The WhatsOnStage Award for Best Performer in a Female Identifying Role in a Play is an annual award presented by WhatsOnStage.com as part of the annual WhatsOnStage Awards. Founded in 2001 as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, the WhatsOnStage Awards are based on a popular vote recognising performers and productions in London's West End theatre.
WhatsOnStage Award for Best Performer in a Female Identifying Role in a Play
This award is given to a person who has performed a leading female identifying role in a play during the eligibility year. Introduced in 2001 as the award for Best Actress in a Play, the category was renamed in 2022 in an effort to be more inclusive. The category was discontinued following the 2022 ceremony and was replaced with the gender-neutral WhatsOnstage Award for Best Performer in a Play.
Kristin Scott Thomas and Billie Piper are the only performers to have won the award twice. Helen McCrory holds the record for most nominations in the category, with five, and also the most nominations without a win.
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The WhatsOnStage Award for Best Performer in a Female Identifying Role in a Play is an annual award presented by WhatsOnStage com as part of the annual WhatsOnStage Awards Founded in 2001 as the Theatregoers Choice Awards the WhatsOnStage Awards are based on a popular vote recognising performers and productions in London s West End theatre WhatsOnStage Award for Best Performer in a Female Identifying Role in a PlayAwarded forExcellence in a leading role in a playCountryUnited KingdomPresented byWhatsOnStage comFirst awarded2001Currently held byLily Allen 2022 This award is given to a person who has performed a leading female identifying role in a play during the eligibility year Introduced in 2001 as the award for Best Actress in a Play the category was renamed in 2022 in an effort to be more inclusive The category was discontinued following the 2022 ceremony and was replaced with the gender neutral WhatsOnstage Award for Best Performer in a Play Kristin Scott Thomas and Billie Piper are the only performers to have won the award twice Helen McCrory holds the record for most nominations in the category with five and also the most nominations without a win Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 2000s 1 2 2010s 1 3 2020s 2 Multiple wins and nominations 2 1 Wins 2 2 Nominations 3 References 4 External linksWinners and nominees edit2000s edit Year Performer Play Female Identifying Character2001 1 Julie Walters All My Sons Katie Keller2002 2 Victoria Hamilton A Day in the Death of Joe Egg SheilaKatrin Cartlidge Boy Gets Girl Theresa BedellLindsay Duncan Mouth to Mouth LauraFiona Shaw Medea MedeaRachel Weisz The Shape of Things Evelyn Ann ThompsonLia Williams The Homecoming Ruth2003 3 Gillian Anderson What The Night Is For Melinda MetzClare Higgins Vincent in Brixton Ursula LoyerGwyneth Paltrow Proof CatherineHelen McCrory Uncle Vanya Twelfth Night Helena Andreyevna Serebryakova OliviaJudi Dench The Breath of Life Frances BealeMaggie Smith Madeleine PalmerSamantha Bond Macbeth Lady Macbeth2004 4 Kristin Scott Thomas Three Sisters Maria Sergeyevna KulyginaDiana Quick After Mrs Rochester Jean RhysEileen Atkins Honour HonourEve Best Three Sisters Mourning Becomes Electra Maria Sergeyevna Kulygina Lavinia MannonJanet McTeer The Duchess of Malfi The DuchessJanie Dee Betrayal Emma2005Diana Rigg Suddenly Last Summer Violet VenableAnna Maxwell Martin His Dark Materials Lyra BelacquaClare Higgins Hecuba HecubaFrances Barber One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest Nurse RatchedJoanna Riding Blithe Spirit Ruth CondomineVictoria Hamilton Suddenly Last Summer Catharine2006 Kristin Scott Thomas As You Desire Me ElmaClare Higgins Death of a Salesman Linda LomanHelen McCrory As You Like It RosalindHarriet Walter Mary Stuart Elizabeth IJanet McTeer Mary Queen of ScotsSheila Hancock The Anniversary Mrs Taggart2007 Judi Dench Hay Fever Judith BlissEve Best A Moon for the Misbegotten JosieFelicity Kendal Amy s View Esme AllenKathleen Turner Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Virginia WoolfRosamund Pike Summer and Smoke Alma WinemillerSinead Cusack Rock n Roll Eleanor Esme2008 5 Maggie Smith The Lady from Dubuque JoAnne Marie Duff Saint Joan Joan of ArcJanie Dee Shadowlands Joy GreshamKate Fleetwood Macbeth Lady MacbethKristin Scott Thomas The Seagull Irina ArkadinaTamsin Greig Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice2009 6 Katy Stephens The Histories Joan of Arc Margaret of AnjouDeanna Dunagan August Osage County Violet WestonLesley Sharp Harper Regan Harper ReganLindsay Duncan That Face MarthaMargaret Tyzack The Chalk Garden Mrs St MaughamPenelope Wilton Miss Madrigal2010s edit Year Performer Play Female Identifying Character2010 7 Rachel Weisz A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBoisAlison Steadman Enjoy Connie CravenFiona Shaw Mother Courage and Her Children Mother CourageHelen Mirren Phedre PhaedraJuliet Stevenson Duet for One StephanieLesley Sharp The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Mari Hoff2011 8 Zoe Wanamaker All My Sons Kate KellerHelen McCrory The Late Middle Classes Celia SmithersJenny Jules Ruined MamaKim Cattrall Private Lives Amanda PrynneNancy Carroll After the Dance Joan Scott FowlerTracie Bennett End of the Rainbow Judy Garland2012 9 Vanessa Redgrave Driving Miss Daisy Daisy WerthanEve Best Much Ado About Nothing BeatriceKristin Scott Thomas Betrayal EmmaRuth Wilson Anna Christie Anna ChristieSamantha Spiro Chicken Soup with Barley Sarah KahnTamsin Greig Jumpy Hilary2013 10 Sheridan Smith Hedda Gabler Hedda GablerBillie Piper The Effect ConnieHattie Morahan A Doll s House Nora HelmerJill Halfpenny Abigail s Party Beverly MossJulie Walters The Last of the Haussmans Judy HaussmanSally Hawkins Constellations Marianne2014 11 Helen Mirren The Audience Queen Elizabeth IIAnne Marie Duff Strange Interlude Nina LeedsHayley Atwell The Pride SylviaSuranne Jones Beautiful Thing SandraTanya Moodie Fences Rose Maxson2015 12 Billie Piper Great Britain Paige BritainGillian Anderson A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBoisHelen McCrory Medea MedeaImelda Staunton Good People Margie WalshLucy Briggs Owen Shakespeare in Love Viola de Lesseps2016 13 Nicole Kidman Photograph 51 Rosalind FranklinRosalie Craig As You Like It RosalindDenise Gough People Places and Things EmmaHarriet Walter Death of a Salesman Linda LomanLia Williams Oresteia Clytemnestra2017 14 Billie Piper Yerma YermaLily James Romeo and Juliet Juliet CapuletPixie Lott Breakfast at Tiffany s Holly GolightlyHelen McCrory The Deep Blue Sea Hester CollyerMichelle Terry Henry V Henry V2018 15 Olivia Colman Mosquitos JennyEve Best Love In Idleness Olivia BrownNatalie Dormer Venus in Fur Vanda von DunayevTamsin Greig Labour of Love Jean WhittakerImelda Staunton Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf2019 16 Sophie Okonedo Antony and Cleopatra CleopatraCarey Mulligan Girls amp Boys PerformerCharlie Murphy The Lieutenant of Inishmore MaireadKatherine Parkinson Home I m Darling JudyPatsy Ferran Summer and Smoke Alma Winemiller2020s edit Year Performer Play Female Identifying Character2020 17 Claire Foy Lungs WZawe Ashton Betrayal EmmaHayley Atwell Rosmersholm Rebecca WestSharon D Clarke Death of a Salesman Linda LomanJuliet Stevenson The Doctor The Doctor2021 Not presented due to impact on theatres of COVID 19 pandemic2022 18 Lily Allen 2 22 A Ghost Story JennyGemma Arterton Walden StellaSheila Atim Constellations MarianneEmma Corrin Anna X AnnaPatsy Ferran Camp Siegfried HerSaoirse Ronan The Tragedy of Macbeth Lady MacbethMultiple wins and nominations editWins edit 2 winsBillie Piper Kristin Scott ThomasNominations edit 5 nominationsHelen McCrory4 nominationsEve Best Kristin Scott Thomas3 nominationsTamsin Greig Clare Higgins Billie Piper2 nominationsGillian Anderson Hayley Atwell Janie Dee Judi Dench Anne Marie Duff Lindsay Duncan Patsy Ferran Victoria Hamilton Janet McTeer Helen Mirren Lesley Sharp Fiona Shaw Maggie Smith Imelda Staunton Juliet Stevenson Harriet Walter Julie Walters Rachel Weisz Lia WilliamsReferences edit Whatsonstage Awards 2001 Westendtheatre com 1 January 2009 Retrieved 28 January 2022 Whatsonstage Awards 2002 Westendtheatre com 1 January 2009 Retrieved 28 January 2022 Whatsonstage com Awards Theatregoers Choice Awards Archive ph 12 April 2013 Archived from the original on 2013 04 12 Retrieved 28 January 2022 Whatsonstage Awards 2004 Westendtheatre com 1 January 2009 Retrieved 28 January 2022 Full List Your Theatregoers Choice Award Winners Whatsonstage com Retrieved 28 January 2022 Varley Eddie Tennant Branagh Hartnett amp JERSEY BOYS Win Big at the WHATSONSTAGE Awards BroadwayWorld com Retrieved 28 January 2022 Full List 2010 Whatsonstage com Award Winners Whatsonstage com Retrieved 28 January 2022 Full List 2011 Whatsonstage com Award Winners Whatsonstage com Retrieved 28 January 2022 Full List 2012 Whatsonstage com Awards Nominees WhatsOnStage com Retrieved 28 January 2022 Full list Winners announced of the 2013 Whatsonstage com Awards Whatsonstage com Retrieved 28 January 2022 Full List Winners of the 2014 WhatsOnStage Awards Whatsonstage com Retrieved 28 January 2022 Full list Winners of the 15th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards Whatsonstage com Retrieved 28 January 2022 Whatsonstage Awards Winners 2016 Westendtheatre com 22 February 2016 Retrieved 28 January 2022 Whatsonstage Awards Winners 2017 Westendtheatre com 20 February 2017 Retrieved 28 January 2022 Winners of the 18th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards announced David Tennant and Olivia Colman win Whatsonstage com Retrieved 28 January 2022 Hamilton and Aidan Turner among winners at 19th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards Whatsonstage com Retrieved 28 January 2022 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards winners include Andrew Scott Claire Foy Come From Away and Six Whatsonstage com Retrieved 28 January 2022 Nominees for 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards announced Whatsonstage com Retrieved 28 January 2022 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Play 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