Nicole Scherzinger wins best actress in a musical at the 2025 Tony Awards

Nicole Scherzinger felt the love by 2025 Tony Awards.

On Sunday, June 8th, the star, 46, won the best performance by a leading actress in a musical for his Broadway debut as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd. Her win came shortly after She performed ”as if we never said goodbye“During the ceremony, which earns a standing ovation in Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

In her emotional acceptance number, Scherzinger began to say: “I just have to thank God for carrying every step of the road. I give you all the glory.”

Scherzinger went on to say that she was honored to be recognized with her nominated media Megan Hiltty (Death becomes her, Audra McDonald (Gypsy, Jasmine Amy Rogers (Boop! Musical) and Jennifer Simard (Death becomes her), as she called “exceptional warriors.”

The former Pussycats Dolls singer thanked the Tony Awards “for doing this little Hawaiian-Ukrainian-Filipino girl’s dream” and continued to give gratitude to her mother, which Scherzinger said she had her at 18 and “gave everything up for me.”

She then turned attention to the hubby and former Scottish rugby player Thom Evans40, as she said “believe in me when I forget to believe in myself.”

Scherzinger also thanked Sunset Blvd. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whom she said it was an “glory” to work with, before ending her tear-filled speech by sharing how monumental her role in the Broadway revival has been for her.

“When I was growing up, I always felt that I did not belong, but you have all made me feel that I belong and I have finally come home,” Scherzinger told the audience. “So if there is someone who feels they don’t belong or your time has not arrived, don’t give up. Just keep giving and giving because the world needs your love and light more than ever. This is a proof that love always wins.”

Scherzinger brought Jamie LloydRevival of Webbers classic Sunset Blvd. From London to Broadway in October 2024. Scherzinger stars like a fading movie star growing in love with screenwriter Joe Gillis in Hollywood in the late 1940s; The musical is based on Oscar Award-Winning movie from 1950 with the same name.

“I have worked many, many years to build up to this moment, and it has changed my life“Scherzinger told People recently when he discussed the show and her Tony nomination.” I have never been more happy, I think, because I always had so much inside me that I felt that people did not see or understand. It just feels good to be able to share it with the world. ”

“This is a dream I have had since I was a kid,” she added to perform on Broadway. “And to finally realize my dream … I really feel, to quote one of my lines at sunset, that” I’ve finally come home. “