Random Best Female Broadway Stars of The 21st Centuryreport

Lea Salonga

[ranking: 1]
age 48



Kristin Chenoweth

[ranking: 2]
age 51 Originated role of Glinda in Wicked.



Idina Menzel

[ranking: 3]
age 48 Originated the role of Maureen in Rent.



Bernadette Peters

[ranking: 4]
age 71



Sutton Foster

[ranking: 5]
age 44 Won a Tony Award for her performance in Thoroughly Modern Millie.



Audra McDonald

[ranking: 6]
age 49 Recipient of five Tony Awards.



Patti LuPone

[ranking: 7]
age 70 Recipient of two Tony Awards, for Evita and Gypsy



Phillipa Soo

[ranking: 8]




Renée Elise Goldsberry

[ranking: 9]
age 48



Laura Osnes

[ranking: 10]
age 34 Won the revival cast role of Sandy in Grease from TV show You're The One That I Want. Original Bonnie in Bonnie & Clyde. Hope in Anything Goes revival.



Jessie Mueller

[ranking: 11]
age 32 Original cast of Beautiful: the Carole King Musical. Revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.



Sierra Boggess

[ranking: 12]
age 37



Stephanie J. Block

[ranking: 13]
age 47



Barrett Wilbert Weed

[ranking: 14]




Kelli O'Hara

[ranking: 15]
age 43 Has received four Tony Award nominations in her career.



Kara Lindsay

[ranking: 16]
Original Katherine in Newsies.



Jasmine Cephas Jones

[ranking: 17]




Lindsay Mendez

[ranking: 18]
age 32 Dogfight, Wicked, Grease, Everyday Rapture



Annaleigh Ashford

[ranking: 19]
age 34 Wicked, Legally Blonde, Dogfight, Kinky Boots, Hair, You Can't Take it With You, Sylvia



Taylor Louderman

[ranking: 20]




Lea Michele

[ranking: 21]
age 33 Originated the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening



Megan Hilty

[ranking: 22]
age 38 Played Glinda in the ever-popular Wicked.



Shoshana Bean

[ranking: 23]
age 42



Anna Kendrick

[ranking: 24]
age 34 A Little Night Music at the New York City Opera



Cynthia Erivo

[ranking: 25]




Bebe Neuwirth

[ranking: 26]
age 61 Remembered for playing Nickie in a revival of Sweet Charity.



Laura Bell Bundy

[ranking: 27]
age 38 Amber in Hairspray.



Kerry Ellis

[ranking: 28]
age 40 Well-known for her lead roles in Wicked, Oliver!, Les Misérables.



Kerry Butler

[ranking: 29]
age 48



Christine Ebersole

[ranking: 30]
age 66



Laura Dreyfuss

[ranking: 31]
Original Zoe Murphy



Eden Espinosa

[ranking: 32]
age 41



Krysta Rodriguez

[ranking: 33]
age 35 Original cast in The Addams Family and First Date



Judy Kuhn

[ranking: 34]
age 61



Patina Miller

[ranking: 35]
age 35



Anika Noni Rose

[ranking: 36]
age 47 Remembered for her performance as Emmie in Caroline, or Change.



Willemijn Verkaik

[ranking: 37]
age 44



Caissie Levy

[ranking: 38]
age 38



Laura Michelle Kelly

[ranking: 39]
age 38



Rachelle Ann Go

[ranking: 40]
age 33



Mandy Gonzalez

[ranking: 41]
Remembered for her portrayal of Elphaba in Wicked.



Heather Headley

[ranking: 42]
age 45 Originated the role of Nala in the The Lion King on Broadway.



Katie Rose Clarke

[ranking: 43]
age 35



Liz Callaway

[ranking: 44]
age 58



Tyne Daly

[ranking: 45]
age 73 Most recently performed in Mothers and Sons.



Andrea Martin

[ranking: 46]
age 72 Won a Tony Award for her work in My Favorite Year.



Alli Mauzey

[ranking: 47]




Teal Wicks

[ranking: 48]
age 37 Wicked, Jekyll & Hyde, Finding Neverland



Rachel Tucker

[ranking: 49]
age 38



Arielle Jacobs

[ranking: 50]




Desi Oakley

[ranking: 51]




Ruthie Henshall

[ranking: 52]
age 52 Debut Chicago 2001



Alyssa Fox

[ranking: 53]




Emma Stone

[ranking: 54]
Replaced Michelle Williams as Sally in Cabaret.



Vanessa Williams

[ranking: 55]
age 56 Debuted in 1994 in Kiss of the Spider Woman.



Mary-Louise Parker

[ranking: 56]
age 55 Earned a Tony Award for her acting in Proof.



Diahann Carroll

[ranking: 57]
age 84 Portrayed Mama in a revival of A Raisin in the Sun in 2014.



Rebecca Luker

[ranking: 58]
age 58 Remembered for portraying Christine in The Phantom of the Opera.



Toni Collette

[ranking: 59]
age 47 Portrayed Queenie in The Wild Party.



Alison Luff

[ranking: 60]




Laura Linney

[ranking: 61]
age 55 Has received three Tony Award nominations over the course of her career.



Erin Mackey

[ranking: 62]
age 33



Marissa Jaret Winokur

[ranking: 63]
age 46 Remembered for her performance as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray.



Cristin Milioti

[ranking: 64]
age 34 Well-known for her performance in Once.



Nicole Parker

[ranking: 65]
age 41



Marisa Tomei

[ranking: 66]
age 55 Acclaimed for her performance in The Realistic Joneses.



Courtney Reed

[ranking: 67]
Known for her role as Jasmine in Aladdin.



Adrienne Warren

[ranking: 68]
age 32



Cynthia Nixon

[ranking: 69]
age 53 Won a Tony Award for her performance in Rabbit Hole.



Estelle Parsons

[ranking: 70]
age 92 Has both performed and directed on Broadway.



Ciara Renee

[ranking: 71]




Annie Potts

[ranking: 72]
Debuted on Broadway in 2009 in God of Carnage.



Michelle Williams

[ranking: 73]
age 39 Acted and danced in a revival of Cabaret.



Katie Boeck

[ranking: 74]




Cherry Jones

[ranking: 75]
age 63 Won a Tony Award for her work in Doubt.



Maggie Gyllenhaal

[ranking: 76]
age 42 Will make her Broadway debut in The Real Thing in 2014.



Janet Dacal

[ranking: 77]
Well-known for her performance in In the Heights.



Amy Spanger

[ranking: 78]
age 48 Introduced the role of Sherrie in Rock of Ages.



Fran Drescher

[ranking: 79]
Debuted on Broadway in 2014 in Cinderella.



Sophie Okonedo

[ranking: 80]
age 51 Performed in a Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun.



Fantasia

[ranking: 81]
age 35 Well-known for portraying Celie in The Color Purple.



Syesha Mercado

[ranking: 82]
Debuted on Broadway in The Book of Mormon.



Carly Rae Jepsen

[ranking: 83]
Debuted on Broadway in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella in 2014.

Resource

New Random Display    Show all by ranking(83 items)