Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play

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Olivier Award category theatre award

The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual London theatre honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in stage plays.

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Olivier Award for Best Actress 8
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play canonical 3
Best Actress in a Play Olivier Award 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Olivier Award category ⓘ
theatre award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
surface form: Best Actress in a Play Olivier Award
associatedWith British theatre ⓘ
West End theatre district ⓘ
surface form: West End theatre
awardedFor best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play ⓘ
awardingBodyHeadquarters London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
awardType performance award ⓘ
categoryOf acting award ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibleRegion London theatre ⓘ
eligibleRoleType leading actress ⓘ
eligibleTypeOfWork play ⓘ
field theatre ⓘ
firstAwardedIn 1976 ⓘ
formerName Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actress
frequency annual ⓘ
genre stage play ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction female ⓘ
hasSubcategory Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role ⓘ
surface form: Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress
hasWebsite https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/ ⓘ
inception 1976 ⓘ
languageOfAward English ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
namedAfter Laurence Olivier ⓘ
notableFor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in London stage plays ⓘ
organizer Society of London Theatre ⓘ
partOf Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
surface form: Laurence Olivier Awards
presentedBy Society of London Theatre ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
scope West End theatre district ⓘ
surface form: West End theatre
selectionMethod voting by theatre professionals ⓘ
status active ⓘ

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Imelda Staunton → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
Jodie Comer → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress
Ruth Wilson → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
Lindsay Duncan → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress
Penelope Wilton → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress
Billie Piper → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress
Kristin → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
subject surface form: Kristin Scott Thomas
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress
Zoë Wanamaker → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival
de la Tour → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
subject surface form: Frances de la Tour
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical → relatedAward → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play → formerName → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actress
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play → alsoKnownAs → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Actress in a Play Olivier Award
Lesley Manville → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress
Janet McTeer → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best Actress