Question: who won best actress in the tony awards
Answer: anassian 2016 70th Tony Awards 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 71st Tony Awards 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 72nd Tony Awards 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