Audra McDonald

Acting

Born: 1970-07-03

From: Berlin, Germany

Gender: Female

Popularity: 1

Also Known As

Audra Ann McDonald

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.

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Awards & Nominations13 won · 2 nominated

🏆 Won

Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT

2018

🏆 Won

National Medal of Arts

2015

🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

2014

🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

2012

🏆 Won

Drama League Award

2012

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

2007

🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

2004

🏆 Won

Drama League Award

2000

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

2000

🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

1998

🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

1996

🏆 Won

Theatre World Award

1994

🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

1994

🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Audra McDonald

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations13 won · 2 nominated

Acting87 titles

The Kennedy Center at 50

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves

Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge

Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve

Audra McDonald: Go Back Home

Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald

An Evening With Audra McDonald

In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies

Song of Rapa Nui

Ohio State Murders

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess

My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert

The Last Debate

My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies

Live from Lincoln Center

BoJack Horseman

Mister Sterling

Grey's Anatomy

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Homicide: Life on the Street

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Vote

The Gilded Age

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

The Good Wife

Private Practice

The Good Fight

RuPaul's Drag Race

Wit

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

Kidnapped

Six by Sondheim

Beauty and the Beast

The Colbert Report

Respect

The Bite

Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas

Cradle Will Rock

Annie

Rustin

Iron Chef America

Every Act of Life

The Sound of Music Live!

Central Park

Origin

A Raisin in the Sun

Great Performances

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

It Runs in the Family

Hello Again

Doc McStuffins

The Object of My Affection

Ricki and the Flash

The Bedford Diaries

Rampart

Down Low

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Seven Servants

The Megan Mullally Show

The Best Thief in the World

The View

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The Ordained

Wonderful Town

Whitney Houston in Focus

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert

Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert