Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play

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Olivier Award category theatre award

The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual London theatre honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in stage plays.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Olivier Award for Best Actress	11
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play canonical	4
Best Actress in a Play Olivier Award	1
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress	1
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival	1
Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actress	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2899354 — 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 Play
Context triple: [Imelda Staunton, awardReceived, Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play]

A. 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.
B. Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
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 Play
Target entity description: The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual London theatre honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in stage plays.

A. 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.
B. Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
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 (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olivier Award category ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Best Actress in a Play Olivier Award ⓘ linked to: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play
associatedWith	British theatre ⓘ West End theatre ⓘ linked to: West End theatre district
awardedFor	best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play ⓘ
awardingBodyHeadquarters	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
awardType	performance award ⓘ
categoryOf	acting award ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibleRegion	London theatre ⓘ
eligibleRoleType	leading actress ⓘ
eligibleTypeOfWork	play ⓘ
field	theatre ⓘ
firstAwardedIn	1976 ⓘ
formerName	Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actress ⓘ linked to: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	stage play ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction	female ⓘ
hasSubcategory	Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role
hasWebsite	https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/ ⓘ
inception	1976 ⓘ
languageOfAward	English ⓘ
location	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
namedAfter	Laurence Olivier ⓘ
notableFor	recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in London stage plays ⓘ
organizer	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
partOf	Laurence Olivier Awards ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award
presentedBy	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
scope	West End theatre ⓘ linked to: West End theatre district
selectionMethod	voting by theatre professionals ⓘ
status	active ⓘ

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