Audra Mc Donald

Audra is a unique artist with regard to the scope and range of her skills as a songwriter and performer. Audra McDonald, who won 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 highest honor in America for excellence in this area. Because of her stunning soprano's tone and her unrivaled ability to tell dramatic stories her success has been evident in Broadway and in the opera, as well as on television and film. Alongside her theatrical work she is also a prominent performer as a recording performer who regularly appears at top venues around the globe. McDonald was raised at Fresno California by her musical parents. They also studied classical singing in the Juilliard School, New York. Following her graduation, she was awarded the first Tony Award as Best Performance by an Featured Artist in a Musical at the Lincoln Center Theater for Carousel (1994). In the following four years, she received two additional Tony Awards in the featured actress category for her performance in performances in the Broadway premieres of Terrence McNally's show Master Class (1996) and the musical Ragtime (1998) making an unprecedented total of three Tony Awards before the age of 30. She was awarded her 4th Tony for the role she played alongside Sean Diddy Combs in A Raisin in the Sun. In 2012, while she was the lead actress in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess she won the fifth Tony and was awarded the first Tony Award in the best actor category. She made Broadway history when she became the most famous Tony Award winner. The role she played in the role of Billie Holiday at Emerson's Bar & Grill as well as the role that also helped launch her Olivier Award nominated debut on London's West End in 2017, earned her six Tony Awards. In addition to setting records for the highest number of wins in a competitive category for an actor, she also became the first to win awards for all four categories of acting. 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 in the Clair de Lune. and Ohio State Murders. McDonald made her television debut in the award-winning Peabody Award winning CBS drama Having Our Say - The Delany Sisters's First 100 years. Then, in 1999 she co-starred with Kathy Bates and Victor Garber on the Disney/ABC television version of Annie. In 2000, she was a recurring on NBC's popular program Law & Order Special Victims Unit. After receiving her first Emmy nomination for her performance on the HBO film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit, produced by Mike Nichols and starring Emma Thompson McDonald returned on television network in 2003 on the political drama Mister Sterling, produced by Emmy Award winner Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and starring Josh Brolin. In early 2006 she joined The Bedford Diaries' cast on show on WB called The Bedford Diaries and over the following season, she played the role of a regular on the television series of NBC, Kidnapped. In the year 2016, McDonald was nominated for the fourth Emmy award for her appearance as a character in HBO's Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, a film-special. The Bite is a drama with six episodes based on the pandemic that was co-produced by Spectrum Originals & CBS Studios. She appeared alongside Taylor Schilling & Steven Pasquale. McDonald was first seen in The Good Wife, a CBS legal drama The Good Wife as U.S. attorneys Liz Lawrence and Liz Reddick from 2009 to 2018 reprised the role (now named Liz Reddick) in The Good Fight as an Paramount+ season regular. McDonald was nominated for the three Critics Choice Award awards. The actress is currently a guest on Julian Fellowes' historical thriller The Gilded Age on HBO.