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British actors Helen Mirren and Richard McCabe will be bringing home Tony Awards after winning major gongs early on in the New York ceremony last night.
Mirren picked up her first of the prestigious theatre awards for Leading Actress for her acclaimed performance of Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience , while McCabe won Featured Actor for playing late Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the same production.
Take a look at all the winners below:
Best Musical - Fun Home
Best Revival of a Musical - The King and I
Best Play - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Revival of a Play - Skylight
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play - Helen Mirren, The Audience
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play - Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical - Kelli O'Hara, The King and I
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical - Ruthie Ann Miles, The King and I
Best Direction of a Musical - Sam Gold, Fun Home
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Show all 30 1 /30In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Helen Mirren, winner of the award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for 'The Audience'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Richard McCabe, winner of the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for 'The Audience'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Bradley Cooper
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Michael Cerveris, winner of the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for 'Fun Home,' and Kelli O'Hara, winner of the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for 'The King and I'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Carey Mulligan
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Corey Mitchell with the Excellence in Theater Education award
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Jennifer Lopez
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Alex Sharp with his award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Patricia Clarkson
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 (L-R): Chris Harpa, author Simon Stephens, producers Stewart Thompson, Rufus Norris and Tim Levi of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' with the award for Best Play
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 The cast of 'Fun Home,' winner of the award for Best Musical
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Amanda Seyfried
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Laura Kepley (L) and Kevin Moore of Cleveland Play House, winner of the Regional Theatre Tony Award
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Catherine Zuber with her award for Best Costume Design of a Musical 'The King and I'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Vanessa Hudgens
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Ruthie Ann Miles with her award for the best featured actress in a musical for her performance in 'The King and I'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Marianne Elliott with her award for the best Direction of a Play on the 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Neil Patrick Harris
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Christie and Finn Ross with their award for Best Scenic Design of a Play for 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Annaleigh Ashford with her award for Best Performance By An Actress In A Featured Role In A Play for 'You Can't Take It with You'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Rose Bryne
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Lisa Kron (L) and Jeanine Tesori, winners of the award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for 'Fun Home'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Christopher Oram, winner of the award for Best Costume Design of a Play for 'Wolf Hall Parts One & Two'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Alessandro Nivola
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 John Cameron Mitchell with his Special Tony Award backstage
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Elisabeth Moss
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Christopher Austin (L) and Bill Elliott (R), winners for Best Orchestrations for 'An American in Paris'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Sam Gold with his award for Best Direction Of A Musical for 'Fun Home'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Christian Borle with his award for Best Performance By An Actor In A Featured Role In A Musical for 'Something Rotten!'
In pictures: Tony Awards 2015 Tony Awards 2015 Anna Wintour
Best Direction of a Play - Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play - Annaleigh Ashford, You Can't Take It with You
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - Christian Borle, Something Rotten!
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play - Richard McCabe, The Audience
Best Choreography - Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre - Fun Home
Music - Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics - Lisa Kron
Best Book of a Musical - Fun Home, Lisa Kron
Best Orchestrations - Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky, Bill Elliott, An American in Paris
Best Scenic Design of a Play - Bunny Christie and Finn Ross, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Bob Crowley and 59 Productions, An American in Paris
Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Natasha Katz, An American in Paris
Best Lighting Design of a Play - Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Costume Design of a Play - Christopher Oram, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Best Costume Design of a Musical - Catherine Zuber, The King and Ie King and I
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