Tony Award For Best Featured Actress in A Play - Recipients

Recipients

Year Winner Character Play Nominees Ref.
1947 Neal, PatriciaPatricia Neal Hubbard, Regina !Regina Hubbard Another Part of the Forest !Another Part of the Forest —
1948 — — — — x !—
1949 Booth, ShirleyShirley Booth Woods, Grace !Grace Woods Goodbye, My Fancy !Goodbye, My Fancy —
1950 — — — — y !—
1951 Stapleton, MaureenMaureen Stapleton Rose, Serafina Delle !Serafina Delle Rose Rose Tattoo !The Rose Tattoo —
1952 Winters, MarianMarian Winters Landauer, Natalia !Natalia Landauer I Am a Camera !I Am a Camera —
1953 Straight, BeatriceBeatrice Straight Proctor, Elizabeth !Elizabeth Proctor Crucible !The Crucible —
1954 Fleet, Jo VanJo Van Fleet Watts, Jessie Mae !Jessie Mae Watts Trip to Bountiful !The Trip to Bountiful —
1955 Jessel, PatriciaPatricia Jessel Vole, Romaine !Romaine Vole Witness for the Prosecution !Witness for the Prosecution —
1956 Merkel, UnaUna Merkel Ponder, Edna Earle !Edna Earle Ponder Ponder Heart !The Ponder Heart
  • Diane Cilento in Tiger at the Gates
  • Anne Jackson in Middle of the Night
  • Elaine Stritch in Bus Stop
1957 Cass, PeggyPeggy Cass Gooch, Agnes !Agnes Gooch Auntie Mame !Auntie Mame
  • Anna Massey in The Reluctant Debutante
  • Beryl Measor in Separate Tables
  • Mildred Natwick in The Waltz of the Toreadors
  • Phyllis Neilson-Terry in Separate Tables
  • Diana Van der Vlis in The Happiest Millionaire
1958 Bancroft, AnneAnne Bancroft Mosca, Gittel !Gittel Mosca Two for the Seesaw !Two for the Seesaw
  • Brenda De Banzie in The Entertainer
  • Joan Blondell in The Rope Dancers
  • Mary Fickett in Sunrise at Campobello
  • Eileen Heckart in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1959 Newmar, JulieJulie Newmar Sveg, Katrin !Katrin Sveg Marriage-Go-Round !The Marriage-Go-Round
  • Maureen Delany in God and Kate Murphy
  • Dolores Hart in The Pleasure of His Company
  • Nan Martin in J.B.
  • Bertice Reading in Requiem for a Nun
1960 Revere, AnneAnne Revere Berniers, Anna !Anna Berniers Toys in the Attic !Toys in the Attic
  • Leora Dana in The Best Man
  • Jane Fonda in There Was a Little Girl
  • Sarah Marshall in Goodbye, Charlie
  • Juliet Mills in Five Finger Exercise
1961 Dewhurst, ColleenColleen Dewhurst Follet, Mary !Mary Follet All the Way Home !All the Way Home
  • Eileen Heckart in Invitation to a March
  • Tresa Hughes in The Devil's Advocate
  • Rosemary Murphy in Period of Adjustment
1962 Ashley, ElizabethElizabeth Ashley Michaelson, Mollie !Mollie Michaelson Take Her, She's Mine !Take Her, She's Mine
  • Zohra Lampert in Look: We've Come Through
  • Janet Margolin in Daughter of Silence
  • Pat Stanley in Sunday in New York
1963 Dennis, SandySandy Dennis Markowitz, Sandra !Sandra Markowitz Thousand Clowns !A Thousand Clowns
  • Melinda Dillon in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • Alice Ghostley in The Beauty Part
  • Zohra Lampert in Mother Courage and Her Children
1964 Loden, BarbaraBarbara Loden Maggie !Maggie After the Fall !After the Fall
  • Rosemary Murphy in Any Wednesday
  • Kate Reid in Dylan
  • Diana Sands in Blues for Mister Charlie
1965 Ghostley, AliceAlice Ghostley Bryson, Mavis Parodus !Mavis Parodus Bryson Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window !The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
  • Rae Allen in Traveller Without Luggage
  • Alexandra Berlin in All in Good Time
  • Carolan Daniels in Slow Dance on the Killing Ground
1966 Caldwell, ZoeZoe Caldwell Polly !Polly Slapstick Tragedy !Slapstick Tragedy
  • Glenda Jackson in Marat/Sade
  • Mairin D. O'Sullivan in Philadelphia, Here I Come!
  • Brenda Vaccaro in Cactus Flower
1967 Seldes, MarianMarian Seldes Julia !Julia Delicate Balance !A Delicate Balance
  • Camila Ashland in Black Comedy
  • Brenda Forbes in The Loves of Cass McGuire
  • Maria Tucci in The Rose Tattoo
1968 Walker, ZenaZena Walker Sheila !Sheila Day in the Death of Joe Egg !A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
  • Pert Kelton in Spofford
  • Ruth White in The Birthday Party
  • Eleanor Wilson in The Weekend
1969 Alexander, JaneJane Alexander Bachman, Eleanor !Eleanor Bachman Great White Hope !The Great White Hope
  • Diane Keaton in Play It Again, Sam
  • Lauren Jones in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
  • Anna Manahan in Lovers
1970 Danner, BlytheBlythe Danner Tanner, Jill !Jill Tanner Butterflies Are Free !Butterflies Are Free
  • Alice Drummond in The Chinese and Dr. Fish
  • Eileen Heckart in Butterflies Are Free
  • Linda Lavin in Last of the Red Hot Lovers
1971 Allen, RaeRae Allen Stein, Fleur !Fleur Stein And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little !And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little
  • Lili Darvas in Les Blancs
  • Joan Van Ark in The School for Wives
  • Mona Washbourne in Home
1972 Wilson, ElizabethElizabeth Wilson Harriet !Harriet Sticks and Bones !Sticks and Bones
  • Cara Duff-MacCormick in Moonchildren
  • Mercedes McCambridge in The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks
  • Frances Sternhagen in The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
1973 Dana, LeoraLeora Dana Edwards, Elizabeth !Elizabeth Edwards Last of Mrs. Lincoln !The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
  • Maya Angelou in Look Away
  • Katherine Helmond in The Great God Brown
  • Penelope Windust in Elizabeth I
1974 Sternhagen, FrancesFrances Sternhagen z !Various Characters Good Doctor !The Good Doctor
  • Regina Baff in Veronica's Room
  • Fionnula Flanagan in Ulysses in Nighttown
  • Charlotte Moore in Chemin de Fer
  • Roxie Roker in The River Niger
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1975 Moreno, RitaRita Moreno Gomez, Googie !Googie Gomez The Ritz !The Ritz
  • Linda Miller in Black Picture Show
  • Geraldine Page in Absurd Person Singular
  • Carole Shelley in Absurd Person Singular
  • Elizabeth Spriggs in London Assurance
  • Frances Sternhagen in Equus
1976 Knight, ShirleyShirley Knight Carla !Carla Kennedy's Children !Kennedy's Children
  • Mary Beth Hurt in Trelawny of the 'Wells'
  • Lois Nettleton in They Knew What They Wanted
  • Meryl Streep in 27 Wagons Full of Cotton / A Memory of Two Mondays
1977 Beverley, TrazanaTrazana Beverley Lady in Red !Lady in Red For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf !For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
  • Patricia Elliott in The Shadow Box
  • Rose Gregorio in The Shadow Box
  • Mary McCarty in Anna Christie
1978 Wedgeworth, AnnAnn Wedgeworth Medwick, Faye !Faye Medwick Chapter Two !Chapter Two
  • Starletta DuPois in The Mighty Gents
  • Swoosie Kurtz in Tartuffe
  • Marian Seldes in Deathtrap
1979 Hickson, JoanJoan Hickson Delia !Delia Bedroom Farce !Bedroom Farce
  • Laurie Kennedy in Man and Superman
  • Susan Littler in Bedroom Farce
  • Mary-Joan Negro in Wings
1980 Manoff, DinahDinah Manoff Tucker, Libby !Libby Tucker I Ought to be in Pictures !I Ought to be in Pictures
  • Maureen Anderman in The Lady from Dubuque
  • Pamela Burrell in Strider
  • Lois de Banzie in Morning's at Seven
1981 Kurtz, SwoosieSwoosie Kurtz Landis, Gwen !Gwen Landis Fifth of July !Fifth of July
  • Maureen Stapleton in The Little Foxes
  • Jessica Tandy in Rose
  • Zoë Wanamaker in Piaf
1982 Plummer, AmandaAmanda Plummer Agnes !Agnes Agnes of God !Agnes of God
  • Judith Anderson in Medea
  • Mia Dillon in Crimes of the Heart
  • Mary Beth Hurt in Crimes of the Heart
1983 Ivey, JudithJudith Ivey Josie !Josie Steaming !Steaming
  • Elizabeth Franz in Brighton Beach Memoirs
  • Roxanne Hart in Passion
  • Margaret Tyzack in All's Well That Ends Well
1984 Baranski, ChristineChristine Baranski Charlotte !Charlotte Real Thing !The Real Thing
  • Jo Henderson in Play Memory
  • Dana Ivey in Heartbreak House
  • Deborah Rush in Noises Off
1985 Ivey, JudithJudith Ivey Bonnie !Bonnie Hurlyburly !Hurlyburly
  • Joanna Gleason in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
  • Theresa Merritt in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  • Sigourney Weaver in Hurlyburly
1986 Kurtz, SwoosieSwoosie Kurtz Shaughnessy, Bananas !Bananas Shaughnessy House of Blue Leaves !The House of Blue Leaves
  • Stockard Channing in The House of Blue Leaves
  • Bethel Leslie in Long Day's Journey into Night
  • Zoë Wanamaker in Loot
1987 Alice, MaryMary Alice Maxson, Rose !Rose Maxson House of Blue Leaves !Fences
  • Annette Bening in Coastal Disturbances
  • Phyllis Newman in Broadway Bound
  • Carole Shelley in Stepping Out
1988 Caldwell, L. ScottL. Scott Caldwell Holly, Bertha !Bertha Holly Joe Turner's Come and Gone !Joe Turner's Come and Gone
  • Kimberleigh Aarn in Joe Turner's Come and Gone
  • Kate Nelligan in Serious Money
  • Kimberly Scott in Joe Turner's Come and Gone
1989 Baranski, ChristineChristine Baranski Gorman, Chris !Chris Gorman Rumors !Rumors
  • Joanne Camp in The Heidi Chronicles
  • Tovah Feldshuh in Lend Me a Tenor
  • Penelope Ann Miller in Our Town
1990 Tyzack, MargaretMargaret Tyzack Schoen, Lotte !Lotte Schoen Lettice and Lovage !Lettice and Lovage
  • Polly Holliday in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • S. Epatha Merkerson in The Piano Lesson
  • Lois Smith in The Grapes of Wrath
1991 Worth, IreneIrene Worth Kurnitz, Grandma !Grandma Kurnitz Lost in Yonkers !Lost in Yonkers
  • Amelia Campbell in Our Country's Good
  • Kathryn Erbe in The Speed of Darkness
  • J. Smith-Cameron in Our Country's Good
1992 Brennan, BridBrid Brennan Mundy, Agnes !Agnes Mundy Dancing at Lughnasa !Dancing at Lughnasa
  • Rosaleen Linehan in Dancing at Lughnasa
  • Cynthia Martells in Two Trains Running
  • Dearbhla Molloy in Dancing at Lughnasa
1993 Monk, DebraDebra Monk Riordan, Geneva !Geneva Riordan Redwood Curtain !Redwood Curtain
  • Kathleen Chalfant in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
  • Marcia Gay Harden in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
  • Anne Meara in Anna Christie
1994 Adams, JaneJane Adams Birling, Sheila !Sheila Birling Inspector Calls !An Inspector Calls
  • Debra Monk in Picnic
  • Jeanne Paulson in The Kentucky Cycle
  • Anne Pitoniak in Picnic
1995 Sternhagen, FrancesFrances Sternhagen Penniman, Lavinia !Lavinia Penniman Heiress !The Heiress
  • Suzanne Bertish in The Molière Comedies
  • Cynthia Nixon in Indiscretions
  • Mercedes Ruehl in The Shadow Box
1996 McDonald, AudraAudra McDonald Graham, Sharon !Sharon Graham Master Class !Master Class
  • Viola Davis in Seven Guitars
  • Michele Shay in Seven Guitars
  • Lois Smith in Buried Child
1997 Thigpen, LynneLynne Thigpen Kaufman, Judith B., Dr. !Dr. Judith B. Kaufman American Daughter !An American Daughter
  • Helen Carey in London Assurance
  • Dana Ivey in The Last Night of Ballyhoo
  • Celia Weston in The Last Night of Ballyhoo
1998 Manahan, AnnaAnna Manahan Folan, Mags !Mags Folan Beauty Queen of Leenane !The Beauty Queen of Leenane
  • Enid Graham in Honour
  • Linda Lavin in The Diary of Anne Frank
  • Julyana Soelistyo in Golden Child
1999 Franz, ElizabethElizabeth Franz Loman, Linda !Linda Loman Death of a Salesman !Death of a Salesman
  • Claire Bloom in Electra
  • Samantha Bond in Amy's View
  • Dawn Bradfield in The Lonesome West
2000 Brown, BlairBlair Brown Bohr, Margrethe !Margrethe Bohr Copenhagen !Copenhagen
  • Frances Conroy in The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
  • Amy Ryan in Uncle Vanya
  • Helen Stenborg in Waiting in the Wings
  • Sarah Woodward in The Real Thing
2001 Davis, ViolaViola Davis Tonya !Tonya King Hedley II !King Hedley II
  • Johanna Day in Proof
  • Penny Fuller in The Dinner Party
  • Marthe Keller in Judgment at Nuremberg
  • Michele Lee in The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
2002 Finneran, KatieKatie Finneran Ashton, Brooke !Brooke Ashton Noises Off !Noises Off
  • Kate Burton in The Elephant Man
  • Elizabeth Franz in Morning's at Seven
  • Estelle Parsons in Morning's at Seven
  • Frances Sternhagen in Morning's at Seven
2003 Pawk, MicheleMichele Pawk Louise !Louise Hollywood Arms !Hollywood Arms
  • Christine Ebersole in Dinner at Eight
  • Linda Emond in Life x 3
  • Kathryn Meisle in Tartuffe
  • Marian Seldes in Dinner at Eight
2004 McDonald, AudraAudra McDonald Younger, Ruth !Ruth Younger Raisin in the Sun !A Raisin in the Sun
  • Essie Davis in Jumpers
  • Sanaa Lathan in A Raisin in the Sun
  • Margo Martindale in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • Daphne Rubin-Vega in Anna in the Tropics
2005 Lenox, AdrianeAdriane Lenox Muller, Mrs. !Mrs. Muller Doubt: A Parable !Doubt: A Parable
  • Mireille Enos in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • Heather Goldenhersh in Doubt: A Parable
  • Dana Ivey in The Rivals
  • Amy Ryan in A Streetcar Named Desire
2006 Tour, Frances de laFrances de la Tour Lintott, Mrs. !Mrs. Lintott History Boys !The History Boys
  • Tyne Daly in Rabbit Hole
  • Jayne Houdyshell in Well
  • Alison Pill in The Lieutenant of Inishmore
  • Zoë Wanamaker in Awake and Sing!
2007 Ehle, JenniferJennifer Ehle Liubov / Natalie Herzen / Malwida von Meysenbug ! Liubov / Natalie Herzen / Malwida von Meysenbug Coast of Utopia !The Coast of Utopia
  • Xanthe Elbrick in Coram Boy
  • Dana Ivey in Butley
  • Jan Maxwell in Coram Boy
  • Martha Plimpton in The Coast of Utopia
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2008 Reed, RondiRondi Reed Aiken, Mattie Fae !Mattie Fae Aiken August: Osage County !August: Osage County
  • Sinéad Cusack in Rock 'n' Roll
  • Mary McCormack in Boeing-Boeing
  • Laurie Metcalf in November
  • Martha Plimpton in Top Girls
2009 Lansbury, AngelaAngela Lansbury Arcati, Madame !Madame Arcati Blithe Spirit !Blithe Spirit
  • Hallie Foote in Dividing the Estate
  • Jessica Hynes in The Norman Conquests
  • Marin Ireland in reasons to be pretty
  • Amanda Root in The Norman Conquests
2010 Johansson, ScarlettScarlett Johansson Catherine !Catherine View from the Bridge !A View from the Bridge
  • Maria Dizzia in In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
  • Rosemary Harris in The Royal Family
  • Jessica Hecht in A View from the Bridge
  • Jan Maxwell in Lend Me a Tenor
2011 Barkin, EllenEllen Barkin Brookner, Emma Dr. !Dr. Emma Brookner Normal Heart !The Normal Heart
  • Edie Falco in The House of Blue Leaves
  • Judith Light in Lombardi
  • Joanna Lumley in La Bête
  • Elizabeth Rodriguez in The Motherfucker with the Hat
2012 Light, JudithJudith Light Grauman, Silda !Silda Grauman Other Desert Cities !Other Desert Cities
  • Linda Emond in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
  • Spencer Kayden in Don't Dress for Dinner
  • Celia Keenan-Bolger in Peter and the Starcatcher
  • Condola Rashād in Stick Fly
2013 TBA - -
  • Judith Ivey in The Heiress
  • Carrie Coon in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • Judith Light in The Assembled Parties
  • Condola Rashād in The Trip to Bountiful
  • Shalita Grant in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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