Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. The awards were established in 1955, with acting awards being given without making distinctions between roles in plays and musicals, or actors and actresses. The new award categories were later created in the 1975 ceremony.
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| Currently held by | Lois Smith for The Inheritance (2020) |
| Website | DramaDeskAwards.com |
† – indicates the performance won the Tony Award
‡ – indicates the performance was also nominated for the Tony Award
Winners and nominees
1970s
1980s
1990s
| Year | Actress | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | |||
| Frances Conroy | The Secret Rapture | Marion French | |
| Jayne Atkinson | The Art of Success | Sarah Sprackling | |
| Kate Burton | Some Americans Abroad | Betty McNeil | |
| Marcia Jean Kurtz | When She Danced | Miss Belzer | |
| Stephanie Roth | Artist Descending a Staircase | Sophie | |
| 1991 | |||
| Irene Worth | Lost in Yonkers | Grandma Kurnitz † | |
| Jane Adams | I Hate Hamlet | Deirdre McDavey | |
| Tracey Ellis | Our Country's Good | Lieutenant George Johnston | |
| Julie Halston | Red Scare on Sunset | Pat Pilford | |
| Deirdre O'Connell | Love and Anger | Sarah Downey | |
| 1992 | |||
| Christine Baranski | Lips Together, Teeth Apart | Chloe Haddock | |
| Lisa Emery | Marvin's Room | Lee | |
| Harriet Harris | Bella, Bell of Byelorussia | Ludmilla / Waitress | |
| Laura Linney | Sight Unseen | Grete | |
| Nancy Marchand | The End of the Day | Rosamund Brackett / Jocelyn Massey | |
| 1993 | |||
| Madeline Kahn | The Sisters Rosensweig | Gorgeous Teitlebaum | |
| Kathleen Chalfant | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Various Characters ‡ | |
| Marcia Gay Harden | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Various Characters ‡ | |
| Harriet Harris | Jeffrey | Ann Marwood Bartle | |
| Kathryn Meisle | As You Like It | Rosalind | |
| 1994 | |||
| Jane Adams | An Inspector Calls | Sheila Biring † | |
| Frances Conroy | In the Summer House | Mrs. Constable | |
| Hope Davis | Pterodactyls | Emma | |
| Marcia Gay Harden | Angels in America: Perestroika | Various Characters | |
| Kristen Johnston | The Lights | Rose | |
| 1995 | |||
| Tara FitzGerald | Hamlet | Ophelia | |
| Hallie Foote | The Horton Foote Plays | Performer | |
| Penny Fuller | Three Viewings | Virginia | |
| Camryn Manheim | Missing Persons | Gemma | |
| J. Smith-Cameron | The Naked Truth | Sissy Bermiss Darnley | |
| Sheila Tousey | Iphigenia and Other Daughters | Electra | |
| 1996 | |||
| Elaine Stritch | A Delicate Balance | Claire | |
| Viola Davis | Seven Guitars | Vera ‡ | |
| Eileen Heckart | Northeast Local | Mair | |
| Donna Murphy | Twelve Dreams | Dorothy Trowbridge | |
| Roberta Wallach | The Model Apartment | Debby | |
| Amy Wright | Mrs. Klein | Paula | |
| 1997 | |||
| Dana Ivey | Sex and Longing | Bridget McCrea | |
| The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Boo Levy ‡ | ||
| Kathleen Chalfant | Nine Armenians | Marie | |
| Linda Emond | Nine Armenians | Armine | |
| Melissa Errico | The Importance of Being Earnest | Gwendolen Fairfax | |
| Allison Janney | Present Laughter | Liz | |
| Celia Weston | The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Aunt Reba ‡ | |
| 1998 | |||
| Allison Janney | A View from the Bridge | Beatrice Carbone | |
| Patricia Clarkson | The Maiden's Prayer | Libby | |
| Linda Lavin | The Diary of Anne Frank | Mrs. Van Daan ‡ | |
| Patti LuPone | The Old Neighborhood | Jolly | |
| Marian Seldes | Ivanov | Zinaida Savishna | |
| Caroline Seymour | Goose-Pimples | Jackie | |
| 1999 | |||
| Anna Friel | Closer | Alice Ayers | |
| Viola Davis | Everybody's Ruby | Ruby McCollum | |
| Kristine Nielsen | Betty's Summer Vacation | Mrs. Siezmagraff | |
| Natasha Richardson | Closer | Anna | |
| Marian Seldes | Ring Round the Moon | Madame Desmermortes | |
| Mary Louise Wilson | Bosoms and Neglect | Henny |
2000s
| Year | Actress | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | |||
| Marylouise Burke | Fuddy Meers | Gertie | |
| Jillian Armenante | The Cider House Rules, Part One | Melony | |
| Seana Kofoed | An Experiment with an Air Pump | Isobel Bridie | |
| Phyllis Newman | The Moment When | Paula | |
| Cigdem Onat | The Time of the Cuckoo | Signora Fioria | |
| Amy Sedaris | The Country Club | Froggy | |
| 2001 | |||
| Viola Davis | King Hedley II | Tonya † | |
| Anita Durst | The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Marlene | |
| Barbara Jefford | Coriolanus | Volumnia | |
| Marthe Keller | Judgment at Nuremberg | Mrs. Bertholt ‡ | |
| Marian Seldes | The Butterfly Collection | Margaret | |
| Robin Weigert | Madame Melville | Ruth | |
| 2002 | |||
| Katie Finneran | Noises Off | Brooke Ashton † | |
| Jennifer Coolidge | The Women | Edith / Mrs. Phelps Potter | |
| Kathleen Doyle | Kilt | Mary | |
| Linda Emond | Homebody/Kabul | The Homebody | |
| Elizabeth Franz | Morning's at Seven | Aaronetta Gibbs ‡ | |
| Kathleen Widdoes | Franny's Way | Marjorie | |
| 2003 | |||
| Lynn Redgrave | Talking Heads | Miss Fozzard | |
| Christine Ebersole | Talking Heads | Irene ‡ | |
| Jan Maxwell | My Old Lady | Chloe Giffard | |
| Helen McCrory | Uncle Vanya | Elena | |
| Nancy Opel | Polish Joke | Various Characters | |
| Jeanine Serralles | Hold Please | Jessica | |
| 2004 | |||
| Audra McDonald | A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger † | |
| Jayne Houdyshell | Well | Ann Kron | |
| Mikel Sarah Lambert | The Daughter-in-Law | Mrs. Gascoyne | |
| Margo Martindale | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Mama ‡ | |
| Jan Maxwell | Sixteen Wounded | Sonya | |
| Mary Louise Wilson | The Beard of Avon | Queen Elizabeth I | |
| 2005 | |||
| Adriane Lenox | Doubt | Mrs. Miller † | |
| Julie Halston | White Chocolate | Vivian Beale Somerset | |
| Portia | McReele | Opal | |
| Lily Rabe | Steel Magnolias | Annelle | |
| Lee Roy Rogers | Orson's Shadow | Vivien Leigh | |
| Mary Testa | String of Pearls | Various Characters | |
| 2006 | |||
| Frances de la Tour | The History Boys | Mrs. Lintott † | |
| Lisa Emery | Abigail's Party | Susan | |
| Judith Hawking | A Soldier's Wife | Florence | |
| Michele Pawk | The Paris Letter | Katie | |
| Lynn Redgrave | The Constant Wife | Mrs. Culver | |
| Marian Seldes | Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams | Annabelle Willard | |
| 2007 | |||
| Martha Plimpton | The Coast of Utopia | Various Characters ‡ | |
| Myriam Acharki | Woyzeck | Marie | |
| Xanthe Elbrick | Coram Boy | Alexander Ashbrook / Aaron ‡ | |
| Sarah Nina Hayon | Rearviewmirror | Inez | |
| Jan Maxwell | Coram Boy | Mrs. Lynch ‡ | |
| Andrea Riseborough | The Pride | Sylvia | |
| Rita Wolf | The American Pilot | Sarah | |
| 2008 | |||
| Linda Lavin | The New Century | Helene Nadler | |
| Elizabeth Ashley | Dividing the Estate | Stella | |
| Johanna Day | Peter and Jerry | Ann | |
| Zoe Kazan | 100 Saints You Should Know | Abby | |
| Rondi Reed | August: Osage County | Mattie Fae Aiken † | |
| Marisa Tomei | Top Girls | Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs. Kidd | |
| 2009 | |||
| Angela Lansbury | Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati † | |
| Rebecca Hall | The Cherry Orchard | Varya | |
| Zoe Kazan | The Seagull | Masha | |
| Andrea Martin | Exit the King | Juliette | |
| Carey Mulligan | The Seagull | Nina | |
| Condola Rashād | Ruined | Sophie |
2010s
| Year | Actress | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | |||
| Viola Davis | Fences | Rose Maxson † | |
| Victoria Clark | When the Rain Stops Falling | Older Gabrielle York | |
| Xanthe Elbrick | Candida | Proserpine Garnett | |
| Mary Beth Hurt | When the Rain Stops Falling | Older Elizabeth Law | |
| Scarlett Johansson | A View from the Bridge | Catherine Carbone † | |
| Andrea Riseborough | The Pride | Sylvia | |
| 2011 | |||
| Edie Falco | The House of Blue Leaves | Bananas Shaughnessy ‡ | |
| Lisa Emery | The Collection and A Kind of Alaska | Deborah | |
| Julie Halston | The Divine Sister | Sister Acacius | |
| Sarah Nina Hayon | A Bright New Boise | Anna | |
| Celia Keenan-Bolger | Peter and the Starcatcher | Molly‡ | |
| Linda Lavin | Other Desert Cities | Silda Grauman | |
| Judith Light | Lombardi | Marie Lombardi ‡ | |
| 2012 | |||
| Judith Light | Other Desert Cities | Silda Grauman † | |
| Stephanie J. Block | By the Way, Meet Vera Stark | Gloria Mitchell | |
| Anna Camp | All New People | Kim | |
| Kimberly Hebert Gregory | By the Way, Meet Vera Stark | Lottie | |
| Lisa Joyce | The Ugly One | Fanny | |
| Joaquina Kalukango | Hurt Village | Cookie | |
| Angela Lansbury | The Best Man | Sue Ellen Gamadge | |
| 2013 | |||
| Judith Light | The Assembled Parties | Faye † | |
| Tasha Lawrence | The Whale | Mary | |
| Kellie Overbey | Sleeping Rough | Joanna | |
| Maryann Plunkett | Sorry | Barbara Apple | |
| Condola Rashād | The Trip to Bountiful | Thelma ‡ | |
| Laila Robins | Sorry | Marian Apple | |
| 2014 | |||
| Celia Keenan-Bolger | The Glass Menagerie | Laura Wingfield ‡ | |
| Betty Buckley | The Old Friends | Gertrude Hayhurst Sylvester Ratliff | |
| Julia Coffey | London Wall | Miss Janus | |
| Diane Davis | The Model Apartment | Debby | |
| Jan Maxwell | The Castle | Skinner | |
| Sophie Okonedo | A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger † | |
| 2015 | |||
| Annaleigh Ashford | You Can't Take It with You | Essie Carmichael † | |
| Beth Dixon | The City of Conversation | Jean Swift | |
| Julie Halston | You Can't Take It with You | Gay Wellington | |
| Paola Lázaro-Muñoz | To the Bone | Lupe | |
| Lydia Leonard | Wolf Hall: Parts One & Two | Anne Boleyn ‡ | |
| Julie White | Airline Highway | Tanya ‡ | |
| 2016 | |||
| Saycon Sengbloh | Eclipsed | Helena ‡ | |
| Brooke Bloom | Cloud 9 | Edward / Betty | |
| Megan Hilty | Noises Off | Brooke Ashton ‡ | |
| Kellie Overbey | Women Without Men | Miss Connor | |
| Jeanine Serralles | Gloria | Gloria | |
| 2017 | |||
| Cynthia Nixon | The Little Foxes | Birdie Hubbard † | |
| Jayne Houdyshell | A Doll's House, Part 2 | Anne-Marie ‡ | |
| Randy Graff | The Babylon Line | Frieda Cohen | |
| Marie Mullen | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Mag Folan | |
| Emily Skinner | Picnic | Rosemary | |
| Kate Walsh | If I Forget | Holly | |
| 2018 | |||
| Jamie Brewer | Amy and the Orphans | Amy | |
| Jocelyn Bioh | In the Blood | The Welfare Lady | |
| Barbara Marten | People, Places and Things | Doctor and Mum | |
| Deirdre O'Connell | Fulfillment Center | Suzan | |
| Constance Shulman | Bobbie Clearly | Darla London | |
| 2019 | |||
| Celia Keenan-Bolger | To Kill a Mockingbird | Scout Finch † | |
| Harriett D. Foy | The House That Will Not Stand | Makeda | |
| Megan Hill | Eddie and Dave | Dave | |
| Ruth Wilson | King Lear | Cordelia / Fool ‡ | |
| Alison Wright | Othello | Emilia |
2020s
| Year | Actress | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Lois Smith | The Inheritance | Margaret | |
| Patrice Johnson Chevannes | runboyrun & In Old Age | Abasiama Ufot | |
| Kristina Poe | Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven | Betty Woods | |
| Belange Rodríguez | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao | Ybón | |
| Elizabeth Rodriguez | Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven | Miss Rivera |
Facts
- Mary Alice and Viola Davis are the only two women who have won for playing the same character, Rose Maxson, from Fences
- Christine Baranski, Viola Davis, Judith Ivey, Judith Light, and Celia Keenan-Bolger are the only women who have won twice.
References
- "Drama Desk Award for Featured Actress in a Play". Internet Broadway Database. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
External links
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