Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. The awards were established in 1955, with acting awards being given without making distinctions between roles in plays and musicals, or actors and actresses. The new award categories were later created in the 1975 ceremony.
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| Currently held by | Lauren Patten for Jagged Little Pill (2020) |
| Website | DramaDesk.org |
† - indicates the performance also won the Tony Award
‡ - indicates the performance was nominated but did not win the Tony Award
§- indicates the performance also won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical
≠- indicates the performance was nominated but did not win the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical
1970s
1980s
| Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | |||
| Debbie Allen | West Side Story | Anita ‡ | |
| Peggy Hewett | A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine | Mrs. Pavlenko | |
| Carolyn Mignini | Tintypes | Performer | |
| Janie Sell | God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | Sylvia Rosewater | |
| Crissy Wilzak | The 1940's Radio Hour | Ginger Brooks | |
| Mary Catherine Wright | Tintypes | Performer | |
| 1981 | |||
| Marilyn Cooper | Woman of the Year | Jan Donovan † | |
| Jennifer Holliday | Your Arms Too Short to Box with God | Performer | |
| Debbie Shapiro | Perfectly Frank | Performer | |
| 1982 | |||
| Liliane Montevecchi | Nine | Liliane La Fleur † | |
| Anita Morris | Carla Albanese ‡ | ||
| Laurie Beechman | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | The Narrator ‡ | |
| Shelly Burch | Nine | Claudia | |
| Lonette McKee | The First | Rachel | |
| 1983 | |||
| Karla Burns | Show Boat | Queenie ‡ | |
| Kate McGregor-Stewart | Beyond Therapy | Charlotte | |
| Michele-Denise Woods | The Cradle Will Rock | Ella Hammer | |
| 1984 | |||
| Catherine Cox | Baby | Pam Sakarian | |
| Lila Kedrova | Zorba | Madame Hortense † | |
| Laura Dean | Doonesbury | Boopsie | |
| Bonnie Koloc | The Human Comedy | Kate | |
| Marni Nixon | Taking My Turn | Edna | |
| 1985 | |||
| Leilani Jones | Grind | Satin † | |
| Sharon Murray | Grind | Romaine | |
| Marianne Tatum | The Three Musketeers | Milday de Winter | |
| Charlayne Woodard | Hang on to the Good Times | Performer | |
| 1986 | |||
| Jana Schneider | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Helena Landless / Janet Conover ‡ | |
| Elizabeth Berridge | Cruise Control | Suze | |
| Wrestlers | Angie | ||
| Faye Grant | Singin' in the Rain | Lina | |
| Bebe Neuwirth | Sweet Charity | Nickie † | |
| 1987 | |||
| Jane Summerhays | Me and My Girl | Jaqueline 'Jackie' Carstone | |
| Michele Bautier | Stardust | Performer | |
| Sandra Chinn | Funny Feet | Various Characters | |
| Janet Eilber | Stepping Out | Andy | |
| Judy Kuhn | Rags | Bella Cohen | |
| Les Misérables | Cosette ‡ | ||
| Marcia Lewis | Rags | Rachel Halpern | |
| 1988 | |||
| Joanna Gleason | Into the Woods | The Baker's Wife§ | |
| Danielle Ferland | Into the Woods | Little Red Ridinghood | |
| Lyn Greene | Flora the Red Menace | Comrade Charlotte | |
| Judy Kaye | The Phantom of the Opera | Carlotta † |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Lauren Patten | Jagged Little Pill | Jo | |
| Yesenia Ayala | West Side Story | Anita | |
| Paula Leggett Chase | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Ensemble | |
| LaChanze | The Secret Life of Bees | August | |
| Alyse Alan Louis | Soft Power | Zoe/Hillary |
See also
References
- "Drama Desk Award for Featured Actress in a Musical". Internet Broadway Database. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-21.