Tony-prisen for beste kvinnelige hovedrolle i en musikal (engelsk: ) er en amerikansk teaterpris som hedrer kvinnelige skuespillere i musikaler som blir satt opp på Broadway, enten det er i en ny produksjon eller en nypremiere. Prisen har blitt delt ut siden 1948, men de nominerte som ikke vant ble ikke offentliggjort før i 1956.
Historie Prisen ble ikke delt ut i 1947 eller 1985. Ken Mandelbaum skrev følgende om 1985-sesongen: «Ting blir ille nok musikalsk til å kreve fjerning av kategoriene for beste mannlige og kvinnelige skuespillere i musikal, samt prisen for koreografi.» Tre ganger, i 1958, 1962 og 1968, har to kvinner delt prisen for beste kvinnelige hovedrolle i en musikal.
Vinnere og nominerte
1940-årene År Skuespiller Musikal Rolle 1947 colspan="3" 1948 Grace Hartman Angel in the Wings Nettie / Fru Blodgett / Ruth / Fru Hutchinson 1949 Nanette Fabray Love Life Susan Cooper
1950-årene År Skuespiller Musikal Rolle 1950 Mary Martin South Pacific Fenrik Nellie Forbush 1951 Ethel Merman Call Me Madam Sally Adams 1952 Gertrude Lawrence The King and I Anna Leonowens 1953 Rosalind Russell Wonderful Town Ruth Sherwood 1954 Dolores Gray Carnival in Flanders Cornelia 1955 Mary Martin Peter Pan Peter Pan 1956 Gwen Verdon Damn Yankees Lola Carol Channing The Vamp Flora Weems Nancy Walker Phoenix '55 Diverse roller 1957 Judy Holliday Bells Are Ringing Ella Peterson Julie Andrews My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle Ethel Merman Happy Hunting Liz Livingstone 1958 Thelma Ritter New Girl in Town Marthy Owen Gwen Verdon Anna Christopherson Lena Horne Jamaica Savannah Beatrice Lillie Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 Diverse roller 1959 Gwen Verdon Redhead Essie Whimple Miyoshi Umeki Flower Drum Song Mei-Li
1960-årene År Skuespiller Musikal Rolle 1960 Mary Martin Sound of Music Maria von Trapp Carol Burnett Once Upon a Mattress Prinsesse Winnifred Dolores Gray Destry Rides Again Frenchy Eileen Herlie Take Me Along Lily Miller Ethel Merman Gypsy Mama Rose 1961 Elizabeth Seal Irma La Douce Irma La Douce Julie Andrews Camelot Guenevere Carol Channing Show Girl Diverse roller Nancy Walker Do Re Mi Kay Cram 1962 Anna Maria Alberghetti Carnival! Lili Daurier Diahann Carroll No Strings Barbara Woodruff Molly Picon Milk and Honey Clara Weiss Elaine Stritch Sail Away Mimi Paragon 1963 Vivien Leigh Tovarich Tatiana Georgia Brown Oliver! Nancy Nanette Fabray Mr. President Nell Henderson Sally Ann Howes Brigadoon Fiona MacLaren 1964 Carol Channing Hello, Dolly! Dolly Gallagher Levi Beatrice Lillie High Spirits Madame Arcati Barbra Streisand Funny Girl Fanny Brice Inga Swenson 110 in the Shade Lizzie Curry 1965 Liza Minnelli Flora the Red Menace Flora Mezaros Elizabeth Allen Do I Hear a Waltz? Leona Samish Nancy Dussault Bajour | Emily Kirsten |- | Inga Swenson | Baker Street Irene Adler 1966 Angela Lansbury Mame Mame Dennis Barbara Harris On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Daisy Gamble / Melinda Wells Julie Harris Skyscraper Georgina Allerton Gwen Verdon Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine 1967 Barbara Harris The Apple Tree Eve / Prinsesse Barbara / Ella og Passionella Lotte Lenya Cabaret Fraulein Schneider Mary Martin Vi to! Vi to! Hun (Agnes) Louise Troy Walking Happy Maggie Hobson 1968 Patricia Routledge Darling of the Day Alice Challice Leslie Uggams Hallelujah, Baby! Georgina Melina Mercouri Illya Darling Illya Brenda Vaccaro How Now, Dow Jones Cynthia Pike 1969 Angela Lansbury Dear World Grevinne Aurelia Maria Karnilova Zorba Madame Hortense Dorothy Loudon The Fig Leaves Are Falling Lillian Stone Jill O'Hara Promises, Promises Fran Kubelik
1970-årene {|class="wikitable" style="width:98%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:11%;"| År ! style="width:27%;"| Skuespiller ! style="width:33%;"| Musikal ! style="width:29%;"| Rolle |- | rowspan="4" align="center"| 1970 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Lauren Bacall | Applause | Margo Channing |- | Katharine Hepburn | Coco | Coco Chanel |- | Dilys Watling | Georgy | Georgina «Georgy» Parkin |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 1971 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Helen Gallagher | Nei, nei, Nanette| Lucille Early |- | Sandy Duncan | The Boy Friend| Maisie |- | Susan Browning | rowspan="2"| Company| April |- | Elaine Stritch | Joanne |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 1972 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Alexis Smith | Follies| Phyllis Rogers Stone |- | Jonelle Allen | To muntre herrer fra Verona| Silvia |- | Dorothy Collins | Follies| Sally Durant Plummer |- | Mildred Natwick | 70, Girls, 70| Ida Dodd |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 1973 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Glynis Johns | Sommernattsmusikk| Desiree Armfeldt |- | Leland Palmer | Pippin| Fastrada |- | Debbie Reynolds | Irene| Irene O'Dare |- | Marcia Rodd |Shelter|Maud |- | rowspan="4" align="center"| 1974 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Virginia Capers | Raisin| Lena Younger |- | Carol Channing | Lorelei| Lorelei Lee |- | Michele Lee | Seesaw| Gittel Mosca |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 1975 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Angela Lansbury | Gypsy| Mama Rose |- | Lola Falana | Doctor Jazz| Edna Mae Sheridan |- | Bernadette Peters | Mack and Mabel| Mabel Normand |- | Ann Reinking | Goodtime Charley| Jeanne d’Arc |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 1976 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Donna McKechnie | A Chorus Line| Cassie Ferguson |- | Vivian Reed | Bubbling Brown Sugar| Marsha / Unge Irene |- | Chita Rivera | rowspan="2"| Chicago| Velma Kelly |- | Gwen Verdon | Roxie Hart |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 1977 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Dorothy Loudon | Annie| Frøken Hannigan |- | Clamma Dale | Porgy and Bess| Bess |- | Ernestine Jackson | Guys and Dolls| Sarah Brown |- | Andrea McArdle | Annie| Annie |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 1978 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Liza Minnelli | The Act| Michelle Craig |- | Madeline Kahn | On the Twentieth Century| Lily Garland / Mildred Plotka |- | Eartha Kitt | Timbuktu!| Shaleem La Lume |- | Frances Sternhagen | Angel| Eliza Gant |- | rowspan="5" align="center"| 1979 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Angela Lansbury | Sweeney Todd| Mrs. Lovett |- | Tovah Feldshuh | Sarava| Flor |- | Dorothy Loudon | Ballroom| Bea Asher |- | Alexis Smith | Platinum| Lila Halliday
1980-årene År Skuespiller Musikal Rolle 1980 Patti LuPone Evita Eva Perón Christine Andreas Oklahoma! Laurey Williams Sandy Duncan Peter Pan Peter Pan Ann Miller Sugar Babies Ann 1981 Lauren Bacall Woman of the Year Tess Harding Meg Bussert Brigadoon Fiona MacLaren Chita Rivera Bring Back Birdie Rosie Alvarez Linda Ronstadt Piratene fra Penzance Mabel 1982 Jennifer Holliday Dreamgirls Effie White Lisa Mordente Marlowe Emelia Bossano Mary Gordon Murray Little Me Belle Poitrine Sheryl Lee Ralph Dreamgirls Deena Jones 1983 Natalia Makarova On Your Toes Vera Barnova Lonette McKee Show Boat Julie LaVerne Chita Rivera Merlin Dronningen Twiggy My One and Only Edith Herbert 1984 Chita Rivera The Rink Anna Rhetta Hughes Amen Corner Søster Margaret Alexander Liza Minnelli The Rink Angel Bernadette Peters Sunday in the Park with George Dot / Marie 1985 colspan="3" 1986 Bernadette Peters Song and Dance Emma Debbie Allen Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine Cleo Laine Mysteriet om Edwin Drood Angela Prysock / Princess Puffer Chita Rivera Jerry's Girls Diverse roller 1987 Maryann Plunkett Me and My Girl Sally Smith Catherine Cox Oh, Coward! Diverse roller Teresa Stratas Rags Rebecca Hershkowitz 1988 Joanna Gleason Into the Woods Bakerens kone Alison Fraser Romance/Romance Josefine Weninger / Monica Judy Kuhn Chess Florence Vassy Patti LuPone Anything Goes Reno Sweeney 1989 Ruth Brown Black and Blue Diverse roller Charlotte d'Amboise Jerome Robbins' Broadway Anita / Peter Pan / Ensemble Linda Hopkins Black and Blue Diverse roller Sharon McNight Starmites Diva / Mor
1990-årene År Skuespiller Musikal Rolle 1990 Tyne Daly Gypsy Mama Rose Georgia Brown Tolvskillingsoperaen Celia Peachum Beth Fowler Sweeney Todd Mrs. Lovett Liliane Montevecchi Grand Hotel Elizaveta Grushinskaya 1991 Lea Salonga Miss Saigon Kim June Angela Shōgun: The Musical Lady Mariko Dee Hoty The Will Rogers Follies Betty Blake Cathy Rigby Peter Pan Peter Pan 1992 Faith Prince Guys and Dolls Frøken Adelaide Jodi Benson Crazy for You Polly Baker Josie de Guzman Guys and Dolls Sarah BrownSophie Hayden The Most Happy Fella Rosabella 1993 Chita Rivera Kiss of the Spider Woman Aurora / Edderkoppkvinnen Ann Crumb Anna Karenina Anna Karenina Stephanie Lawrence Blodsbrør Fru Johnstone Bernadette Peters The Goodbye Girl Paula McFadden 1994 Donna Murphy Passion Fosca Susan Egan Skjønnheten og udyret Belle Dee Hoty The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public Mona Stangley Judy Kuhn She Loves Me Amalia Balash 1995 Glenn Close Sunset Boulevard Norma Desmond Rebecca Luker Show Boat Magnolia Hawks 1996 Donna Murphy The King and I Anna Leonowens Julie Andrews Victor/Victoria Victoria Grant Crista Moore Big Susan Lawrence Daphne Rubin-Vega Rent Mimi Marquez 1997 Bebe Neuwirth Chicago Velma Kelly Pamela Isaacs The Life Queen Tonya Pinkins Play On! Lady Liv Karen Ziemba Steel Pier Rita Racine 1998 Natasha Richardson Cabaret Sally Bowles Betty Buckley Triumph of Love Hesione Marin Mazzie Ragtime Mor Alice Ripley og Emily Skinner Side Show Violet og Daisy Hilton 1999 Bernadette Peters Annie Get Your Gun Annie Oakley Carolee Carmello Parade Lucille Frank Dee Hoty Footloose Vi Moore Siân Phillips Marlene Marlene Dietrich
2000-årene År Skuespiller Musikal Rolle 2000 Heather Headley Aida Aida Toni Collette The Wild Party Queenie Rebecca Luker The Music Man Marian Paroo Marin Mazzie Kiss Me, Kate Lilli Vanessi / Katherine Audra McDonald Marie Christine Marie Christine L'Adrese 2001 Christine Ebersole 42nd Street Dorothy Brock Blythe Danner Follies Phyllis Rogers Stone Randy Graff A Class Act Sophie Faith Prince Bells Are Ringing Ella Peterson Marla Schaffel Jane Eyre Jane Eyre 2002 Sutton Foster Thoroughly Modern Millie Millie Dillmount Louise Pitre Mamma Mia! Donna Sheridan Nancy Opel Urinetown Penelope Pennywise Jennifer Laura Thompson Hope Cladwell Vanessa Williams Into the Woods Heksen 2003 Marissa Jaret Winokur Hairspray Tracy Turnblad Melissa Errico Amour Isabella Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Mannen frå LaMancha Aldonza / Dulcinea Elizabeth Parkinson Movin' Out Brenda Bernadette Peters Gypsy Mama Rose 2004 Idina Menzel Wicked Elphaba Kristin Chenoweth Wicked Glinda Stephanie D'Abruzzo Avenue Q Kate Monster / Lucy the Slut / Ensemble Donna Murphy Wonderful Town Ruth Sherwood Tonya Pinkins Caroline, or Change Caroline Thibodeaux 2005 Victoria Clark The Light in the Piazza Margaret Johnson Christina Applegate Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine Erin Dilly Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Truly Scrumptious Sutton Foster Little Women Josephine «Jo» March Sherie Rene Scott Svindlere med stil Christine Colgate 2006 LaChanze The Color Purple Celie Harris Johnson Sutton Foster The Drowsy Chaperone | Janet Van De Graaff |- | Patti LuPone | Sweeney Todd| Mrs. Lovett |- | Kelli O'Hara | The Pajama Game| Catherine «Babe» Williams |- | Chita Rivera | Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life| Chita Rivera |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2007 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Christine Ebersole | Grey Gardens| «Lille Edie» Beale |- | Laura Bell Bundy | Legally Blonde| Elle Woods |- | Audra McDonald | 110 in the Shade| Lizzie Curry |- | Debra Monk | Curtains| Carmen Bernstein |- | Donna Murphy | LoveMusik| Lotte Lenya |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2008 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Patti LuPone | Gypsy| Mama Rose |- | Kerry Butler | Xanadu| Kira / Kleio |- | Kelli O'Hara | South Pacific| Fenrik Nellie Forbush |- | Faith Prince | A Catered Affair| Agnes «Aggie» Hurley |- | Jenna Russell | Sunday in the Park with George| Dot / Marie |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 2009 |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | Alice Ripley | Next to Normal| Diana Goodman |- | Stockard Channing | Pal Joey| Vera Simpson |- | Sutton Foster | Shrek The Musical| Prinsesse Fiona |-