Audra McDonald
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1970-07-03
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Popularity: 1.2
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.
Known For Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Good Wife
2009
The View
1997
Private Practice
2007
The Colbert Report
2005
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
BoJack Horseman
2014
Great Performances
1971
The Good Fight
2017
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Tony Awards
1956
Doc McStuffins
2012
The Gilded Age
2022No Photo
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Stars in the House
2020
Beauty and the Beast
2017
Iron Chef America
2005
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
Central Park
2020
Kidnapped
2006
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Mister Sterling
2003
The Bedford Diaries
2006
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
Rustin
2023
Annie
1999
Rampart
2011
Origin
2023
Respect
2021
Wit
2001
Cradle Will Rock
1999
Ricki and the Flash
2015
Down Low
2023
The Object of My Affection
1998No Photo
Actors on Actors: Broadway
2025
The Bite
2021
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
It Runs in the Family
2003
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
2016
Broadway: The Next Generation
N/A
Hello Again
2017
Six by Sondheim
2013
The Vote
2020
The Sound of Music Live!
2013
Every Act of Life
2018
The Last Debate
2000
The Ordained
2013
A Raisin in the Sun
2008
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014No Photo
Meisterwerke der Klassik
2012
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010No Photo
The Auction
2027
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
2024
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
1999
One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
2012
Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
2024
The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess
2020
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
2016
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995
New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway
2018
The Best Thief in the World
2004
Josh Groban: Stages Live
2015
Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
2006
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
2013
Creating Ragtime
1998
Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert
2018
In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies
2020
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
2018
Song of Rapa Nui
2020
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
2005
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2007
The Kennedy Center at 50
2021
Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
2024
Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve
2006
Ohio State Murders
2021
Seven Servants
1996
Passion
2005
Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald
2020
Audra McDonald at the Donmar, London
2000
Marie Christine
1999
An Evening With Audra McDonald
2020
Wonderful Town
2002
Audra McDonald: I Am What I Am
2026
Whitney Houston in Focus
2023No Photo
Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun"
2008
Audra McDonald: Go Back Home
2013