Awards & Winners

Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

Outer Critics Circle Award

Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play is one of the awards presented at the annual Outer Critics Circle Award ceremony.
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play is one of the awards presented at the annual Outer Critics Circle Award ceremony.

Check all the winners of Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play presented under Outer Critics Circle Award since 1973 .


Cherry Jones

Honored for : The Glass Menagerie

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tyne Daly Mothers and Sons
Rebecca Hall Machinal
Jessica Hecht Stage Kiss
Cherry Jones The Glass Menagerie
Estelle Parsons The Velocity of Autumn

Cicely Tyson

Honored for : The Trip to Bountiful

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cicely Tyson The Trip to Bountiful
Amy Morton Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Joely Richardson Ivanov
Tracee Chimo Bad Jews
Vanessa Redgrave The Revisionist

Tracie Bennett

Honored for : End of the Rainbow

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tracie Bennett End of the Rainbow
Laila Robins The Lady From Dubuque
Linda Lavin The Lyons
Nicole Ari Parker A Streetcar Named Desire
Tyne Daly Master Class

Frances McDormand

Honored for : Good People

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nina Arianda Born Yesterday
Frances McDormand Good People
Edie Falco The House of Blue Leaves
Judith Light Lombardi
Laurie Metcalf The Other Place

Nina Arianda

Honored for : Born Yesterday

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nina Arianda Born Yesterday
Frances McDormand Good People
Edie Falco The House of Blue Leaves
Judith Light Lombardi
Laurie Metcalf The Other Place

Viola Davis

Honored for : Fences

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jan Maxwell Lend Me a Tenor
Laura Benanti In the Next Room
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play
Laura Linney Time Stands Still
Nina Arianda Venus in Fur
Viola Davis Fences

Marcia Gay Harden

Honored for : God of Carnage

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marcia Gay Harden God of Carnage
Carla Gugino Desire Under the Elms
Harriet Walter Mary Stuart
Janet McTeer Mary Stuart
Saidah Arrika Ekulona Ruined

Deanna Dunagan

Honored for : August: Osage County

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Deanna Dunagan August: Osage County
Eve Best The Homecoming
Laura Linney Les Liaisons Dangereuses
S. Epatha Merkerson Come Back, Little Sheba

Eve Best

Honored for : A Moon for the Misbegotten

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eve Best A Moon for the Misbegotten
Jennifer Ehle The Coast of Utopia: Voyage","The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck","The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
Carla Gugino Suddenly, Last Summer
Alison Pill Blackbird

Lois Smith

Honored for : The Trip to Bountiful

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lois Smith The Trip to Bountiful
Cynthia Nixon Rabbit Hole
Zoƫ Wanamaker Awake and Sing!
Julie White The Little Dog Laughed

Cherry Jones

Honored for : Doubt: A Parable

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cherry Jones Doubt: A Parable
L. Scott Caldwell Going to St. Ives
Laura Linney Sight Unseen
Natasha Richardson A Streetcar Named Desire
Kathleen Turner Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Eileen Atkins

Honored for : The Retreat from Moscow

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eileen Atkins The Retreat from Moscow
Zilah Mendoza Living Out
Viola Davis Intimate Apparel
Swoosie Kurtz Frozen
Phylicia Rash?d A Raisin in the Sun

Jayne Atkinson

Honored for : Enchanted April

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jayne Atkinson Enchanted April
Marylouise Burke Kimberly Akimbo
Christine Ebersole Dinner at Eight
Victoria Hamilton A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Clare Higgins Vincent in Brixton

Mercedes Ruehl

Honored for : The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mercedes Ruehl The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Laura Linney The Crucible
Helen Mirren Dance of Death
Kate Burton Hedda Gabler

Mary-Louise Parker

Honored for : Proof

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mary-Louise Parker Proof
Viola Davis King Hedley II
Leslie Uggams King Hedley II
Eileen Atkins The Unexpected Man
Juliette Binoche Betrayal
Marian Seldes The Play About the Baby
Marthe Keller Judgment at Nuremberg
Michael Learned Gore Vidal's The Best Man

Viola Davis

Honored for : King Hedley II

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mary-Louise Parker Proof
Viola Davis King Hedley II
Leslie Uggams King Hedley II
Eileen Atkins The Unexpected Man
Juliette Binoche Betrayal
Marian Seldes The Play About the Baby
Marthe Keller Judgment at Nuremberg
Michael Learned Gore Vidal's The Best Man

Eileen Heckart

Honored for : The Waverly Gallery

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rosemary Harris Waiting in the Wings
Eileen Heckart The Waverly Gallery
Laura Linney Uncle Vanya
J. Smith-Cameron Fuddy Meers

Claire Bloom

Honored for : Electra

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Claire Bloom Electra
Samantha Bond Amy's View
Kristine Nielsen Betty's Summer Vacation
Mandy Siegfried The Mineola Twins

Cherry Jones

Honored for : Pride's Crossing

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cherry Jones Pride's Crossing
Anna Manahan The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Marie Mullen The Beauty Queen of Leenane
J. Smith-Cameron As Bees in Honey Drown

Janet McTeer

Honored for : A Doll's House

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Janet McTeer A Doll's House
Dana Ivey The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Kate Nelligan An American Daughter
Mary-Louise Parker How I Learned to Drive

Zoe Caldwell

Honored for : Master Class

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Zoe Caldwell Master Class
Catherine Byrne Molly Sweeney
Uta Hagen Mrs. Klein
Judith Ivey A Fair Country

Cherry Jones

Honored for : The Heiress

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cherry Jones The Heiress

Myra Carter

Honored for : Three Tall Women

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Myra Carter Three Tall Women

Madeline Kahn

Honored for : The Sisters Rosensweig

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Madeline Kahn The Sisters Rosensweig
Jane Alexander The Sisters Rosensweig
Debra Monk Redwood Curtain
Maryann Plunkett Saint Joan

Laura Esterman

Honored for : Marvin's Room

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Laura Esterman Marvin's Room
Jane Alexander The Visit
Glenn Close Death and the Maiden
Pauline Flanagan Grandchild of Kings
Jessica Lange A Streetcar Named Desire

Mercedes Ruehl

Honored for : Lost in Yonkers

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mercedes Ruehl Lost in Yonkers
Eileen Atkins A Room of One's Own
Stockard Channing Six Degrees of Separation
Julie Harris Lucifer's Child

Maggie Smith

Honored for : Lettice and Lovage

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Maggie Smith Lettice and Lovage
Vanessa Redgrave Orpheus Descending
Lois Smith The Grapes of Wrath
Kathleen Turner Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Margaret Tyzack Lettice and Lovage

Pauline Collins

Honored for : Shirley Valentine

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pauline Collins Shirley Valentine

Dana Ivey

Honored for : Driving Miss Daisy

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dana Ivey Driving Miss Daisy
Dana Ivey Wencelas Square

Dana Ivey

Honored for : Wencelas Square

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dana Ivey Driving Miss Daisy
Dana Ivey Wencelas Square

Liv Ullmann

Honored for : Anna Christie

Nominations 1977 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Liv Ullmann Anna Christie

Julie Harris

Honored for : The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

Nominations 1973 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Julie Harris The Last of Mrs. Lincoln