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Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

Tony Awards · 335 nominations across 77 ceremonies · 77 wins

79th Tonys · 2026

Winner Laurie Metcalf · Death of a Salesman
Nominee Betsy Aidem · Liberation
Nominee June Squibb · Marjorie Prime
Nominee Marylouise Burke · The Balusters
Nominee Aya Cash · Giant

78th Tonys · 2025

Winner Kara Young · Purpose
Nominee Tala Ashe · English
Nominee Marjan Neshat · English
Nominee Fina Strazza · John Proctor Is the Villain
Nominee Jessica Hecht · Eureka Day

77th Tonys · 2024

Winner Kara Young · Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch
Nominee Quincy Tyler Bernstine · Doubt
Nominee Juliana Canfield · Stereophonic
Nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger · Mother Play
Nominee Sarah Pidgeon · Stereophonic

76th Tonys · 2023

Winner Miriam Silverman · The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Nominee Katy Sullivan · Cost of Living
Nominee Crystal Lucas-Perry · Ain't No Mo'
Nominee Kara Young · Cost of Living
Nominee Nikki Crawford · Fat Ham

75th Tonys · 2022

Winner Phylicia Rashad · Skeleton Crew
Nominee Julie White · POTUS
Nominee Kara Young · Clyde's
Nominee Uzo Aduba · Clyde's
Nominee Rachel Dratch · POTUS
Nominee For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

74th Tonys · 2021

73rd Tonys · 2019

Winner Celia Keenan-Bolger · To Kill a Mockingbird
Nominee Kristine Nielsen · Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Nominee Julie White · Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Nominee Fionnula Flanagan · The Ferryman
Nominee Ruth Wilson · King Lear

72nd Tonys · 2018

Winner Laurie Metcalf · Three Tall Women
Nominee Susan Brown · Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Nominee Deborah Findlay · The Children
Nominee Noma Dumezweni · Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Nominee Denise Gough · Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

71st Tonys · 2017

Winner Cynthia Nixon · The Little Foxes
Nominee Sweat
Nominee Jayne Houdyshell · A Doll's House, Part 2
Nominee Johanna Day · Sweat
Nominee Condola Rashād · A Doll's House, Part 2

70th Tonys · 2016

69th Tonys · 2015

Winner Annaleigh Ashford · You Can't Take It with You
Nominee Lydia Leonard · Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Nominee Patricia Clarkson · The Elephant Man
Nominee Julie White
Nominee Sarah Stiles · Hand to God

68th Tonys · 2014

Winner Sophie Okonedo · A Raisin in the Sun
Nominee Anika Noni Rose · A Raisin in the Sun
Nominee Sarah Greene · The Cripple of Inishmaan
Nominee Mare Winningham · Casa Valentina
Nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger · The Glass Menagerie

67th Tonys · 2013

Winner Judith Light · The Assembled Parties
Nominee Carrie Coon · Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nominee Shalita Grant · Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Nominee Judith Ivey · The Heiress
Nominee Condola Rashād · The Trip to Bountiful

66th Tonys · 2012

Winner Judith Light · Other Desert Cities
Nominee Linda Emond · Death of a Salesman
Nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger · Peter and the Starcatcher
Nominee Condola Rashād
Nominee Spencer Kayden

65th Tonys · 2011

Winner Ellen Barkin · The Normal Heart
Nominee Joanna Lumley · La Bête
Nominee Elizabeth Rodriguez · The Motherfucker with the Hat
Nominee Edie Falco · The House of Blue Leaves
Nominee Judith Light

64th Tonys · 2010

Winner Scarlett Johansson · A View from the Bridge
Nominee Maria Dizzia · In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Nominee Rosemary Harris · The Royal Family
Nominee Jessica Hecht · A View from the Bridge
Nominee Jan Maxwell · Lend Me a Tenor

63rd Tonys · 2009

Winner Angela Lansbury
Nominee Marin Ireland · Reasons to Be Pretty
Nominee Jessica Hynes · The Norman Conquests
Nominee Hallie Foote · Dividing the Estate
Nominee Amanda Root · The Norman Conquests

62nd Tonys · 2008

Winner Rondi Reed · August: Osage County
Nominee Laurie Metcalf
Nominee Martha Plimpton
Nominee Sinéad Cusack · Rock 'n' Roll
Nominee Mary McCormack · Boeing-Boeing

61st Tonys · 2007

Winner Jennifer Ehle · The Coast of Utopia
Nominee Martha Plimpton · The Coast of Utopia
Nominee Xanthe Elbrick
Nominee Dana Ivey · Butley
Nominee Jan Maxwell

60th Tonys · 2006

Winner Frances de la Tour · The History Boys
Nominee Zoë Wanamaker · Awake and Sing!
Nominee Jayne Houdyshell
Nominee Tyne Daly · Rabbit Hole
Nominee Alison Pill · The Lieutenant of Inishmore

59th Tonys · 2005

Winner Adriane Lenox · Doubt
Nominee Dana Ivey
Nominee Amy Ryan · A Streetcar Named Desire
Nominee Mireille Enos · Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nominee Heather Goldenhersh · Doubt

58th Tonys · 2004

Winner Audra McDonald · A Raisin in the Sun
Nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega · Anna in the Tropics
Nominee Essie Davis · Jumpers
Nominee Margo Martindale · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Nominee Sanaa Lathan · A Raisin in the Sun

57th Tonys · 2003

Winner Michele Pawk
Nominee Kathryn Meisle
Nominee Tartuffe
Nominee Marian Seldes · Dinner at Eight
Nominee Christine Ebersole · Dinner at Eight
Nominee Linda Emond

56th Tonys · 2002

Winner Katie Finneran · Noises Off
Nominee Kate Burton · The Elephant Man
Nominee Elizabeth Franz · Morning's at Seven
Nominee Estelle Parsons · Morning's at Seven
Nominee Frances Sternhagen · Morning's at Seven

55th Tonys · 2001

Winner Viola Davis · King Hedley II
Nominee Marthe Keller · Judgment at Nuremberg
Nominee Michele Lee · The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
Nominee Johanna Day · Proof
Nominee Penny Fuller

54th Tonys · 2000

Winner Blair Brown · Copenhagen
Nominee Helen Stenborg
Nominee Amy Ryan · Uncle Vanya
Nominee Sarah Woodward · The Real Thing
Nominee Frances Conroy · The Ride Down Mt. Morgan

53rd Tonys · 1999

Winner Elizabeth Franz · Death of a Salesman
Nominee Samantha Bond
Nominee The Lonesome West
Nominee Dawn Bradfield
Nominee Claire Bloom · Electra

52nd Tonys · 1998

Winner Anna Manahan · The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Nominee Honour
Nominee Julyana Soelistyo · Golden Child
Nominee Enid Graham
Nominee Linda Lavin · The Diary of Anne Frank

51st Tonys · 1997

Winner Lynne Thigpen
Nominee London Assurance
Nominee Helen Carey
Nominee Dana Ivey · The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Nominee Celia Weston · The Last Night of Ballyhoo

50th Tonys · 1996

49th Tonys · 1995

Winner Frances Sternhagen · The Heiress
Nominee Suzanne Bertish · The Molière Comedies
Nominee Cynthia Nixon · Indiscretions
Nominee Mercedes Ruehl · The Shadow Box

48th Tonys · 1994

Winner Jane Adams · An Inspector Calls
Nominee Jeanne Paulson · The Kentucky Cycle
Nominee Anne Pitoniak
Nominee Debra Monk

47th Tonys · 1993

Winner Debra Monk
Nominee Anne Meara · Anna Christie
Nominee Marcia Gay Harden · Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Nominee Kathleen Chalfant · Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

46th Tonys · 1992

Winner Bríd Brennan · Dancing at Lughnasa
Nominee Two Trains Running
Nominee Cynthia Martells
Nominee Dearbhla Molloy · Dancing at Lughnasa
Nominee Rosaleen Linehan · Dancing at Lughnasa

45th Tonys · 1991

Winner Irene Worth · Lost in Yonkers
Nominee Kathryn Erbe
Nominee J. Smith-Cameron · Our Country's Good
Nominee Amelia Campbell · Our Country's Good

44th Tonys · 1990

Winner Margaret Tyzack · Lettice and Lovage
Nominee S. Epatha Merkerson · The Piano Lesson
Nominee Polly Holliday · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Nominee Lois Smith · The Grapes of Wrath

43rd Tonys · 1989

Winner Christine Baranski
Nominee Penelope Ann Miller
Nominee The Heidi Chronicles
Nominee Joanne Camp
Nominee Tovah Feldshuh · Lend Me a Tenor

42nd Tonys · 1988

Winner L. Scott Caldwell · Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Nominee Kate Nelligan
Nominee Kimberleigh Aarn
Nominee Kimberly Scott · Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Nominee Joe Turner's Come and Gone

41st Tonys · 1987

Winner Mary Alice · Fences
Nominee Phyllis Newman · Broadway Bound
Nominee Annette Bening · Coastal Disturbances
Nominee Carole Shelley

40th Tonys · 1986

Winner Swoosie Kurtz · The House of Blue Leaves
Nominee Zoë Wanamaker
Nominee Bethel Leslie · Long Day's Journey into Night
Nominee Stockard Channing · The House of Blue Leaves

39th Tonys · 1985

Winner Judith Ivey · Hurlyburly
Nominee Sigourney Weaver · Hurlyburly
Nominee Theresa Merritt · Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Nominee Joanna Gleason · A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

38th Tonys · 1984

Winner Christine Baranski · The Real Thing
Nominee Deborah Rush · Noises Off
Nominee Jo Henderson · Play Memory
Nominee Dana Ivey

37th Tonys · 1983

Winner Judith Ivey
Nominee Elizabeth Franz
Nominee Roxanne Hart
Nominee Margaret Tyzack

36th Tonys · 1982

Winner Amanda Plummer
Nominee Mia Dillon · Crimes of the Heart
Nominee Judith Anderson · Medea
Nominee Mary Beth Hurt · Crimes of the Heart

35th Tonys · 1981

34th Tonys · 1980

Winner Dinah Manoff
Nominee Pamela Burrell
Nominee Lois de Banzie
Nominee Strider
Nominee Maureen Anderman

33rd Tonys · 1979

32nd Tonys · 1978

31st Tonys · 1977

Winner Trazana Beverley · For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Nominee Rose Gregorio · The Shadow Box
Nominee Patricia Elliott · The Shadow Box
Nominee Mary McCarty

30th Tonys · 1976

Winner Shirley Knight
Nominee Lois Nettleton
Nominee Mary Beth Hurt
Nominee Meryl Streep

29th Tonys · 1975

Winner Rita Moreno
Nominee Frances Sternhagen · Equus
Nominee Carole Shelley
Nominee Linda Miller
Nominee Geraldine Page
Nominee Elizabeth Spriggs

28th Tonys · 1974

Winner Frances Sternhagen · The Good Doctor
Nominee Fionnula Flanagan · Ulysses in Nighttown
Nominee Regina Baff
Nominee Chemin de Fer
Nominee Roxie Roker · The River Niger
Nominee Charlotte Moore

27th Tonys · 1973

Winner Leora Dana · The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Nominee Katherine Helmond
Nominee Maya Angelou
Nominee Penelope Windust

26th Tonys · 1972

Winner Elizabeth Wilson · Sticks and Bones
Nominee Cara Duff-MacCormick
Nominee Mercedes McCambridge
Nominee Frances Sternhagen

25th Tonys · 1971

Winner Rae Allen
Nominee Joan Van Ark
Nominee Mona Washbourne · Home
Nominee Lili Darvas

24th Tonys · 1970

Winner Blythe Danner · Butterflies Are Free
Nominee Linda Lavin · Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Nominee Eileen Heckart · Butterflies Are Free
Nominee Alice Drummond

23rd Tonys · 1969

Winner Jane Alexander · The Great White Hope
Nominee Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
Nominee Anna Manahan · Lovers
Nominee Lauren Jones
Nominee Diane Keaton

22nd Tonys · 1968

Winner Zena Walker · A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Nominee Weekend
Nominee Eleanor Wilson
Nominee Pert Kelton
Nominee Ruth White

21st Tonys · 1967

Winner Marian Seldes · A Delicate Balance
Nominee Maria Tucci · The Rose Tattoo
Nominee Camila Ashland · Black Comedy
Nominee Brenda Forbes

20th Tonys · 1966

19th Tonys · 1965

Winner Alice Ghostley
Nominee Carolan Daniels
Nominee All in Good Time
Nominee Rae Allen
Nominee Alexandra Berlin
Nominee Slow Dance on the Killing Ground

18th Tonys · 1964

Winner Barbara Loden
Nominee Kate Reid · Dylan
Nominee Rosemary Murphy
Nominee Diana Sands

17th Tonys · 1963

Winner Sandy Dennis · A Thousand Clowns
Nominee Alice Ghostley
Nominee Melinda Dillon · Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nominee Zohra Lampert · Mother Courage and Her Children

16th Tonys · 1962

Winner Elizabeth Ashley
Nominee Zohra Lampert
Nominee Pat Stanley
Nominee Janet Margolin

15th Tonys · 1961

Winner Colleen Dewhurst · All the Way Home
Nominee Tresa Hughes · The Devil's Advocate
Nominee Eileen Heckart
Nominee Rosemary Murphy

14th Tonys · 1960

13th Tonys · 1959

Winner Julie Newmar
Nominee Dolores Hart · The Pleasure of His Company
Nominee Maureen Delany
Nominee Bertice Reading
Nominee Nan Martin · J.B.

12th Tonys · 1958

Winner Anne Bancroft · Two for the Seesaw
Nominee Eileen Heckart · The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Nominee Mary Fickett · Sunrise at Campobello
Nominee Brenda De Banzie
Nominee Joan Blondell · The Rope Dancers

11th Tonys · 1957

Winner Peggy Cass
Nominee Beryl Measor · Separate Tables
Nominee Phyllis Neilson–Terry · Separate Tables
Nominee Anna Massey
Nominee Diana Van der Vlis · The Happiest Millionaire
Nominee Mildred Natwick · The Waltz of the Toreadors

10th Tonys · 1956

Winner Una Merkel
Nominee Elaine Stritch · Bus Stop
Nominee Anne Jackson · Middle of the Night
Nominee Diane Cilento · Tiger at the Gates

9th Tonys · 1955

Winner Patricia Jessel

8th Tonys · 1954

Winner Jo Van Fleet

7th Tonys · 1953

Winner Beatrice Straight · The Crucible

6th Tonys · 1952

Winner Marian Winters

5th Tonys · 1951

Winner Maureen Stapleton

3rd Tonys · 1949

Winner Shirley Booth

1st Tonys · 1947

Winner Patricia Neal · Another Part of the Forest