Tony Award alla miglior attrice protagonista in uno spettacolo

Il Tony Award alla miglior attrice protagonista in uno spettacolo (Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play) è presentato dal 1947 e viene assegnato alle attrici che hanno recitato in spettacoli teatrali nuovi o revival.

Vincitrici e candidate

Anni 1940

1947: Helen Hayes – Happy Birthday come Addie / Ingrid Bergman – Joan of Lorraine come Mary Grey 1948: Judith Anderson – Medea come Medea Jessica Tandy - A Streetcar Named Desire come Blanche Dubois Katharine Cornell - Antony and Cleopatra come Cleopatra 1949: Martita Hunt – The Madwoman of Chaillot come Contessa Aurelia, la pazza di Chaillot

Anni 1950

1950: Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba come Lola 1951: Uta Hagen – The Country Girl come Georgie Elgin 1952: Julie Harris – I Am a Camera come Sally Bowles 1953: Shirley Booth – Time of the Cuckoo come Leona Samish 1954: Audrey Hepburn – Ondine come Ondine 1955: Nancy Kelly – The Bad Seed come Christine Penmark 1956: Julie Harris – The Lark come Joan of Arc Barbara Bel Geddes – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Gladys Cooper – The Chalk Garden Ruth Gordon – The Matchmaker Siobhán McKenna – The Chalk Garden Susan Strasberg – The Diary of Anne Frank

1957: Margaret Leighton – Separate Tables come Mrs. Shankland/Miss Railton-Bell Florence Eldridge – Long Day's Journey into Night Rosalind Russell – Auntie Mame Sybil Thorndike – The Potting Shed 1958: Helen Hayes in Time Remembered come The Duchess of Pont-Au-Bronc Wendy Hiller – A Moon for the Misbegotten Eugenie Leontovich – The Cave Dwellers Siobhán McKenna – The Rope Dancers Mary Ure – Look Back in Anger Jo Van Fleet – Look Homeward, Angel 1959: Gertrude Berg – A Majority of One come Mrs. Jacoby Claudette Colbert – The Marriage-Go-Round Lynn Fontanne – The Visit Kim Stanley – A Touch of the Poet Maureen Stapleton – The Cold Wind and the Warm

Anni 1960

1960: Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker come Annie Sullivan Margaret Leighton – Much Ado About Nothing Claudia McNeil – A Raisin in the Sun Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth Maureen Stapleton – Toys in the Attic Irene Worth – Toys in the Attic 1961: Joan Plowright. – A Taste of Honey come Josephine Tallulah Bankhead – Midgie Purvis Barbara Baxley – Period of Adjustment Barbara Bel Geddes – Mary, Mary 1962: Margaret Leighton – The Night of the Iguana come Hannah Jelkes Gladys Cooper in A Passage to India Colleen Dewhurst – Great Day in the Morning Kim Stanley – A Far Country 1963: Uta Hagen – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? come Martha Hermione Baddeley – The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Margaret Leighton – Tchin-Tchin Claudia McNeil – Tiger Tiger Burning Bright 1964: Sandy Dennis – Any Wednesday come Ellen Gordon Elizabeth Ashley – Barefoot in the Park Colleen Dewhurst – The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Julie Harris – Marathon '33

1965: Irene Worth – Tiny Alice come Miss Alice Marjorie Rhodes – All in Good Time Beah Richards – The Amen Corner Diana Sands – The Owl and the Pussycat 1966: Rosemary Harris – The Lion in Winter come Eleanor of Aquitaine Sheila Hancock – Entertaining Mr. Sloane Kate Reid – Slapstick Tragedy Lee Remick – Wait Until Dark 1967: Beryl Reid – The Killing of Sister George come June Buckridge Eileen Atkins – The Killing of Sister George Vivien Merchant – The Homecoming Rosemary Murphy – A Delicate Balance 1968: Zoe Caldwell – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie come Miss Jean Brodie Colleen Dewhurst – More Stately Mansions Maureen Stapleton – Plaza Suite Dorothy Tutin – Portrait of a Queen 1969: Julie Harris – Forty Carats come Ann Stanley Estelle Parsons – Seven Descents of Myrtle Charlotte Rae – Morning, Noon and Night Brenda Vaccaro – The Goodbye People

Anni 1970

1970: Tammy Grimes – Private Lives come Amanda Prynne Geraldine Brooks – Brightower Helen Hayes – Harvey 1971: Maureen Stapleton – The Gingerbread Lady come Evy Meara Estelle Parsons – And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little Diana Rigg – Abelard and Heloise Marian Seldes – Father's Day 1972: Sada Thompson – Twigs come personaggi vari Eileen Atkins – Vivat! Vivat Regina! Colleen Dewhurst – All Over Rosemary Harris – Old Times 1973: Julie Harris – The Last of Mrs. Lincoln come Mary Todd Lincoln Jane Alexander – 6 Rms Riv Vu Colleen Dewhurst – Mourning Becomes Electra Kathleen Widdoes – Much Ado About Nothing 1974: Colleen Dewhurst – A Moon for the Misbegotten come Josie Hogan Jane Alexander - Find Your Way Home Julie Harris – The Au Pair Man Madeline Kahn – In the Boom Boom Room Rachel Roberts – La visita della vecchia signora e Chemin de Fer

1975: Ellen Burstyn – Same Time, Next Year come Doris Elizabeth Ashley – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Diana Rigg – The Misanthrope Maggie Smith – Private Lives Liv Ullmann – A Doll's House 1976: Irene Worth – Sweet Bird of Youth come Princess Kosmonopolis Tovah Feldshuh – Yentl Rosemary Harris – The Royal Family Lynn Redgrave – Mrs. Warren's Profession 1977: Julie Harris – The Belle of Amherst come personaggi vari Colleen Dewhurst – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Liv Ullmann – Anna Christie Irene Worth – The Cherry Orchard 1978: Jessica Tandy – The Gin Game come Fonsia Dorsey Anne Bancroft – Golda Anita Gillette – Chapter Two Estelle Parsons – Miss Margarida's Way 1979: Constance Cummings – Wings come Emilly Stilson and Carole Shelley – The Elephant Man come Mrs. Kendal Jane Alexander – First Monday in October Frances Sternhagen – On Golden Pond

Anni 1980

1980: Phyllis Frelich – Children of a Lesser God come Sarah Norman Blythe Danner – Betrayal Maggie Smith – Night and Day Anne Twomey – Nuts 1981: Jane Lapotaire – Piaf come Edith Piaf Glenda Jackson – Rose Eva Le Gallienne – To Grandmother's House We Go Elizabeth Taylor – The Little Foxes 1982: Zoe Caldwell – Medea come Medea Katharine Hepburn – The West Side Waltz Geraldine Page – Agnes of God Amanda Plummer – A Taste of Honey 1983: Jessica Tandy – Foxfire come Annie Nations Kathy Bates – 'Night, Mother Kate Nelligan – Plenty Anne Pitoniak – 'Night, Mother 1984: Glenn Close – The Real Thing come Annie Rosemary Harris – Heartbreak House Linda Hunt – End of the World Kate Nelligan – A Moon for the Misbegotten

1985: Stockard Channing – A Day in the Death of Joe Egg come Sheila Sinéad Cusack – Much Ado About Nothing Ramona Young - Mama, I Want to Sing! Rosemary Harris – Pack of Lies Glenda Jackson – Strange Interlude 1986: Lily Tomlin – The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe come personaggi vari Rosemary Harris – Hay Fever Mary Beth Hurt – Benefactors Jessica Tandy – The Petition 1987: Linda Lavin – Broadway Bound come Kate Lindsay Duncan – Les Liaisons Dangereuses Geraldine Page – Blithe Spirit Amanda Plummer – Pygmalion 1988: Joan Allen – Burn This as Anna Mann Blythe Danner – A Streetcar Named Desire Glenda Jackson – Macbeth Frances McDormand – A Streetcar Named Desire 1989: Pauline Collins – Shirley Valentine come Shirley Valentine Joan Allen – The Heidi Chronicles Madeline Kahn – Born Yesterday Kate Nelligan – Spoils of War

Anni 1990

1990: Maggie Smith – Lettice and Lovage come Lettice Douffet Geraldine James – The Merchant of Venice Mary-Louise Parker – Prelude to a Kiss Kathleen Turner – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1991: Mercedes Ruehl – Lost in Yonkers come Bella Stockard Channing – Six Degrees of Separation Julie Harris – Lucifer's Child Cherry Jones – Our Country's Good 1992: Glenn Close – Death and the Maiden come Paulina Salas Jane Alexander – The Visit Stockard Channing – Four Baboons Adoring the Sun Judith Ivey – Park Your Car in Harvard Yard 1993: Madeline Kahn – The Sisters Rosensweig come Dr. Gorgeous Teitelebaum Jane Alexander – The Sisters Rosensweig Lynn Redgrave – Shakespeare For My Father Natasha Richardson – Anna Christie 1994: Diana Rigg – Medea come Medea Nancy Marchand – Black Comedy Joan Rivers – Sally Marr and Her Escorts Anna Deavere Smith – Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

1995: Cherry Jones – The Heiress come Catherine Sloper Mary Alice – Having Our Say Eileen Atkins – Indiscretions Helen Mirren – A Month in the Country 1996: Zoe Caldwell – Master Class come Maria Callas Carol Burnett – Moon Over Buffalo Rosemary Harris – A Delicate Balance Elaine Stritch – A Delicate Balance 1997: Janet McTeer – A Doll's House as Nora Helmer Julie Harris – The Gin Game Shirley Knight – The Young Man From Atlanta Lia Williams – Skylight 1998: Marie Mullen – The Beauty Queen of Leenane come Maureen Folan Jane Alexander – Honour Allison Janney – A View From the Bridge Geraldine McEwan – The Chairs 1999: Judi Dench – Amy's View come Esmé Allen Stockard Channing – The Lion in Winter Marian Seldes – Ring Round the Moon Zoë Wanamaker – Electra

Anni 2000

2000: Jennifer Ehle – The Real Thing come Annie Jayne Atkinson – The Rainmaker come Lizzie Curry Rosemary Harris – Waiting in the Wings come May Davenport Cherry Jones – A Moon for the Misbegotten come Josie Hogan Claudia Shear – Dirty Blonde come Mae West 2001: Mary-Louise Parker – Proof come Catherine Juliette Binoche – Betrayal come Emma Linda Lavin – The Tale of the Allergist's Wife come Marjorie Taub Jean Smart – The Man Who Came to Dinner come Lorraine Sheldon Leslie Uggams – King Hedley II come Ruby 2002: Lindsay Duncan – Private Lives come Amanda Prynne Kate Burton – Hedda Gabler come Hedda Gabler Laura Linney – The Crucible come Elizabeth Proctor Helen Mirren – Dance of Death come Alice Mercedes Ruehl – The Goat: or, Who Is Sylvia? come Stevie 2003: Vanessa Redgrave – Long Day's Journey into Night come Mary Cavon Tyrone Jayne Atkinson – Enchanted April come Lotty Wilton Victoria Hamilton – A Day in the Death of Joe Egg come Sheila Clare Higgins – Vincent in Brixton come Ursula Loyer Fiona Shaw – Medea come Madea 2004: Phylicia Rashad – A Raisin in the Sun come Lena Younger Eileen Atkins – The Retreat from Moscow come Alice Tovah Feldshuh – Golda's Balcony come Golda Meir Anne Heche – Twentieth Century come Lily Garland Swoosie Kurtz – Frozen come Nancy

2005: Cherry Jones – Doubt come Sister Aloysius Bouvier Laura Linney – Sight Unseen come Patricia Mary-Louise Parker – Reckless come Rachel Phylicia Rashad – Gem of the Ocean come Aunt Ester Kathleen Turner – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? come Martha 2006: Cynthia Nixon – Rabbit Hole come Becca Corbett Kate Burton – The Constant Wife come Constance Middleton Judy Kaye – Souvenir come Florence Foster Jenkins Lisa Kron – Well come Lisa Kron Lynn Redgrave – The Constant Wife come Mrs. Culver 2007: Julie White – The Little Dog Laughed come Diane Eve Best – A Moon for the Misbegotten come Josie Hogan Swoosie Kurtz – Heartbreak House come Hesione Hushabye Angela Lansbury – Deuce come Leona Mullen Vanessa Redgrave – The Year of Magical Thinking come Joan Didion 2008: Deanna Dunagan – August: Osage County come Violet Weston Eve Best – The Homecoming come Ruth Kate Fleetwood – Macbeth come Lady Macbeth S. Epatha Merkerson – Come Back, Little Sheba come Lola Amy Morton – August: Osage County come Barbara Fordham 2009: Marcia Gay Harden – God of Carnage come Veronica Vallon Hope Davis – God of Carnage come Annette Reille Jane Fonda – 33 Variations come Katherine Brandt Janet McTeer – Mary Stuart come Mary, Queen of Scots Harriet Walter – Mary Stuart come Elizabeth of England

Anni 2010

• 2010: Viola Davis – Fences come Rose Maxson
  • Valerie Harper – Looped come Tallulah Bankhead
  • Linda Lavin – Collected Stories come Ruth Steiner
  • Laura Linney – Time Stands Still come Sarah
  • Jan Maxwell – The Royal Family come Julie Cavendish

• 2011: Frances McDormand in Good People come Margie Walsh
  • Nina Arianda – Born Yesterday come Billie Dawn
  • Lily Rabe – The Merchant of Venice come Portia
  • Vanessa Redgrave – Driving Miss Daisy come Daisy Werthan
  • Hannah Yelland – Brief Encounter come Laura

Attrici più premiate

• Julie Harris (5)
• Helen Hayes (3)
• Zoe Caldwell (3)
• Jessica Tandy (3)
• Shirley Booth (2)
• Glenn Close (2)
• Uta Hagen (2)
• Cherry Jones (2)
• Margaret Leighton (2)

Collegamenti esterni

• Sito ufficiale dei Tony Award

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