Scherzinger, who rose to fame as the lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls, was closely competing with Audra McDonald, the most Tony-winning performer in history.

On June 8, Nicole Scherzinger, 46, won her first Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her role as Norma Desmond, a has-been staging a comeback in Sunset Blvd, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway adaptation of the 1950 film by the same name.

Nicole Scherzinger, a Youth Performing Arts School 1996 graduate, won this year’s best female actress in a Broadway musical trophy at the Tony Awards.