Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical
Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical | |
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Awarded for | Best Female Actor in a Musical |
Location | Australia |
Presented by | Live Performance Australia |
Currently held by | Ursula Yovich for Barbara and the Camp Dogs (2019) |
Website | HelpmannAwards.com.au |
The Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical is a musical award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001.[1] This is a list of winners and nominations for the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour.
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2000s
Year | Actor | Production | Character(s) |
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2001 (1st) | |||
Sharon Millerchip | Chicago | Velma Kelly | |
Chrissy Amphlett | The Boy from Oz | Judy Garland | |
Lisa McCune | The Sound of Music | Maria Rainer | |
Leonie Page | Jolson | Ruby Keeler | |
2002 (2nd) | |||
Judi Connelli | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Mrs. Lovett | |
Deborah Conway | Always... Patsy Cline | Patsy Cline | |
Lara Mulcahy | Mamma Mia! | Rosie | |
Pamela Rabe | The Wizard of Oz | Wicked Witch of the West | |
2003 (3rd) | |||
Tamsin Carroll | Oliver! | Nancy | |
Lisa McCune | Cabaret | Sally Bowles | |
Caroline O'Connor | Man of La Mancha | Aldonza | |
Marina Prior | The Witches of Eastwick | Jane Smart | |
2004 (4th) | |||
Kate Hoolihan | We Will Rock You | Scaramouche | |
MaryAnne McCormack | The Full Monty | Georgie Bukatinsky | |
Ursula Yovich | The Threepenny Opera | Polly Peachum | |
Buyisile Zama | The Lion King | Rafiki | |
2005 (5th) | |||
Chloe Dallimore | The Producers | Ulla | |
Bridget Boyle | The Venetian Twins | Beatrice | |
Emma Matthews | The Mikado | Yum-Yum | |
Lisa McCune | Urinetown | Hope Cladwell | |
2006 (6th) | |||
Tamsin Carroll | Dusty – The Original Pop Diva | Dusty Springfield | |
Magda Szubanski | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | William Barfee | |
Marina Prior | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Rona Lisa Peretti | |
Amanda Harrison | Leader of the Pack | Ellie Greenwich | |
2007 (7th) | |||
Laurie Cadevida | Miss Saigon | Kim | |
Chrissy Amphlett | The Boy from Oz | Judy Garland | |
Sharon Millerchip | Pippin | Catherine | |
Silvie Paladino | Sideshow Alley | Rita | |
2008 (8th) | |||
Genevieve Lemon | Billy Elliot the Musical | Mrs Wilkinson | |
Ana Marina | The Phantom of the Opera | Christine Daaé | |
Sharon Millerchip | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine | |
Marina Prior | Guys and Dolls | Miss Adelaide | |
2009 (9th) | |||
Sharon Millerchip | Chicago | Roxanne "Roxie" Hart | |
Amanda Harrison | Wicked | Elphaba | |
Lucy Durack | Wicked | Glinda | |
Lucinda Shaw | Monty Python's Spamalot | Lady of the Lake |
2010s
Year | Actor | Production | Character(s) |
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2010 (10th) | |||
Michala Banas | Avenue Q | Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut | |
Delia Hannah | Cats | Grizabella | |
Ursula Yovich | The Wizard Of Oz | Dorothy Gale | |
Christie Whelan | The Drowsy Chaperone | Janet van de Graaff | |
2011 (11th) | |||
Verity Hunt-Ballard | Mary Poppins | Mary Poppins | |
Jemma Rix | Wicked | Elphaba | |
Jaz Flowers | Hairspray | Tracy Turnblad | |
Lucy Maunder | Doctor Zhivago | Lara | |
2012 (12th) | |||
Pamela Rabe | Grey Gardens | Edith Bouvier Beale and "Little" Edie | |
Anita Louise Combe | A Chorus Line | Cassie | |
Amanda Harrison | An Officer and a Gentleman | Paula Pokrifki | |
Amy Lehpamer | Rock of Ages | Sherrie Christian | |
2013 (13th) | |||
Lucy Durack | Legally Blonde | Elle Woods | |
Chloe Dallimore | The Addams Family | Morticia Addams | |
Esther Hannaford | King Kong | Ann Darrow | |
Silvie Paladino | Chess | Florence Vassey | |
2014 (14th) | |||
Verity Hunt-Ballard | Sweet Charity | Charity | |
Lisa McCune | The King and I | Anna Leonowens | |
Caroline O'Connor | Gypsy | Rose | |
Phoebe Panaretos | Strictly Ballroom: The Musical | Fran | |
2015 (15th) | |||
Caroline O'Connor | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney | |
Patrice Tipoki | Les Misérables | Fantine | |
Helen Dallimore | Blood Brothers | Mrs Johnstone | |
Madeleine Jones | Once | Girl | |
2016 (16th) | |||
Molly Barwick, Dusty Bursill, Tiana Mirra, Alannah Parfett, Sasha Rose, Georgia Taplin, Bella Thomas and Ingrid Torelli | Matilda the Musical | Matilda Wormwood | |
Amy Lehpamer | The Sound of Music | Maria Rainer | |
Antoinette Halloran | Sweeney Todd | Mrs Lovett | |
Esther Hannaford | Little Shop of Horrors | Audrey | |
2017 (17th) | |||
Anna O'Byrne | My Fair Lady | Eliza Doolittle | |
Amy Lehpamer | Dusty | Dusty Springfield | |
Zahra Newman | The Book of Mormon | Nabulungi | |
Sophie Wright | Kinky Boots | Lauren | |
2018 (18th) | |||
Esther Hannaford | Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Carole King | |
Natalie O'Donnell | Mamma Mia! | Donna Sheridan | |
Marina Prior | Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical | Polly and Mary Douvan | |
Maggie McKenna | Muriel's Wedding | Muriel Heslop | |
2019 (19th)[4] | |||
Ursula Yovich | Barbara and the Camp Dogs | Barbara | |
Luisa Scrofani | In the Heights | Nina | |
Tina Arena | Evita | Eva Peron | |
Natalie Abbott | Muriel's Wedding the Musical | Muriel Heslop |
See also
References
- ^ "About". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "Nominees". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "Australian Web Archive 2001 Helpmann Awards Nominees". Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA). Australian Web Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2003. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "2019 Nominees and Winners | Helpmann Awards". www.helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
External links
- The official Helpmann Awards website
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Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical
- Sharon Millerchip (2001)
- Judi Connelli (2002)
- Tamsin Carroll (2003)
- Kate Hoolihan (2004)
- Chloe Dallimore (2005)
- Tamsin Carroll (2006)
- Laurie Cadevida (2007)
- Genevieve Lemon (2008)
- Sharon Millerchip (2009)
- Michala Banas (2010)
- Verity Hunt-Ballard (2011)
- Pamela Rabe (2012)
- Lucy Durack (2013)
- Verity Hunt-Ballard (2014)
- Caroline O'Connor (2015)
- Molly Barwick, Dusty Bursill, Tiana Mirra, Alannah Parfett, Sasha Rose, Georgia Taplin, Bella Thomas and Ingrid Torelli (2016)
- Anna O'Byrne (2017)
- Esther Hannaford (2018)
- Ursula Yovich (2019)