Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role – Play (Large Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.

Awards and nominations

Year	Winner	Nominated
1981	Roberta Maxwell, Stevie	Michelle Fisk, Loose Ends Lynne Griffin, Arms and the Man Joanne McIntyre, The Crackwalker
1982	Rosemary Dunsmore, Straight Ahead/Blind Dancers	Clare Coulter, Blood Relations Jennifer Phipps, Filumena Fiona Reid, Night and Day
1983	Jennifer Phipps, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You	Margot Dionne, What Is to Be Done? Mary Haney, Translations Martha Henry, The Crucible
1984	Martha Burns, Trafford Tanzi	Jackie Burroughs, White Biting Dog Rosemary Dunsmore, Single Barbara Gordon, The Dining Room Kate Trotter, Top Girls
1985	Doris Petrie, 'night, Mother	Thuli Dumakude, Poppie Nongena Louise Philippe, De beaux gestes/Beautiful Deeds Jennifer Phipps, L'Amante anglaise Nora McLellan, Uncle Vanya
1986[1]	Martha Burns, The Miracle Worker	Nancy Beatty, The Wedding Script Nora McLellan, Farther West Patricia Philips, And a Nightingale Sang Joanna Schellenberg, The Miracle Worker
1987[2]	Lally Cadeau, Saturday Sunday Monday	Patricia Collins, Pack of Lies Susan Coyne, Aunt Dan and Lemon Deborah Kipp, Talley & Son Djanet Sears, Other Female Parts
1988[3]	Susan Wright, A Lie of the Mind	Clare Coulter, Peggy's Song Diane D'Aquila, Nothing Sacred Brooke Johnson, Toronto, Mississippi Nancy Palk, I Am Yours
1989[4]	Tanja Jacobs, Under the Skin	Patricia Conolly, The Road to Mecca Seana McKenna, The Road to Mecca Kate Nelligan, Spoils of War Brenda Robins, My Memories of You
1990	Nancy Beatty, Love and Anger	Marianne Copithorne, Laughing Wild Tanja Jacobs, The Man I Love Melody A. Johnson, The Europeans Kate Trotter, The Father
1991	Seana McKenna, Saint Joan	Robin Craig, A Fertile Imagination Nicola Lipman, Clutching the Heat Fiona Reid, Daylight Saving Tracy Wright, Lion in the Streets
1992	Nicola Cavendish, Shirley Valentine	Sylvie Drapeau, Elvire Jouvet 40 Seana McKenna, Three Sisters Kate Trotter, Summer and Smoke Janet Wright, Not Wanted on the Voyage
1993	Fiona Reid, Fallen Angels	Hazel Desbarats, Fallen Angels Rosemary Dunsmore, Fallen Angels Jani Lauzon, Whale Chick Reid, Crimes of the Heart
1994	Brenda Robins, Dancing at Lughnasa	Michelle Fisk, Homeward Bound Tanja Jacobs, Abundance Nancy Palk, Dancing at Lughnasa Maria Ricossa, The Taming of the Shrew
1995[5]	Fiona Reid, Six Degrees of Separation	Janet-Laine Green, Transit of Venus Rita Howell, The Wooden Hill Joan Orenstein, Transit of Venus Fiona Reid, Hay Fever
1996	Nicola Cavendish, Later Life
1997	Lilo Baur, The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol
1998	Kristen Thomson, Problem Child
1999	Nancy Beatty, Risk Everything
2000	Nora McLellan, Music for Contortionist
2001	Kristen Thomson, I, Claudia
2002	Yanna McIntosh, Skylight
2003	Kristina Nicoll, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl
2004	Caroline Cave, The Syringa Tree
2005	Irene Poole, The Leisure Society	Marie-Hélène Fontaine, Le Collier d'Hélène Carolyn Hetherington, Half Life Melody A. Johnson, Trout Stanley Alison Sealy-Smith, Cast Iron
2006	d'bi young, blood.claat — one womban story	Christine Brubaker, The Amorous Servant Martha MacIsaac, The Wild Duck Yanna McIntosh, The Monument Karen Robinson, Two Can Play
2007	Seana McKenna, Orpheus Descending	Caroline Cave, John and Beatrice Diane D'Aquila, Leaving Home Meg Roe, Lucy Kristen Thomson, The Chairs
2008	Lally Cadeau, Rose	Megan Follows, Three Sisters Megan Follows, Top Girls Kelli Fox, Top Girls Arsinée Khanjian, The Palace of the End Nicola Lipman, The December Man
2009	Alison Sealy-Smith, A Raisin in the Sun	Monica Dottor, Scratch Nicola Lipman, Another Home Invasion Abena Malika, A Raisin in the Sun Waneta Storms, The Patient Hour
2010	Tara Rosling, If We Were Birds	Laura de Carteret, Hamlet Tara Nicodemo, Hamlet Anusree Roy, Letters to My Grandma Michaela Washburn, Such Creatures
2011	Yanna McIntosh, Ruined	Michelle Monteith, Blasted Anusree Roy, Brothel #9 Pamela Mala Sinha, Brothel #9 Jane Spidell, Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God - The Africa Trilogy
2012[6]	Pamela Mala Sinha, Crash	Maev Beaty, The Happy Woman Christine Horne, Andromache Nicole Underhay, The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs Michaela Washburn, White Biting Dog
2013	Irene Poole, The Little Years	Maev Beaty, Proud Maev Beaty, Terminus Clare Coulter, LEAR Melody A. Johnson, Miss Caledonia
2014	Carly Street, Venus in Fur	Lesley Faulkner, Lungs Holly Lewis, Tribes Nancy Palk, Angels in America: Perestroika Fiona Reid, Entertaining Mr Sloane
2015	Nicky Guadagni, Hooked	Maev Beaty, The De Chardin Project Rosemary Dunsmore, Tom at the Farm Alanna Hibbert, The Mountaintop Fiona Reid, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

References

1. "Tarragon sweeps the nominations for Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 15, 1986.
2. "Mikado nominated for 7 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 27, 1987.
3. "CentreStage play tops Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 11, 1988. Page C1.
4. "And the Dora nominees are...". The Globe and Mail, May 13, 1989.
5. "Nominations for '95 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 13, 1995.
6. "Dora Awards: Recipients" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.

External links

• Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts - Doras