Helen Mirren was among the Tony Award winners at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Sunday night.
Mirren won Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her role as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience.
It is her first Tony Award.
Dedicating the award to her husband, director Taylor Hackford, Mirren said: "What a massive, massive honour. Baby, this is for you and you know why."
She then said to the audience: "It's nothing rude, incidentally."
She added: "This is an unbelievable honour and I am so thrilled."
Alex Sharp won Best Actor for his performance in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which was also named Best Play.
The adaptation of the Mark Haddon bestseller was the biggest winner on the night, winning five awards.
The award for Best Actor in a Musical went to Michael Cerveris for Fun Home, which was also named Best Musical.
Kelli O'Hara won Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in The King and I.
The Winners:
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
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 I
