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Theatre: 'Best Actress in a Musical' Olivier Award Winners

The Olivier Awards first awarded a 'gong' for Best Performance in a Musical in 1977, and the two inaugural awards were won by female performers. In 1979, the first 'Best Actress' Olivier was awarded and the subsequent winners are presented here in chronological order for the first (or only) time they took home the award... can you figure out which roles they won for; which actress has won the award three times, and who has won it twice (five performers).
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Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKenna
1
Gemma Craven
Gemma Craven
2
Carlin Glynn
Carlin Glynn
3
Julia McKenzie
Julia McKenzie
4
Barbara Dickson
Barbara Dickson
5
Natalia Markova
Natalia Markova
6
Patti Lupone
Patti Lupone
7
Leslie MacKie
Leslie MacKie
8
Nichola McAuliffe
Nichola McAuliffe
9
Patricia Routledge
Patricia Routledge
10
Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga
11
Imelda Staunton
Imelda Staunton
12
Wilhemina Fernandez
Wilhemina Fernandez
13
Joanna Riding
Joanna Riding
14
Ruthie Henshall
Ruthie Henshall
15
Judi Dench
Judi Dench
16
Maria Friedman
Maria Friedman
17
Ute Lemper
Ute Lemper
18
Sophie Thompson
Sophie Thompson
19
Samantha Spiro
Samantha Spiro
20
Martine McCutcheon
Martine McCutcheon
21
Laura Michelle Kelly
Laura Michelle Kelly
22
Jane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski
23
Jenna Russell
Jenna Russell
24
Leanne Jones
Leanne Jones
25
Elena Roger
Elena Roger
26
Sheridan Smith
Sheridan Smith
27
Cleo Demetriou
Cleo Demetriou
28
Kerry Ingram
Kerry Ingram
29
Eleanor Worthington-Cox
Eleanor Worthington-Cox
30
Sophia Kiely
Sophia Kiely
31
Zrinka Cvitesic
Zrinka Cvitesic
32
Katy Brayben
Katy Brayben
33
Amber Riley
Amber Riley
34
Shirley Henderson
Shirley Henderson
35
Sharon D. Clarke
Sharon D. Clarke
36
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