Olivier nominations for RADA graduates

Nominations for the 2025 Olivier Awards were announced this week, 4 March 2025. You can see the full list here.

Indira Varma and Rosie Sheehy have both been nominated for the Best Actress Award for their performances at the Old Vic. Indira is currently starring as Jocasta opposite Rami Malek in Ella Hickson’s "superb new staging” of Oedipus, and Rosie Sheehy led the cast with an “astonishing” performance in Richard Jones’s revival of Machinal.

Imelda Staunton has been nominated for Best Actress in a Musical for her critically acclaimed performance as Dolly in Dominic Cooke’s “beautifully life-affirming" revival of Hello, Dolly! at the London Palladium. This is Imelda’s sixth nomination in this category and her fourteenth Olivier nomination overall; she has won this award three times previously for her performances in Into the Woods (1991), Sweeney Tood (2013), and Gypsy (2016). Imelda won the WhatsOnStage award for Best Performer in a Musical earlier this year.

Ben Whishaw has been nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in “genre-defying” Bluets, based on Maggie Nelson’s meditations on the colour blue, at the Royal Court.

The Olivier Awards will air on 6 April 2025. Congratulations to all the nominees.