Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actresses for quality featured roles in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival.

The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, an American actress who died in 1946.

Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year.

It was first presented to Juanita Hall at the 4th Tony Awards for her portrayal of Bloody Mary in South Pacific.

Judy Kaye, Andrea Martin and Audra McDonald share the record for having the most wins in this category, with a total of two.

Juanita Hall won for South Pacific (1950)
Helen Gallagher won for Pal Joey (1952)
Gwen Verdon won for Can-Can (1954)
Edie Adams won for Lil' Abner (1957)
Barbara Cook won for The Music Man (1958)
Tammy Grimes won for The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1961)
Phyllis Newman won for Subways Are for Sleeping (1962)
Bea Arthur won for Mame (1966)
Melba Moore won for Purlie (1970)
Dee Dee Bridgewater won for The Wiz (1975)
Kelly Bishop won for A Chorus Line (1976)
Betty Buckley won for Cats (1983)
Lila Kedrova won for Zorba (1984)
Bebe Neuwirth won for Sweet Charity (1986)
Tonya Pinkins won for Jelly's Last Jam (1992)
Andrea Martin won twice: for My Favorite Year (1993) and Pippin (2013)
Audra McDonald won twice: for Carousel (1994) and Ragtime (1998)
Kristin Chenoweth won for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999)
Jane Krakowski won for Nine (2003)
Anika Noni Rose won for Caroline, or Change (2004)
Sara Ramirez won for Spamalot (2005)
Beth Leavel won for The Drowsy Chaperone (2006)
Laura Benanti won for Gypsy (2008)
Karen Olivo won for West Side Story (2009)
Katie Finneran won for Promises, Promises (2010)
Nikki M. James won for The Book of Mormon (2011)
Lena Hall won for Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014)
Ruthie Ann Miles won for The King and I (2015)
Renée Elise Goldsberry won for Hamilton (2016)
Lindsay Mendez won for Carousel (2018)
Ali Stroker won for Oklahoma! (2019)
Lauren Patten won for Jagged Little Pill (2021)
Patti LuPone won for Company (2022)
Bonnie Milligan won for Kimberly Akimbo (2023)