OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Actress Winners

OLIVIER AWARDS – BEST ACTRESS WINNERS

Best Actress

2011 Nancy Carroll for After the Dance
2010 Rachel Weisz for A Streetcar Named Desire
2009 Margaret Tyzack for The Chalk Garden
2008 Kristin Scott Thomas for Chekhov’s The Seagull
2007 Tamsin Greig for Much Ado About Nothing
2006 Eve Best for Hedda Gabler
2005 Clare Higgins for Hecuba
2004 Eileen Atkins for Honour
2003 Clare Higgins for Vincent In Brixton
2002 Lindsay Duncan for Private Lives
2001 Julie Walters for All My Sons
2000 Janie Dee for Comic Potential
1999 Eileen Atkins for The Unexpected Man
1998 Zoë Wanamaker for Electra
1997 Janet McTeer for A Doll’s House
1996 Judi Dench for Absolute Hell
1995 Clare Higgins for Sweet Bird Of Youth
1994 Fiona Shaw for Machinal
1993 Alison Steadman for The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice
1992 Juliet Stevenson for Death And The Maiden
1991 Kathryn Hunter for The Visit
1989/90 Fiona Shaw for Electra, As You Like It and The Good Person Of Sichuan
1987 Judi Dench for Antony and Cleopatra
1986 Lindsay Duncan for Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1985 Yvonne Bryceland for The Road To Mecca

Actress of the Year in a New Play

1988 Pauline Collins for Shirley Valentine
1984 Thuli Dumakude for Poppie Nongena
1983 Judi Dench for Pack Of Lies
1982 Rosemary Leach for 84 Charing Cross Road
1981 Elizabeth Quinn for Children Of A Lesser God
1980 Frances de la Tour for Duet For One
1979 Jane Lapotaire for Piaf
1978 Joan Plowright for Filumena
1977 Alison Fiske for Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi
1976 Peggy Ashcroft for Old World

Actress of the Year in a Revival

1988 Harriet Walter for Twelfth Night and The Three Sisters
1984 Vanessa Redgrave for The Aspern Papers
1983 Frances de la Tour for A Moon For The Misbegotten
1982 Cheryl Campbell for A Doll’s House
1981 Margaret Tyzack for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
1980 Judi Dench for Juno And The Paycock
1979 Zoë Wanamaker for Once In A Lifetime
1978 Dorothy Tutin for The Double Dealer
1977 Judi Dench for Macbeth
1976 Dorothy Tutin for A Month In The Country

Best Actress in a Musical

2011 Sheridan Smith for Legally Blonde – The Musical
2010 Samantha Spiro for Hello Dolly!
2009 Elena Roger for Piaf
2008 Leanne Jones for Hairspray
2007 Jenna Russell for Sunday In The Park With George
2006 Jane Krakowski for Guys And Dolls
2005 Laura Michelle Kelly for Mary Poppins
2004 Maria Friedman for Ragtime at the Piccadilly
2003 Joanna Riding for My Fair Lady
2002 Martine McCutcheon for My Fair Lady
2001 Samantha Spiro for Merrily We Roll Along
2000 Barbara Dickson for Spend Spend Spend
1999 Sophie Thompson for Into The Woods
1998 Ute Lemper for Chicago
1997 Maria Friedman for Passion
1996 Judi Dench for A Little Night Music
1995 Ruthie Henshall for She Loves Me
1994 Julia McKenzie for Sweeney Todd
1993 Joanna Riding for Carousel
1992 Wilhelmenia Fernandez for Carmen Jones
1991 Imelda Staunton for Into The Woods
1989/90 Lea Salonga for Miss Saigon
1988 Patricia Routledge for Candide
1987 Nichola McAuliffe for Kiss Me Kate
1986 Lesley Mackie for Judy
1985 Patti LuPone for Les Misérables and The Cradle Will Rock
1984 Natalia Makarova for On Your Toes
1983 Barbara Dickson for Blood Brothers
1982 Julia McKenzie for Guys And Dolls
1981 Carlin Glynn for The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
1980 Gemma Craven for They’re Playing Our Song
1979 Virginia McKenna for The King And I

OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Dance Winners

OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Dance Winners

Best New Dance Production

2011 Babel (Words) by Eastman vzw and Royal Opera House La Monnaie at Sadler’s Wells, choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet
2010 The Brandstrup-Rojo project’s Goldberg
2009 Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal’s Cafe Muller/ The Rite Of Spring
2008 The Royal Ballet for its revival of George Balanchine’s three-part ballet Jewels
2007 The Royal Ballet’s Chroma
2006 Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant’s Push
2005 Rambert Dance Company’s Swamp at Sadler’s Wells
2004 Broken Fall, a George Piper Dances commission in association with The Royal Ballet
2003 Danses Concertantes’ Polyphonia
2002 Sankai Juku’s Hibiki
2001 Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu’s Le Jardin Io Io Ito Ito
2000 Nederlands Dans Theater 1’s Symphony of Psalms
1999 Ballett Frankfurt’s Enemy In The Figure
1998 L’Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato performed by the Mark Morris Dance Group, English National Opera in association with Dance Umbrella
1997 English National Ballet’s Cinderella
1996 Adventures in Motion Pictures’ Swan Lake
1995 The Royal Ballet’s Fearful Symmetries
1994 The Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Choreartium
1993 Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s The Judas Tree (The Royal Ballet)

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

2011 Antony Gormley for his set design of Babel (Words) by Eastman vzw and Theatre Royal de la Monnaie at Sadler’s Wells
2010 Rambert Dance Company for an outstanding year of new work
2009 The Company Of The Royal Ballet Of Flanders For Their Performances In Impressing The Czar
2008 The Royal Ballet for its revival of George Balanchine’s three-part ballet Jewels
2007 Carlos Acosta for his programme of work and his performances at Sadler’s Wells
2006 Pina Bausch for the creation of Nelken and Palermo Palermo
2005 San Francisco Ballet for their season at Sadler’s Wells
2004 Thomas Edur and Agnes Oaks for their performances in English National Ballet’s 2 Human
2003 Robyn Orlin for the creative originality of Daddy, I’ve Seen This Piece Six Times And I Still Don’t Know Why They’re Hurting Each Other
2002 Mark Morris for the Mark Morris Dance Group’s season
2001 Deborah Colker for her choreography of Mix
2000 Jirí Kylián for his artistic excellence and outstanding direction of Nederlands Dans Theater 1’s season at Sadler’s Wells
1999 William Forsythe and his company, Ballett Frankfurt, for their season at Sadler’s Wells
1998 Lez Brotherston for the set and costume design for Adventures in Motion Pictures’ Cinderella
1997 The Dancers of Rambert Dance Company for their season at the London Coliseum
1996 Siobhan Davies for Siobhan Davies Dance Company’s The Art of Touch
1995 Peter Mumford for his lighting design of The Royal Ballet’s Fearful Symmetries and of Siobhan Davies Dance Company’s The Glass Blew In
1994 The Dancers of London Contemporary Dance Theatre for their season at Sadler’s Wells
1993 Siobhan Davies for choreography of Rambert Dance Company’s Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
1992 In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated for William Forsythe’s choreography and performance by The Royal Ballet
1991 Twyla Tharp and Jennifer Tipton for choreography and lighting of The American Ballet Theatre’s In the Upper Room
1989/90 London Contemporary Dance Theatre for their production of Kim Brandstrup’s Orfeo
1988 The Dancers of the Kirov Ballet for their London season
1987 Trisha Brown for her season at Sadler’s Wells
1986 The Ballet Rambert for their 60th Anniversary season
1982 Le Ballet de L’Opéra de Paris’ Le Songe d’Une Nuit d’Eté
1981 Stuttgart Ballet’s Forgotten Lane
1980 The Royal Ballet’s Gloria
1979 Peter Schaufuss for London Festival Ballet’s La Sylphide
1978 Robert Cohan, Artistic Director, London Contemporary Dance Theatre
1977 London Festival Ballet’s Romeo And Juliet

Additional Dance Awards

1985 Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s Pictures
1985 Yoko Morishita for Giselle (Matsuyama Ballet Company)
1984 The Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Giselle
1984 David Bintley for Petrushka (Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet)
1983 The Royal Ballet’s Requiem
1983 Alessandra Ferri for Valley Of Shadows (The Royal Ballet)
1982 Elisabeth Platel for La Sylphide (Le Ballet de L’Opéra de Paris)
1981 Bryony Brind for Dances Of Albion (The Royal Ballet)
1978 The Royal Ballet’s A Month In The Country

OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Costume Winners

OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Costume Winners

Best Costume Design

2011 After the Dance designed by Hildegard Bechtler
2010 Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert – The Musical designed by Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner
2009 The Histories designed by Tom Piper and Emma Williams
2008 Vicki Mortimer for The Man Of Mode at the National
2007 The Voysey Inheritance, designed by Alison Chitty at the National Lyttelton
2006 The Dog In The Manger designed by Es Devlin at the Playhouse
2005 All’s Well That Ends Well designed by Deirdre Clancey at the Gielgud
2004 Power designed by Christopher Oram
2003 Twelfth Night designed by Jenny Tirimani

Best Costume Designer

2002 Jenny Beavan for Private Lives
2001 Alison Chitty for Remembrance Of Things Past
2000 Julie Taymor for The Lion King
1999 William Dudley for Amadeus and The London Cuckolds
1998 Tim Goodchild for Three Hours After Marriage
1997 Tim Goodchild for The Relapse
1996 Anthony Ward for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Way Of The World and La Grande Magia
1995 Deirdre Clancy for Love’s Labour’s Lost and A Month In The Country
1994 Gerald Scarfe for An Absolute Turkey
1993 William Dudley for Heartbreak House, Pygmalion and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
1992 Mark Thompson for The Comedy Of Errors
1991 Jasper Conran for The Rehearsal