Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical | |
---|---|
Awarded for | Best Actress in a Musical |
Location | England |
Presented by | Society of London Theatre |
First awarded | 1979 |
Currently held by | Katie Brayben for Tammy Faye (2023) |
Website |
officiallondontheatre |
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
This award was introduced in 1979, along with the award for Best Actor in a Musical. In 1977 and 1978, there had been a commingled actor/actress award for Best Performance in a Musical, won both times by an actress.
Winners and nominees
1970s
Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
---|---|---|---|
1979 | |||
Virginia McKenna | The King and I | Anna Leonowens | |
Carol Channing | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Gallagher Levi | |
Antonia Ellis | Chicago | Velma Kelly | |
Liz Robertson | My Fair Lady | Eliza Doolittle |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | Miriam-Teak Lee | & Juliet | Juliet Capulet |
Audrey Brisson | Amélie | Amélie Poulain | |
Judy Kuhn | Fiddler on the Roof | Golde | |
Zizi Strallen | Mary Poppins | Mary Poppins | |
2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic | ||
2022 | Jessie Buckley | Cabaret | Sally Bowles |
Sutton Foster | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney | |
Beverley Knight | The Drifters Girl | Faye Treadwell | |
Stephanie McKeon | Frozen | Anna | |
2023 | Katie Brayben | Tammy Faye | Tammy Faye Messner |
Anoushka Lucas | Oklahoma! | Laurey Williams | |
Miri Mesika | The Band's Visit | Dina | |
Faith Omole | Standing at the Sky's Edge | Joy |
- Due to late March 2020 to late July 2021 closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022
Multiple awards and nominations for Best Actress in a Musical
Awards
- Three awards
- Two awards
Nominations
- Seven nominations
- Six nominations
- Five nominations
- Four nominations
- Three nominations
- Two nominations
Multiple awards and nominations for a character
Awards
- 2 awards
- Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady
- Miss Adelaide from Guys and Dolls
- Mrs. Lovett from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- The Baker's Wife from Into the Woods
Nominations
- 5 nominations
- Miss Adelaide from Guys and Dolls
- Norma Desmond from Sunset Boulevard
- 3 nominations
- Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady
- Lilli Vanessi / Katharine from Kiss Me, Kate
- Mrs. Johnstone from Blood Brothers
- Mrs. Lovett from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- 2 nominations
- Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors
- Caroline Thibodeaux from Caroline, or Change
- Desirée Armfeldt from A Little Night Music
- Dolly Levi from Hello, Dolly!
- Dot / Marie from Sunday in the Park with George
- Édith Piaf from Piaf
- Eva Perón from Evita
- Fosca from Passion
- Laurey Williams from Oklahoma!
- Maria von Trapp from The Sound of Music
- Mary Flynn from Merrily We Roll Along
- Mary Poppins from Mary Poppins
- Reno Sweeney from Anything Goes
- Roxie Hart from Chicago
- Sally Durant Plummer from Follies
- Sarah Brown from Guys and Dolls
- The Baker's Wife from Into the Woods
- Velma Kelly from Chicago