Tony Award untuk Aktris Terbaik dalam Musikal

Tony Award untuk Penampilan Terbaik oleh Aktris Utama dalam Musikal adalah sebuah kehormatan yang diberikan pada Tony Awards, acara yang ditetapkan pada tahun 1947 sebagai Antoinette Perry Awards untuk Keunggulan dalam Teater, untuk aktris karena peran utama yang berkualitas dalam pertunjukan musikal, baik produksi baru maupun pementasan ulang. Penghargaan ini diberi nama berdasarkan Antoinette Perry, seorang aktris Amerika yang meninggal pada tahun 1946.

Penghargaan dalam beberapa kategori diberikan pada acara tahunan oleh Tony Award Productions, anak perusahaan The Broadway League dan American Theatre Wing, untuk "menghormati pertunjukan dan produksi panggung terbaik tahun sebelumnya." 

Penghargaan ini awalnya disebut Tony Award untuk Aktris—Musikal. Ini pertama kali dipersembahkan kepada Grace Hartman di Penghargaan Tony ke-2 untuk perannya sebagai berbagai karakter dalam Angel in the Wings. Sebelum tahun 1956, nama-nama nominasi tidak dipublikasikan; perubahan ini dilakukan oleh komite penghargaan untuk "memberikan dampak yang lebih besar pada penonton teater". 

Pada 1965, Liza Minnelli, berusia 19 tahun, menjadi aktris termuda yang memenangkan penghargaan tersebut. Dia diikuti oleh Lea Salonga, usia 20, di 1991. Pada 2017, Bette Midler, berusia 71 tahun, menjadi aktris tertua yang memenangkan penghargaan tersebut. Diikuti oleh Victoria Clark, usia 63, di 2023.

Angela Lansbury memegang rekor sebagai pemain dengan kemenangan terbanyak dalam kategori ini, dengan total empat kemenangan. Chita Rivera memiliki nominasi terbanyak, dengan delapan. Karakter dari Rose dalam Gypsy dan Anna Leonowens dalam The King and I saat ini memegang rekor kemenangan terbanyak, masing-masing menang tiga kali. Rose juga memegang rekor nominasi terbanyak, dengan lima.

Pemenang dan nominasi

1940-an
 Tahun Aktris Musikal Peran  1947   Tidak diberikan 1948   Grace Hartman Angel in the Wings Nettie / Mrs. Blodgett / Ruth / Mrs. Hutchinson 1949   Nanette Fabray Love Life Susan Cooper
1950-an
 Tahun Aktris Musikal Peran  1950   Mary Martin South Pacific Ensign Nellie Forbush 1951   Ethel Merman Call Me Madam Sally Adams 1952   Gertrude Lawrence The King and I Anna Leonowens 1953   Rosalind Russell Wonderful Town Ruth Sherwood 1954   Dolores Gray Carnival in Flanders Cornelia 1955   Mary Martin Peter Pan Peter Pan 1956   Gwen Verdon Damn Yankees Lola  Carol Channing The Vamp Flora Weems / Delilah Nancy Walker Phoenix '55 Berbagai Karakter 1957   Judy Holliday Bells Are Ringing Ella Peterson  Julie Andrews My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle Ethel Merman Happy Hunting Liz Livingstone 1958   Thelma Ritter New Girl in Town Marthy Owen  Gwen Verdon Anna Christopherson Lena Horne Jamaica Savannah Beatrice Lillie Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 Berbagai Karakter 1959   Gwen Verdon Redhead Essie Whimple  Miyoshi Umeki Flower Drum Song Mei-Li
1960-an
 Tahun Aktris Musikal Peran  1960   Mary Martin The Sound of Music Maria von Trapp  Carol Burnett Once Upon a Mattress Princess Winnifred Dolores Gray Destry Rides Again Frenchy Eileen Herlie Take Me Along Lily Miller Ethel Merman Gypsy Rose 1961   Elizabeth Seal Irma La Douce Irma La Douce  Julie Andrews Camelot Guenevere Carol Channing Show Girl Various Characters Nancy Walker Do Re Mi Kay Cram 1962   Anna Maria Alberghetti Carnival! Lili Daurier  Diahann Carroll No Strings Barbara Woodruff Molly Picon Milk and Honey Clara Weiss Elaine Stritch Sail Away Mimi Paragon 1963   Vivien Leigh Tovarich Tatiana Petrovna  Georgia Brown Oliver! Nancy Nanette Fabray Mr. President Nell Henderson Sally Ann Howes Brigadoon Fiona MacLaren 1964   Carol Channing Hello, Dolly! Dolly Gallagher Levi  Beatrice Lillie High Spirits Madame Arcati Barbra Streisand Funny Girl Fanny Brice Inga Swenson 110 in the Shade Lizzie Curry 1965   Liza Minnelli Flora the Red Menace Flora Mezaros  Elizabeth Allen Do I Hear a Waltz? Leona Samish Nancy Dussault Bajour Emily Kirsten Inga Swenson Baker Street Irene Adler 1966   Angela Lansbury Mame Mame Dennis  Barbara Harris On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Daisy Gamble / Melinda Wells Julie Harris Skyscraper Georgina Allerton Gwen Verdon Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine 1967   Barbara Harris The Apple Tree Eve / Princess Barbara / Ella and Passionella  Lotte Lenya  Cabaret Fraulein Schneider Mary Martin I Do! I Do! She (Agnes) Louise Troy Walking Happy Maggie Hobson 1968   Patricia Routledge Darling of the Day Alice Challice  Leslie Uggams Hallelujah, Baby! Georgina Melina Mercouri Illya Darling Illya Brenda Vaccaro How Now, Dow Jones Cynthia Pike 1969   Angela Lansbury Dear World Countess Aurelia  Maria Karnilova Zorba Madame Hortense Dorothy Loudon The Fig Leaves Are Falling Lillian Stone Jill O'Hara Promises, Promises Fran Kubelik
1970-an
 Tahun Aktris Musikal Peran  1970   Lauren Bacall Applause Margo Channing  Katharine Hepburn Coco Coco Chanel Dilys Watling Georgy Georgina "Georgy" Parkin 1971   Helen Gallagher No, No, Nanette Lucille Early  Susan Browning Company April Sandy Duncan The Boy Friend Maisie Elaine Stritch Company Joanne 1972   Alexis Smith Follies Phyllis Rogers Stone  Jonelle Allen Two Gentlemen of Verona Silvia Dorothy Collins Follies Sally Durant Plummer Mildred Natwick 70, Girls, 70 Ida Dodd 1973   Glynis Johns A Little Night Music Desiree Armfeldt  Leland Palmer Pippin Fastrada Debbie Reynolds Irene Irene O'Dare Marcia Rodd Shelter Maud 1974   Virginia Capers Raisin Lena Younger  Carol Channing Lorelei Lorelei Lee Michele Lee Seesaw Gittel Mosca 1975   Angela Lansbury Gypsy Rose  Lola Falana Doctor Jazz Edna Mae Sheridan Bernadette Peters Mack & Mabel Mabel Normand Ann Reinking Goodtime Charley Joan of Arc 1976   Donna McKechnie A Chorus Line Cassie Ferguson  Vivian Reed Bubbling Brown Sugar Marsha / Young Irene Chita Rivera Chicago Velma Kelly Gwen Verdon Roxie Hart 1977   Dorothy Loudon Annie Miss Hannigan  Clamma Dale Porgy and Bess Bess Ernestine Jackson Guys and Dolls Sarah Brown Andrea McArdle Annie Annie 1978   Liza Minnelli The Act Michelle Craig  Madeline Kahn On the Twentieth Century Lily Garland / Mildred Plotka Eartha Kitt Timbuktu! Shaleem La Lume Frances Sternhagen Angel Eliza Gant 1979   Angela Lansbury Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett  Tovah Feldshuh Saravá Dona Flor Dorothy Loudon  Ballroom Bea Asher Alexis Smith Platinum Lila Halliday
1980-an
 Tahun Aktris Musikal Peran  1980   Patti LuPone Evita Eva Perón  Christine Andreas Oklahoma! Laurey Williams Sandy Duncan Peter Pan Peter Pan Ann Miller Sugar Babies Ann 1981   Lauren Bacall Woman of the Year Tess Harding  Meg Bussert Brigadoon Fiona MacLaren Chita Rivera Bring Back Birdie Rosie Alvarez Linda Ronstadt The Pirates of Penzance Mabel 1982   Jennifer Holliday Dreamgirls Effie White  Lisa Mordente Marlowe Emelia Bossano Mary Gordon Murray Little Me  Maybelle Schlumpfert / Belle Poitrine Sheryl Lee Ralph Dreamgirls Deena Jones 1983   Natalia Makarova On Your Toes Vera Barnova  Lonette McKee Show Boat Julie La Verne Chita Rivera Merlin The Queen Twiggy My One and Only Edith Herbert 1984   Chita Rivera The Rink Anna  Rhetta Hughes Amen Corner Sister Margaret Alexander Liza Minnelli The Rink Angel Bernadette Peters Sunday in the Park with George Dot / Marie 1985   Tidak diberikanKategori tersebut tidak diberikan karena jumlah musikal yang ditayangkan selama musim tidak mencukupi.  1986   Bernadette Peters Song and Dance Emma  Debbie Allen Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine Cleo Laine The Mystery of Edwin Drood Angela Prysock / The Princess Puffer Chita Rivera Jerry's Girls Various Characters 1987   Maryann Plunkett Me and My Girl Sally Smith  Catherine Cox Oh, Coward! Various Characters Teresa Stratas Rags Rebecca Hershkowitz 1988   Joanna Gleason Into the Woods The Baker's Wife  Alison Fraser Romance/Romance Josefine Weninger / Monica Judy Kuhn  Chess Florence Vassy Patti LuPone Anything Goes Reno Sweeney 1989   Ruth Brown Black and Blue Berbagai Karakter  Charlotte d'Amboise Jerome Robbins' Broadway Anita / Peter Pan / Company Linda Hopkins Black and Blue Various Characters Sharon McNight Starmites Diva / Mother
1990-an
 Tahun Aktris Musikal Peran  1990   Tyne Daly Gypsy Rose  Georgia Brown The Threepenny Opera Celia Peachum Beth Fowler Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett Liliane Montevecchi Grand Hotel Elizaveta Grushinskaya 1991   Lea Salonga Miss Saigon Kim  June Angela Shōgun: The Musical Lady Mariko Dee Hoty The Will Rogers Follies Betty Blake Cathy Rigby Peter Pan Peter Pan 1992   Faith Prince Guys and Dolls Miss Adelaide  Jodi Benson Crazy for You Polly Baker Josie de Guzman Guys and Dolls Sarah Brown Sophie Hayden The Most Happy Fella Rosabella 1993   Chita Rivera Kiss of the Spider Woman Aurora / Spider Woman  Ann Crumb Anna Karenina Anna Karenina Stephanie Lawrence Blood Brothers Mrs. Johnstone Bernadette Peters The Goodbye Girl Paula McFadden 1994   Donna Murphy Passion Fosca  Susan Egan Beauty and the Beast Belle Dee Hoty The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public Mona Stangley Judy Kuhn She Loves Me Amalia Balash 1995   Glenn Close Sunset Boulevard Norma Desmond  Rebecca Luker Show Boat Magnolia Hawks 1996   Donna Murphy The King and I Anna Leonowens  Julie Andrews Viagas, Robert. "Julie Andrews Declines Tony Nomination" playbill.com, May 8, 1996 Victor/Victoria Victoria Grant / Count Victor Grazinski Crista Moore Big: The Musical Susan Lawrence Daphne Rubin-Vega Rent Mimi Marquez 1997   Bebe Neuwirth Chicago Velma Kelly  Pamela Isaacs The Life Queen Tonya Pinkins Play On Lady Liv Karen Ziemba Steel Pier Rita Racine 1998   Natasha Richardson Cabaret Sally Bowles  Betty Buckley Triumph of Love Hesione Marin Mazzie Ragtime Mother Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner Side Show Violet and Daisy Hilton 1999   Bernadette Peters Annie Get Your Gun Annie Oakley  Carolee Carmello Parade Lucille Frank Dee Hoty Footloose Vi Moore Siân Phillips Marlene Marlene Dietrich
2000-an
 Tahun Aktris Musikal Peran  2000   Heather Headley Aida Aida  Toni Collette The Wild Party Queenie Rebecca Luker The Music Man Marian Paroo Marin Mazzie Kiss Me, Kate Lilli Vanessi / Katharine Audra McDonald Marie Christine Marie Christine L'Adrese 2001   Christine Ebersole 42nd Street Dorothy Brock  Blythe Danner Follies Phyllis Rogers Stone Randy Graff A Class Act Sophie Faith Prince Bells Are Ringing Ella Peterson Marla Schaffel Jane Eyre Jane Eyre 2002   Sutton Foster Thoroughly Modern Millie Millie Dillmount  Louise Pitre Mamma Mia! Donna Sheridan Nancy Opel Urinetown Penelope Pennywise Jennifer Laura Thompson Hope Cladwell Vanessa Williams Into the Woods The Witch 2003   Marissa Jaret Winokur Hairspray Tracy Turnblad  Melissa Errico Amour Isabella Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Man of La Mancha Aldonza / Dulcinea Elizabeth Parkinson Movin' Out Brenda Bernadette Peters Gypsy Rose 2004   Idina Menzel Wicked Elphaba  Kristin Chenoweth Wicked Glinda Stephanie D'Abruzzo Avenue Q Kate Monster / Lucy the Slut / Company Donna Murphy Wonderful Town Ruth Sherwood Tonya Pinkins Caroline, or Change Caroline Thibodeaux 2005   Victoria Clark The Light in the Piazza Margaret Johnson  Christina Applegate Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine Erin Dilly Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Truly Scrumptious Sutton Foster Little Women Josephine 'Jo' March Sherie Rene Scott Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Christine Colgate 2006   LaChanze The Color Purple Celie Harris Johnson  Sutton Foster The Drowsy Chaperone Janet Van De Graaff Patti LuPone Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett Kelli O'Hara The Pajama Game Catherine 'Babe' Williams Chita Rivera Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life Chita Rivera 2007   Christine Ebersole Grey Gardens 'Little Edie' Beale  Laura Bell Bundy Legally Blonde Elle Woods Audra McDonald 110 in the Shade Lizzie Curry Debra Monk Curtains Carmen Bernstein Donna Murphy LoveMusik Lotte Lenya 2008   Patti LuPone Gypsy Rose  Kerry Butler Xanadu Kira / Clio Kelli O'Hara South Pacific Ensign Nellie Forbush Faith Prince A Catered Affair Agnes 'Aggie' Hurley Jenna Russell Sunday in the Park with George Dot / Marie 2009   Alice Ripley Next to Normal Diana Goodman  Stockard Channing Pal Joey Vera Simpson Sutton Foster Shrek the Musical Princess Fiona Allison Janney 9 to 5 Violet Newstead Josefina Scaglione West Side Story Maria
2010-an
 Tahun Aktris Musikal Peran  2010   Catherine Zeta-Jones A Little Night Music Desiree Armfeldt  Kate Baldwin Finian's Rainbow Sharon McLonergan Montego Glover Memphis Felicia Farrell Christiane Noll Ragtime Mother Sherie Rene Scott Everyday Rapture Sherie Rene Scott 2011   Sutton Foster Anything Goes Reno Sweeney  Beth Leavel Baby It's You! Florence Greenberg Patina Miller Sister Act Deloris Van Cartier Donna Murphy The People in the Picture Bubbie / Raisel 2012   Audra McDonald Porgy and Bess Bess  Jan Maxwell Follies Phyllis Rogers Stone Cristin Milioti Once Girl Kelli O'Hara Nice Work If You Can Get It Billie Bendix Laura Osnes Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Parker 2013   Patina Miller Pippin The Leading Player  Stephanie J. Block The Mystery of Edwin Drood Edwin Drood / Miss Alice Nutting Carolee Carmello Scandalous Aimee Semple McPherson Valisia LeKae Motown: The Musical Diana Ross Laura Osnes Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella Ella 2014   Jessie Mueller Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Carole King  Mary Bridget Davies A Night with Janis Joplin Janis Joplin Sutton Foster Violet Violet Karl Idina Menzel If/Then Elizabeth Vaughan Kelli O'Hara The Bridges of Madison County Francesca Johnson 2015   Kelli O'Hara The King and I Anna Leonowens  Kristin Chenoweth On the Twentieth Century Lily Garland / Mildred Plotka Leanne Cope An American in Paris Lise Dassin Beth Malone Fun Home Alison Bechdel Chita Rivera The Visit Claire Zachanassian 2016   Cynthia Erivo The Color Purple Celie Harris Johnson  Laura Benanti She Loves Me Amalia Balash Carmen Cusack Bright Star Alice Murphy Jessie Mueller Waitress Jenna Hunterson Phillipa Soo Hamilton Eliza Hamilton 2017   Bette Midler Hello, Dolly! Dolly Gallagher Levi  Denée Benton Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Natasha Rostova Christine Ebersole War Paint Elizabeth Arden Patti LuPone Helena Rubinstein Eva Noblezada Miss Saigon Kim 2018   Katrina Lenk The Band's Visit Dina  Lauren Ambrose My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle Hailey Kilgore Once on This Island Ti Moune LaChanze Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Diva Donna / Mary Gaines Taylor Louderman Mean Girls Regina George Jessie Mueller Carousel Julie Jordan 2019   Stephanie J. Block The Cher Show Star  Caitlin Kinnunen The Prom Emma Nolan Beth Leavel Dee Dee Allen Eva Noblezada Hadestown Eurydice Kelli O'Hara Kiss Me, Kate Lilli Vanessi / Katharine
2020-an
 Tahun Aktris Musikal Peran  2020   Adrienne Warren Tina Tina Turner  Karen Olivo Moulin Rouge! Satine Elizabeth Stanley Jagged Little Pill Mary Jane Healy 2022   Joaquina Kalukango Paradise Square Annabelle "Nelly" Freeman  Sharon D. Clarke Caroline, or Change Caroline Thibodeaux Carmen Cusack Flying Over Sunset Clare Boothe Luce Sutton Foster The Music Man Marian Paroo Mare Winningham Girl from the North Country Elizabeth Laine 2023   Victoria Clark Kimberly Akimbo Kimberly Levaco  Annaleigh Ashford Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Mrs. Lovett Sara Bareilles Into the Woods The Baker's Wife Lorna Courtney & Juliet Juliet Micaela Diamond Parade Lucille Frank 2024   Maleah Joi Moon Hell's Kitchen Ali  Eden Espinosa Lempicka Tamara de Lempicka Kelli O'Hara Days of Wine and Roses Kirsten Arnesen-Clay Maryann Plunkett The Notebook Allison "Allie" Calhoun (older) Gayle Rankin Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Sally Bowles 2025   Nicole Scherzinger Sunset Boulevard Norma Desmond Megan Hilty Death Becomes Her Madeline Ashton Audra McDonald Gypsy Rose Jasmine Amy Rogers Boop! The Musical Betty Boop Jennifer Simard Death Becomes Her Helen Sharp

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