Mark J. Franklin
Malea Joy Moon For his role in the musical “Hell's Kitchen,” he became the 101st performer to win a Tony Award in his Broadway debut.
She won the 77th Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Ali, a 17-year-old girl living in the “Ali” neighborhood of New York City who is controlled by her overbearing mother and searching for her place in the world, making her the 10th person to win the award in her Broadway debut.
Elizabeth Thiel“Irma la Douce” (1961)
Anna Maria AlberghettiCarnival (1962)
Liza Minnelli“Flora's Red Menace” (1965)
Leslie Uggams“Hallelujah, Baby” (1968)
Alexis Smith“Follies” (1972)
Natalia Makarova“On Your Toes” (1983)
Lea SalongaMiss Saigon (1991)
Catherine Zeta-Jones“A Little Night Music” (2010)
Cynthia ErivoThe Color Purple (2016)
Other performers who have achieved this feat in recent years include: Jodie Comer (“At first glance”) Miles Frost (“MJ”) and Andrew Burnap (“inheritance”).
Below are the Broadway debuts in the other seven Tony Award-winning acting categories:
Best Actor in a Drama Category: 17 Award Winners
Paul Scofield“Man of Four Seasons” (1962)
Cliff Gorman“Lenny” (1972)
John Kani and Winston Ntshona (Co-nominated) “Sizwe Banzi is Dead/The Island” (1975)
Tom ContiWhose Life is It? (1979)
Harvey Fierstein“Torch Song Trilogy” (1983)
Jeremy Irons“The Real Thing” (1984)
Ralph FiennesHamlet (1995)
Stephen Dillane“The Real Thing” (2000)
Jefferson Mays“I am my wife” (2004)
Richard GriffithsThe History Boys (2006)
Mark Rylance“Boeing Boeing” (2008)
Geoffrey Rush“Exit the King” (2009)
Tracy Letts“Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (2013)
Bryan Cranston“All the Way” (2014)
Alex SharpThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2015)
Andrew Burnap“Inheritance” (2021)
Best Actress in a Drama Category: 11 Award Winners
Martita HuntThe Madwoman of Chaillot (1949)
Beryl Reid“The Murder of Sister George” (1967)
Phyllis Frerich“Children of a Lesser God” (1980)
Jane Lapotaire“Piaf” (1981)
Joan Allen“Burn This” (1988)
Pauline CollinsShirley Valentine (1989)
Janet McTeer“A Doll's House” (1997)
Marie Mullen“Leigh Anne's Beauty Queen” (1998)
Jennifer Ehle“The Real Thing” (2000)
Deanna Dunagan“August: Osage County” (2008)
Jodie Comer“Prima Facie” (2023)
Best Actor in a Musical: 13 Award Winners
Ezio PinzaSouth Pacific (1950)
Robert Alda“Guys and Dolls” (1951)
Robert Lindsay“Me and My Girl” (1987)
Brent CarverKiss of the Spider Woman (1993)
Alan Cumming“Cabaret” (1998)
Hugh JackmanThe Wizard of Oz (2004)
John Lloyd Young“Jersey Boys” (2006)
Paulo Szot“South Pacific” (2008)
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kirill Kurysh (joint nominee) “Billy Elliot” (2009)
Douglas Hodge“La Cage aux Folles” (2010)
Miles Frost“MJ” (2022)
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama: The 19 winners
Patrick McGee“Marat/Sade” (1966)
Ian Holm“Coming Home” (1967)
Al Pacino“Do Tigers Wear Ties?” (1969)
John LithgowChanging Rooms (1973)
Jonathan PryceThe Comedian (1977)
Brian Backer“Floating Light Bulb” (1981)
Matthew Broderick“Brighton Beach Memoirs” (1983)
Barry MillerBiloxi Blues (1985)
John Mahoney“The House of Blue Leaves” (1986)
BD WonButterfly, M. (1988).
Boyd Gaines“The Heidi Chronicles” (1989)
Laurence Fishburne“Two Trains in Motion” (1992)
Stephen SpinellaAngels in America: The Millennium's Approach (1993)
Owen Teale“A Doll's House” (1997)
Tom Murphy“Leigh Anne's Beauty Queen” (1998)
Frank WoodSideman (1999)
Ian McDiarmid“Faith Healer” (2006)
Eddie Redmayne“Red” (2010)
Richard McCabe“The Audience” (2015)
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Category: 10 winners
Patricia Neal“Another Part of the Forest” (1947)
Patricia Jessel“Witness for the Prosecution” (1955)
Anne Bancroft“The Seesaw” (1958)
Zena Walker“The Death of Joe Egg” (1968)
Jane Alexander“The Great White Hope” (1969)
Dina Manoff“I Should Be in a Movie” (1980)
Bríd Brennan“Dancing at Lughnasa” (1992)
Scarlett Johansson“View from the Bridge” (2010)
Ellen Barkin“The Normal Heart” (2011)
Sophie Okonedo“A Raisin in the Sun” (2014)
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical: The 9 winners
Harry Belafonte“John Murray Anderson Yearbook” (1954)
Sydney Chaplin“The Bell Tolls” (1957)
Frankie Michaels“Mame” (1966)
Wilson Jermaine HerediaRent (1996)
Dan Fogler“25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” (2005)
Levi KreisMillion Dollar Quartet (2010)
John Larroquette“How to succeed in business without trying hard” (2011)
Daveed DiggsHamilton (2016)
Ariel Stachel“The Band's Visit” (2018)
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: 12 Award Winners
Isabel Bigley“Guys and Dolls” (1951)
Carol HaneyPajama Game (1955)
Anna Quayle“Stop the World – I Want to Get Off” (1963)
Tessie O'SheaThe Girl Who Came to Dinner (1964)
Dee Dee Bridgewater“The Wiz” (1975)
Karin Glynn“The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” (1979)
Lila Kedrova“Zorba” (1984)
Leilani Jones“Grind” (1985)
Francis LaFellLes Miserables (1987)
Andrea Martin“My Favorite Year” (1993)
Greta Boston“Show Boat” (1995)
Ruthie Ann MilesThe King and I (2015)
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