Patti LuPone is an American actress and singer best known for her work in stage musicals and her appearances in film and television. She has won two Grammy Awards, three Tony Awards, and two Olivier Awards as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards.
LuPone has received eight Tony Award nominations for her work on the Broadway stage winning twice for Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her roles in Evita in 1980, and for Gypsy in 2008. She also won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Company in 2022. She has received two Grammy Awards in 2008 for Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording for Welli: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. For her work on the London stage she won two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actress in a Musical for Les Misérables / Cradle Will Rock in 1985 and Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical for Company in 2019.
She also received nine Drama Desk Award nominations, winning four times for Evita, Anything Goes, Gypsy, and Company, and six Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, winning three times for Patti LuPone on Broadway, Gypsy, and Company. For her work on television she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance in Frasier. She also received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming for Song Spinner.
Major associations Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1976 Best Featured Actress in a Musical The Robber Bridegroom 1980 Best Actress in a Musical Evita 1988 Anything Goes 2006 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2008 Gypsy 2011 Best Featured Actress in a Musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 2017 Best Actress in a Musical War Paint 2022 Best Featured Actress in a Musical Company
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1985Best Actress in a Musical Les Misérables / The Cradle Will Rock 1993 Sunset Boulevard 2019 Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a MusicalCompany
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2009 Best Classical AlbumWeill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Best Opera Recording
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Daytime Emmy Award 1996Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming Song Spinner NominatedPrimetime Emmy Award 1998Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Frasier Nominated
Theatre awards Drama Desk Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1976 Outstanding Actress in a Musical The Robber Bridegroom 1980 Evita 1988 Anything Goes 1998 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play The Old Neighborhood 2006Outstanding Actress in a MusicalSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2008Gypsy 2011 Outstanding Featured Actress in a MusicalWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 2017Outstanding Actress in a MusicalWar Paint 2022 Outstanding Featured Actress in a MusicalCompany
Outer Critics Circle Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1995 Best Solo Performance Patti LuPone on Broadway 2006 Outstanding Actress in a MusicalSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2008Gypsy 2011 Outstanding Featured Actress in a MusicalWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 2017Outstanding Actress in a Musical War Paint 2022 Outstanding Featured Actress in a MusicalCompany
Miscellaneous awards Year Association Category Nominated work Result 2008 Drama League Award Distinguished PerformanceGypsy 2011 United Solo Theatre Festival uAward The Gypsy in My Soul 2016 Critics' Choice Television AwardBest Guest Performer in a Drama Series Penny Dreadful Nominated 2019 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Musical Company 2025 Critics' Choice Television Award Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Agatha All Along Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series
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