Awards & Winners

Jan Maxwell

Date of Birth 20-November-1956
Place of Birth Fargo
(Cass County, United States of America, North Dakota, Area code 701)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Actor
Jan Maxwell is an American stage and television actress. She is a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Drama Desk Award winner. Maxwell made her Broadway debut in 1989, as an understudy in the musical City of Angels. She received her first Tony nomination in 2005 for the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Her other nominations were for Coram Boy in 2007, Lend Me a Tenor and The Royal Family both in 2010, and Follies in 2012. Her nominations in two separate categories in 2010, made her only the fourth actress to achieve two nominations in a single year. Her 2012 nomination for "Follies" made her one of only two actresses in history to receive a Tony nomination in all four acting categories. The other is Angela Lansbury. Her other Broadway credits include, Dancing at Lughnasa, A Doll's House, The Sound of Music and The Dinner Party. On screen, she has appeared in the soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live and had a recurring role in the drama series Gossip Girl. From 1994-2003, she appeared in four episodes of the NBC drama Law & Order, each time as a different character.

Awards by Jan Maxwell

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jan Maxwell.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play The Castle

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical Follies
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical Follies
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Follies
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical Follies
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Follies (2011 Broadway revival cast)
Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist","Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers","New Broadway Cast with Danny Burstein, Jan Maxwell, Elaine Paige, Bernadette Peters, Ron Raines & Others

2010


Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Honored for : Lend Me a Tenor
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Honored for : The Royal Family

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Lend Me a Tenor
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play The Royal Family
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Lend Me a Tenor
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Lend Me a Tenor
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play The Royal Family

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Scenes From An Execution

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Coram Boy
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Coram Boy

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Entertaining Mr. Sloane

2005


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Honored for : Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Sixteen Wounded
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Sixteen Wounded

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play My Old Lady

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play The Sound of Music

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play A Doll's House