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Awarded for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Location United States New York City Currently held by Jayne Houdyshell for The Humans (2016) People also search for Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play Presented by American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League Winners & Nominees Jayne HoudyshellThe Humans, Jayne Houdyshell, Winner, Pascale ArmandEclipsed, Pascale Armand, Nominee, Andrea MartinNoises Off, Andrea Martin, Nominee, Megan HiltyNoises Off, Megan Hilty, Nominee, Saycon SengblohEclipsed, Saycon Sengbloh, Nominee, Annaleigh AshfordYou Can't Take It with You, Annaleigh Ashford, Winner, Lydia LeonardWolf Hall: Part One - Wolf Hall: Part Two, Lydia Leonard, Nominee, Patricia ClarksonThe Elephant Man, Patricia Clarkson, Nominee, Sarah StilesHand to God, Sarah Stiles, Nominee, Julie WhiteAirline Highway, Julie White, Nominee, Sophie OkonedoA Raisin In The Sun, Sophie Okonedo, Winner, Mare WinninghamCasa Valentina, Mare Winningham, Nominee, Anika Noni RoseA Raisin In The Sun, Anika Noni Rose, Nominee, Sarah GreeneThe Cripple of Inishmaan, Sarah Greene, Nominee, Celia Keenan-BolgerThe Glass Menagerie, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Nominee, Judith LightThe Assembled Parties, Judith Light, Winner, Shalita GrantVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Shalita Grant, Nominee, Carrie CoonWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Carrie Coon, Nominee, Condola RashadThe Trip to Bountiful, Condola Rashad, Nominee, Judith IveyThe Heiress, Judith Ivey, Nominee, Judith LightOther Desert Cities, Judith Light, Winner, Condola RashadStick Fly, Condola Rashad, Nominee, Spencer KaydenDon't Dress for Dinner, Spencer Kayden, Nominee, Linda EmondDeath of a Salesman, Linda Emond, Nominee, Celia Keenan-BolgerPeter and the Starcatcher, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Nominee | ||
Christine baranski wins 1989 tony award for best featured actress in a play
The Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actresses for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, an American actress who died in 1946. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year." Originally called the Tony Award for Actress, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic), it was later changed to its current title in 1976. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public. The change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers".