Green Room Award for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre)
The Green Room Award for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre) is an annual award recognising excellence in the performing arts in Melbourne. The peer-based Green Room Awards were first presented in February 1984, for productions in 1983.[1]
Winners and Nominees
Winners are in bold; nominees are provided when all nominees in that year are known.
1980s
Year | Actor | Production | Character |
---|---|---|---|
1983 1st | |||
Judi Connelli | |||
1984 2nd | |||
Geraldine Turner | Oliver! | Nancy | |
1985 3rd | |||
1986 4th | |||
Nancye Hayes | Guys and Dolls | Miss Adelaide | |
1987 5th | |||
Christine Douglas | Cho Cho San | Cho Cho San | |
1988 6th | |||
No award given | N/A | N/A | |
1989 7th | |||
Geraldine Turner | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney | |
Geneviève Bujold | Joan of Arc at the Stake | Joan of Arc | |
Jodie Gillies | Man of La Mancha | Aldonza/Dulcinea | |
Caroline Gillmer | Only Heaven Knows | Guinea | |
Suzanne Johnston | The Gondoliers | Tessa | |
1990s
Year | Actor | Production | Character |
---|---|---|---|
1990 8th | |||
Marina Prior | Les Misérables | Cosette | |
1991 9th | |||
Marina Prior | The Phantom of the Opera | Christine Daaé | |
Rhonda Burchmore | Iolanthe | Queen of the Fairies | |
Anna Butera | Black Cargo | ||
Cate McQuillen | Hair | Sheila | |
Helen Noonan | The Venetian Twins | Beatrice | |
Tamsin West | The Wizard of Oz | Dorothy | |
1992 10th | |||
Evelyn Krape | Ginger | Meg Ginger | |
Elizabeth Campbell | The Pirates of Penzance | Ruth | |
Colleen Hewett | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Science Officer | |
Sharon Prero | The Pirates of Penzance | Mabel | |
Bernadette Robinson | You Might As Well Live | ||
1993 11th | |||
Josephine Byrnes | High Society | Tracey Lord | |
1994 12th | |||
Gina Riley | Falsettos | Trina | |
Mary Sitarenos | The Last Supper | ||
1995 13th[lower-alpha 1] | |||
Jill Perryman | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Levi | |
Robyn Arthur | Beauty and the Beast | Mrs Potts | |
Heather Bolton | Assassins | Sara Jane Moore | |
Kim Deacon | I Only Want To Be With You | ||
Christen O'Leary | Assassins | Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme | |
1996 14th | |||
No award given | N/A | N/A | |
1997 15th[2] | |||
Kelly Abbey | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine | |
Fiona Benjamin | Crazy for You | Polly Baker | |
Maria Mercedes | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | |
Helen Morse | A Little Night Music | Desiree Armfeld | |
1998 16th | |||
Caroline O'Connor | Chicago | Velma Kelly | |
Chelsea Gibb | Chicago | Roxie Hart | |
Amanda Levy | The Journey Girl | Annie | |
Della Miles | Sisterella | Ella | |
Jane Scali | Grease | Sandy | |
1999 17th[3] | |||
Christine Anu | Rent | Mimi Márquez | |
Marina Prior | Show Boat | Magnolia | |
2000s
Year | Actor | Production | Character |
---|---|---|---|
2000 18th[4] | |||
Caroline O'Connor | Piaf | Edith Piaf | |
Kelly Abbey | Fame | Carmen Diaz | |
Lisa McCune | The Sound of Music | Maria | |
2001 19th[5] | |||
Anne Wood | Mamma Mia! | Donna | |
Rachael Beck | Singin' in the Rain | Kathy Seldon | |
Maryanne McCormack | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Rosemary Pilkington | |
Caroline O'Connor | Mack & Mabel | Mabel Normand | |
Tamsin Carroll | Shout! The Legend of the Wild One | Marianne Renate | |
2002 20th[6] | |||
Tamsin Carroll | Oliver! | Nancy | |
Robyn Arthur | Putting It Together | ||
Meredith Chipperton | Hair | ||
2003 21st[7] | |||
Lisa McCune | Cabaret | Sally Bowles | |
Sharon Millerchip | They're Playing Our Song | Sonia Walsk | |
Kate Hoolihan | We Will Rock You | Scaramouche | |
2004 22nd | |||
Chloe Dallimore | The Producers | Ulla | |
Lisa McCune | Urinetown | Hope Cladwell | |
2005 23rd[8] | |||
Caroline Gillmer | Menopause the Musical | Power Woman | |
Marina Prior | Kiss Me, Kate | Lilli Vanessi | |
Amanda Harrison | Leader of the Pack - The Ellie Greenwich Musical | Ellie Greenwich | |
2006 24th[9] | |||
Tamsin Carroll | Dusty – The Original Pop Diva | Dusty Springfield | |
Marina Prior | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Rona Lisa Peretti | |
Amanda Levy | Virgins | Tracey/Lauren/Holly | |
Julia Zemiro | Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision | Bronya | |
2007 25th[10] | |||
Laurie Cadevida | Miss Saigon | Kim | |
Ana Marina | The Phantom of the Opera | Christine Daaé | |
Sharon Millerchip | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine | |
Donna Lee | Menopause the Musical | The Dubbo Housewife | |
Lucinda Shaw | Spamalot | Lady of the Lake | |
2008 26th[11] | |||
Genevieve Lemon | Billy Elliot the Musical | Mrs Wilkinson | |
Lisa Marie Charalambous | John and Jen | Jen | |
Lucy Durack | Wicked | Glinda | |
Amanda Harrison | Wicked | Elphaba | |
Lisa McCune | Guys and Dolls | Miss Sarah Brown | |
2009 27th[12] | |||
Esther Hannaford | Once We Lived Here | Amy | |
Sharon Millerchip | Chicago | Roxie Hart | |
Chelsea Plumley | Life's A Circus | Vivien | |
2010s
Year | Actor | Production | Character |
---|---|---|---|
2010 28th[13] | |||
Verity Hunt-Ballard | Mary Poppins | Mary Poppins | |
Jaz Flowers | Hairspray | Tracy Turnblad | |
Christie Whelan | Sugar | Sugar Kane | |
Delia Hannah | Cats | Grizabella | |
2011 29th[14] | |||
Pamela Rabe | Grey Gardens | Edith Bouvier Beale/"Little" Edie Beale | |
Nancye Hayes | Turns | Marjorie Joy | |
Amy Lehpamer | Rock of Ages | Sherrie | |
Anna O'Byrne | Love Never Dies | Christine Daaé | |
2012 30th | |||
Silvie Paladino | Chess | Florence | |
Fem Belling | From Genesis to Broadway | ||
Anita Louise Combe | A Chorus Line | Cassie | |
Lisa McCune | South Pacific | Nellie Forbush | |
2013 31st | |||
Esther Hannaford | King Kong | Ann Darrow | |
Rachael Beck | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Truly Scrumptious | |
Alinta Chidzey | Singin' in the Rain | Kathy Selden | |
Claire Lyon | The Pirates of Penzance | Mabel | |
2014 32nd[15] | |||
Madeleine Jones | Once | Girl | |
Alinta Chidzey | Show Boat | Magnolia | |
Lisa McCune | The King And I | Anna Leonowens | |
Chelsea Plumley | Guys and Dolls | Miss Adelaide | |
Queenie van de Zandt | Into the Woods | The Witch | |
References
Notes
- ↑ This year had a combined 'best performance by a female artist' category, rather than separate categories for lead and featured.
Citations
- ↑ History Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 17 February 2014
- ↑ "1997 Green Room Awards" Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved 23 February 2014
- ↑ "Green Room Awards 1999 - Music Theatre" Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved 23 February 2014
- ↑ "Green Room Award nominations" The Age, 19 February 2001. Retrieved on 23 February 2014
- ↑ 2001 nominations media release Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 23 February 2014
- ↑ "2002 nominations" Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 23 February 2014
- ↑ "2003 nominations" Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 23 February 2014
- ↑ "2005 Green Room Award nominations announced" State of the Arts, 22 February 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ↑ "Green Room Award nominations announced" Australian Stage Online, 21 February 2007. Retrieved on 17 February 2014
- ↑ 2007 Recipients and Nominations Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 17 February 2014.
- ↑ 2008 Recipients and Nominations Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 17 February 2014.
- ↑ 2009 Recipients and Nominations Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 17 February 2014
- ↑ 2010 Nominations Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 17 February 2014
- ↑ 2011 Recipients and Nominations Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 17 February 2014
- ↑ Puvanenthiran, Bhakthi (14 February 2015). "Damien Ryan and Bell Shakespeare sweep nominations for Green Room". The Age. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
See also
- Green Room Award for Male Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre)
- Green Room Award for Female Actor in a Featured Role (Music Theatre)
- Green Room Award for Male Actor in a Featured Role (Music Theatre)