Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First awarded | 1975 |
| Last awarded | 2022 |
| Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical was an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. The award was one of eight new acting awards first presented in 1975, when Drama Desk retired an earlier award that had made no distinction between work in plays and musicals, nor between actors and actresses, nor between lead performers and featured performers.
After the 2022 ceremony, all eight acting categories introduced in 1975 were retired. The award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, along with Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, were replaced in 2023 with the gender neutral category of Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical.
1970s
[edit]1980s
[edit]1990s
[edit]2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]| 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 | |
| 2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[1] | ||
| 2022 | |||
| Patti LuPone | Company | Joanne | |
| Judy Kuhn | Assassins | Sara Jane Moore | |
| Tamika Lawrence | Black No More | Buni | |
| Bonnie Milligan | Kimberly Akimbo | Debra | |
| Jennifer Simard | Company | Sarah | |
Multiple Wins
[edit]- 2 wins
See also
[edit]- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Greg (2021-05-05). "Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League "Cautiously Optimistic"". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.