Laurie Metcalf won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play at the 79th Tony Awards for her role as Linda Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, marking her seventh Tony nomination and third career win.
The two-time Tony winner earned the nomination alongside co-star Nathan Lane, who received a nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Play for the same production. Death of a Salesman emerged as the most nominated play of the 2026 Tony Awards with nine nominations total, including Best Revival of a Play.
Metcalf’s performance in the Broadway revival has drawn widespread critical acclaim. The production, directed by Joe Mantello, opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre and has been described as a landmark revival of Miller’s classic American drama. Her previous Tony nominations include November (2008), The Other Place (2013), Misery (2016), and Hillary and Clinton (2019), making this victory a significant milestone in her distinguished stage career.
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The 2026 Tony Awards ceremony took place on June 7, 2026, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Sources
- BroadwayWorld — reported Metcalf’s win for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
- Playbill — confirmed her Tony win for Death of a Salesman
- Broadway.com — identified her as a two-time Tony winner earning her seventh nomination
- TheaterMania — noted this was her seventh career Tony nomination
- Alton Telegraph — reported her seventh Tony nomination for the role
