# Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

The Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical is a musical award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001. This is a list of winners and nominations for the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical.

## Winners and nominees

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### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character(s) |
| 2003 (3rd) |
| 2003 (3rd) | Nadine Garner | Cabaret | Fraulein Kost and Kit Kat Girl |
| 2003 (3rd) | Judi Connelli | Cabaret | Fräulein Schneider |
| 2003 (3rd) | Geraldine Turner | The Witches of Eastwick | Felicia Gabriel |
| 2003 (3rd) | Queenie van de Zandt | Oliver! | Mrs Sowerberry |
| 2004 (4th) |
| 2004 (4th) | Amanda Harrison | We Will Rock You | Oz |
| 2004 (4th) | Paula Arundell | The Threepenny Opera | Low-Dive Jenny |
| 2004 (4th) | Cherine Peck | The Lion King | Shenzi |
| 2004 (4th) | Prinnie Stevens | Oh! What A Night | Cat |
| 2005 (5th) |
| 2005 (5th) | Amanda Muggleton | Eureka! | Mercedes Cortez |
| 2005 (5th) | Monique Montez | Saturday Night Fever | Annette |
| 2005 (5th) | Christen O'Leary | Urinetown | Little Sally |
| 2005 (5th) | Meredith O'Reilly | The Producers | Hold Me-Touch Me |
| 2006 (6th) |
| 2006 (6th) | Christen O'Leary | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre |
| 2006 (6th) | Alexis Fishman | Dusty – The Original Pop Diva | Mary O'Brien |
| 2006 (6th) | Jodie Gillies | Summer Rain | Renie McKenna |
| 2006 (6th) | Deni Hines | Dusty – The Original Pop Diva | Reno |
| 2007 (7th) |
| 2007 (7th) | Colleen Hewett | The Boy from Oz | Marion Allen |
| 2007 (7th) | Robyn Arthur | Sideshow Alley | Tiny |
| 2007 (7th) | Genevieve Lemon | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Shirley |
| 2007 (7th) | Trisha Noble | Pippin | Berthe |
| 2008 (8th) |
| 2008 (8th) | Sharon Millerchip | The Rocky Horror Show | Columbia |
| 2008 (8th) | Colette Mann | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Shirley |
| 2008 (8th) | Lola Nixon | Billy Elliot the Musical | Grandma |
| 2008 (8th) | Jackie Rees | The Phantom of the Opera | Madame Giry |
| 2009 (9th) |
| 2009 (9th) | Nancye Hayes | My Fair Lady | Mrs Higgins |
| 2009 (9th) | Maggie Kirkpatrick | Wicked | Madame Morrible |
| 2009 (9th) | Gina Riley | Chicago | Matron Mama Morton |
| 2009 (9th) | Ursula Yovich | Jerry Springer: The Opera | Andrea and Archangel Michel |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character(s) |
| 2010 (10th) |
| 2010 (10th) | Christina O'Neill | Avenue Q | Christmas Eve |
| 2010 (10th) | Lisa Adam | Jersey Boys | Mary Delgado |
| 2010 (10th) | Jude Henshall | The Wizard Of Oz | Glinda the Good Witch |
| 2010 (10th) | Jaz Flowers | Fame | Mabel Washington |
| 2011 (11th) |
| 2011 (11th) | Esther Hannaford | Hairspray | Penny Pingleton |
| 2011 (11th) | Alinta Chidzey | West Side Story | Anita |
| 2011 (11th) | Marina Prior | Mary Poppins | Mrs Banks |
| 2011 (11th) | Taneel Van Zyl | Doctor Zhivago | Tonia |
| 2012 (12th) |
| 2012 (12th) | Nancye Hayes | Grey Gardens | Edith Bouvier Beale |
| 2012 (12th) | Francine Cain | Rock of Ages | Regina |
| 2012 (12th) | Debora Krizak | A Chorus Line | Sheila Bryant |
| 2012 (12th) | Tara Morice | Fat Swan | Barbara Hershey Bar |
| 2013 (13th) |
| 2013 (13th) | Helen Dallimore | Legally Blonde | Paulette Bonafonté |
| 2013 (13th) | Erika Heynatz | Legally Blonde | Brooke Wyndham |
| 2013 (13th) | Katrina Retallick | The Addams Family | Alice Beineke |
| 2013 (13th) | Jennifer Vuletic | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Baroness Bomburst |
| 2014 (14th) |
| 2014 (14th) | Heather Mitchell | Strictly Ballroom The Musical | Shirley Hastings |
| 2014 (14th) | Debora Krizak | Sweet Charity | Ursula |
| 2014 (14th) | Shu-Cheen Yu | The King and I | Lady Thiang |
| 2014 (14th) | Lucy Maunder | Grease | Rizzo |
| 2015 (15th) |
| 2015 (15th) | Kerrie Anne Greenland | Les Misérables | Éponine |
| 2015 (15th) | Claire Lyon | Anything Goes | Hope Hartcourt |
| 2015 (15th) | Lucy Maunder | Into the Woods | Cinderella |
| 2015 (15th) | Amy Lehpamer | Once | Reza |
| 2016 (16th) |
| 2016 (16th) | Elise McCann | Matilda the Musical | Miss Honey |
| 2016 (16th) | Wendy Mae Brown | Ghost the Musical | Oda Mae Brown |
| 2016 (16th) | Erika Heynatz | Singin' in the Rain | Lina Lamont |
| 2016 (16th) | Jacqueline Dark | The Sound of Music | Mother Abbess |
| 2017 (17th) |
| 2017 (17th) | Robyn Nevin | My Fair Lady | Mrs Higgins |
| 2017 (17th) | Teagan Wouters | Kinky Boots | Nicola |
| 2017 (17th) | Lucy Maunder | Matilda the Musical | Miss Honey |
| 2017 (17th) | Phoebe Panaretos | Green Day's American Idiot | Whatsername |
| 2018 (18th) |
| 2018 (18th) | Amy Lehpamer | Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Cynthia Weil |
| 2018 (18th) | Jemma Rix | The Wizard of Oz | Wicked Witch of the West |
| 2018 (18th) | Christie Whelan Browne | Muriel's Wedding | Tania Degano |
| 2018 (18th) | Madeleine Jones | Muriel's Wedding | Rhonda |
| 2019 (19th) |
| 2019 (19th) | Elaine Crombie | Barbara and the Camp Dogs | Rene |
| 2019 (19th) | Lucy Maunder | Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Mrs Bucket |
| 2019 (19th) | Pippa Grandison | Muriel's Wedding the Musical | Betty Heslop |
| 2019 (19th) | Karli Dinardo | Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: West Side Story | Anita |