Green Room Award for Female Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre)
Appearance
The Green Room Award for Female Actor in a Leading Role (Music Theatre) is an annual award recognising excellence in the performing arts in Melbourne, Australia. The peer-based Green Room Awards were first presented in February 1984, for productions in 1983.[1]
Winners and nominees
[edit]Winners are in bold; nominees are provided when all nominees in that year are known.
1980s
[edit]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 | — | — | |
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
[edit]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[a] | |||
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 | — | — | |
1997 15th[2] | |||
Kelley 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
[edit]2010s
[edit]See also
[edit]- 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)
References
[edit]Notes
- ^ This year had a combined 'best performance by a female artist' category, rather than separate categories for lead and featured.
Citations
- ^ History Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine 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"[dead link] 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 Archived 15 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 17 February 2014.
- ^ 2008 Recipients and Nominations Archived 9 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 17 February 2014.
- ^ 2009 Recipients and Nominations Archived 15 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 17 February 2014
- ^ 2010 Nominations Archived 15 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Green Room Awards Association. Retrieved on 17 February 2014
- ^ 2011 Recipients and Nominations Archived 9 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine 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.
- ^ "Green Room Awards: full winners list". Daily Review. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Nominations for the 2017 Green Room Awards Announced | Australian Arts Review". artsreview.com.au. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Green Room Awards 2016 full winners list | Daily Review: Film, stage and music reviews, interviews and more". dailyreview.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ Justine, Nguyen (22 February 2018). "Nominees for the 2018 Green Room Awards announced". Limelight. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ Francis, Hannah (9 April 2018). "Whelan Browne gets comeuppance over trolls with Green Room Awards gong". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "2019 Nominations and Recipients – The Green Room Awards". Retrieved 16 July 2019.