Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical

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Olivier Award category theatre award

The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding leading performances by actresses in musical productions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical	11
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical canonical	7
Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical	1
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical (for Laura Michelle Kelly)	1
Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2899353 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
Context triple: [Imelda Staunton, awardReceived, Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical]

A. Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in West End productions.
B. Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.
C. BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
The BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is a prestigious British film accolade presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honor outstanding performances by leading actresses.
D. BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Performance
The BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Performance is a British Academy Television Award recognizing outstanding individual performances in entertainment programming such as comedy and variety shows.
E. BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress is a British Academy Film Award presented annually to honor an outstanding performance by an actress in a supporting role in film.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
Target entity description: The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding leading performances by actresses in musical productions.

A. Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in West End productions.
B. Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.
C. BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
The BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is a prestigious British film accolade presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honor outstanding performances by leading actresses.
D. BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Performance
The BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Performance is a British Academy Television Award recognizing outstanding individual performances in entertainment programming such as comedy and variety shows.
E. BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress is a British Academy Film Award presented annually to honor an outstanding performance by an actress in a supporting role in film.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olivier Award category ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
associatedWith	West End theatre industry ⓘ linked to: West End theatre district
awardedFor	Best leading performance by an actress in a musical ⓘ
awardedIn	United Kingdom theatre awards season ⓘ
awardingBodyType	professional association ⓘ
categoryType	performance award ⓘ
ceremonyHeldIn	London theatres ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility	leading actresses in London musical productions ⓘ professional theatre ⓘ
field	musical theatre ⓘ theatre ⓘ
firstAwarded	1979 ⓘ
formerName	Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ linked to: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	musical ⓘ
hasAwardedFor	performance in a new musical ⓘ performance in a revival of a musical ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction	female ⓘ
hasMediaType	trophy ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/ ⓘ
inception	1979 ⓘ
isSubsetOf	Olivier Awards for acting ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award
language	English ⓘ
location	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
namedAfter	Laurence Olivier ⓘ
notableRecipient	Elaine Paige ⓘ Imelda Staunton ⓘ Jenna Russell ⓘ Julia McKenzie ⓘ Lea Salonga ⓘ Maria Friedman ⓘ Ruthie Henshall ⓘ Sheridan Smith ⓘ
organizer	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
partOf	Laurence Olivier Awards ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award
presentedBy	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
presentedIn	West End theatre ⓘ linked to: West End theatre district
prestige	major British theatre award ⓘ
relatedAward	Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ Olivier Award for Best Musical ⓘ linked to: Olivier Award for Best New Musical
scope	London theatre ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by theatre professionals ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
timePeriod	late 20th century to present ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imelda Staunton → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical → relatedAward → Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ