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Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Featured Actress
Drama Desk Award ; for Outstanding Featured Actress
Awarded for	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Location	New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	Drama Desk
First awarded	1975
Last awarded	2022
Website	dramadesk.org (defunct)

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical was an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. The award was one of eight new acting awards first presented in 1975, when Drama Desk retired an earlier award that had made no distinction between work in plays and musicals, nor between actors and actresses, nor between lead performers and featured performers.

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After the 2022 ceremony, all eight acting categories introduced in 1975 were retired. The award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, along with Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, were replaced in 2023 with the gender neutral category of Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical.

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Year	Actress	Musical	Character
1975
	Donna Theodore	Shenandoah	Ann Anderson
	Boni Enten	The Rocky Horror Show	Columbia
	Kelly Garrett	The Night That Made America Famous	Various Characters
	Mabel King	The Wiz	Evillene
	Bonnie Langford	Gypsy	Baby June
	Penelope Milford	Shenandoah	Jenny Anderson
1976
	Vivian Reed	Bubbling Brown Sugar	Marsha / Young Irene
	Travis Hudson	Very Good Eddie	Madame Matroppo
	Mary Lou Rosato	The Robber Bridegroom	Salome
1977
	Dorothy Loudon	Annie	Miss Hannigan
	Delores Ivory Davis	Porgy and Bess	Serena
	Ernestine Jackson	Guys and Dolls	Sarah Brown
	Barbara Lang	The Robber Bridegroom	Salome
	Rita Moreno	She Loves Me	Ilona Ritter
1978
	Swoosie Kurtz	A History of the American Film	Bette
	Bobo Lewis	Working	Rose / Grace / Fran / Lucille
	Pamela Blair	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Amber
	Lenora Nemetz	Working	Babe / Terry / Delores
1979
	Merle Louise	Sweeney Todd	Lucy Barker / The Beggar Woman
	Patricia Drylie	Ballroom	Angie
	Lynnie Godfrey	Eubie!	Various Characters
	Grace Keagy	Carmelina	Rosa
	Lisa Mordente	Platinum	Crystal Mason

Year	Actress	Musical	Character
1980
	Debbie Allen	West Side Story	Anita
	Peggy Hewett	A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine	Mrs. Pavlenko
	Carolyn Mignini	Tintypes	Performer
	Janie Sell	God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater	Sylvia Rosewater
	Crissy Wilzak	The 1940's Radio Hour	Ginger Brooks
	Mary Catherine Wright	Tintypes	Performer
1981
	Marilyn Cooper	Woman of the Year	Jan Donovan
	Jennifer Holliday	Your Arms Too Short to Box with God	Performer
	Debbie Shapiro	Perfectly Frank	Performer
1982
	Liliane Montevecchi	Nine	Liliane La Fleur
	Anita Morris	Nine	Carla Albanese
	Laurie Beechman	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	The Narrator
	Shelly Burch	Nine	Claudia
	Lonette McKee	The First	Rachel
1983
	Karla Burns	Show Boat	Queenie
	Rebecca Wright	Merlin	Philomena
	Michele-Denise Woods	The Cradle Will Rock	Ella Hammer
1984
	Catherine Cox	Baby	Pam Sakarian
	Lila Kedrova	Zorba	Madame Hortense
	Laura Dean	Doonesbury	Boopsie
	Bonnie Koloc	The Human Comedy	Kate
	Marni Nixon	Taking My Turn	Edna
1985
	Leilani Jones	Grind	Satin
	Sharon Murray	Grind	Romaine
	Marianne Tatum	The Three Musketeers	Milady de Winter
	Charlayne Woodard	Hang on to the Good Times	Performer
1986
	Jana Schneider	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Helena Landless / Janet Conover
	Desiree Colman	Big Deal	Phoebe
	Faye Grant	Singin' in the Rain	Lina
	Kathryn McAteer	Mayor	Performer
	Bebe Neuwirth	Sweet Charity	Nickie
1987
	Jane Summerhays	Me and My Girl	Jaqueline 'Jackie' Carstone
	Michele Bautier	Stardust	Performer
	Sandra Chinn	Funny Feet	Various Characters
	Judy Kuhn	Rags	Bella Cohen
	Judy Kuhn	Les Misérables	Cosette
	Marcia Lewis	Rags	Rachel Halpern
1988
	Joanna Gleason	Into the Woods	The Baker's Wife
	Danielle Ferland	Into the Woods	Little Red Ridinghood
	Lyn Greene	Flora the Red Menace	Comrade Charlotte
	Judy Kaye	The Phantom of the Opera	Carlotta

Year	Actress	Musical	Character
1990
	Randy Graff	City of Angels	Oolie / Donna
	Danielle Du Clos	Aspects of Love	Jenny Dillingham
	Jane Krakowski	Grand Hotel	Freida Flamm / Flaemmchen
	Crista Moore	Gypsy	Louise
1991
	Karen Ziemba	And the World Goes 'Round	Various Characters
	Alison Fraser	The Secret Garden	Martha Sowerby
	Rebecca Luker	The Secret Garden	Lily
	Regina Resnik	A Little Night Music	Madame Armfeldt
1992
	Tonya Pinkins	Jelly's Last Jam	Anita
	Liz Larsen	The Most Happy Fella	Cleo
	Michele Pawk	Crazy for You	Irene Roth
	Barbara Walsh	Falsettos	Trina
1993
	Andrea Martin	My Favorite Year	Alice Miller
	Julie Andrews	Putting It Together	Amy
	Tovah Feldshuh	Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!	Various Characters
	Karen Mason	Carnival!	Rosalie
	Rachel York	Putting It Together	The Younger Woman
1994
	Audra McDonald	Carousel	Carrie Pipperidge
	Judy Blazer	Hello Again	The Nurse
	Sally Mayes	She Loves Me	Ilona Ritter
	Donna Murphy	Hello Again	The Whore
	Alene Robertson	Annie Warbucks	Commissioner Harriet Doyle
1996
	Rachel York	Victor/Victoria	Norma Cassidy
	Veanne Cox	Company	Amy
	Kathy Fitzgerald	Swinging on a Star	Various Characters
	Donna McKechnie	State Fair	Emily Arden
	Christine Pedi	Forbidden Hollywood	Various Characters
1997
	Lillias White	The Life	Sonja
	Marcia Lewis	Chicago	Matron "Mama" Morton
	Andrea Martin	Candide	Old Lady
	Debra Monk	Steel Pier	Shelby Stevens
	Jennifer Simard	I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change	Woman #1
	Ruth Williamson	The Green Heart	Mrs. Tragger
1998
	Tsidii Le Loka	The Lion King	Rafiki
	Betty Buckley	Triumph of Love	Hesione
	Lea DeLaria	On the Town	Hildy Esterhazy
	Anna Kendrick	High Society	Dinah Lord
	Ednita Nazario	The Capeman	Esmeralda Agrón
	Michele Pawk	Cabaret	Fraulein Kost
1999
	Kristin Chenoweth	You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown	Sally Brown
	Gretha Boston	It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues	Various Characters
	Cheryl Freeman	The Civil War	Bessie Toler
	Penny Fuller	A New Brain	Mimi Schwinn
	Jane Lanier	Fosse	Various Characters
	Eloise Laws	It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues	Various Characters

Year	Actress	Musical	Character
2000
	Karen Ziemba	Contact	Wife
	Nancy Anderson	Jolson and Co.	Mae West
	Sally Ann Howes	James Joyce's The Dead	Aunt Julia Morkan
	Eartha Kitt	The Wild Party	Dolores
	Alix Korey	The Wild Party	Madelaine True
	Idina Menzel	The Wild Party	Kate
2001
	Cady Huffman	The Producers	Ulla Swanson
	Polly Bergen	Follies	Carlotta Campion
	Kathleen Freeman	The Full Monty	Jeanette Burmeister
	Randy Graff	A Class Act	Sophie
	Spencer Kayden	Urinetown	Little Sally
	Janine LaManna	Seussical	Gertrude McFuzz
2002
	Harriet Harris	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Mrs. Meers
	Liz Callaway	The Spitfire Grill	Shelby
	Judy Kaye	Mamma Mia!	Rosie Mulligan
	Andrea Martin	Oklahoma!	Aunt Eller
	Karen Mason	Mamma Mia!	Tanya Chesham-Leigh
	Kerry O'Malley	Into the Woods	The Baker's Wife
2003
	Jane Krakowski	Nine	Carla Albanese
	Kerry Butler	Hairspray	Penny Pingleton
	Mary Stuart Masterson	Nine	Luisa Contini
	Sally Mayes	Urban Cowboy	Aunt Corene
	Chita Rivera	Nine	Lillane La Fleur
	Debra Walton	Cookin' at the Cookery	Young Alberta Hunter
2004
	Isabel Keating	The Boy from Oz	Judy Garland
	Lovette George	The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)	Various Characters
	Alix Korey	Listen to My Heart	Various Characters
	Anika Noni Rose	Caroline, or Change	Emmie Thibodeaux
	Jennifer Simard	The Thing About Men	Woman
	Mary Testa	First Lady Suite	Lorena Hickock
2005
	Jan Maxwell	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Baroness Bomburst
	Joanna Gleason	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	Muriel
	Kecia Lewis	Dessa Rose	Dorcas
	Maureen McGovern	Little Women	Marmee
	Jennifer Simard	Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit	Various Characters
	Sarah Uriarte Berry	The Light in the Piazza	Franca Naccarelli
2006
	Beth Leavel	The Drowsy Chaperone	Beatrice Stockwell
	Carolee Carmello	Lestat	Gabrielle
	Leslie Kritzer	The Great American Trailer Park Musical	Pickles
	Amy Spanger	The Wedding Singer	Holly
	Mary Testa	See What I Wanna See	Aunt Monica
	Mary Louise Wilson	Grey Gardens	Edith Bouvier Beale
2007
	Debra Monk	Curtains	Carmen Bernstein
	Linda Balgord	The Pirate Queen	Queen Elizabeth I
	Celia Keenan-Bolger	Les Misérables	Éponine
	Orfeh	Legally Blonde	Paulette
	Barbara Walsh	Company	Joanne
	Karen Ziemba	Curtains	Georgia Hendricks
2008
	Laura Benanti	Gypsy	Louise
	Leslie Kritzer	A Catered Affair	Jane Hurley
	Andrea Martin	Young Frankenstein	Frau Blucher
	Mary Testa	Xanadu	Melpomene / Medusa
	Amy Warren	Adding Machine	Daisy Devore
	Mare Winningham	10 Million Miles	Various Characters
2009
	Haydn Gwynne	Billy Elliot the Musical	Mrs. Wilkinson
	Farah Alvin	The Marvelous Wonderettes	Missy
	Christina Bianco	Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab	Various Characters
	Karen Olivo	West Side Story	Anita
	Nancy Opel	The Toxic Avenger	Mayor
	Martha Plimpton	Pal Joey	Gladys Bumps

Year	Actress	Musical	Character
2010
	Katie Finneran	Promises, Promises	Marge MacDougall
	Carolee Carmello	The Addams Family	Alice Beineke
	Carrie Cimma	Lizzie Borden	Bridget Sullivan
	Angela Lansbury	A Little Night Music	Madame Armfeldt
	Kenita R. Miller	Langston in Harlem	Zora Neale Hurston
	Terri White	Finian's Rainbow	Dottie
2011
	Laura Benanti	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Candela
	Kerry Butler	Catch Me If You Can	Brenda Strong
	Victoria Clark	Sister Act	Mother Superior
	Jill Eikenberry	The Kid	Judith Savage
	Nikki M. James	The Book of Mormon	Nabalungi Hatimbi
	Patti LuPone	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Lucia
	Laura Osnes	Anything Goes	Hope Harcourt
2012
	Judy Kaye	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Estonia Dulworth
	Marin Mazzie	Carrie	Margaret White
	Jessie Mueller	On a Clear Day You Can See Forever	Melinda Wells
	Elaine Paige	Follies	Carlotta Campion
	Sarah Sokolovic	The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World	Betty Wiggin
	Melissa van der Schyff	Bonnie & Clyde	Blanche Barrow
2013
	Andrea Martin	Pippin	Berthe
	Annaleigh Ashford	Kinky Boots	Lauren
	Melissa Errico	Passion	Clara
	Jessie Mueller	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Helena Landless / Miss Janet Conover
	Christiane Noll	Chaplin: The Musical	Hannah Chaplin
	Keala Settle	Hands on a Hardbody	Norma Valverde
	Kate Wetherhead	The Other Josh Cohen	Various Characters
2014
	Anika Larsen	Beautiful: The Carole King Musical	Cynthia Weil
	Lauren Worsham	A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder	Phoebe D'Ysquith
	Stephanie J. Block	Little Miss Sunshine	Sheryl Hoover
	Adriane Lenox	After Midnight	Various Characters
	Sydney Lucas	Fun Home	Small Alison Bechdel
	Laura Osnes	The Threepenny Opera	Polly Peachum
	Jennifer Simard	Disaster!	Sister Mary Downy
2015
	Renée Elise Goldsberry	Hamilton	Angelica Schuyler
	Carolee Carmello	Finding Neverland	Emma Wightwick du Maurier
	Tyne Daly	It Shoulda Been You	Judy Steinberg
	Elizabeth A. Davis	Allegro	Jenny Brinker
	Luba Mason	Pretty Filthy	Georgina Congress
	Nancy Opel	Honeymoon in Vegas	Bea Singer
	Elizabeth Stanley	On the Town	Claire De Loone
2016
	Jane Krakowski	She Loves Me	Ilona Ritter
	Danielle Brooks	The Color Purple	Sofia Johnson
	Alison Fraser	First Daughter Suite	Betty Ford / Nancy Reagan
	Rachel Bay Jones	Dear Evan Hansen	Heidi Hansen
	Mary Testa	First Daughter Suite	Barbara Bush
2017
	Jenn Colella	Come from Away	Annette, Beverly Bass, and others
	Kate Baldwin	Hello, Dolly!	Irene Molloy
	Stephanie J. Block	Falsettos	Trina
	Mary Beth Peil	Anastasia	Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
	Nora Schell	Spamilton	Various Characters
2018
	Lindsay Mendez	*Carousel*	Carrie Pipperidge
	Kenita R. Miller	Once On This Island	Mama Euralie
	Ashley Park	Mean Girls	Gretchen Weiners
	Diana Rigg	My Fair Lady	Mrs. Higgins
	Kate Rockwell	Mean Girls	Karen Smith
2019
	Ali Stroker	Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!	Ado Annie Carnes
	Stephanie Hsu	Be More Chill	Christine Canigula
	Leslie Kritzer	Beetlejuice	Delia Deetz / Miss Argentina
	Soara-Joye Ross	Carmen Jones	Frankie
	Sarah Stiles	Tootsie	Sandy Lester
	Mary Testa	Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!	Aunt Eller

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Year	Actress	Musical	Character
2020
	Lauren Patten	Jagged Little Pill	Jo
	Yesenia Ayala	West Side Story	Anita
	Paula Leggett Chase	The Unsinkable Molly Brown	Ensemble
	LaChanze	The Secret Life of Bees	August
	Alyse Alan Louis	Soft Power	Zoe/Hillary
2021	No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City^[1]
2022
	Patti LuPone	Company	Joanne
	Judy Kuhn	Assassins	Sara Jane Moore
	Tamika Lawrence	Black No More	Buni
	Bonnie Milligan	Kimberly Akimbo	Debra
	Jennifer Simard	Company	Sarah