Rachelle Ann Go wins big in UK Broadway Awards

Filipina singer Rachelle Ann Go won as the Best Featured Actress in a Musical during the 2014 Broadway World West End Awards for her role as Gigi Van Tranh in the revival of "Miss Saigon".

Thank you!!!:) “@BWW_Philippines: Congratulations, @gorachelleann ! @MissSaigonUK pic.twitter.com/RRzAvddFda”

— Rachelle Ann Go (@gorachelleann) November 27, 2014

Rachelle Ann had left her show-business work in the Philippines last year to pursue her stage career in London.

Meanwhile, Rachelle Ann was not the only big winner as Filipino-American Eva Noblezada was named Best Leading Actress in a Musical.

Noblezada won for her role as Miss Saigon's Kim, a role first played by Tony-awardee Lea Salonga.

The award giving body, the Broadway World West End, announced the winners for the 2014 BWW: UK Awards last Friday on its website.

The full list of winners included:

• Best Choreography in a New Production of a Musical - Bob Avian & Geoffrey Garratt - Miss Saigon
• Best Costume Design in a New Production of a Play or Musical - Andreane Neofitou - Miss Saigon
• Best Direction of a New Production of a Musical - Laurence Connor - Miss Saigon
• Best Direction of a New production of a Play - Yael Farber - The Crucible
• Best Featured Actor in a New Production of a Musical - Kwang-Ho Hong - Miss Saigon
• Best Featured Actor in a New Production of a Play - Adrian Schiller - The Crucible
• Best Featured Actress in a New Production of a Musical - Rachelle Ann Go - Miss Saigon
• Best Featured Actress in a New Production of a Play - Samantha Colley - The Crucible
• Best Leading Actor in a New Production of a Musical - Jon Jon Briones - Miss Saigon
• Best Leading Actor in A New Production of a Play - Richard Armitage - The Crucible
• Best Leading Actress in a New Production of a Musical - Eva Noblezada - Miss Saigon
• Best Leading Actress in a New Production of a Play - Anna Madeley - The Crucible and Gillian Anderson - A Streetcar Named Desire - The Young Vic
• Best Lighting Design in a New Production of a Play or Musical - Charles Balfour - Richard III
• Best Long-Running Show in the West End - Les Miserables - Queens Theatre
• Best Musical Direction (Fringe or regional) - George Dyer - Dogfight
• Best Musical Direction (West End) - Alfonso Casado Trigo - Miss Saigon
• Best New Musical in the West End - Urinetown - St James Theatre
• Best New Play - Shakespeare In Love
• Best New Production of a Musical (Fringe/Regions) - 20th Century Boy - UK tour
• Best Performance in a Long-Running West End show - Carrie Hope Fletcher - Les Miserables
• Best Scenic Design in a New Production of a Play or Musical - Totie Driver, Matt Kinley & Adrian Vaux - Miss Saigon
• Best Sound Design in a New Production of a Play or Musical - Mick Potter - Miss Saigon
• Theatrical Event of the Year - West End Live
• Theatrical Venue of the Year - Southwark Playhouse
• Understudy of the Year in any production of a Play or Musical - Carolyn Maitland - Miss Saigon

— Rouchelle R. Dinglasan/DVM, GMA News