American theatre award for Broadway actresses
TheTony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play is an honor presented at theTony Awards , a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actresses for quality supporting roles in aBroadway play. The awards are named afterAntoinette Perry , an American actress who died in 1946. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture ofThe Broadway League and theAmerican Theatre Wing , to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year."[ 1]
The award was originally called theTony Award for Actress, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic). Patricia Neal won the first such award for her portrayal of Regina Hubbard inLillian Hellman 'sAnother Part of the Forest . Before1956 , nominees' names were not made public:[ 2] the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers".[ 3] The award was renamed in1976 , whenShirley Knight became the first winner under the new title for her role as Carla inRobert Patrick 'sKennedy's Children . Its most recent recipient isKara Young for the role of Aziza Houston, inPurpose .
Seven actresses (Christine Baranski ,Judith Ivey ,Judith Light ,Swoosie Kurtz ,Audra McDonald ,Frances Sternhagen , andKara Young ) hold the record for most awards in this category, each with two total. Portrayals of Ruth Younger inA Raisin in the Sun and Mavis Parodus Bryson inThe Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window have won twice.
Winners and nominees [ edit ] 1947 award winnerPatricia Neal Maureen Stapleton won forThe Rose Tattoo (1951)Beatrice Straight won forThe Crucible (1953)Jo Van Fleet won forThe Trip to Bountiful (1954)Una Merkel won forThe Ponder Heart (1956)1958 award winnerAnne Bancroft Julie Newmar won forThe Marriage-Go-Round (1959)Anne Revere won forToys in the Attic (1960)Colleen Dewhurst won forAll the Way Home (1961)Sandy Dennis won forA Thousand Clowns (1963)Barbara Loden inAfter the Hall (1964)Alice Ghostley won forThe Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (1965)Marian Seldes won forA Delicate Balance (1967)Jane Alexander won forThe Great White Hope (1969)Blythe Danner won forButterflies Are Free (1970)Frances Sternhagen won twiceThe Good Doctor (1974) andThe Heiress (1995)Rita Moreno won forThe Ritz (1975)Shirley Knight won forKennedy's Children (1976)Two-time award winnerSwoosie Kurtz in 1981 and 1986 Mary Alice won forFences (1987)Margaret Tyzack won forLettice and Lovage (1990)Christine Baranski won twice forThe Real Thing (1984) andRumors (1989)Debra Monk won forRedwood Curtain (1993)Two-time award winnerAudra McDonald 2000 award winnerBlair Brown 2001 award winnerViola Davis Katie Finneran won forNoises Off (2002)Frances de la Tour won forThe History Boys (2006)Jennifer Ehle won forThe Coast of Utopia (2007)Angela Lansbury won forBlythe Spirit (2009)2010 award winnerScarlett Johansson Ellen Barkin won forThe Normal Heart (2011)Judith Light won twice forOther Desert Cities (2012) andThe Assembled Parties (2013)Sophie Okonedo wonA Raisin' in the Sun (2014)Annaleigh Ashford won forYou Can't Take it With You (2015)Jayne Houdyshell won forThe Humans (2016)Cynthia Nixon won forThe Little Foxes (2017)Laurie Metcalf won forThree Tall Women (2018Lois Smith won forThe Inheritance (2020)Phylicia Rashad won forSkeleton Crew (2022)Miriam Silverman won forThe Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (2023)2 wins 5 nominations 4 nominations 3 nominations 2 nominations Character win total [ edit ] 2 wins Character nomination total [ edit ] 3 nominations 2 nominations Productions with multiple featured nominations [ edit ] boldface =Winner
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