Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical

{{Infobox award

| name = Helpmann Award for
Best Female Actor in a Musical

| awarded_for = Best Female Actor in a Musical

| presenter = Live Performance Australia

| location = Australia

| holder = Ursula Yovich for Barbara and the Camp Dogs {{small|(2019)}}

| website = [http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/ HelpmannAwards.com.au]

}}

The Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical is a musical award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001.{{cite news|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=haabout |title=About |access-date=20 February 2012 |work=Helpmann Awards |publisher=Live Performance Australia |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112191332/http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=haabout |archive-date=12 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }} This is a list of winners and nominations for the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical.

Winners and nominees

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Source:{{cite news|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=nominees |title=Nominees |access-date=20 February 2012 |work=Helpmann Awards |publisher=Live Performance Australia |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206092032/http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=nominees |archive-date=6 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com/2001nominees.html|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030717140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/24614/20030718-0000/www.helpmannawards.com/2001nominees.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2003|title=Australian Web Archive 2001 Helpmann Awards Nominees |publisher=Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA). Australian Web Archive |access-date=20 February 2012}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

=2000s=

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="15%" | Actor

! width="30%" | Production

! width="30%" | Character(s)

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2001
(1st)

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| Chicago

| The Boy from Oz

| The Sound of Music

| Maria Rainer

Leonie Page

| Jolson

| Ruby Keeler

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2002
(2nd)

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Judi Connelli

| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

| Mrs. Lovett

Deborah Conway

| Always... Patsy Cline

| Patsy Cline

Lara Mulcahy

| Mamma Mia!

| Rosie

Pamela Rabe

| The Wizard of Oz

| Wicked Witch of the West

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2003
(3rd)

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Tamsin Carroll

| Oliver!

| Nancy

| Cabaret

| Aldonza

| The Witches of Eastwick

| Jane Smart

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2004
(4th)

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Kate Hoolihan

| We Will Rock You

| Scaramouche

MaryAnne McCormack

| The Full Monty

| Georgie Bukatinsky

Ursula Yovich

| The Threepenny Opera

| Polly Peachum

Buyisile Zama

| The Lion King

| Rafiki

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2005
(5th)

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Chloe Dallimore

| The Producers

| Ulla

Bridget Boyle

| The Venetian Twins

| Beatrice

Emma Matthews

| The Mikado

| Yum-Yum

Lisa McCune

| Urinetown

| Hope Cladwell

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2006
(6th)

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Tamsin Carroll

| Dusty – The Original Pop Diva

| Dusty Springfield

Magda Szubanski

| The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

| William Barfee

Marina Prior

| The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

| Rona Lisa Peretti

Amanda Harrison

| Leader of the Pack

| Ellie Greenwich

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2007
(7th)

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| Laurie Cadevida

| Miss Saigon

| Kim

Chrissy Amphlett

| The Boy from Oz

| Judy Garland

Sharon Millerchip

| Pippin

| Catherine

Silvie Paladino

| Sideshow Alley

| Rita

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2008
(8th)

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Genevieve Lemon

| Billy Elliot the Musical

| Mrs Wilkinson

Ana Marina

| The Phantom of the Opera

| Christine Daaé

Sharon Millerchip

| Sweet Charity

| Charity Hope Valentine

Marina Prior

| Guys and Dolls

| Miss Adelaide

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2009
(9th)

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| Sharon Millerchip

| Chicago

| Roxanne "Roxie" Hart

Amanda Harrison

| Wicked

| Elphaba

Lucy Durack

| Wicked

| Glinda

Lucinda Shaw

| Monty Python's Spamalot

| Lady of the Lake

=2010s=

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="15%" | Actor

! width="30%" | Production

! width="30%" | Character(s)

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2010
(10th)

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| Michala Banas

| Avenue Q

| Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut

| Cats

| The Drowsy Chaperone

| Janet van de Graaff

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2011
(11th)

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Verity Hunt-Ballard

| Mary Poppins

| Mary Poppins

Jemma Rix

| Wicked

| Elphaba

Jaz Flowers

| Hairspray

| Tracy Turnblad

Lucy Maunder

| Doctor Zhivago

| Lara

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2012
(12th)

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| Pamela Rabe

| Grey Gardens

| Edith Bouvier Beale and "Little" Edie

Anita Louise Combe

| A Chorus Line

| Cassie

Amanda Harrison

| An Officer and a Gentleman

| Paula Pokrifki

Amy Lehpamer

| Rock of Ages

| Sherrie Christian

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2013
(13th)

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Lucy Durack

| Legally Blonde

| Elle Woods

Chloe Dallimore

| The Addams Family

| Morticia Addams

Esther Hannaford

| King Kong

| Ann Darrow

Silvie Paladino

| Chess

| Florence Vassey

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2014
(14th)

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Verity Hunt-Ballard

| Sweet Charity

| Charity

Lisa McCune

| The King and I

| Anna Leonowens

Caroline O'Connor

| Gypsy

| Rose

Phoebe Panaretos

|Strictly Ballroom: The Musical

| Fran

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2015
(15th)

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Caroline O'Connor

| Anything Goes

| Reno Sweeney

Patrice Tipoki

| Les Misérables

| Fantine

Helen Dallimore

| Blood Brothers

| Mrs Johnstone

Madeleine Jones

| Once

| Girl

rowspan="5" align="center" |2016
(16th)

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Molly Barwick, Dusty Bursill, Tiana Mirra, Alannah Parfett, Sasha Rose, Georgia Taplin, Bella Thomas and Ingrid Torelli

| Matilda the Musical

| Matilda Wormwood

Amy Lehpamer

| The Sound of Music

| Maria Rainer

Antoinette Halloran

| Sweeney Todd

| Mrs Lovett

Esther Hannaford

| Little Shop of Horrors

| Audrey

rowspan="5" align="center" |2017
(17th)

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| Anna O'Byrne

| My Fair Lady

| Eliza Doolittle

Amy Lehpamer

| Dusty

| Dusty Springfield

Zahra Newman

| The Book of Mormon

| Nabulungi

Sophie Wright

|Kinky Boots

| Lauren

rowspan="5" align="center" |2018
(18th)

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| Esther Hannaford

| Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

| Carole King

Natalie O'Donnell

| Mamma Mia!

| Donna Sheridan

Marina Prior

| Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical

| Polly and Mary Douvan

Maggie McKenna

| Muriel's Wedding

| Muriel Heslop

rowspan="5" align="center" |2019
(19th){{Cite web|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2019/nominees-and-winners/musicals|title=2019 Nominees and Winners {{!}} Helpmann Awards|website=www.helpmannawards.com.au|access-date=2019-07-17}}

style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Ursula Yovich

| Barbara and the Camp Dogs

| Barbara

Luisa Scrofani

| In the Heights

| Nina

Tina Arena

| Evita

| Eva Peron

Natalie Abbott

| Muriel's Wedding the Musical