Audra Mc Donald

Audra McDonald is unrivaled in her range and the versatility of her talents as actor 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. The president Barack Obama also awarded her the National Medal of Arts -the nation's most prestigious award for excellence in this area. She is equally at home in film, television as well as Broadway. Her luminous soprano makes her a natural on the stage. In addition to her work in the theater McDonald has also established a successful profession as a recording and concert artist. McDonald grew in Fresno California, where she was surrounded by a large family full of musicians. At the Juilliard School in New York City, McDonald received training as an classical vocalist. Following her graduation, she was awarded the first Tony Award as Best Performance by an Featured Artist in an Musical in the Lincoln Center Theater for Carousel (1994). The following four years she received two more Tony Awards under the featured actress category. They were awarded in recognition of her Broadway performances of Terrence McGally's play Master Class and Ragtime. In 2004 she was nominated for her fourth Tony Award for her performance in A Raisin in the Sun together with Sean Diddy Combs. And in 2012, her fifth Tony as well as her first win for the category of Leading Actress was won for her performance as the titular character in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess. In 2014, she created Broadway history and became the Tony Awards most decorated performer after she received her sixth award for her performance as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill the role that also served as the vehicle for her Olivier Award nominated 2017 debut in London's West End. Not only did she set the record for most awards in a competition category for an actor, she was also the first actor to win awards for each of the four types 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 & Johnny in Clair de Lune (2018) as well as Ohio State Murders 2023. McDonald was introduced to the public via television as a dramatic actress by Peabody Award winning CBS's Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters first 100 years. The actress then starred with Kathy Bates and Victor Garber in the lauded 1999 television adaptation of Annie and, in 2000, was a frequent guest on NBC's hit series Law & Order Special Victims Unit. McDonald received the first Emmy for her performance on her role in the HBO version of the Pulitzer Prize winning play Wit directed by Mike Nichols, starring Emma Thompson. In 2003 she was back on the screen, this time with Mister Sterling produced by Emmy Award-winner Lawrence O'Donnell Jr., with Josh Brolin. The Bedford Diaries on the WB in early 2006 and Kidnapped, NBC. McDonald was awarded a 4th Emmy nomination in recognition of her part in HBO's film special of Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill in the year 2016. The Bite was a six episodes pandemic-themed drama created in collaboration with Spectrum Originals in collaboration with CBS Studios. McDonald first played U.S. lawyer Liz Lawrence (now Liz Reddick), in the CBS law-and-order thriller The Good Wife, in the year 2009. In 2018, she recast the role on The Good Fight for Paramount+ as a series regular. She received three Critics Choice Award Nominations. She is currently appearing as a guest in Julian Fellowes's historical drama The Gilded Age on HBO.

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