Olivier Award Winners for Best Actress in a Musical

See how many winners of the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical you can name.

This award was introduced in 1979, along with the award for Best Actor in a Musical. In 1977 and 1978, there had been a commingled actor/actress award for Best Performance in a Musical, won both times by an actress.

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Year	Musical	Actress
2024	Sunset Boulevard	Nicole Scherzinger
2023	Tammy Faye	Katie Brayben
2022	Cabaret	Jessie Buckley
2020	& Juliet	Miriam-Teak Lee
2019	Caroline, or Change	Sharon D. Clarke
2018	Girl from the North Country	Shirley Henderson
2017	Dreamgirls	Amber Riley
2016	Gypsy	Imelda Staunton
2015	Beautiful	Katie Brayben
2014	Once	Zrinka Cvitešić
2013	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Imelda Staunton
2012	Matilda	Cleo Demetriou
		Kerry Ingram
		Sophia Kiely
		Eleanor Worthington Cox
2011	Legally Blonde	Sheridan Smith
2010	Hello, Dolly!	Samantha Spiro
2009	Piaf	Elena Roger
2008	Hairspray	Leanne Jones
2007	Sunday in the Park with George	Jenna Russell
2006	Guys and Dolls	Jane Krakowski
2005	Mary Poppins	Laura Michelle Kelly
2004	Ragtime	Maria Friedman
2003	My Fair Lady	Joanna Riding
2002	My Fair Lady	Martine McCutcheon
2001	Merrily We Roll Along	Samantha Spiro
2000	Spend Spend Spend	Barbara Dickson
1999	Into the Woods	Sophie Thompson
1998	Chicago	Ute Lemper
1997	Passion	Maria Friedman
1996	A Little Night Music	Judi Dench
1995	She Loves Me	Ruthie Henshall
1994	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Julia McKenzie
1993	Carousel	Joanna Riding
1992	Carmen Jones	Wilhelmenia Fernandez
1991	Into the Woods	Imelda Staunton
1989/90	Miss Saigon	Lea Salonga
1988	Candide	Patricia Routledge
1987	Kiss Me, Kate	Nichola McAuliffe
1986	Judy	Lesley Mackie
1985	Les Misérables	Patti LuPone
1985	The Cradle Will Rock	Patti LuPone
1984	On Your Toes	Natalia Makarova
1983	Blood Brothers	Barbara Dickson
1982	Guys and Dolls	Julia McKenzie
1981	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Carlin Glynn
1980	They're Playing Our Song	Gemma Craven
1979	The King and I	Virginia McKenna
1978	Evita	Elaine Page
1977	Maggie	Anna Sharkey

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