Audra Mc Donald

Audra's versatility and breadth as a performer is unparalleled. She has won seven Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards, as well as an Emmy Award. The winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards two Grammy Awards as well as one Emmy Award in 2015 she was selected as one of the 100 most influential people in Time magazine. individuals and was awarded the National Medal of Arts--America's most prestigious award for excellence in the field--from the President Barack Obama. As a result of her soprano's luminous tone and her unrivaled ability of telling dramatic tales, she has found success both on Broadway as well as at the opera, as well as in both film and television. In addition to her theatre performances, she also has an active career as a singer and a concert artist. She performs regularly in the best venues of the world. McDonald grew in Fresno California, where she was raised by a clan full of musicians. While at the Juilliard School in New York City, McDonald received training as an classical vocalist. After graduating, she won her first Tony Award for Best Performance of a Featured Actress a Musical for Carousel at Lincoln Center Theater (1994). Following four years of acting in Broadway's most acclaimed productions, Master Class by Terrence M. McNally (1996) as well as Ragtime (1998) and Ragtime (1998), she earned two additional Tony Awards. In 2004, she received her 4th Tony when she starred in A Raisin in the Sun alongside Sean Diddy Combs. Then in 2013, she brought home her 5th Tony in addition to her 1st in the Leading actress category. The Sixth Tony in the year 2014 Billie Holiday's portrayal in Lady Day in Emerson's Bar & Grill was Broadway's most decorated show. In 2017, she performed in her West End London West End debut and was nominated for an Olivier Award. Along with setting records for the highest number of awards in a competition category for an actor, she also became the first to win awards for all four categories of acting. Her theater credits includes The Secret Garden (1993) Marie Christine (99) Henry IV (2007) 110 in the Shade (2008) Twelfth (2009) The Twelfth, her Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park premiere Shuffle Along or The Making of the Musical sensation in 1921 and All That Followed (2017) Frankie and Johnny in Clair de Lune (2018) as well as Ohio State Murders 2023. McDonald first made her television debut as a dramatic actor on the Peabody Award winner CBS series Having Our Say - The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. She went on to co-star alongside Kathy Bates and Victor Garber in the lauded 1999 television adaptation of Annie and, in 2000, played a regular role on NBC's hit series 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 produced by Mike Nichols. McDonald's return to the network TV screen began in 2003 when she starred with Josh Brolin in Mister Sterling. The Bedford Diaries, a WB television series that debuted in 2006. She then had an recurring role on NBC's Kidnapped during the following year. McDonald received the fourth Emmy nomination for her part in the HBO film special Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill in 2016. The following year, McDonald starred alongside Taylor Schilling and Steven Pasquale in the film The Bite, a pandemic drama that was co-produced between Spectrum Originals and CBS Studios. Having first appeared in the role of U.S. attorney Liz Lawrence in 2009 on CBS's medical comedy The Good Wife in 2018 McDonald returned to the part (now known as Liz Reddick) as a season regular of The Good Fight on Paramount+ getting the three Critics Choice Award nominations for her performance. She guest stars as a guest star in Julian Fellowes historical drama The Gilded Age.