Awards & Winners

Jane Lapotaire

Date of Birth 26-December-1944
Place of Birth Ipswich
(Suffolk, England, United Kingdom)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Actor, Writer
Jane Lapotaire is a British actress. Lapotaire was born at Ipswich, Suffolk. She studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the 1960s. Her performance in the title role of Marie Curie first brought her to wide attention. In 1978 she performed the title role Édith Piaf for Pam Gems's play Piaf, directed by Howard Davies for the Royal Shakespeare Company, in Stratford-upon-Avon and in London at the Warehouse Theatre, Covent Garden in 1979. Two year later the show moved to Broadway. Lapotaire won the Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Play that year.

Awards by Jane Lapotaire

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jane Lapotaire.

1999


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production
Honored for : The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII
(for the production at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater)

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII
for the production at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress Shadowlands

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actress Blind Justice

1981


Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
Honored for : Piaf

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Piaf

1979


Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play
Honored for : Piaf

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play Piaf

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actress Marie Curie","The Return