Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress |
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Awarded for | Best Actress in a Play |
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Presented by | The Society of London Theatre |
Currently held by | Lesley Manville for Ghosts (2014) |
Official website | Olivier Awards.com |
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and, renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor Lord Olivier.
The award has been known by its current name of Best Actress since 1993, previously it was known as Actress of the Year. From 1976-1984 and again in 1988, there were two Actress of the Year awards. One for Actress of the Year in a New Play and the other for Actress of the Year in a Revival.
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Winners and nominees[edit]
1980s[edit]
Year | Actor | Play | Character |
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1985 | |||
Yvonne Bryceland | The Road to Mecca | Miss Helen | |
Wendy Morgan | Martine | Martine | |
Harriet Walter | The Castle | Skinner | |
Joanne Whalley | Saved | Pam | |
1986 | |||
Lindsay Duncan | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Marquise de Merteuil | |
Julia McKenzie | Woman in Mind | Susan | |
Juliet Stevenson | As You Like It, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Troilus and Cressida | Rosalind / Madame de Tourvel / Cressida | |
Irene Worth | The Bay at Nice | Valentina Nrovka | |
1987 | |||
Judi Dench | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | |
Miranda Richardson | A Lie of the Mind | Beth | |
Maggie Smith | Lettice and Lovage and Coming in to Land | Lettice Douffet / Halina | |
Juliet Stevenson | Yerma | Yerma | |
1989/90 | |||
Fiona Shaw | Electra, As You Like It and The Good Person of Szechwan | Electra / Celia / Shen Te | |
Sheila Hancock | Prin | Prin | |
Jane Lapotaire | Shadowlands | Joy | |
Prunella Scales | Single Spies | Elizabeth II |
1990s[edit]
2000s[edit]
2010s[edit]
Year | Actor | Play | Character |
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2010 | |||
Rachel Weisz | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | |
Gillian Anderson | A Doll's House | Nora Helmer | |
Lorraine Burroughs | The Mountaintop | Camae | |
Imelda Staunton | Entertaining Mr Sloane | Kath | |
Juliet Stevenson | Duet for One | Stephanie Anderson | |
2011 | |||
Nancy Carroll | After the Dance | Joan | |
Tracie Bennett | End of the Rainbow | Judy Garland | |
Tamsin Greig | The Little Dog Laughed | Diane | |
Sophie Thompson | Clybourne Park | Bev | |
2012 | |||
Ruth Wilson | Anna Christie | Anna Christie | |
Celia Imrie | Noises Off | Dotty | |
Lesley Manville | Grief | Dorothy | |
Kristin Scott Thomas | Betrayal | Emma | |
Marcia Warren | The Ladykillers | Mrs Wilberforce | |
2013 | |||
Helen Mirren | The Audience | Queen Elizabeth II | |
Hattie Morahan | A Doll's House | Nora Helmer | |
Billie Piper | The Effect | Connie | |
Kristin Scott Thomas | Old Times | Kate / Anna | |
2014 | |||
Lesley Manville | Ghosts | Mrs. Helene Alving | |
Hayley Atwell | The Pride | Sylvia | |
Anna Chancellor | Private Lives | Amanda Prynne | |
Judi Dench | Peter and Alice | Alice |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- London Theatre Guide (2008). The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008 (.PDF). 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre. p. 20. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
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