Tony Award / Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
All actresses who have played in musicals on Broadway in New York during the year can be nominated for the Tony Award / Best Supporting Actress in a Musical . The Tony Award for best performance in a female supporting role in a musical has gone to:
1950-1959
- 1950: Juanita Hall (in South Pacific )
- 1951: Isabel Bigley (in Guys and Dolls )
- 1952: Helen Gallagher (in Pal Joey )
- 1953: Sheila Bond (in Wish You Were Here )
- 1954: Gwen Verdon (in Can-Can )
- 1955: Carol Haney (in The Pajama Game )
- 1956: Lotte Lenya (in The Threepenny Opera )
- 1957: Edith Adams (in Li'l Abner )
- 1958: Barbara Cook (in The Music Man )
- 1959: Pat Stanley (in Goldilocks )
1960-1969
- 1960: Patricia Neway (in The Sound of Music )
- 1961: Tammy Grimes (in The Unsinkable Molly Brown )
- 1962: Phyllis Newman (in Subways Are for Sleeping )
- 1963: Anna Quayle (in Stop the World - I Want to Get Off )
- 1964: Tessie O'Shea (in The Girl Who Came to Supper )
- 1965: Maria Karnilova (in Anatevka )
- 1966: Beatrice Arthur (in Mame )
- 1967: Peg Murray (in Cabaret )
- 1968: Lillian Hayman (in Hallelujah, baby! )
- 1969: Marian Mercer (in Promises, Promises )
1970-1979
- 1970: Melba Moore (in Purlie )
- 1971: Patsy Kelly (in No, No, Nanette )
- 1972: Linda Hopkins (in Inner City )
- 1973: Patricia Elliott (in A Little Night Music )
- 1974: Janie Sell (in Over Here! )
- 1975: Dee Dee Bridgewater (in The Wiz )
- 1976: Kelly Bishop (in A Chorus Line )
- 1977: Delores Hall (in Your Arm's Too Short to Box With God )
- 1978: Nell Carter (in Ain't Misbehavin ' )
- 1979: Carlin Glynn (in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas )
1980-1989
- 1980: Priscilla Lopez (in A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine )
- 1981: Marilyn Cooper (in Woman of the Year )
- 1982: Liliane Montevecchi (in nine )
- 1983: Betty Buckley (in Cats )
- 1984: Lilja Kedrowa (in Zorba )
- 1985: Leilani Jones (in Grind )
- 1986: Bebe Neuwirth (in Sweet Charity )
- 1987: Frances Ruffelle (in Les Misérables )
- 1988: Judy Kaye (in The Phantom of the Opera )
- 1989: Debbie Shapiro (in Jerome Robbins' Broadway )
1990-1999
- 1990: Randy Graff (in City of Angels )
- 1991: Daisy Eagan (in The Secret Garden )
- 1992: Tonya Pinkins (in Jelly's Last Jam )
- 1993: Andrea Martin (in My Favorite Year )
- 1994: Audra McDonald (in Carousel )
- 1995: Gretha Boston (in Show Boat )
- 1996: Ann Duquesnay (in Bring in 'da Noise / Bring in' da Funk )
- 1997: Lillias White (in The Life )
- 1998: Audra McDonald (in ragtime )
- 1999: Kristin Chenoweth (in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown )
2000-2009
- 2000: Karen Ziemba (in Contact )
- 2001: Cady Huffman (in The Producers )
- 2002: Harriet Harris (in Thoroughly Modern Millie )
- 2003: Jane Krakowski (in Nine )
- 2004: Anika Noni Rose (in Caroline, or Change )
- 2005: Sara Ramírez (in Monty Python's Spamalot )
- 2006: Beth Leavel (in The Drowsy Chaperone )
- 2007: Mary Louise Wilson (in Gray Gardens )
- 2008: Laura Benanti (in Gypsy )
- 2009: Karen Olivo (in West Side Story )
Since 2010
- 2010: Katie Finneran (in Promises, Promises )
- 2011: Nikki M. James (in The Book of Mormon )
- 2012: Judy Kaye (in Nice Work If You Can Get It )
- 2013: Andrea Martin (in Pippin )
- 2014: Lena Hall (in Hedwig and the Angry Inch )
- 2015: Ruthie Ann Miles (in The King and I )
- 2016: Renée Elise Goldsberry (in Hamilton )