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.

The award was discontinued after 2018, and merged with the award for Best Leading Actor (General Theatre) into a single gender-neutral award for Best Leading Performer (General Theatre)."Dora Mavor Moore Awards to adopt gender-neutral performance categories". CBC Arts, April 25, 2018.

Awards and nominations

YearWinnerNominated 1981 Roberta Maxwell, StevieMichelle Fisk, Loose Ends Lynne Griffin, Arms and the Man Joanne McIntyre, The Crackwalker 1982 Rosemary Dunsmore, Straight Ahead/Blind DancersClare Coulter, Blood Relations Jennifer Phipps, Filumena Fiona Reid, Night and Day 1983 Jennifer Phipps, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For YouMargot Dionne, What Is to Be Done? Mary Haney, Translations Martha Henry, The Crucible 1984 Martha Burns, Trafford TanziJackie Burroughs, White Biting Dog Rosemary Dunsmore, Single Barbara Gordon, The Dining Room Kate Trotter, Top Girls 1985 Doris Petrie, 'night, MotherThuli Dumakude, Poppie Nongena Louise Philippe, De beaux gestes/Beautiful Deeds Jennifer Phipps, L'Amante anglaise Nora McLellan, Uncle Vanya 1986"Tarragon sweeps the nominations for Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 15, 1986. Martha Burns, The Miracle WorkerNancy Beatty, The Wedding Script Nora McLellan, Farther West Patricia Phillips, And a Nightingale Sang Joanna Schellenberg, The Miracle Worker 1987"Mikado nominated for 7 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 27, 1987. Lally Cadeau, Saturday Sunday MondayPatricia Collins, Pack of Lies Susan Coyne, Aunt Dan and Lemon Deborah Kipp, Talley & Son Djanet Sears, Other Female Parts 1988"CentreStage play tops Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 11, 1988. Page C1. Susan Wright, A Lie of the MindClare Coulter, Peggy's Song Diane D'Aquila, Nothing Sacred Brooke Johnson, Toronto, Mississippi Nancy Palk, I Am Yours 1989"And the Dora nominees are...". The Globe and Mail, May 13, 1989. Tanja Jacobs, Under the SkinPatricia 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 AngerMarianne Copithorne, Laughing Wild Tanja Jacobs, The Man I Love Melody Johnson, The Europeans Kate Trotter, The Father 1991 Seana McKenna, Saint JoanRobin Craig, A Fertile Imagination Nicola Lipman, Clutching the Heat Fiona Reid, Daylight Saving Tracy Wright, Lion in the Streets 1992 Nicola Cavendish, Shirley ValentineSylvie Drapeau, Elvire Jouvet 40 Seana McKenna, Three Sisters Kate Trotter, Summer and Smoke Janet Wright, Not Wanted on the Voyage 1993 Fiona Reid, Fallen AngelsHazel Desbarats, Fallen Angels Rosemary Dunsmore, Fallen Angels Jani Lauzon, Whale Chick Reid, Crimes of the Heart 1994 Brenda Robins, Dancing at LughnasaMichelle Fisk, Homeward Bound Tanja Jacobs, Abundance Nancy Palk, Dancing at Lughnasa Maria Ricossa, The Taming of the Shrew 1995"Nominations for '95 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 13, 1995. Fiona Reid, Six Degrees of SeparationJanet-Laine Green, Transit of Venus Rita Howell, The Wooden Hill Joan Orenstein, Transit of Venus Fiona Reid, Hay Fever 1996 Nicola Cavendish, Later LifeAnne-Marie Cadieux, The Seven Streams of the River Ota Joan Heney, The Misfit Yanna McIntosh, A Midsummer Night's Dream Nancy Palk, The Glorious 12th 1997 Lilo Baur, The Three Lives of Lucie CabrolMarion Gilsenan, Thirteen Hands Sarah Goggin, Oliver Twist Rochelle Oliver, Death of a Salesman Fiona Reid, Arcadia 1998 Kristen Thomson, Problem ChildBrenda Bazinet, The End of Civilization Colombe Demers, Romeo and Juliet Maggie Huculak, Beating Heart Cadaver Nancy Palk, Molly Sweeney Fiona Reid, A Delicate Balance 1999 Nancy Beatty, Risk EverythingMaja Ardal, Kilt Martha Burns, The Memory of Water Nicola Cavendish, Les Belles soeurs Nancy Palk, Don Carlos 2000 Nora McLellan, Music for ContortionistLinda Griffiths, Alien Creature Rita Lafontaine, Encore une fois, si vous permettez Yanna McIntosh, Belle Jane Spidell, Motel Helene 2001 Kristen Thomson, I, ClaudiaRobert Cushman, "I, Claudia takes Doras for best actress, new play: Toronto Theatre Awards". National Post, June 26, 2001.Susan Coyne, An Acre of Time Denise Clarke, Thunderstruck Seana McKenna, Wit Brenda Robins, Slavs 2002 Yanna McIntosh, SkylightMarie-Hélène Fontaine, Plan B Caroline Gillis, You Are Here Tanja Jacobs, Elisa's Skin Yanna McIntosh, Belle Fiona Reid, Indian Ink Brenda Robins, The Bald Soprano Jenny Young, The Shape of a Girl 2003 Kristina Nicoll, Girl in the Goldfish BowlRosemary Dunsmore, The Domino Heart Kate Hennig, The Danish Play Brooke Johnson, The Gwendolyn Poems Mary Krohnert, The Miracle Worker 2004 Caroline Cave, The Syringa TreeMartha Burns, Happy Days Nicola Lipman, Simpl Yanna McIntosh, The Syringa Tree Jane Spidell, Blood d'bi young, da kink in my hair 2005 Irene Poole, The Leisure SocietyMarie-Hélène Fontaine, Le Collier d'Hélène Carolyn Hetherington, Half Life Melody Johnson, Trout Stanley Alison Sealy-Smith, Cast Iron 2006 d'bi young, blood.claat — one womban storyChristine Brubaker, The Amorous Servant Martha MacIsaac, The Wild Duck Yanna McIntosh, The Monument Karen Robinson, Two Can Play 2007 Seana McKenna, Orpheus DescendingCaroline Cave, John and Beatrice Diane D'Aquila, Leaving Home Meg Roe, Lucy Kristen Thomson, The Chairs 2008 Lally Cadeau, RoseMegan 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 SunMonica 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 BirdsLaura de Carteret, Hamlet Tara Nicodemo, Hamlet Anusree Roy, Letters to My Grandma Michaela Washburn, Such Creatures 2011 Yanna McIntosh, RuinedMichelle Monteith, Blasted Anusree Roy, Brothel #9 Pamela Mala Sinha, Brothel #9 Jane Spidell, Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God - The Africa Trilogy 2012 Pamela Mala Sinha, CrashMaev 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 YearsMaev Beaty, Proud Maev Beaty, Terminus Clare Coulter, LEAR Melody Johnson, Miss Caledonia 2014 Carly Street, Venus in FurLesley Faulkner, Lungs Holly Lewis, Tribes Nancy Palk, Angels in America: Perestroika Fiona Reid, Entertaining Mr Sloane 2015 Nicky Guadagni, HookedMaev Beaty, The De Chardin Project Rosemary Dunsmore, Tom at the Farm Alanna Hibbert, The Mountaintop Fiona Reid, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 2016 Rebecca Northan, Blind DateValerie Buhagiar, Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday in Sodom Sarah Dodd, Mustard Mayko Nguyen, Salt-Water Moon Anusree Roy, Bombay Black 2017 Maev Beaty, The Last WifeLisa Berry, Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts I, II, III) Diane Flacks, Body Politic Katherine Gauthier, A Doll's House Shruti Kothari, Little Pretty and the Exceptional 2018 Michaela Washburn, Confederation & RielVivien Endicott-Douglas, Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells) Seana McKenna, Lear Brenda Robins, A Delicate Balance Michaela Washburn, Scandal & Rebellion

References

External links Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts - Doras