# In 1996, Julie Andrews was nominated for her first major acting award in 10 years. She refused to accept the nomination

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-1996-julie-andrews-was-nominated-for-her-first-major-acting-award-in-10-years-she-refused-to-accept-the-nomination/
- Published: 2026-11-15T09:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T09:22:08+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/julie-andrews-nominated-first-major-acting-award-10-years-refused-to-accept/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Andrews refused her 1996 Tony nomination.
- She objected that her *Victor/Victoria* colleagues were overlooked.
- Her name remained on the ballot, but she did not win.

## Summary

In 1996, Julie Andrews declined a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical, saying she could not accept it while her colleagues in *Victor/Victoria* had been overlooked. The gesture drew attention to the way awards recognise individuals while leaving out the wider cast and creative team.

The nomination came during the original Broadway run of *Victor/Victoria*, which played 734 performances from October 1995 to July 1997. It was Andrews’s first major awards recognition in a decade; organisers kept her name on the ballots despite her request to withdraw it, and she did not win. The article also notes that she later suffered permanent damage to her singing voice after surgery for a vocal cord lesion.

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