The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.
Winners and nominees 1980s YearActressPlayRef 1981 Susan Cox Valentine Browne Carole Corbeil, "Just like Oscars: lots of no-shows Carver, Maxwell win theatre awards". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 1982. Denise Ferguson The Boyfriend "And the nominees are...". Toronto Star, January 16, 1982. Jodi Glassman Toronto, Toronto Liliane Stilwell We Got Love 1982 Kathy Michael McGlynn Piaf: Her Songs, Her Loves Susan Cuthbert Dames at Sea "Dora Mavor Moore awards Tamara paces the nominees". The Globe and Mail, October 1, 1982. Christina Frolick Rose Marie 1983 Sheila McCarthy Really Rosie B.J. Reed Ain't Misbehavin' Jackie Richardson Ain't Misbehavin' 1984 Darcy Dunlop Noel and Gertie Salome Bey Shimmytime Mary Ellen Mahoney Funny Girl 1985 Sheila McCarthy Little Shop of Horrors Sally Cahill Once More with Fooling Monique Leyrac 1900 1986 Allison Grant The Secret Garden Linda Kash Bordering on Madness, or Who's Tory Now "Tarragon sweeps the nominations for Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 15, 1986. Camilla Scott Evita 1987 Cynthia Dale Pal Joey Ray Conlogue, "Mikado, B-Movie big Dora winners". The Globe and Mail, June 23, 1987. Linda Kash Not Based on Anything by Stephen King "Mikado nominated for 7 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 27, 1987. Tracey Moore Anne of Green Gables 1988 Ranee Lee Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Shirley Douglas Company "CentreStage play tops Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 11, 1988. Page C1. Patricia Vanstone Girls in the Gang 1989 Louise Pitre Blood Brothers Loretta Bailey Les Misérables "And the Dora nominees are...". The Globe and Mail, May 13, 1989. Tracey Moore The Threepenny Opera
1990s YearActressPlayRef 1990 Charlotte Moore The Rocky Horror Show Rebecca Caine The Phantom of the Opera Tracey Moore Rigoletto 1991 Maria Vacratsis 2nd Nature Mary Ann McDonald That Scatterbrain Booky H.J. Kirchhoff, "That Scatterbrain Booky and Lilies pace Dora race; Each production picks up eight nominations". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1991. Jessica Wilson Anne of Green Gables 1992 Norma Dell'Agnese God Almighty's Second-Class Saloon Barbara Barsky Closer Than Ever Julain Molnar Brigadoon 1993 Large Theatre Kate Hennig Ratbag Hazel Desbarats Falling Angels "Dora Award nominations". Toronto Star, May 11, 1993. Midsize Theatre Shari Saunders Nigredo Hotel Barbara Barsky Chutzpah à go-go Suzanne Bennett Une Soirée avec Jacques Brel Ellen Gould Liebe Lenya 1994 Louise Pitre Piaf Barbara Barsky Forbidden Broadway Ma-Anne Dionisio Miss Saigon Cee-Chee Harshaw Once on the Island Janet Macewan The House of Martin Guerre 1995 Large Theatre Kathy Michael McGlynn Into the Woods Loretta Bailey Into the Woods "Nominations for '95 Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 13, 1995. Jinky Llamanzares Tommy Jennifer Lyon Tommy Mary Pitt Into the Woods Midsize Theatre Paulina Gillis Assassins Barbara Barsky Assassins Sabrina Grdevich The Old Man's Band Jackie Harris Up Against the Wal-Mart Ellen-Ray Hennessy Strange Little Monsters 1996 Large Theatre Mary Ellen Mahoney A Little Night Music Kerry Butler Beauty and the Beast Anita Louise Combe Sunset Boulevard Marion Gilsenan A Little Night Music Judy Marshak Beauty and the Beast Midsize Theatre Paulina Gillis The Barber of Seville Jayne Lewis Falsettos Janet van de Graaf Byte Me 1997 Large Theatre Audra McDonald Ragtime Rita Gorr Dialogues des Carmelites Marin Mazzie Ragtime Mary Ann McDonald Passion Susan Marie Pierson Elektra Midsize Theatre Liza Balkan Still the Night Nola Augustson The Martha Stewart Projects Sandra Caldwell Sophisticated Ladies Theresa Tova Still the Night Janet van de Graaf Tragically OHIP 1998 Rebecca Caine The Cunning Little Vixen Krysten Cummings Rent Judith Forst Oedipus Rex with Symphony of Psalms Kristine Jepson Hansel & Gretel Julain Molnar The House of Martin Guerre 1999 Irina Mishura Il Trovatore Kimberly Barber Xerxes Ruxandra Donose Norma Taborah Johnson The Nutmeg Princess Valarie Pettiford Fosse
2000s YearActressPlayRef 2000 Paula Wolfson Shaking the Foundations Isabel Bayrakdarian Don Giovanni Mary Lou Fallis Primadonna Judy Marshak Anything That Moves Jane Miller Shaking the Foundations 2001 Louise Pitre Mamma Mia! Loretta Bailey Outrageous! Mary Lou Fallis Primadonna’s First Farewell Tour Mary Ellen Mahoney Mamma Mia! Zhe Ge Zeng Iron Road 2002 Glynis Ranney Anything That Moves Melissa Thompson Snow White and the Magnificent Seven 2003 Melody Johnson Little Mercy's First Murder Barbara Barsky Snappy Tales: Short Satirical Musicals Nora McLellan Robin Hood Jeanine Noyes A Dixie Gospel Fiona Reid Sweeney Todd Regan Thiel Sweeney Todd 2004 Montego Glover Cookin' at the Cookery Sarah Cornell The Producers Susan Gilmour Pélagie Jackie Richardson Cookin' at the Cookery Amy Rutherford Tequila Vampire Matinée 2005 Mary Ann McDonald Urinetown Divine Brown Ain't Misbehavin' Mary Ann McDonald Side by Side by Sondheim Vanessa Olivarez Hairspray Jennifer Waiser Urinetown 2006 Corrine Koslo Bunnicula Rebecca Jackson Mendoza Lord of the Rings Elena Juatco Snow White and the Group of Seven Louise Pitre Song & Dance Carly Street Lord of the Rings 2007 Corrine Koslo Seussical Sarah Cornell Evil Dead the Musical Melody Johnson I Think I Can Jayne Lewis Menopause Out Loud! Erica Peck We Will Rock You 2008 Nicole Underhay Fire Patty Jamieson A Man of No Importance Britta Lazenga Dirty Dancing Amélie Lefebvre Et si on chantait... Sharron Matthews The Wizard of Oz Patricia Zentilli Little Shop of Horrors 2009 Elicia MacKenzie The Sound of Music Barbara Barsky A New Brain Paula Brancati Cinderella: The Sillylicious Family Musical Jane Miller You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Nadine Villasin The Forbidden Phoenix
2010s YearActressPlayRef 2010 Louise Pitre The Toxic Avenger "Actresses who sing dirty songs not excluded; Dora Awards; Louise Pitre, Morris Panych among winners". National Post, June 29, 2010. Jacquelyn French The Light in the Piazza Patty Jamieson The Light in the Piazza Trish Lindstrom Assassins Trish Lindstrom Mimi 2011 Kate Hennig Billy Elliot "Blasted picks up five Dora Awards". Toronto Star, June 28, 2011. Ma-Anne Dionisio Miss Saigon Gabi Epstein To Life Louise Pitre A Year with Frog and Toad Shelley Simester [title of show] 2012 Arlene Duncan Caroline, or Change "Three productions take most Doras". Toronto Star, June 26, 2012. Neema Bickersteth Deborah Hay Caroline, or Change Jane Johanson Seussical Sabryn Rock Caroline, or Change 2013 Lisa Horner The Wizard of Oz "A Cinderella story at the Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2013. Steffi DiDomenicantonio Cinderella Jan Alexandra Smith Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare Carly Street Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare 2014 Melissa O'Neil Les Misérables "Of Human Bondage and London Road win big at the Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail, June 24, 2014. Ma-Anne Dionisio Cats Arlene Duncan Once on This Island Glynis Ranney London Road Fiona Reid London Road 2015 Trish Lindstrom Once "A Dora Awards surprise, for Once". The Globe and Mail, June 23, 2015. Susan Gilmour The Wild Party Marisa McIntyre Company Cara Ricketts The Wild Party Saidah Baba Talibah What Makes a Man 2016 Lisa Horner Grey Gardens Neema Bickersteth Century Song A. J. Bridel Kinky Boots Kira Guloien Grey Gardens 2017 Jenn Colella Come from Away Arinea Hermans Seussical Sabryn Rock Passing Strange Amaka Umeh James and the Giant Peach Astrid van Wieren Come from Away 2018 Tracy Michailidis Life After d'bi.young.anitafrika Lukumi: A Dub Opera Ellen Denny Life After Sara Farb Fun Home Hannah Levinson Fun Home
References
External links Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts - Doras