Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Location	New York City
Country	United States of America
Presented by	American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League
Currently held by	Jessica Lange for Long Day's Journey into Night (2016)
Official website	TonyAwards.com

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre. The award is given to actresses for quality leading roles in a Broadway play. Despite the award first being presented in 1947, there were no nominees announced until 1956. There have been two ties in this category, and one three-way tie.

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