Jodie Comer describes herself as "overwhelmed" after receiving a prestigious Tony Award for her Broadway solo performance Prima Facie.
For her portrayal of a defense attorney who ends up testifying, the Killing Eve actress won best leading actress in a play.
Several British performers had success in New York on Sunday during the Tony Awards, the biggest night for Broadway.
Comer remarked, "My greatest teacher has been this woman in this play.".
"I have to give Suzie Miller, who wrote this outstanding piece, credit for that. This feels just as much like Suzie's as it does mine because without her writing that, [I] would not be here. ".
The 30-year-old Liverpool native has already received an Olivier award for a performance that was brought to Broadway from London's West End.
Due to breathing issues brought on by North American wildfire smoke last week, Comer was forced to leave the stage during a performance. Her replacement performed the rest of the show.
The actress continued by expressing gratitude to her production team and expressing regret to her friends and family for being "absent" over the previous year.
She said, "To every person who feels represented by Tessa, this has been my greatest honor, and it continues to be – there's three weeks left!".
Due to the ongoing Hollywood writers strike, the ceremony was hosted by Oscar-winning actress Ariana DeBose, who cautioned spectators to "buckle up.".
She performed while leafing through blank pages in a binder with the label "script" in a dressing room for the first act of the show.
We lack a script, you guys. I am both live and spontaneous. DeBose said, "Thank you.
"To anyone who might have thought last year was a little crazy. Darlings, buckle up, I say to them. " .
During their acceptance speeches, several winners—including best leading actress in a musical winner Victoria Clark—made mention of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.
Without our writers, we would be nothing, and I support the WGA in its fight to get the writers the contracts they deserve, the speaker declared.
The first non-binary performers to be recognized at the awards were Alex Newell and J Harrison Ghee, who made history at the ceremony on Sunday.
For Shucked, Newell took home the award for best featured actor in a musical, while J. As a musician in Some Like It Hot who questions gender, Harrison Ghee won the award for best leading actor in a musical.
Michael Arden won his first Tony Award for directing the Broadway revival of Parade, which tells the story of the Jewish-American factory manager Leo Frank's 1913 trial, imprisonment, and 1915 lynching in Georgia.
Arden stated in his acceptance speech: "Parade tells the story of a life that was cut short by the belief that one group of people is more or less valuable than another and that they may be more deserving of justice.
"Antisemitism, white supremacy, homophobia, transphobia, and all forms of intolerance are based on this belief. We must cooperate. We need to combat this. If we don't, the atrocities of our past will inevitably repeat themselves. ".
Best play was given to British author Sir Tom Stoppard for his play Leopoldstadt, which also won for best direction, best costume, and best actor performance in a play.
For their work on Life of Pi, British artists Tim Hatley, Andrzej Goulding, Tim Lutkin, and Carolyn Downing won awards. In their acceptance speeches, Goulding and Downing made mention of Sheffield, where the play had its world premiere.
The best musical award went to Kimberly Akimbo, which also won for best original score and best leading actress for Victoria Clark.
The top play is Leopoldstadt.
Kimberly Akimbo's musical is the best.
Kimberly Akimbo and David Lindsay-Abaire have the best musical book.
Kimberly Akimbo, Jeanine Tesori, and David Lindsay-Abaire have the best original score.
The best revival of a play was Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks.
The best musical revival was Parade.
Sean Hayes for his work in Good Night, Oscar received the award for best actor in a leading role in a play.
Jodie Comer for Prima Facie gave the best performance by an actress in a major play role.
J.'s best work as an actor in a leading role in a musical. Harrison Ghee, from the movie Some Like It Hot.
Kimberly Akimbo's Victoria Clark gave the best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical.
Brandon Uranowitz for Leopoldstadt received the award for best acting in a featured role in a play.
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window by Miriam Silverman won the award for best actress performance in a featured role in a play.
Alex Newell's performance in the musical Shucked was the best by an actor in a featured role.
Kimberly Akimbo's Bonnie Milligan received the award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical.
Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding's Life of Pi has the best scenic design of any play.
Beowulf Borritt's New York, New York has the best scenic design in a musical.
Brigitte Reiffenstuel's Leopoldstadt costume is the best one from a play.
Gregg Barnes' work on Some Like It Hot is the best example of musical costume design.
Tim Lutkin's Life of Pi lighting design is the best in a play.
Natasha Katz's lighting for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is the best lighting design in a musical.
Life of Pi's Carolyn Downing has the best sound design in a play.
Nevin Steinberg's work on Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street won an award for best sound design in a musical.
Patrick Marber's Leopoldstadt received the award for best play direction.
Michael Arden's Parade has the best musical direction.
The best choreography belongs to Some Like It Hot's Casey Nicholaw.
For Some Like It Hot, Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter provided the best orchestrations.
Joel Grey and John Kander have each received a special Tony Award for their lifetime contributions to theater.
Jerry Mitchell won the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award.
Pasadena Playhouse won the regional theater Tony Award.
Victoria Bailey, Lisa Dawn Cave, and Robert Fried received Tony Awards for excellence in theater.
