2025 Tony Awards: See the full list of nominees
See the full list of 2025 Tony nominees below.
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Best actress in a play
Laura Donnelly, 'The Hills of California'
Mia Farrow, 'The Roommate'
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, 'Purpose'
Sadie Sink, 'John Proctor is the Villain'
Sarah Snook, 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
Best actor in a play
George Clooney, 'Good Night, and Good Luck'
Cole Escola, 'Oh, Mary!'
Jon Michael Hill, 'Purpose'
Daniel Dae Kim, 'Yellow Face'
Harry Lennix, 'Purpose'
Louis McCartney, 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow'
Best actress in a musical
Megan Hilty, 'Death Becomes Her'
Audra McDonald, 'Gypsy'
Jasmine Amy Rogers, 'BOOP! The Musical'
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Nicole Scherzinger, 'Sunset Boulevard'
Jennifer Simard, 'Death Becomes Her'
Best actor in a musical
Darren Criss, 'Maybe Happy Ending'
Andrew Durand, 'Dead Outlaw'
Tom Francis, 'Sunset Boulevard'
Jonathan Groff, 'Just in Time'
James Monroe Iglehart, 'A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical'
Jeremy Jordan, 'Floyd Collins'
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