Audra Mc Donald

The range and diversity of Audra's work as an artist is unparalleled. Audra has been awarded six Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards, and an Emmy Award. In 2015, she won a record breaking seven Tony Awards as well as two Grammy Awards and Emmy Awards. The actress was also identified as a result of Time magazine among the 100 most influential people, and she was also awarded the National Medal of Arts - the highest honor in America in recognition of artistic excellence by President Barack Obama. She's equally comfortable in film, television and Broadway. The luminous tone of her voice is a perfect fit for the stage. In addition to her work in the theater, McDonald also has established a successful career as an international recording and concert artist. McDonald was born in Fresno California, where she was raised by a family full of musicians. At the Juilliard School in New York City, McDonald received training as an classical vocalist. When she graduated, she won her very first Tony Award as Best Performance by an Featured Artist in musical at the Lincoln Center Theater for Carousel (1994). In the following four years, being in the Broadway premieres of Master Class by Terrence M. McNally (1996) as well as Ragtime (1998), she was awarded two more Tony Awards. She was awarded his fourth Tony in 2004 starring with Sean Diddy Combs in A Raisin in the Sun as well as the following year in. In 2012, she won five Tonys and her first award in the leading actress category for her role in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess in the lead role. The actress made Broadway history in 2014 as she became the highest decorated Tony Award performer. In her role as Billie Holiday at Emerson's Bar & Grill as well as the role that also helped launch the career of her Olivier Award nominated debut on London's West End in 2017, was her six award. Along with setting the record to win the most awards for acting performance, she also became the first person to win the four categories of acting. McDonald's theater credits also comprise 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 debut, Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical sensation in 1921 and All That Followed (2017) Frankie and Johnny in Clair de Lune (2018) and Ohio State Murders 2023. McDonald's debut as a dramatic television actor was on the Peabody Award-winning CBS program Having Our Say The Delany SistersThe Early 100 Years. In the following years, she starred alongside Kathy Bates, Victor Garber as well as others in the critically famous Disney/ABC version of Annie in 1999, McDonald had an recurring role in the NBC show Law & Order Special Victims Unit. McDonald's debut Emmy came for the HBO movie adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winner Wit. Produced by Mike Nichols with Emma Thompson as the main character the actress returned to network TV in 2003. She starred in Mister Sterling and produced by Emmy Award Winner Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. Then, in the year 2006, McDonald appeared on WB's The Bedford Diaries. The next year, she appeared as an actor who appeared on NBC's Kidnapped. McDonald was awarded a fourth Emmy nomination in recognition of her role in HBO's film special of Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill in 2016. The following year, McDonald starred alongside Taylor Schilling and Steven Pasquale as part of The Bite, a pandemic film produced by Spectrum Originals and CBS Studios. McDonald has a brief appearance in The Good Wife, a CBS Legal drama The Good Wife as U.S. attorneys Liz Lawrence and Liz Reddick from 2009 until 2018 reprised the role (now named Liz Reddick) in The Good Fight in the role of a Paramount+ season regular. McDonald has been nominated for the three Critics Choice Award awards. The actress is a featured guest on the HBO series The Gilded Age by Julian Fellowes.