Sarah Snook wins best actress at 2025 Tony Awards; Dorian Gray wins costume award
The actor, who plays 26 roles in the one-woman show, was tipped by The New York Times, The New York Magazine, Variety and The Washington Post, among others, for the win, with The New York Times calling it a 'must-see-it-to-believe-it performance'.
Snook, 37, was up against Stranger Things actor Sadie Sink for John Proctor is the Villain, Mia Farrow for The Roommate, Laura Donnelly for The Hills of California and LaTanya Richardson Jackson for Purpose.
Meanwhile Marg Horwell has also won Best Costume Design of a Play for The Picture of Dorian Gray. It follows her Olivier award last year for the category.
Their nominations were among of six for the Sydney Theatre Company production, including best director for Kip Williams, who originally adapted and directed Oscar Wilde's novel for STC in 2020. Also nominated were Clemence Williams for sound, Nick Schlieper for lighting and David Bergman for set design.
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Snook already has an Olivier Award from the show's West End run, as well as an Emmy and two Golden Globe awards for her role as Shiv Roy in the TV hit Succession. She has also won AACTA awards for her work in the ABC miniseries Sisters of War and the films Predestination and Memoir of a Snail.
The Picture of Dorian Gray premiered on Broadway in March in the Music Box Theatre. It has attracted a steady stream of celebrity visitors backstage, with Snook and Williams posting on Instagram photos of Oprah Winfrey.
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