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.
| Year | Actress | Play | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Susan Cox | Valentine Browne | [1] |
| Denise Ferguson | The Boyfriend | [2] | |
| Jodi Glassman | Toronto, Toronto | ||
| Liliane Stilwell | We Got Love | ||
| 1982 | Kathy Michael McGlynn | Piaf: Her Songs, Her Loves | |
| Susan Cuthbert | Dames at Sea | [3] | |
| 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 | [4] | |
| Camilla Scott | Evita | ||
| 1987 | Cynthia Dale | Pal Joey | [5] |
| Linda Kash | Not Based on Anything by Stephen King | [6] | |
| Tracey Moore | Anne of Green Gables | ||
| 1988 | Ranee Lee | Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill | |
| Shirley Douglas | Company | [7] | |
| Patricia Vanstone | Girls in the Gang | ||
| 1989 | Louise Pitre | Blood Brothers | |
| Loretta Bailey | Les Misérables | [8] | |
| Tracey Moore | The Threepenny Opera |
| Year | Actress | Play | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | [9] | |
| 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 | [10] | |
| 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 | [11] | |
| 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 |
| Year | Actress | Play | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Actress | Play | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Louise Pitre | The Toxic Avenger | [12] |
| 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 | [13] |
| 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 | [14] |
| Neema Bickersteth | |||
| Deborah Hay | Caroline, or Change | ||
| Jane Johanson | Seussical | ||
| Sabryn Rock | Caroline, or Change | ||
| 2013 | Lisa Horner | The Wizard of Oz | [15] |
| 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 | [16] |
| Ma-Anne Dionisio | Cats | ||
| Arlene Duncan | Once on This Island | ||
| Glynis Ranney | London Road | ||
| Fiona Reid | London Road | ||
| 2015 | Trish Lindstrom | Once | [17] |
| 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 |