Audra Mc Donald

Audra is a singular artist in terms of the range and variety of her talent as a songwriter and performer. As the winner of a record-breaking seven Tony Awards (two Grammy Awards) and an Emmy Award, McDonald was included in Time magazine's list of 100 influential people in 2015. The president also awarded her Obama's National Medal of Arts for her accomplishments. Because of her stunning soprano's tone and unbeatable ability to tell dramatic stories, she has found success both on Broadway and at the opera, as well as in both film and television. As well as her stage work, McDonald has established a successful career which includes a significant concert and record-making career. She performs regularly at world-class venues. McDonald was born in Fresno California to a music family, received the classical vocal training she received in New York's Juilliard School. After graduating, she was awarded her first Tony Award for Best Performance of a Featured Actress the Musical Carousel at Lincoln Center Theater (1994). The following four years, she won two additional Tony Awards as a featured actor as a featured actress in Terrence Mcnally's Broadway debuts Master Class (1996) and Ragtime (1998). She has a total of Tony Awards is unprecedented at three before age thirty. She won the fourth Tony for her role in the musical that she portrayed alongside Sean Diddy Combs in A Raisin in the Sun. In 2012, while she was the lead actor in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess she earned five Tony and also won her first Tony Award in the best actor category. In 2014 she made Broadway history by becoming the Tony Awards most decorated performer in six awards for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill the role that also served as the vehicle for her Olivier Award nominated debut performance on the London's West End. She also set the record for the winning the most Tony Awards by a single actor. McDonald's other theater credits include The Secret Garden (1993) Marie Christine (1999) Henry IV (2004) 110 in the Shade (2007) Twelfth Night (2009) that marked the release of her Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park debut, the show Shuffle Along or The Making of the Musical Sensation in 1921 as well as All That Followed (2016) Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (2019) and Ohio State Murders (2023). McDonald first appeared on television as a dramatic actor on The Peabody Award winner CBS series Having Our Say - The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. In the following years, she starred alongside Kathy Bates, Victor Garber and others in the famous Disney/ABC version of Annie in 1999, McDonald was an recurring role in NBC's Law & Order Special Victims Unit. McDonald's Emmy-nominated performance of Emma Thompson on Mike Nichols' HBO film adaptation of Pulitzer Prize winner Wit was directed by Mike Nichols. McDonald's return to network television came in 2003 as she appeared alongside Josh Brolin in Mister Sterling. The actress joined The Bedford Diaries on the WB The Bedford Diaries The Bedford Diaries in early 2006. The following season, she played in a role that was recurring on NBC's Television show Kidnapped. In the year 2016, McDonald was nominated for a fourth Emmy award for her performance on HBO's Lady Day at Emerson's Bar Restaurant & Grill, a movie-special. The Bite is a drama with six seasons based around the pandemic that was co-produced through Spectrum Originals & CBS Studios. The show featured her in the show with Taylor Schilling & Steven Pasquale. McDonald has a brief appearance in the CBS show The Good Wife as a legal actress The Good Wife as U.S. attorneys Liz Lawrence and Liz Reddick from 2009 to 2018 reprised the role (now named Liz Reddick) in The Good Fight as the Paramount+ season regular. McDonald has been nominated to win three Critics Choice Award awards. The actress is currently guest on Julian Fellowes' historic drama The Gilded Age.