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Nicole Scherzinger Says 'Don't Give Up' Through Tears as She Wins First Tony Award for Sunset Blvd

Nicole Scherzinger won Best Actress in a Musical at the 2025 Tony Awards on June 8, beating Megan Hilty, Audra McDonald, Jasmine Amy Rogers and Jennifer Simard. The former Pussycat Dolls singer said it was her "dream come true."

On Sunday, June 8, the star, 46, won Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her Broadway debut as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd. The former Pussycats Dolls singer thanked the Tony Awards "for making this little Hawaiian-Ukrainian-Filipino girl's dream come true" and continued by giving gratitude to her mother, who Scherzinger said had her at 18 and "gave everything up for me." composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whom she said it has been an "honor" to work with, before concluding her tear-filled speech by sharing how monumental her role in the Broadway revival has been for her.

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