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
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2011 Tony Awards Preview — The Actresses
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
Joan Marcus
Lily Rabe
Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones
Vanessa Redgrave
Hannah Yelland
Hannah Yelland
Sutton Foster (center) and company
Joan Marcus
Sutton Foster
Beth Leavel
Beth Leavel
Patina Miller
Patina Miller
Donna Murphy and Rachel Resheff
Donna Murphy
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 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 (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