Congratulations to Dame Helen Mirren, who was crowned Best Leading Actress at last night’s 69th annual Tony Awards.
The 69-year-old actress – who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 film* The Queen* – received the accolade for reprising her role as Lizzie in* The Audience,* marking her first ever Tony Award win.
Taking to the stage at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City for the theatre awards, she said: "Your Majesty, you did it again."
Dame Helen beat off stiff competition from The Great Gatsby actress Carey Mulligan, who was nominated for playing an inner-city schoolteacher in* Skylight*, and* Mad Men's* Elisabeth Moss who starred in the feminist play The Heidi Chronicles.
The full list of winners are as follows:
Best Musical - Fun Home Best Play - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Revival of a Play - Skylight
Best Revival of a Musical - The King and I
Best Director of a Musical - Sam Gold, Fun Home
Best Director of a Play - Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Leading Actor in a Musical - Michael Ceveris, Fun Home
Best Leading Actress in a Musical - Kelli O'Hara, The King and I
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Christian Borle, Something Rotten
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Ruthie Ann Miles, The King and I
Best Leading Actor in a Play - Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Leading Actress in a Play - Helen Mirren, The Audience
Best Featured Actress in a Play - Annaleigh Ashford, You Can't Take It With You
Best Featured Actor in a Play - Richard McCabe, The Audience
Best Lighting Design of a Play - Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Scenic Design of a Play - Bunny Christie and Finn Ross, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Costume Design of a Play - Christopher Oram, Wolf Hall Parts One and Two
Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Natasha Katz, An American in Paris
Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Bob Crowley, An American In Paris
Best Orchestrations - Chris Austin, Don Sebesky & Bill Elliott, An American In Paris
Best Choreoraphy - Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris Best Score - Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, Fun Home Best Book - Lisa Kron, Fun Home
Isabelle Stevenson Award - Stephen Schwartz