Audra Mc Donald
Audra's versatility and breadth as a performer is unparalleled. Audra has received the Tony Awards six times, as well as two Grammy Awards and one Emmy Award. The winner of an incredible six Tony Awards (two Grammy Awards) and an Emmy Award, McDonald was named to Time magazine's list for 100 influential people in 2015. In addition, she was awarded President Barack Obama's National Medal of Arts for her achievements. She is equally at home on television, film as well as Broadway. The luminous tone of her voice will make her an ideal performer on the stage. Apart from her theater job, she is also pursuing been a busy musician and recording artist. She performs regularly in some of the top venues around the world. McDonald is a native of California, born in Fresno California to a music family, completed the classical vocal training she received at New York's Juilliard School. In 1994, a year following her graduation from Juilliard School, McDonald was awarded the Tony Award for "Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a the Musical" for her performance in Carousel. Over the next four years she received two additional Tony Awards in the featured actress category for her performances of The Broadway premier of Terrence McNally's show Master Class (1996) and the show Ragtime (1998) giving her an unprecedented total of three Tony Awards before the age of 30. In 2004 she was nominated to win her 4th Tony Award, starring in A Raisin in the Sun with Sean Diddy Combs. And in 2012, her 5th Tony and her first nomination award in the category Leading Actress were won by her role as the titular character in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess. As the Tony Awards' most decorated performer, she had the chance to make Broadway historical records when she won her sixth Tony Award playing Billie Holiday as Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. This role also provided the platform for her Olivier Award nominee 2017 London West End debut. The actress also broke the record of having the most awards received by one actor. Her credits in the theatre include The Secret Garden (1993) Marie Christine (993) Henry IV (2004) and 110 in the Shade (707). Twelfth, Night was McDonald's Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park debut. Shuffle Along is the Making of the Musical Seduction of 1921, and All That Followed. Frankie Johnny on the Clair de Lune. and Ohio State Murders. McDonald made her television debut with the award-winning Peabody Award-winning CBS drama Having Our Say - The Delany Sisters's First Hundred years. The next time she appeared on television was as a recurring actor in NBC's Law & Order Special Victims Unit where she starred alongside Kathy Bates and Victor Garber. McDonald, who received an Emmy Award nomination back in 1999, for her role in the HBO adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit with Emma Thompson, returned with the company in 2003 with the political drama Mister Sterling. The film was written and produced by Emmy Award-winning Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. She was a part of The Bedford Diaries on the WB show The Bedford Diaries in early 2006. In the following season, she played an recurring role on the NBC TV show Kidnapped. McDonald got the fourth Emmy award for her role in HBO's film special of Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill in the year the year 2016. The Bite is a drama featuring six episodes that are based on a pandemic, coproduced through Spectrum Originals & CBS Studios. The show featured her in the show with Taylor Schilling & Steven Pasquale. The year 2009 saw her debut, McDonald portrayed U.S. Attorney Liz Lawrence on CBS's drama about lawyers The Good Wife. In the year 2018, McDonald took on the role of Liz Reddick as a regular in Paramount+'s The Good Fight. She received three Critics Choice Award nods for the role. She currently guest-stars in Julian Fellowes's historical drama The Gilded Age on HBO.






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