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The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor a performer for excellence in a leading role in an Off-Broadway play production since 2022,[Acting Categories Split into Musicals and Plays] when the acting categories were made gender-neutral.
Winners and nominees
;Key
2020s
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! style="width:10%;"| Year
! style="width:30%;"| Actress
! style="width:30%;"| Play
! style="width:25%;"| Character
! style="width:5%;"| Ref.
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|- style="background:#DCEEFF
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2022
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Shannon Tyo
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The Chinese Lady
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Afong Moy
|rowspan=5|
|-
|Stephanie Berry
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On Sugarland
|Evelyn
|-
|W. Tré Davis
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Tambo & Bones
|Tambo
|-
|Elizabeth Marvel
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Long Day’s Journey Into Night
|Mary Tyrone
|-
|Mary Wiseman
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At the Wedding
|Carlo
|-
|- style="background:#DCEEFF
! rowspan="7" align="center"|
2023
|
K. Todd Freeman
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Downstate
|
Dee
|rowspan=7|
|-
|Tonya Pinkins
|
A Raisin in the Sun
|Lena Younger
|-
|John Douglas Thompson
|
Endgame
|Hamm
|-
|Kyle Beltran
|
A Case for the Existence of God
|Keith
|-
|Ryan J. Haddad
|
Dark Disabled Stories
|Performer
|-
|Bill Irwin
|
Endgame
|Clov
|-
|Marylouise Burke
|
Epiphany
|Morkan
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|- style="background:#DCEEFF
! rowspan="7" align="center"|
2024
|
Gabby Beans
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Jonah
|
Ana
|rowspan=7|
|-
|A.J. Shively
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Philadelphia, Here I Come!
|Gar-Private
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|Josh Radnor
|
The Ally
|Asaf
|-
|Nicole Ari Parker
|
The Refuge Plays
|Early
|-
|William Jackson Harper
|
Primary Trust
|Kenneth
|-
|Christopher Abbott
|
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
|Danny
|-
|Paco Tolson
|
The Knight of the Burning Pestle
|Performer
|-
|- style="background:#DCEEFF
! rowspan="7" align="center"| 2025
|
Kara Young
|
Table 17
|
Jada
|rowspan=7|
|-
|Marisa Tomei
|
Babe
|Abigail
|-
|Paul Sparks
|
Grangeville
|Jerry
|-
|Lily Rabe
|
Ghosts
|Helena Alving
|-
|Susannah Flood
|
Liberation
|Lizzie
|-
|Madison Ferris
|
All of Me
|Lucy
|-
|Adam Driver
|
Hold On to Me Darling
|Strings McCrane
|-
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2026
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Aigner Mizzelle
|
The Monsters
|
Lil
|rowspan=7|
|-
|Noah Galvin
|
The Reservoir
|Josh
|-
|Marin Ireland
|
Queens
|Renia
|-
|John Krasinski
|
Angry Alan
|Alan
|-
|Okieriete Onaodowan
|
The Monsters
|Big
|-
|Susannah Perkins
|
Antigone (This Play I Read In High School)
|Antigone
|-
|Kara Young
|
Gruesome Playground Injuries
|Kayleen
|}
See also
* Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
* Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play
References
