Tony Award za najbolju glavnu glumicu u mjuziklu

Tony Award za najbolju glavnu glumicu u mjuziklu (en: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical) dodeljuje se od 1948. godine, a lista nominovanih glumica objavljuje se od 1956.

1940-e 
 1948 Grace Hartman u Angel in the Wings uloga: "Nettie / Mrs. Blodgett / Ruth / Mrs. Hutchinson"
 1949 Nanette Fabray u Love Life uloga: "Susan Cooper"

1950-e 
 1950 Mary Martin u South Pacific uloga: "Nellie Forbush"
 1951 Ethel Merman u Call Me Madam uloga: "Sally Adams"
 1952 Gertrude Lawrence u The King and I uloga: "Anna Leonowens"
 1953 Rosalind Russell u Wonderful Town uloga: "Ruth Sherwood"
 1954 Dolores Gray u Carnival in Flanders uloga: "Cornelia"
 1955 Mary Martin u Peter Pan uloga: "Peter 
Pan"
 1956 Gwen Verdon u Damn Yankees uloga: "Lola"
 Carol Channing u The Vamp uloga: "Flora Weems"
 Nancy Walker u Phoenix '55 uloga: ""A Funny Heart" Performer / "Down to the Sea" Performer / "Finale" Performer / "Tomorrow Is Here" Performer / Annie Snodgrass / Chickie Popjoy / Millie Wubble / The Maiden"

 1957 Judy Holliday u Bells Are Ringing uloga: "Ella Peterson"
 Julie Andrews u My Fair Lady uloga: "Eliza Doolittle"
 Ethel Merman u Happy Hunting uloga: "Liz Livingstone"

 1958 (tie) Thelma Ritter u New Girl In Town uloga: "Marthy"; Gwen Verdon u New Girl In Town uloga: "Anna"
 Lena Horne u Jamaica uloga: "Savannah"
 Beatrice Lillie u Ziegfeld Follies uloga: "Hostess / Kabuki Lil / Lucille / Singer / The Lady / The Original Cast / The Rajah's Favorite" 

 1959 Gwen Verdon u Redhead uloga: "Essie Whimple"
 Miyoshi Umeki u Flower Drum Song uloga: "Mei-Li"

1960-e 
 1960 Mary Martin u The Sound of Music uloga: "Maria Rainer"
 Carol Burnett u Once Upon a Mattress uloga: "Princess Winnifred"
 Dolores Gray u Destry Rides Again uloga: "Frenchy"
 Eileen Herlie u Take Me Along uloga: "Lily Miller"
 Ethel Merman u Gypsy uloga: "Mama Rose"

 1961 Elizabeth Seal u Irma La Douce uloga: "Irma-La-Douce"
 Julie Andrews u Camelot uloga: "Guenevere"
 Carol Channing u Show Girl uloga: ""Calypso Pete" Performer" / ""My Kind of Love" Performer" / ""The Girl in the Show" Performer" / ""The Story of Marie" Performer" / "Carol's Musical Theatre" / "Lynn" / "Naomi" / "Report from Las Vegas" / "The Foreign Star" / "The Inside Story" / "The Palace Theatre"
 Nancy Walker u Do Re Mi uloga: "Kay Cram"

 1962 (tie) Anna Maria Alberghetti u Carnival! uloga: "Lili"; Diahann Carroll u No Strings uloga: "Barbara Woodruff"
 Molly Picon u Milk and Honey uloga: "Clara Weiss"
 Elaine Stritch u Sail Away uloga: "Mimi Paragon"

 1963 Vivien Leigh u Tovarich uloga: "Tatiana"
 Georgia Brown u Oliver! uloga: "Nancy"
 Nanette Fabray u Mr. President uloga: "Nell Henderson"
 Sally Ann Howes u Brigadoon uloga: "Fiona MacLaren"

 1964 Carol Channing. Hello, Dolly! uloga: "Dolly Levi"
 Beatrice Lillie u High Spirits uloga: "Madame Arcati"
 Barbra Streisand u Funny Girl uloga: "Fanny Brice"
 Inga Swenson u 110 in the Shade uloga: "Lizzy Curry"

 1965 Liza Minnelli u Flora the Red Menace uloga: "Flora"
 Elizabeth Allen u Do I Hear a Waltz? uloga: "Leona Samish"
 Nancy Dussault u Bajour uloga: "Emily Kirsten"
 Inga Swenson u Baker Street uloga: "Irene Adler"

 1966 Angela Lansbury u Mame uloga: "Mame Dennis"
 Barbara Harris u On a Clear Day You Can See Forever uloga: "Daisy Gamble" / "Melinda"
 Julie Harris u Skyscraper uloga: "Georgina"
 Gwen Verdon u Sweet Charity uloga: "Charity Hope Valentine"

 1967 Barbara Harris u The Apple Tree uloga: "Eve" / "Princess Barbara" / "Ella" / "Passionella"
 Lotte Lenya u Cabaret uloga: "Fraulein Schneider"
 Mary Martin u I Do! I Do! uloga: "She (Agnes)"
 Louise Troy u Walking Happy uloga: "Maggie Hobson"

 1968 (dvostruki) Patricia Routledge u Darling of the Day uloga: "Alice Challice"; Leslie Uggams u Hallelujah, Baby! uloga: "Georgina"
 Melina Mercouri u Illya Darling uloga: "Illya"
 Brenda Vaccaro u How Now, Dow Jones uloga: "Cynthia"

 1969 Angela Lansbury u Dear World uloga: "Countess Aurelia"
 Maria Karnilova u Zorba uloga: "Madame Hortense"
 Dorothy Loudon u The Fig Leaves Are Falling uloga: "Lillian Stone"
 Jill O'Hara u Promises, Promises uloga: "Fran Kubelik"

1970-e 
 1970 Lauren Bacall u Applause uloga: "Margo Channing"
 Katharine Hepburn u Coco uloga: "Coco Chanel"
 Dilys Watling u Georgy uloga: "Georgy"

 1971 Helen Gallagher u No, No Nanette uloga: "Lucille Early"
 Susan Browning u Company uloga: "April"
 Sandy Duncan u The Boy Friend uloga: "Maisie"
 Elaine Stritch u Company uloga: "Joanne"

 1972 Alexis Smith u Follies uloga: "Phyllis Rogers Stone"
 Jonelle Allen u Two Gentlemen of Verona uloga: "Silvia"
 Dorothy Collins u Follies uloga: "Sally Durant Plummer"
 Mildred Natwick u 70, Girls, 70 uloga: "Ida Dodd"

 1973 Glynis Johns u A Little Night Music uloga: "Desiree Armfeldt"
 Leland Palmer u Pippin uloga: "Fastrada"
 Debbie Reynolds u Irene uloga: "Irene O'Dare"
 Marcia Rodd u Shelter uloga: "Maud"

 1974 Virginia Capers u Raisin uloga: "Lena Younger" 
 Carol Channing u Lorelei uloga: "Dessert" / "Lorelei Lee"
 Michele Lee u Seesaw uloga: "Gittel Mosca"

 1975 Angela Lansbury u Gypsy uloga: "Mama Rose"
 Lola Falana u Doctor Jazz uloga: "Edna Mae Sheridan"
 Bernadette Peters u Mack and Mabel uloga: "Mabel Normand"
 Ann Reinking u Goodtime Charley uloga: "Joan of Arc"

 1976 Donna McKechnie u A Chorus Line uloga: "Cassie"
 Vivian Reed u Bubbling Brown Sugar uloga: "Marsha" / "Young Irene"
 Chita Rivera u Chicago uloga: "Velma Kelly"
 Gwen Verdon u Chicago uloga: "Roxie Hart"

 1977 Dorothy Loudon u Annie uloga: "Miss Hannigan"
 Clamma Dale u Porgy and Bess uloga: "Bess"
 Ernestine Jackson u Guys and Dolls uloga: "Sarah Brown"
 Andrea McArdle u Annie uloga: "Annie"

 1978 Liza Minnelli u The Act uloga: "Michelle Craig"
 Madeline Kahn u On the Twentieth Century uloga: "Lily Garland"
 Eartha Kitt u Timbuktu! uloga: "Shaleem-La-Lume"
 Frances Sternhagen u Angel uloga: "Eliza Gant"

 1979 Angela Lansbury u Sweeney Todd uloga: "Mrs. Lovett"
 Tovah Feldshuh u Sarava uloga: "Flor"
 Dorothy Loudon u Ballroom uloga: "Bea Asher"
 Alexis Smith u Platinum uloga: "Lila Halliday"

1980-e 
 1980 Patti LuPone u Evita uloga: "Eva Peron"
 Christine Andreas u Oklahoma! uloga: "Laurey"
 Sandy Duncan u Peter Pan uloga: "Peter Pan"
 Ann Miller u Sugar Babies uloga: "Ann"

 1981 Lauren Bacall u Woman of the Year uloga: "Tess Harding"
 Meg Bussert u Brigadoon uloga: "Fiona MacLaren"
 Chita Rivera u Bring Back Birdie uloga: "Rose Grant"
 Linda Ronstadt u The Pirates of Penzance uloga: "Mabel"

 1982 Jennifer Holliday u Dreamgirls uloga: "Effie Melody White"
 Lisa Mordente u Marlowe uloga: "Emelia Bossano"
 Mary Gordon Murray u Little Me uloga: "Belle"
 Sheryl Lee Ralph u Dreamgirls uloga: "Deena Jones"

 1983 Natalia Makarova u On Your Toes uloga: "Vera Barnova" / "Princess Zenobia" / "Strip Tease Girl"
 Lonette McKee u Show Boat uloga: "Julie"
 Chita Rivera u Merlin uloga: "The Queen"
 Twiggy u My One and Only uloga: "Edith Herbert"

 1984 Chita Rivera u The Rink uloga: "Anna"
 Rhetta Hughes u Amen Corner uloga: "Margaret Alexander"
 Liza Minnelli u The Rink uloga: "Angel"
 Bernadette Peters u Sunday in the Park with George uloga: "Dot" / "Marie"

 1985 - bez nominacija i nagrade

 1986 Bernadette Peters u Song and Dance uloga: "Emma"
 Debbie Allen u Sweet Charity uloga: "Charity Hope Valentine"
 Cleo Laine u The Mystery of Edwin Drood uloga: "The Princess Puffer" / "Miss Angela Prysock"
 Chita Rivera u Jerry's Girls uloga: "Performer"

 1987 Maryann Plunkett u Me and My Girl uloga: "Sally Smith"
 Catherine Cox u Oh Coward! uloga: "Performer"
 Teresa Stratas u Rags uloga: "Rebecca Hershkowitz"

 1988 Joanna Gleason u Into the Woods uloga: "The Baker's Wife"
 Alison Fraser u Romance/Romance uloga: "Josefine Weninger" / "Monica"
 Judy Kuhn u Chess uloga: "Florence"
 Patti LuPone u Anything Goes uloga: "Reno Sweeney"

 1989 Ruth Brown u Black and Blue uloga: "Singer"
 Charlotte d'Amboise u Jerome Robbins' Broadway uloga: "Anita" / "Company Member of "...Forum"" / "Peter Pan"
 Linda Hopkins u Black and Blue uloga: "Singer"
 Sharon McNight u Starmites uloga: "Diva / Mother"

 1990-e 
 1990 Tyne Daly u Gypsy uloga: "Mama Rose"
 Georgia Brown u Threepenny Opera uloga: "Mrs. Peachum"
 Beth Fowler u Sweeney Todd uloga: "Mrs. Lovett"
 Liliane Montevecchi u Grand Hotel uloga: "Elizaveta Grushinskaya"

 1991 Lea Salonga u Miss Saigon uloga: "Kim"
 June Angela u Shogun: The Musical uloga: "Lady Mariko"
 Dee Hoty u The Will Rogers Follies uloga: "Betty Blake"
 Cathy Rigby u Peter Pan uloga: "Peter Pan"

 1992 Faith Prince u Guys and Dolls uloga: "Miss Adelaide"
 Jodi Benson u Crazy for You uloga: "Polly Baker"
 Josie de Guzman u Guys and Dolls uloga: "Sarah Brown"
 Sophie Hayden u The Most Happy Fella uloga: "Rosabella"

 1993 Chita Rivera u Kiss of the Spider Woman uloga: "Aurora" / "Spider Woman"
 Ann Crumb u Anna Karenina uloga: "Anna Karenina"
 Stephanie Lawrence u Blood Brothers uloga: "Mrs. Johnstone"
 Bernadette Peters u The Goodbye Girl uloga: "Paula"

 1994 Donna Murphy u Passion uloga: "Fosca"
 Susan Egan u Beauty and the Beast uloga: "Belle"
 Dee Hoty u The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public uloga: "Mona Stangley"
 Judy Kuhn u She Loves Me uloga: "Amalia Balash"

 1995 Glenn Close u Sunset Boulevard uloga: "Norma Desmond"
 Rebecca Luker u Show Boat uloga: "Magnolia"

 1996 Donna Murphy u The King and I uloga: "Anna Leonowens"
 Julie Andrews u Victor/Victoria uloga: "Victoria Grant" (did not accept nomination)
 Crista Moore u Big - The Musical uloga: "Susan"
 Daphne Rubin-Vega u Rent uloga: "Mimi Marquez"

 1997 Bebe Neuwirth u Chicago uloga: "Velma Kelly"
 Pamela Isaacs u The Life uloga: "Queen"
 Tonya Pinkins u Play On! uloga: "Lady Liv"
 Karen Ziemba u Steel Pier uloga: "Rita Racine"

 1998 Natasha Richardson u Cabaret uloga: "Sally Bowles"
 Betty Buckley u Triumph of Love uloga: "Hesione"
 Marin Mazzie u Ragtime uloga: "Mother"
 Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner u Side Show uloga: "Violet Hilton" and "Daisy Hilton"

 1999 Bernadette Peters u Annie Get Your Gun uloga: "Annie Oakley"
 Carolee Carmello u Parade uloga: "Lucille Frank"
 Dee Hoty u Footloose uloga: "Vi Moore"
 Sian Phillips in Marlene uloga: "Marlene Dietrich"

 2000-e 
 2000 Heather Headley u Aida uloga: "Aida"
 Toni Collette u The Wild Party uloga: "Queenie"
 Rebecca Luker u The Music Man uloga: "Marian Paroo"
 Marin Mazzie u Kiss Me, Kate uloga: "Lilli Vanessi" / "Katharine"
 Audra McDonald u Marie Christine uloga: "Marie Christine L'Adrese"

 2001 Christine Ebersole u 42nd Street uloga: "Dorothy Brock"
 Blythe Danner u Follies uloga: "Phyllis Rogers Stone"
 Randy Graff u A Class Act uloga: "Sophie"
 Faith Prince u Bells Are Ringing uloga: "Ella Peterson"
 Marla Schaffel u Jane Eyre uloga: "Jane Eyre"

 2002 Sutton Foster u Thoroughly Modern Millie uloga: "Millie Dillmount"
 Louise Pitre u Mamma Mia! uloga: "Donna Sheridan "
 Vanessa Williams u Into the Woods uloga: "The Witch"
 Nancy Opel u Urinetown uloga: "Penelope Pennywise" 
 Jennifer Laura Thompson u Urinetown uloga: "Hope Cladwell"

 2003 Marissa Jaret Winokur u Hairspray uloga: "Tracy Turnblad"
 Melissa Errico u Amour uloga: "Isabelle"
 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio u Man of La Mancha uloga: "Aldonza" / "Dulcinea"
 Elizabeth Parkinson u Movin' Out uloga: "Brenda"
 Bernadette Peters u Gypsy uloga: "Mama Rose"

 2004 Idina Menzel u Wicked uloga: "Elphaba"
 Kristin Chenoweth u Wicked uloga: "Glinda"
 Stephanie D'Abruzzo u Avenue Q uloga: "Kate Monster" / "Lucy T. Slut"
 Donna Murphy u Wonderful Town uloga: "Ruth Sherwood"
 Tonya Pinkins u Caroline, or Change uloga: "Caroline Thibodeaux"

 2005 Victoria Clark u The Light in the Piazza uloga: "Margaret Johnson"
 Christina Applegate u Sweet Charity uloga: "Charity Hope Valentine"
 Erin Dilly u Chitty Chitty Bang Bang "Truly Scrumptious"
 Sutton Foster u Little Women uloga: "Jo March"
 Sherie Rene Scott u Dirty Rotten Scoundrels uloga: "Christine Colgate"

 2006 LaChanze u The Color Purple uloga: "Celie"
 Sutton Foster u The Drowsy Chaperone uloga: "Janet Van De Graaff"
 Patti LuPone u Sweeney Todd uloga: "Mrs. Lovett"
 Kelli O'Hara u The Pajama Game uloga: "Babe Williams"
 Chita Rivera u Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life uloga: "Chita Rivera"

 '2007 Christine Ebersole u Grey Gardens uloga: "Edith "Big Edie" Ewing Bouvier Beale" / "Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale"
 Laura Bell Bundy u Legally Blonde: The Musical uloga: "Elle Woods"
 Audra McDonald u 110 in the Shade uloga: "Lizzie Curry"
 Debra Monk u Curtains uloga: "Carmen Bernstein"
 Donna Murphy u LoveMusik'' uloga: "Lotte Lenya"

Glavna glumica mjuzikl