Audra McDonald
Acting
- Born:
- 1970-07-03
- Place of birth:
- Berlin, Germany
Biography
Audra Ann McDonald is an American actress and singer. Primarily known for her work on the Broadway stage, she has won six Tony Awards, more performance wins than any other actor, and is the only person to win in all four acting categories. She has performed in musicals, operas, and dramas such as A Moon for the Misbegotten, 110 in the Shade, Carousel, Ragtime, Master Class, and Porgy and Bess. In addition to her six Tony Awards, she has received numerous accolades including two Grammy Awards and an Emmy Award. She was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 2016 from President Barack Obama and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2017.
Known For
Filmography
The Auction
Audra McDonald: I Am What I Am
Actors on Actors: Broadway
Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
Origin
Whitney Houston in Focus
Rustin
Down Low
The Gilded Age
The Kennedy Center at 50
Respect
Ohio State Murders
The Bite
Tales from the Wings: A Lincoln Center Theatre Celebration!
An Evening With Audra McDonald
Song of Rapa Nui
In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies
Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald
The Vote
Central Park
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Stars in the House
Porgy and Bess - Metropolitan Opera
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
Every Act of Life
Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert
New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway
Hello Again
Beauty and the Beast
The Good Fight
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Josh Groban: Stages Live
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Ricki and the Flash
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert with the New York Philharmonic
BoJack Horseman
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Six by Sondheim
The Sound of Music Live!
The Ordained
Audra McDonald: Go Back Home
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
Doc McStuffins
Meisterwerke der Klassik
Rampart
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
The Good Wife
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Music Instinct: Science & Song
Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun"
A Raisin in the Sun
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Private Practice
Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve
Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
Kidnapped
The Megan Mullally Show
The Bedford Diaries
The Colbert Report
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Passion
Grey's Anatomy
Iron Chef America
The Tony Danza Show
The Best Thief in the World
It Runs in the Family
Mister Sterling
Wonderful Town
Wit
The Last Debate
Audra McDonald at the Donmar, London
Cradle Will Rock
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
Annie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
The Object of My Affection
Creating Ragtime
The View
Seven Servants
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
Homicide: Life on the Street
Live from Lincoln Center
Great Performances
Tony Awards
Broadway: The Next Generation
Love Love