# Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actress (Musical Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.

## Winners and nominees
### 1980s

| Year | Actress | Play |
| 1981 | Susan Cox | Valentine Browne |
| 1981 | Denise Ferguson | The Boyfriend |
| 1981 | Jodi Glassman | Toronto, Toronto |
| 1981 | Liliane Stilwell | We Got Love |
| 1982 | Kathy Michael McGlynn | Piaf: Her Songs, Her Loves |
| 1982 | Susan Cuthbert | Dames at Sea |
| 1982 | Christina Frolick | Rose Marie |
| 1983 | Sheila McCarthy | Really Rosie |
| 1983 | B.J. Reed | Ain't Misbehavin' |
| 1983 | Jackie Richardson | Ain't Misbehavin' |
| 1984 | Darcy Dunlop | Noel and Gertie |
| 1984 | Salome Bey | Shimmytime |
| 1984 | Mary Ellen Mahoney | Funny Girl |
| 1985 | Sheila McCarthy | Little Shop of Horrors |
| 1985 | Sally Cahill | Once More with Fooling |
| 1985 | Monique Leyrac | 1900 |
| 1986 | Allison Grant | The Secret Garden |
| 1986 | Linda Kash | Bordering on Madness, or Who's Tory Now |
| 1986 | Camilla Scott | Evita |
| 1987 | Cynthia Dale | Pal Joey |
| 1987 | Linda Kash | Not Based on Anything by Stephen King |
| 1987 | Tracey Moore | Anne of Green Gables |
| 1988 | Ranee Lee | Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill |
| 1988 | Shirley Douglas | Company |
| 1988 | Patricia Vanstone | Girls in the Gang |
| 1989 | Louise Pitre | Blood Brothers |
| 1989 | Loretta Bailey | Les Misérables |
| 1989 | Tracey Moore | The Threepenny Opera |

### 1990s

| Year | Actress | Play | Ref |
| 1990 | Charlotte Moore | The Rocky Horror Show | |
| 1990 | Rebecca Caine | The Phantom of the Opera | |
| 1990 | Tracey Moore | Rigoletto | |
| 1991 | Maria Vacratsis | 2nd Nature | |
| 1991 | Mary Ann McDonald | That Scatterbrain Booky | |
| 1991 | Jessica Wilson | Anne of Green Gables | |
| 1992 | Norma Dell'Agnese | God Almighty's Second-Class Saloon | |
| 1992 | Barbara Barsky | Closer Than Ever | |
| 1992 | Julain Molnar | Brigadoon | |
| 1993 | Large Theatre | Large Theatre | Large Theatre |
| 1993 | Kate Hennig | Ratbag | |
| 1993 | Hazel Desbarats | Falling Angels | |
| Midsize Theatre |||
| 1993 | Shari Saunders | Nigredo Hotel | |
| 1993 | Barbara Barsky | Chutzpah à go-go | |
| 1993 | Suzanne Bennett | Une Soirée avec Jacques Brel | |
| 1993 | Ellen Gould | Liebe Lenya | |
| 1994 | Louise Pitre | Piaf | |
| 1994 | Barbara Barsky | Forbidden Broadway | |
| 1994 | Ma-Anne Dionisio | Miss Saigon | |
| 1994 | Cee-Chee Harshaw | Once on the Island | |
| 1994 | Janet Macewan | The House of Martin Guerre | |
| 1995 | Large Theatre | Large Theatre | Large Theatre |
| 1995 | Kathy Michael McGlynn | Into the Woods | |
| 1995 | Loretta Bailey | Into the Woods | |
| 1995 | Jinky Llamanzares | Tommy | |
| 1995 | Jennifer Lyon | Tommy | |
| 1995 | Mary Pitt | Into the Woods | |
| Midsize Theatre |||
| 1995 | Paulina Gillis | Assassins | |
| 1995 | Barbara Barsky | Assassins | |
| 1995 | Sabrina Grdevich | The Old Man's Band | |
| 1995 | Jackie Harris | Up Against the Wal-Mart | |
| 1995 | Ellen-Ray Hennessy | Strange Little Monsters | |
| 1996 | Large Theatre | Large Theatre | Large Theatre |
| 1996 | Mary Ellen Mahoney | A Little Night Music | |
| 1996 | Kerry Butler | Beauty and the Beast | |
| 1996 | Anita Louise Combe | Sunset Boulevard | |
| 1996 | Marion Gilsenan | A Little Night Music | |
| 1996 | Judy Marshak | Beauty and the Beast | |
| Midsize Theatre |||
| 1996 | Paulina Gillis | The Barber of Seville | |
| 1996 | Jayne Lewis | Falsettos | |
| 1996 | Janet van de Graaf | Byte Me | |
| 1997 | Large Theatre | Large Theatre | Large Theatre |
| 1997 | Audra McDonald | Ragtime | |
| 1997 | Rita Gorr | Dialogues des Carmelites | |
| 1997 | Marin Mazzie | Ragtime | |
| 1997 | Mary Ann McDonald | Passion | |
| 1997 | Susan Marie Pierson | Elektra | |
| Midsize Theatre |||
| 1997 | Liza Balkan | Still the Night | |
| 1997 | Nola Augustson | The Martha Stewart Projects | |
| 1997 | Sandra Caldwell | Sophisticated Ladies | |
| 1997 | Theresa Tova | Still the Night | |
| 1997 | Janet van de Graaf | Tragically OHIP | |
| 1998 | Rebecca Caine | The Cunning Little Vixen | |
| 1998 | Krysten Cummings | Rent | |
| 1998 | Judith Forst | Oedipus Rex with Symphony of Psalms | |
| 1998 | Kristine Jepson | Hansel & Gretel | |
| 1998 | Julain Molnar | The House of Martin Guerre | |
| 1999 | Irina Mishura | Il Trovatore | |
| 1999 | Kimberly Barber | Xerxes | |
| 1999 | Ruxandra Donose | Norma | |
| 1999 | Taborah Johnson | The Nutmeg Princess | |
| 1999 | Valarie Pettiford | Fosse | |

### 2000s

| Year | Actress | Play |
| 2000 | Paula Wolfson | Shaking the Foundations |
| 2000 | Isabel Bayrakdarian | Don Giovanni |
| 2000 | Mary Lou Fallis | Primadonna |
| 2000 | Judy Marshak | Anything That Moves |
| 2000 | Jane Miller | Shaking the Foundations |
| 2001 | Louise Pitre | Mamma Mia! |
| 2001 | Loretta Bailey | Outrageous! |
| 2001 | Mary Lou Fallis | Primadonna’s First Farewell Tour |
| 2001 | Mary Ellen Mahoney | Mamma Mia! |
| 2001 | Zhe Ge Zeng | Iron Road |
| 2002 | Glynis Ranney | Anything That Moves |
| 2002 | Melissa Thompson | Snow White and the Magnificent Seven |
| 2003 | Melody Johnson | Little Mercy's First Murder |
| 2003 | Barbara Barsky | Snappy Tales: Short Satirical Musicals |
| 2003 | Nora McLellan | Robin Hood |
| 2003 | Jeanine Noyes | A Dixie Gospel |
| 2003 | Fiona Reid | Sweeney Todd |
| 2003 | Regan Thiel | Sweeney Todd |
| 2004 | Montego Glover | Cookin' at the Cookery |
| 2004 | Sarah Cornell | The Producers |
| 2004 | Susan Gilmour | Pélagie |
| 2004 | Jackie Richardson | Cookin' at the Cookery |
| 2004 | Amy Rutherford | Tequila Vampire Matinée |
| 2005 | Mary Ann McDonald | Urinetown |
| 2005 | Divine Brown | Ain't Misbehavin' |
| 2005 | Mary Ann McDonald | Side by Side by Sondheim |
| 2005 | Vanessa Olivarez | Hairspray |
| 2005 | Jennifer Waiser | Urinetown |
| 2006 | Corrine Koslo | Bunnicula |
| 2006 | Rebecca Jackson Mendoza | Lord of the Rings |
| 2006 | Elena Juatco | Snow White and the Group of Seven |
| 2006 | Louise Pitre | Song & Dance |
| 2006 | Carly Street | Lord of the Rings |
| 2007 | Corrine Koslo | Seussical |
| 2007 | Sarah Cornell | Evil Dead the Musical |
| 2007 | Melody Johnson | I Think I Can |
| 2007 | Jayne Lewis | Menopause Out Loud! |
| 2007 | Erica Peck | We Will Rock You |
| 2008 | Nicole Underhay | Fire |
| 2008 | Patty Jamieson | A Man of No Importance |
| 2008 | Britta Lazenga | Dirty Dancing |
| 2008 | Amélie Lefebvre | Et si on chantait... |
| 2008 | Sharron Matthews | The Wizard of Oz |
| 2008 | Patricia Zentilli | Little Shop of Horrors |
| 2009 | Elicia MacKenzie | The Sound of Music |
| 2009 | Barbara Barsky | A New Brain |
| 2009 | Paula Brancati | Cinderella: The Sillylicious Family Musical |
| 2009 | Jane Miller | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
| 2009 | Nadine Villasin | The Forbidden Phoenix |

### 2010s

| Year | Actress | Play |
| 2010 | Louise Pitre | The Toxic Avenger |
| 2010 | Jacquelyn French | The Light in the Piazza |
| 2010 | Patty Jamieson | The Light in the Piazza |
| 2010 | Trish Lindstrom | Assassins |
| 2010 | Trish Lindstrom | Mimi |
| 2011 | Kate Hennig | Billy Elliot |
| 2011 | Ma-Anne Dionisio | Miss Saigon |
| 2011 | Gabi Epstein | To Life |
| 2011 | Louise Pitre | A Year with Frog and Toad |
| 2011 | Shelley Simester | [title of show] |
| 2012 | Arlene Duncan | Caroline, or Change |
| 2012 | Neema Bickersteth | |
| 2012 | Deborah Hay | Caroline, or Change |
| 2012 | Jane Johanson | Seussical |
| 2012 | Sabryn Rock | Caroline, or Change |
| 2013 | Lisa Horner | The Wizard of Oz |
| 2013 | Steffi DiDomenicantonio | Cinderella |
| 2013 | Jan Alexandra Smith | Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare |
| 2013 | Carly Street | Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare |
| 2014 | Melissa O'Neil | Les Misérables |
| 2014 | Ma-Anne Dionisio | Cats |
| 2014 | Arlene Duncan | Once on This Island |
| 2014 | Glynis Ranney | London Road |
| 2014 | Fiona Reid | London Road |
| 2015 | Trish Lindstrom | Once |
| 2015 | Susan Gilmour | The Wild Party |
| 2015 | Marisa McIntyre | Company |
| 2015 | Cara Ricketts | The Wild Party |
| 2015 | Saidah Baba Talibah | What Makes a Man |
| 2016 | Lisa Horner | Grey Gardens |
| 2016 | Neema Bickersteth | Century Song |
| 2016 | A. J. Bridel | Kinky Boots |
| 2016 | Kira Guloien | Grey Gardens |
| 2017 | Jenn Colella | Come from Away |
| 2017 | Arinea Hermans | Seussical |
| 2017 | Sabryn Rock | Passing Strange |
| 2017 | Amaka Umeh | James and the Giant Peach |
| 2017 | Astrid van Wieren | Come from Away |
| 2018 | Tracy Michailidis | Life After |
| 2018 | d'bi.young.anitafrika | Lukumi: A Dub Opera |
| 2018 | Ellen Denny | Life After |
| 2018 | Sara Farb | Fun Home |
| 2018 | Hannah Levinson | Fun Home |