The Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) (the
trade name
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for the Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA)), an
employers' organisation
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which serves as the peak body in the live entertainment and performing arts industries in
Australia. The accolade is handed out at the annual
Helpmann Awards, which celebrates achievements in
musical theatre,
contemporary music,
comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...
,
opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...
,
classical music,
theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
,
dance and
physical theatre.
has the most wins in this category with four, for ''
Hedda Gabler
''Hedda Gabler'' () is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The world premiere was staged on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. Ibsen himself was in attendance, although he remained back-stage. The play has been ca ...
'', ''
Uncle Vanya'', ''
Gross und Klein (Big and Small)'' and ''
The Maids
''The Maids'' (french: Les Bonnes, links=no) is a 1947 play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in a production that opened on 17 April 1947, which Louis Jouvet directed.
The play ...
''.
Winners and nominees
In the following list winners are listed first and marked in gold, in boldface, and the nominees are listed below with no highlight.
*Source:
See also
*
Helpmann Awards
Notes
:A:
Caroline O'Connor played six characters in the play ''Bombshells'': Meryl Davenport, Tiggy Entwhistle, Mary O’Donnell, Theresa McTerry, Winsome Webster and Zoe Struthers.
:B: In ''
The Blue Room'',
Sigrid Thornton
Sigrid Madeline Thornton (born 12 February 1959) is an Australian film and television actress. Her television work includes '' Prisoner'' (1979–80), '' All the Rivers Run'' (1983), '' SeaChange'' (1998–2019) and '' Wentworth'' (2016–2018 ...
portrayed the female characters: Irene, Marie, Emma, Kelly and the Actress.
References
External links
The official Helpmann Awards website
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Awards for actresses