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News PHOTO CALL: 2011 Tony Awards Preview — The Actresses Playbill.com offers a look at the nominees for the 65th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards in the categories of Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play and Musical and Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play and Musical.

By Matthew Blank

June 07, 2011

Neil Patrick Harris will host this season's Tony Awards ceremony June 12. CBS-TV will broadcast the event live from The Beacon Theatre.

Here is a look at the actresses nominated this year:

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday
Frances McDormand, Good People
Lily Rabe, The Merchant of Venice
Vanessa Redgrave, Driving Miss Daisy
Hannah Yelland, Brief Encounter

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Beth Leavel, Baby It's You!
Patina Miller, Sister Act
Donna Murphy, The People in the Picture Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart
Edie Falco, The House of Blue Leaves
Judith Light, Lombardi
Joanna Lumley, La Bête
Elizabeth Rodriguez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Tammy Blanchard, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Victoria Clark, Sister Act
Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon
Patti LuPone, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Click here for a full list of nominations.

2011 Tony Awards Preview — The Actresses

Sutton Foster (center) and company — 2011 Tony Awards Preview — The Actresses

Playbill.com offers a look at the nominees for the 65th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards in the categories of Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play and Musical and Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play and Musical. View video of the Best Actress in a Musical and Play nominees.
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Nina Arianda

Nina Arianda

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand

Lily Rabe — Lily Rabe

Joan Marcus

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Lily Rabe

Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones

Vanessa Redgrave

Hannah Yelland

Hannah Yelland

Sutton Foster (center) and company — Sutton Foster (center) and company

Joan Marcus

Sutton Foster

Beth Leavel

Beth Leavel

Patina Miller

Patina Miller

Donna Murphy and Rachel Resheff

Donna Murphy

The Normal Heart_Broadway_Production Photos_Ellen Barkin_HR — Ellen Barkin in The Normal Heart

Ellen Barkin

David Hyde Pierce and Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

Edie Falco

Edie Falco

Dan Lauria and Judith Light

Judith Light

Bobby Cannavale and Elizabeth Rodriguez — Bobby Cannavale and Elizabeth Rodriguez in Motherf**ker with the Hat

Joan Marcus

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Vivian Nixon, Laura Benanti and Yanira Marin

Laura Benanti

Daniel Radcliffe and Tammy Blanchard

Tammy Blanchard

Nikki M. James (<i>The Book of Mormon</i>), nominated for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. — Nikki M. James (The Book of Mormon), nominated for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical.

Nikki M. James

Victoria Clark

Victoria Clark

Patti LuPone

Patti LuPone

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