Audra Mc Donald
Audra Mcdonald stands out in the breadth of her talent and versatility in her roles as a performer and singer. Audra McDonald, winner of the prestigious six Tony Awards in a row and two Grammy Awards in 2015 was recognized as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people. President Barack Obama also awarded her the National Medal of Arts -the nation's most prestigious award for excellence in this area. She has a home in television, film as well as Broadway. Her stunning soprano is a perfect fit for the stage. Apart from performing in theater she also enjoys a thriving career as an international recording and concert artist. McDonald was raised within Fresno California by her musical parents and studied classical singing in the Juilliard School, New York. After graduating, she won the debut Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured actress in the Musical Carousel at the Lincoln Center Theater (1994). In the four following years, she was awarded two more Tony Awards as a featured actress for her roles in Terrence Mcnally's Broadway debuts Master Class (1996) and Ragtime (1998). Her total of Tony Awards is unprecedented at 3 before the age of 30. She won his fourth Tony in 2004, starring alongside Sean Diddy Combs in A Raisin in the Sun and the following year in. In 2012, she won five Tony Awards and was the first time in the category of lead actress due to her performance as Porgy and Bess in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess in the lead role. The Tony Awards' most decorated performer, she had the chance to set Broadway historical records when she won the sixth Tony Award the role of Billie Holiday as Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. This part also gave her the opportunity for the Olivier Award nominee 2017 London West End debut. As the first actress to be given awards in four distinct acting categories, McDonald also beat the record in the amount of awards an actor has won. McDonald's theater credits also comprise The Secret Garden (1993) Marie Christine (99) Henry IV (2007) 110 in the Shade (2008) Twelfth (2009) Twelfth (2009), the Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park debut, Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical sensation of 1921 & All That Followed (2017) Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (2018) and Ohio State Murders 2023. McDonald's first appearance as a dramatic TV actor was on the Peabody Award-winning CBS program Having Our Say The Delany Sisters' first 100 years. She appeared on the show in 1999. co-starred alongside Kathy Bates in ABC's acclaimed remake of Annie. In addition, she played a recurring part in NBC's Law & Order Special Victims Unit in the year 2000. Following her debut Emmy nomination for her performance on the HBO film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning show Wit, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Emma Thompson McDonald returned to television networks in 2003 on the political drama Mister Sterling, produced by Emmy Award winner Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and starring Josh Brolin. Then, in the beginning of 2006, she joined the crew of show on WB called The Bedford Diaries and over the next season she had a recurring role on the NBC television show Kidnapped. In the year 2016, McDonald was nominated for an additional Emmy award for her role in HBO's Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, a film-special. The Bite was a six episode drama about pandemics produced through Spectrum Originals in collaboration with CBS Studios. In 2009, she portrayed U.S. Attorney Liz Lawrence on CBS's legal drama The Good Wife. In the year 2018, McDonald took on the role of Liz Reddick as a regular in Paramount+'s The Good Fight. She was awarded three Critics Choice Award nods for her performance. She's currently appearing as a guest in Julian Fellowes's historical drama The Gilded Age.






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