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The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Featured Performer (General Theatre) is an annual Canadian theatre award, presented as part of the Dora Mavor Moore Awards to honour the year's best performance in a featured supporting role in a stage production in the Toronto theatre market.

At the first awards in 1980, a single ungendered category was presented, with two winners. The following year, separate awards were presented for actors and actresses until 1992.

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year	Performer	Title	Ref
1980	Geoffrey Bowes	Automatic Pilot	^[1]
	Gary Reineke	Buried Child	^[1]
	Sharon Bakker	Paper Wheat	^[2]
	Rosemary Dunsmore	Buried Child
	Marion Gilsenan	Strawberry Fields
	Barbara Gordon	The Matchmaker
	Richard Monette	Something Red
	Kim Renders	The Matchmaker
1981	Featured Performance by a Male
	Ed McNamara	Generations	^[3]
	Stewart Arnott	ECU
	Robert Haley	Arms and the Man
	Patrick Sinclair	The Team
	Featured Performance by a Female
	Kate Reid	Stevie	^[3]
	Robin Craig	Loose Ends
	Nicky Guadagni	Plenty
	Mary Savidge	Dracula
1982	Featured Performance by a Male
	Greg Ellwand	Night and Day	^[4]
	Layne Coleman	The Al Cornell Story	^[5]
	Allen Doremus	Rexy
	Brian Taylor	Filumena
	Featured Performance by a Female
	Mary Ann McDonald	The Al Cornell Story	^[4]
	Maggie Huculak	Tamara	^[5]
	Tanja Jacobs	Three Sisters
	Nancy Palk	Clay
	Shelley Thompson	Tamara
1983	Featured Performance by a Male
	Hugh Webster	Translations	^[6]
	James B. Douglas	Eve
	Robert Drage	Unseen Hand
	Michael McKeever	Dead of Winter
	Featured Performance by a Female
	Kate Trotter	Translations	^[6]
	Joy Coghill	Joe Egg
	Maggie Huculak	Censored
	Tanja Jacobs	Censored
1984	Featured Performance by a Male
	Richard Donat	In the Jungle of Cities	^[7]
	Maurice Evans	Jail Diary of Albie Sachs
	Stephen Ouimette	White Biting Dog
	Errol Slue	Of Mice and Men
	Steve Weston	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
	Featured Performance by a Female
	Clare Coulter	Top Girls	^[7]
	Joyce Campion	Delicatessen
	Robin Craig	Top Girls
	Irena Mayeska	Summerfolk
	Bridget O'Sullivan	Trafford Tanzi
1985	Featured Performance by a Male
	Richard McMillan	Prague	^[8]
	Edward Atienza	Separate Tables
	Richard Curnock	Quartermaine's Terms
	Bernard Hopkins	Tonight at 8:30
	Michael Riley	The Side of the Rockies
	Featured Performance by a Female
	Susan Wright	New World	^[8]
	Clare Coulter	Doc
	Barbara Gordon	Criminals in Love
	Doris Petrie	Albertine in Five Times
	Brigit Wilson	Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1986	Featured Performance by a Male
	Roland Hewgill	A Moon for the Misbegotten	^[9]
	Sean McCann	Blue City Slammers
	Avery Saltzman	The Treehouse at the Edge of the World
	Mark Saunders	The Wedding Script
	Keith Thomas	Ghetto
	Featured Performance by a Female
	Frances Hyland	The Heiress	^[9]
	Anne Anglin	Blue City Slammers
	Helen Hughes	Islands
	Diana Leblanc	Farther West
	Mary Ellen Mahoney	The Wedding Script
1987	Featured Performance by a Male
	Mervyn Blake	Saturday Sunday Monday	^[10]
	Henry Czerny	Romeo and Juliet
	Gillie Fenwick	Two Brothers
	Sky Gilbert	The Edge of the Earth is Too Near, Violette Leduc
	Michael McManus	Vanity Press
	Featured Performance by a Female
	Joyce Campion	Bonjour, là, bonjour	^[10]
	Patricia Collins	Richard III
	Diana Leblanc	Bonjour, là, bonjour
	Christine Moynihan	Genuine Fakes
	Theresa Tova	The Diary of Anne Frank
1988	Featured Performance by a Male
	Paul Gross	Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme	^[11]
	Peter Blais	Nothing Sacred
	Hardee T. Lineham	A Lie of the Mind
	Andrew Massingham	Unexpected Moves
	Dennis O'Connor	Hosanna
	Featured Performance by a Female
	Patricia Hamilton	I Am Yours	^[11]
	Brenda Bazinet	Something in the Air
	Patricia Collins	Beautiful City
	Pauline Gilles	The Miss Firecracker Contest
	Tanja Jacobs	Dog and Crow
1989	Featured Performance by a Male
	Stuart Hughes	On the Verge	^[12]
	Bruce Clayton	Broadway Bound
	John Dolan	The Common Pursuit
	Lubomir Mykytiuk	Summer
	Pierre Peloquin	En attendant Godot
	Featured Performance by a Female
	Doris Linklater	Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing	^[12]
	Marie Gignac	The Dragons Trilogy
	Lynne Gorman	Somewhere I Have Never Travelled
	Marthe Turgeon	Le Chien
	Susan Wright	Count Dracula

1990s

Year	Actor	Title	Ref
1990	Featured Performance by a Male
	Julian Richings	Coming Through Slaughter	^[13]
	John Dolan	The Legend of the Avro Arrow	^[14]
	Matthew Ferguson	Geometry in Venice
	Booth Savage	The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
	Featured Performance by a Female
	Patricia Collins	The Europeans	^[13]
	Diana Fajrajsl	Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)	^[14]
	Patricia Hamilton	Amigo's Blue Guitar
	Sarah Orenstein	The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
	Carol Sinclair	The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
1991	Featured Performance by a Male
	Stephen Ouimette	7 Stories	^[15]
	Oliver Dennis	Mirror Game	^[16]
	Maurice Godin	Lilies
	Tom McCamus	Burn This
	Richard Partington	Lilies
	Featured Performance by a Female
	Nancy Beatty	7 Stories	^[15]
	Lea Marie Cantin	La Maison Suspendue	^[16]
	Patricia Idlette	A Fertile Imagination
	Tanja Jacobs	7 Stories
	Nancy Palk	Daylight Saving
1992	Featured Performance by a Male
	Robert Haley	Singer
	Paul Bettis	Djuna: What of the Night	^[17]
	Benedict Campbell	Hamlet
	Eric Peterson	Escape from Happiness
	Brian Torpe	Three Sisters
	Featured Performance by a Female
	Donna Goodhand	A Woman's Comedy	^[18]
	Janet Burke	Laurier	^[17]
	Barbara Gordon	Hamlet
	Frances Hyland	Summer and Smoke
	Alison Sealy-Smith	Tartuffe
1993	Award not presented
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998	Sarah Orenstein	Patience
	Susan Coyne	Patience
	Kevin Gudahl	The House of Martin Guerre
	Diego Matamoros	Patience
	Hollis Resnik	The House of Martin Guerre
1999	Gerard Parkes	Kilt
	Randy Hughson	The Memory of Water
	Melody Johnson	It's All True
	Adele Reinhardt	Les Belles-sœurs
	Michael Simpson	Don Carlos

2000s

Year	Actor	Title
2000	Jonathan Wilson	The Lion King
2001	Diego Matamoros	Platonov
2002	David Storch	The Lonesome West
2003	Tanja Jacobs	Girl in the Goldfish Bowl
2004	Juan Chioran	The Producers
2005	Michael Simpson	Translations
2006	Gord Rand	The Innocent Eye Test
2007	Jane Spidell	Leaving Home
2008	Stuart Hughes	The Time of Your Life
2009	Raven Dauda	Miss Julie: Freedom Summer

2010s

Year	Actor	Title	Ref
2010	Maurice Dean Wint	Courageous
	Eric Peterson	Hamlet
	Eric Peterson	Of the Fields, Lately
	Second City Ensemble	Second City for Mayor
	Soulpepper Ensemble	Oh What a Lovely War
2011	Jane Spidell	Doc
	Ari Cohen	Death of a Salesman
	Oliver Dennis	Jitters
	Studio 180 Ensemble	Our Class
2012	Nightwood Theatre Ensemble	The Penelopiad
	Ryan Kelly	The Normal Heart
	Jeff Lillico	The Glass Menagerie
	Fiona Reid	White Biting Dog
	Tarragon Theatre Ensemble	The Golden Dragon
2013	Award not presented
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019	Amaka Umeh	The Wolves	^[19]
	Christef Desir	The Royale
	Stephanie MacDonald	New Magic Valley Fun Town
	Alex McCooeye	Orlando
	Bria McLaughlin	School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
	Jeff Meadows	Middletown
	Sabryn Rock	The Royale
	Jenny Young	Romeo and Juliet

2020s

Year	Performer	Title	Ref
2020	Daren A. Herbert	The Brothers Size	^[20]
	Mazin Elsadig	The Brothers Size	^[21]
	Michelle Giroux	Julius Caesar
	Stephen Jackman-Torkoff	Trout Stanley
	Amy Keating	The Flick
	Alex McCooeye	Pass Over
	James Dallas Smith	Almighty Voice and His Wife
	Michaela Washburn	Almighty Voice and His Wife
2021	No ceremony held due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada on theatre production in 2020.		^[22]
2022	Sheldon Elter	Where the Blood Mixes	^[23]
	Sarah Afful	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	^[24]
	Tyrone Benskin	Is God Is
	Yolanda Bonnell	Kamloopa
	Christine Horne	Light
	Craig Lauzon	Where the Blood Mixes
	Gregory Prest	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
	Sabryn Rock	Is God Is
2023	Vanessa Sears	Queen Goneril	^[25]
	Yvonne Addai	Vierge
	d'bi.young anitafrika	Da Kink in My Hair
	Laura Condlln	Fifteen Dogs
	Stephen Jackman-Torkoff	Fifteen Dogs
	Monique Mojica	My Sister's Rage
	Amelia Sargisson	Red Velvet
	Sophia Walker	Fairview

References

^ Ray Conlogue, "Dora Mavor Moore Awards suffer from stage fright". The Globe and Mail, January 27, 1981.
^ Gina Mallet, "Controversial Bent set for Toronto run". Toronto Star, January 23, 1981.
^ ^a ^b Carole Corbeil, "Just like Oscars: lots of no-shows Carver, Maxwell win theatre awards". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 1982.
^ ^a ^b Carole Corbeil, "An outstanding night for Tamara". The Globe and Mail, November 16, 1982.
^ ^a ^b "Dora Mavor Moore awards Tamara paces the nominees". The Globe and Mail, October 1, 1982.
^ ^a ^b Ray Conlogue, "Thomson, Phipps take Doras for outstanding acting". The Globe and Mail, October 11, 1983.
^ ^a ^b Stephen Godfrey, "Jungle of Cities wins four Doras". The Globe and Mail, October 23, 1984.
^ ^a ^b "Cats takes lion's share of Dora awards". Montreal Gazette, October 9, 1985.
^ ^a ^b "Desert Song sweeps Dora awards as top production in Toronto theatre". Ottawa Citizen, June 17, 1986.
^ ^a ^b Ray Conlogue, "Mikado, B-Movie big Dora winners". The Globe and Mail, June 23, 1987.
^ ^a ^b Robert Crew, "George Walker play sweeps Dora awards". Toronto Star, June 14, 1988.
^ ^a ^b Robert Crew, "Passe Muraille sweeps up Doras". Toronto Star, June 26, 1989.
^ ^a ^b Ray Conlogue, "Three Doras each for Billy the Kid, Love and Anger". The Globe and Mail, June 26, 1990.
^ ^a ^b Ray Conlogue, "Dora nominations harvested from sparse crop of new plays". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1990.
^ ^a ^b Geoff Chapman, "The Doras gild Lilies as top drama/comedy". Toronto Star, June 18, 1991.
^ ^a ^b H.J. Kirchhoff, "That Scatterbrain Booky and Lilies pace Dora race Each production picks up eight nominations". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1991.
^ ^a ^b "The nominees for Dora Mavor Moore Awards". The Globe and Mail, May 14, 1992.
^ Bernard Pilon, "Ex-Reginan savors TO theatre prize". Regina Leader-Post, July 9, 1992.
^ Brad Wheeler, "Female playwrights win big at Dora Awards: School Girls Or, the African Mean Girls Play was selected as the outstanding production in the general-theatre division of the city's annual performing-arts awards"]. The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2019.
^ "'The Brothers Size' takes five Doras for general theatre: Soulpepper's play on U.S. South is by Oscar-winner McCraney of 'Moonlight'". Hamilton Spectator, July 2, 2020.
^ Mae Smith, "2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine, June 29, 2020.
^ "Dora Awards honour lifetime achievement in theatre as COVID-19 shuts down live shows: Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrates lifetime contributions after COVID-19 pandemic shut down live performances". The Globe and Mail, June 16, 2021.
^ Joshua Chong, "‘Sweeney Todd,’ ‘Italian Mime Suicide’ and ‘Wildfire’ win big at 2022 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, September 19, 2022.
^ Aisling Murphy, "Nomination Announcements: 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards". Intermission Magazine, August 29, 2022.
^ Hélène Crowley, "Announcing the 2023 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine, June 27, 2023.

[1] Ray Conlogue, "Dora Mavor Moore Awards suffer from stage fright". The Globe and Mail, January 27, 1981.

[2] Gina Mallet, "Controversial Bent set for Toronto run". Toronto Star, January 23, 1981.

[noshows-3] Carole Corbeil, "Just like Oscars: lots of no-shows Carver, Maxwell win theatre awards". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 1982.

[tamara-4] Carole Corbeil, "An outstanding night for Tamara". The Globe and Mail, November 16, 1982.

[tamarapaces-5] "Dora Mavor Moore awards Tamara paces the nominees". The Globe and Mail, October 1, 1982.

[thomsonphipps-6] Ray Conlogue, "Thomson, Phipps take Doras for outstanding acting". The Globe and Mail, October 11, 1983.

[jungle-7] Stephen Godfrey, "Jungle of Cities wins four Doras". The Globe and Mail, October 23, 1984.

[cats-8] "Cats takes lion's share of Dora awards". Montreal Gazette, October 9, 1985.

[desertsong-9] "Desert Song sweeps Dora awards as top production in Toronto theatre". Ottawa Citizen, June 17, 1986.

[mikado-10] Ray Conlogue, "Mikado, B-Movie big Dora winners". The Globe and Mail, June 23, 1987.

[walker-11] Robert Crew, "George Walker play sweeps Dora awards". Toronto Star, June 14, 1988.

[crew-12] Robert Crew, "Passe Muraille sweeps up Doras". Toronto Star, June 26, 1989.

[billythekid-13] Ray Conlogue, "Three Doras each for Billy the Kid, Love and Anger". The Globe and Mail, June 26, 1990.

[sparsecrop-14] Ray Conlogue, "Dora nominations harvested from sparse crop of new plays". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1990.

[lilies-15] Geoff Chapman, "The Doras gild Lilies as top drama/comedy". Toronto Star, June 18, 1991.

[scatterbrain-16] H.J. Kirchhoff, "That Scatterbrain Booky and Lilies pace Dora race Each production picks up eight nominations". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1991.

[1992noms-17] "The nominees for Dora Mavor Moore Awards". The Globe and Mail, May 14, 1992.

[18] Bernard Pilon, "Ex-Reginan savors TO theatre prize". Regina Leader-Post, July 9, 1992.

[19] Brad Wheeler, "Female playwrights win big at Dora Awards: School Girls Or, the African Mean Girls Play was selected as the outstanding production in the general-theatre division of the city's annual performing-arts awards"]. The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2019.

[20] "'The Brothers Size' takes five Doras for general theatre: Soulpepper's play on U.S. South is by Oscar-winner McCraney of 'Moonlight'". Hamilton Spectator, July 2, 2020.

[21] Mae Smith, "2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine, June 29, 2020.

[22] "Dora Awards honour lifetime achievement in theatre as COVID-19 shuts down live shows: Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrates lifetime contributions after COVID-19 pandemic shut down live performances". The Globe and Mail, June 16, 2021.

[23] Joshua Chong, "‘Sweeney Todd,’ ‘Italian Mime Suicide’ and ‘Wildfire’ win big at 2022 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, September 19, 2022.

[24] Aisling Murphy, "Nomination Announcements: 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards". Intermission Magazine, August 29, 2022.

[25] Hélène Crowley, "Announcing the 2023 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine, June 27, 2023.

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v t e Dora Mavor Moore Awards
General Theatre Division	Production Original Play Leading Performer Supporting Performer Direction Scenic/Projection Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design/Composition Leading Actor (retired) Leading Actress (retired) Supporting Actor (retired) Supporting Actress (retired) Ensemble (retired) Choreography (retired)
Musical Theatre Division	Production Original Musical Leading Performer Supporting Performer Direction Musical Direction Choreography Design Leading Actor (retired) Leading Actress (retired) Supporting Actor (retired) Supporting Actress (retired) Ensemble (retired) Scenic Design (retired) Costume Design (retired) Lighting Design (retired) Original Score (retired)
Independent Theatre Division	Production Original Play Direction Performer Ensemble Scenic/Projection Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design/Composition Leading Actor (retired) Leading Actress (retired) Supporting Performer/Ensemble (retired) Design (retired)
Dance Division	Production Performer Ensemble Choreography Design Sound Design/Composition Actor (retired) Actress (retired)
Opera Division	Production Original Opera Performer Ensemble Direction Musical Direction Design Actor (retired) Actress (retired)
Theatre for Young Audiences Division	Production Original Play Performer Ensemble Direction Design
Touring Division	Production
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