | 2 | Natasha Richardson |
| 1 | 2 | Nikki M. James |
| 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 | Amy Ryan |
| 3 | Brenda Vaccaro |
| 3 | Carolee Carmello |
| 3 | Dee Hoty |
| 3 | Eileen Heckart |
| 3 | Julie Andrews |
| 3 | Kara Young |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Shoshana Bean |
| 2 | Sinéad Cusack |
| 2 | Siobhán McKenna |
| 2 | Spencer Kayden |
| 2 | Susan Browning |
| 2 | Tammy Blanchard |
| 2 | Vivian Reed |
| 2 | Zohra Lampert |