The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play was an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor an actress for excellence in a leading role in an Off-Broadway production.
The categories were split into Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical in 2014.
[3] The acting categories were made gender-neutral in 2021.
[4] Most nominations without a win