Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Drama Desk Award)

Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. The awards were established in 1955, with acting awards being given without making distinctions between roles in plays and musicals, or actors and actresses. The new award categories were later created in the 1975 ceremony. † - indicates the performance won the Tony Award ‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for the Tony Award

Check all the winners of Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical presented under Drama Desk Award since 1975 .

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Drama Desk Awards 2014

Anika Larsen

Honored for : Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Stephanie J. Block	Little Miss Sunshine
Anika Larsen	Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Adriane Lenox	After Midnight
Sydney Lucas	Fun Home
Laura Osnes	The Threepenny Opera
Jennifer Simard	Disaster!
Lauren Worsham	A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Lauren Worsham

Honored for : A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Stephanie J. Block	Little Miss Sunshine
Anika Larsen	Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Adriane Lenox	After Midnight
Sydney Lucas	Fun Home
Laura Osnes	The Threepenny Opera
Jennifer Simard	Disaster!
Lauren Worsham	A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Andrea Martin

Honored for : Pippin

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Melissa Errico	Passion
Kate Wetherhead	The Other Josh Cohen
Christiane Noll	Chaplin: The Musical
Keala Settle	Hands on a Hardbody
Annaleigh Ashford	Kinky Boots
Andrea Martin	Pippin
Jessie Mueller	The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Judy Kaye

Honored for : Nice Work If You Can Get It

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Judy Kaye	Nice Work If You Can Get It
Marin Mazzie	Carrie
Sarah Sokolovic	The Shaggs, Philosophy of the World
Melissa van der Schyff	Bonnie & Clyde
Elaine Paige	Follies
Jessie Mueller	On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Laura Benanti

Honored for : Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jill Eikenberry	The Kid
Laura Benanti	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Patti LuPone	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Laura Osnes	Anything Goes
Kerry Butler	Catch Me if You Can
Victoria Clark	Sister Act the Musical
Nikki M. James	The Book of Mormon

Katie Finneran

Honored for : Promises, Promises

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Katie Finneran	Promises, Promises
Carolee Carmello	The Addams Family
Carrie Cimma	Lizzie Borden
Angela Lansbury	A Little Night Music
Kenita R. Miller	Langston in Harlem
Terri White	Finian's Rainbow

Haydn Gwynne

Honored for : Billy Elliot: The Musical

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Farah Alvin	The Marvelous Wonderettes
Christina Bianco	Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab
Nancy Opel	The Toxic Avenger
Martha Plimpton	Pal Joey
Haydn Gwynne	Billy Elliot: The Musical
Karen Olivo	West Side Story

Laura Benanti

Honored for : Gypsy: A Musical Fable

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Amy Warren	Adding Machine
Mare Winningham	10 Million Miles
Laura Benanti	Gypsy: A Musical Fable
Leslie Kritzer	A Catered Affair
Mary Testa	Xanadu
Andrea Martin	Young Frankenstein

Debra Monk

Honored for : Curtains

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Debra Monk	Curtains
Barbara Walsh	Company
Karen Ziemba	Curtains
Orfeh	Legally Blonde: The Musical
Celia Keenan-Bolger	Les Misérables
Linda Balgord	The Pirate Queen

Beth Leavel

Honored for : The Drowsy Chaperone

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Beth Leavel	The Drowsy Chaperone
Leslie Kritzer	The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Mary Louise Wilson	Grey Gardens
Mary Testa	See What I Wanna See
Carolee Carmello	Lestat
Amy Spanger	The Wedding Singer

Jan Maxwell

Honored for : Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jan Maxwell	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Jennifer Simard	Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit
Kecia Lewis	Dessa Rose
Joanna Gleason	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Maureen McGovern	Little Women
Sarah Uriarte Berry	The Light in the Piazza

Isabel Keating

Honored for : The Boy from Oz

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Anika Noni Rose	Caroline, or Change
Isabel Keating	The Boy from Oz
Mary Testa	First Lady Suite
Jennifer Simard	The Thing About Men
Alix Korey	Listen to My Heart
Lovette George	The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)

Jane Krakowski

Honored for : Nine

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kerry Butler	Hairspray
Jane Krakowski	Nine
Mary Stuart Masterson	Nine
Chita Rivera	Nine
Sally Mayes	Urban Cowboy
Debra Walton	Cookin' at the Cookery

Harriet Sansom Harris

Honored for : Thoroughly Modern Millie

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Harriet Sansom Harris	Thoroughly Modern Millie
Andrea Martin	Oklahoma!
Karen Mason	Mamma Mia!
Kerry O'Malley	Into the Woods
Liz Callaway	The Spitfire Grill
Judy Kaye	Mamma Mia!

Cady Huffman

Honored for : The Producers

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Cady Huffman	The Producers
Randy Graff	A Class Act
Polly Bergen	Follies
Janine LaManna	Seussical
Kathleen Freeman	The Full Monty
Spencer Kayden	Urinetown

Karen Ziemba

Honored for : Contact

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Eartha Kitt	The Wild Party
Idina Menzel	The Wild Party
Sally Ann Howes	James Joyce's The Dead
Nancy Anderson	Jolson and Co.
Karen Ziemba	Contact
Alix Korey	The Wild Party

Kristin Chenoweth

Honored for : You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kristin Chenoweth	You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Gretha Boston	It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
Eloise Laws	It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
Cheryl Freeman	The Civil War
Penny Fuller	A New Brain
Jane Lanier	Fosse

Tsidii Le Loka

Honored for : The Lion King

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Michele Pawk	Cabaret
Anna Kendrick	High Society
Lea DeLaria	On the Town
Ednita Nazario	The Capeman
Betty Buckley	Triumph of Love
Tsidii Le Loka	The Lion King

Lillias White

Honored for : The Life

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lillias White	The Life
Andrea Martin	Candide
Marcia Lewis	Chicago
Debra Monk	Steel Pier
Ruth Williamson	The Green Heart
Jennifer Simard	I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

Rachel York

Honored for : Victor / Victoria

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Rachel York	Victor / Victoria
Veanne Cox	Company
Donna McKechnie	State Fair
Kathy Fitzgerald	Swinging on a Star
Christine Pedi	Forbidden Hollywood

Audra McDonald

Honored for : Carousel

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Audra McDonald	Carousel
Donna Murphy	Hello Again
Judith Blazer	Hello Again
Sally Mayes	She Loves Me
Alene Robertson	Annie Warbucks

Andrea Martin

Honored for : My Favorite Year

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Andrea Martin	My Favorite Year
Julie Andrews	Putting It Together
Tovah Feldshuh	Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh
Karen Mason	Carnival!
Rachel York	Putting It Together

Tonya Pinkins

Honored for : Jelly's Last Jam

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tonya Pinkins	Jelly's Last Jam
Michele Pawk	Crazy for You
Barbara Walsh	Falsettos
Liz Larsen	The Most Happy Fella

Karen Ziemba

Honored for : And the World Goes Round

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Karen Ziemba	And the World Goes Round
Regina Resnik	A Little Night Music
Alison Fraser	The Secret Garden
Rebecca Luker	The Secret Garden

Randy Graff

Honored for : City of Angels

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Randy Graff	City of Angels
Danielle DuClos	Aspects of Love
Jane Krakowski	Grand Hotel
Crista Moore	Gypsy

Joanna Gleason

Honored for : Into the Woods

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lynnie Greene	Flora the Red Menace
Joanna Gleason	Into the Woods
Danielle Ferland	Into the Woods
Judy Kaye	The Phantom of the Opera

Jane Summerhays

Honored for : Me and My Girl

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jane Summerhays	Me and My Girl
Judy Kuhn	Les Misérables
Judy Kuhn	Rags
Marcia Lewis	Rags
Michele Bautier	Stardust
Sandra Chinn	Funny Feet

Jana Schneider

Honored for : The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bebe Neuwirth	Sweet Charity
Faye Grant	Singin' in the Rain
Kathryn McAteer	Mayor
Desiree Coleman	Big Deal
Jana Schneider	The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Leilani Jones

Honored for : Grind

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Charlayne Woodard	Hang On to the Good Times
Leilani Jones	Grind
Patti Cohenour	Big River
Sharon Murray	Grind
Marianne Tatum	The Three Musketeers

The Shubert Organization, Emanuel Azenberg

Honored for : Sunday in the Park with George

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Joanne Cummings	Taking My Turn
Sonny Fox	Taking My Turn
Arleen Kane	Taking My Turn
Anthony Kane	Taking My Turn
Maurice Levine	Taking My Turn
Richard Seader	Taking My Turn
Sally Sears	Taking My Turn
The Shubert Organization	Sunday in the Park with George
Emanuel Azenberg	Sunday in the Park with George
Kenneth-John Productions	Baby
James B. Freydberg	Baby
Ivan Bloch	Baby
Suzanne J. Schwartz	Baby
Allan Carr	La Cage aux Folles
Kenneth D. Greenblatt	La Cage aux Folles
Stewart F. Lane	La Cage aux Folles
James M. Nederlander	La Cage aux Folles
Martin Richards	La Cage aux Folles
Marvin A. Krauss	La Cage aux Folles
Kenneth-John Productions	The Rink
Milbro Productions	The Rink
Jules Fisher	The Rink
Joan Cullman	The Rink
Roger Berlind	The Rink

Karla Burns

Honored for : Show Boat

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Rebecca Wright	Merlin
Karla Burns	Show Boat
Michele-Denise Woods	The Cradle Will Rock

Anita Morris

Honored for : Nine

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lonette McKee	The First
Shelly Burch	Nine
Anita Morris	Nine
Liliane Montevecchi	Nine
Laurie Beechman	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Liliane Montevecchi

Honored for : Nine

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lonette McKee	The First
Shelly Burch	Nine
Anita Morris	Nine
Liliane Montevecchi	Nine
Laurie Beechman	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Marilyn Cooper

Honored for : Woman of the Year

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Marilyn Cooper	Woman of the Year
Debbie Shapiro Gravitte	Perfectly Frank
Jennifer Holliday	Your Arms Too Short to Box With God

Debbie Allen

Honored for : West Side Story

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Janie Sell	God Bless You Mr. Rosewater
Debbie Allen	West Side Story
Peggy Hewett	A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
Crissy Wilzak	The 1940's Radio Hour
Carolyn Mignini	Tintypes
Mary Catherine Wright	Tintypes

Merle Louise

Honored for : Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Merle Louise	Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Patricia Drylie	Ballroom
Grace Keagy	Carmelina
Lynnie Godfrey	Eubie!
Lisa Mordente	Platinum

Swoosie Kurtz

Honored for : A History of the American Film

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Swoosie Kurtz	A History of the American Film
Bobo Lewis	Working
Pamela Blair	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Lenora Nemetz	Working

Bobo Lewis

Honored for : Working

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Swoosie Kurtz	A History of the American Film
Bobo Lewis	Working
Pamela Blair	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Lenora Nemetz	Working

Dorothy Loudon

Honored for : Annie

Nominations 1977 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dorothy Loudon	Annie
Ernestine Jackson	Guys and Dolls
Delores Ivory Davis	Porgy and Bess
Barbara Lang	The Robber Bridegroom
Rita Moreno	She Loves Me

Vivian Reed

Honored for : Bubbling Brown Sugar

Nominations 1976 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Vivian Reed	Bubbling Brown Sugar
Mary Lou Rosato	The Robber Bridegroom
Travis Hudson	Very Good Eddie

Donna Theodore

Honored for : Shenandoah

Nominations 1975 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Donna Theodore	Shenandoah
Penelope Milford	Shenandoah
Bonnie Langford	Gypsy
Kelly Garrett	The Night That Made America Famous
Boni Enten	The Rocky Horror Show
Mabel King	The Wiz