Nicole Scherzinger wows in a plunging satin blazer and skirt as she wins Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical at Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards
ensured to turn heads in a chic white satin co-ord as she graced the red carpet of the 25th Annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards in New on Thursday.
The theatre sensation, 46, looked ravishing in a silky double-breasted blazer teamed with a matching maxi skirt which featured a sexy racy thigh-high split.
The former Pussycat Doll beamed from ear to ear as she stopped for striking snaps, thrilled to celebrate not one but two wins earlier that night.
Nicole, who stars as Norma Desmond in the play Sunset Boulevard, scooped prizes for Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical as well as Favorite Diva Performance.
Showing off a glam full-face make-up, Nicole looked nothing less than sensational as she finished up her look with white stilettos.
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The Hawaiian-born star added maxi silver hoop earrings and posed up a storm alongside fellow actress Zoey Dutch - who also proudly lifted her Favorite Featured Actress in a Play gong for the play Our Town.
Just earlier this month, Nicole praised her Broadway milestone as her 'greatest achievement' as she candidly discussed her Tony Award nomination during an appearance on CBS Morning Show.
During her appearance, Nicole said it took her years for people to take her seriously after she was 'put in a box' for years for being in the Pussycat Dolls.
She said: 'This is my debut on Broadway which is what I've always dreamed of and it's 30 years in the making of working, preparing and performing.
'I feel so fulfilled to share all my gifts and abilities with the world and connect with people through performing on a deeper and soulful level
'The dolls only saw me, people pigeon hole you and they put you in a box, so for a long time I wasn't able to audition for films and musicals that I loved.
'I got fed up and six years ago I created my own show where I invited people from the industry and brought it to Broadway and London and LA. It is my passion.'
Nicole joked that she almost didn't take the role because it wasn't glamorous enough for her until she properly read the script and 'fell madly in love' with the role.
She said: 'I didn't not almost take it, just when I got asked to take it I was like this is your big idea an old faded film star, honey I'm a Pussycat Doll and I have big lights.
'But he said read the script and I felt like I completely understand Norma, we all have layers. The role is so deep and the music made me fall madly in love with it.'
Nicole admitted she has 'grown' and 'evolved' as a performer since playing Norma and she is 'proud' of how far she has come.
She added: 'I've always had big balls and they are the biggest they have ever been now and I've grown so much because you are completely vulnerable out there.
'You have no sets and costumes to hide behind and you can really connect on a soulful level and I've evolved so much as an actor and I'm very proud and courage.'
This year marks Nicole's first Tony Award nod for her role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd.
Other nominees include Audra McDonald for Gypsy, Megan Hilty for Death Becomes Her, Jasmine Amy Rogers for Boop! The Musica , and Jennifer Simard for Death Becomes Her, in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical.
Sunset Boulevard has won rave reviews - particularly for Scherzinger's performance.
Hawaii-born Nicole shot to fame in pop band the Pussycat Dolls during the 2000s.
She later enjoyed a successful career as a talent show judge, including on The X Factor and The Masked Singer.
Nicole has lent her voice to the Disney smash hit Moana and has been lauded as one of the most versatile performers of her generation.
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