# Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical

The Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor 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 Musical.

## Winners and nominees

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### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character(s) |
| 2001 (1st) |
| 2001 (1st) | Sharon Millerchip | Chicago | Velma Kelly |
| 2001 (1st) | Chrissy Amphlett | The Boy from Oz | Judy Garland |
| 2001 (1st) | Lisa McCune | The Sound of Music | Maria Rainer |
| 2001 (1st) | Leonie Page | Jolson | Ruby Keeler |
| 2002 (2nd) |
| 2002 (2nd) | Judi Connelli | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Mrs. Lovett |
| 2002 (2nd) | Deborah Conway | Always... Patsy Cline | Patsy Cline |
| 2002 (2nd) | Lara Mulcahy | Mamma Mia! | Rosie |
| 2002 (2nd) | Pamela Rabe | The Wizard of Oz | Wicked Witch of the West |
| 2003 (3rd) |
| 2003 (3rd) | Tamsin Carroll | Oliver! | Nancy |
| 2003 (3rd) | Lisa McCune | Cabaret | Sally Bowles |
| 2003 (3rd) | Caroline O'Connor | Man of La Mancha | Aldonza |
| 2003 (3rd) | Marina Prior | The Witches of Eastwick | Jane Smart |
| 2004 (4th) |
| 2004 (4th) | Kate Hoolihan | We Will Rock You | Scaramouche |
| 2004 (4th) | MaryAnne McCormack | The Full Monty | Georgie Bukatinsky |
| 2004 (4th) | Ursula Yovich | The Threepenny Opera | Polly Peachum |
| 2004 (4th) | Buyisile Zama | The Lion King | Rafiki |
| 2005 (5th) |
| 2005 (5th) | Chloe Dallimore | The Producers | Ulla |
| 2005 (5th) | Bridget Boyle | The Venetian Twins | Beatrice |
| 2005 (5th) | Emma Matthews | The Mikado | Yum-Yum |
| 2005 (5th) | Lisa McCune | Urinetown | Hope Cladwell |
| 2006 (6th) |
| 2006 (6th) | Tamsin Carroll | Dusty – The Original Pop Diva | Dusty Springfield |
| 2006 (6th) | Magda Szubanski | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | William Barfee |
| 2006 (6th) | Marina Prior | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Rona Lisa Peretti |
| 2006 (6th) | Amanda Harrison | Leader of the Pack | Ellie Greenwich |
| 2007 (7th) |
| 2007 (7th) | Laurie Cadevida | Miss Saigon | Kim |
| 2007 (7th) | Chrissy Amphlett | The Boy from Oz | Judy Garland |
| 2007 (7th) | Sharon Millerchip | Pippin | Catherine |
| 2007 (7th) | Silvie Paladino | Sideshow Alley | Rita |
| 2008 (8th) |
| 2008 (8th) | Genevieve Lemon | Billy Elliot the Musical | Mrs Wilkinson |
| 2008 (8th) | Ana Marina | The Phantom of the Opera | Christine Daaé |
| 2008 (8th) | Sharon Millerchip | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine |
| 2008 (8th) | Marina Prior | Guys and Dolls | Miss Adelaide |
| 2009 (9th) |
| 2009 (9th) | Sharon Millerchip | Chicago | Roxanne "Roxie" Hart |
| 2009 (9th) | Amanda Harrison | Wicked | Elphaba |
| 2009 (9th) | Lucy Durack | Wicked | Glinda |
| 2009 (9th) | Lucinda Shaw | Monty Python's Spamalot | Lady of the Lake |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Production | Character(s) |
| 2010 (10th) |
| 2010 (10th) | Michala Banas | Avenue Q | Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut |
| 2010 (10th) | Delia Hannah | Cats | Grizabella |
| 2010 (10th) | Ursula Yovich | The Wizard Of Oz | Dorothy Gale |
| 2010 (10th) | Christie Whelan | The Drowsy Chaperone | Janet van de Graaff |
| 2011 (11th) |
| 2011 (11th) | Verity Hunt-Ballard | Mary Poppins | Mary Poppins |
| 2011 (11th) | Jemma Rix | Wicked | Elphaba |
| 2011 (11th) | Jaz Flowers | Hairspray | Tracy Turnblad |
| 2011 (11th) | Lucy Maunder | Doctor Zhivago | Lara |
| 2012 (12th) |
| 2012 (12th) | Pamela Rabe | Grey Gardens | Edith Bouvier Beale and "Little" Edie |
| 2012 (12th) | Anita Louise Combe | A Chorus Line | Cassie |
| 2012 (12th) | Amanda Harrison | An Officer and a Gentleman | Paula Pokrifki |
| 2012 (12th) | Amy Lehpamer | Rock of Ages | Sherrie Christian |
| 2013 (13th) |
| 2013 (13th) | Lucy Durack | Legally Blonde | Elle Woods |
| 2013 (13th) | Chloe Dallimore | The Addams Family | Morticia Addams |
| 2013 (13th) | Esther Hannaford | King Kong | Ann Darrow |
| 2013 (13th) | Silvie Paladino | Chess | Florence Vassey |
| 2014 (14th) |
| 2014 (14th) | Verity Hunt-Ballard | Sweet Charity | Charity |
| 2014 (14th) | Lisa McCune | The King and I | Anna Leonowens |
| 2014 (14th) | Caroline O'Connor | Gypsy | Rose |
| 2014 (14th) | Phoebe Panaretos | Strictly Ballroom: The Musical | Fran |
| 2015 (15th) |
| 2015 (15th) | Caroline O'Connor | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney |
| 2015 (15th) | Patrice Tipoki | Les Misérables | Fantine |
| 2015 (15th) | Helen Dallimore | Blood Brothers | Mrs Johnstone |
| 2015 (15th) | Madeleine Jones | Once | Girl |
| 2016 (16th) |
| 2016 (16th) | Molly Barwick, Dusty Bursill, Tiana Mirra, Alannah Parfett, Sasha Rose, Georgia Taplin, Bella Thomas and Ingrid Torelli | Matilda the Musical | Matilda Wormwood |
| 2016 (16th) | Amy Lehpamer | The Sound of Music | Maria Rainer |
| 2016 (16th) | Antoinette Halloran | Sweeney Todd | Mrs Lovett |
| 2016 (16th) | Esther Hannaford | Little Shop of Horrors | Audrey |
| 2017 (17th) |
| 2017 (17th) | Anna O'Byrne | My Fair Lady | Eliza Doolittle |
| 2017 (17th) | Amy Lehpamer | Dusty | Dusty Springfield |
| 2017 (17th) | Zahra Newman | The Book of Mormon | Nabulungi |
| 2017 (17th) | Sophie Wright | Kinky Boots | Lauren |
| 2018 (18th) |
| 2018 (18th) | Esther Hannaford | Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Carole King |
| 2018 (18th) | Natalie O'Donnell | Mamma Mia! | Donna Sheridan |
| 2018 (18th) | Marina Prior | Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical | Polly and Mary Douvan |
| 2018 (18th) | Maggie McKenna | Muriel's Wedding | Muriel Heslop |
| 2019 (19th) |
| 2019 (19th) | Ursula Yovich | Barbara and the Camp Dogs | Barbara |
| 2019 (19th) | Luisa Scrofani | In the Heights | Nina |
| 2019 (19th) | Tina Arena | Evita | Eva Peron |
| 2019 (19th) | Natalie Abbott | Muriel's Wedding the Musical | Muriel Heslop |