Audra Mc Donald
Audra McDonald is unrivaled in her range and the versatility of her talents as actor and singer. In 2015, she was awarded record-breaking 6 Tony Awards as well as two Grammy Awards and Emmy Awards. Her name was also cited in Time magazine among the 100 most influential people, and she was also awarded the National Medal of Arts - the most prestigious honor in America for artistic achievement and achievement - by President Barack Obama. She's equally comfortable in film, television as well as Broadway. The luminous tone of her voice is a perfect fit for the stage. In addition to her work in the theater McDonald has also a thriving profession as a musician and recording artist. McDonald was raised at Fresno California by her musical parents. They also studied classical singing at the Juilliard School, New York. One year after graduation, McDonald received the Tony Award Best Performance for the Lead Actress of a Musical at Carousel at Lincoln Center Theater. Following four years of performing in Broadway's premieres, Master Class by Terrence M. McNally (1996) and Ragtime (1998) in 1998, she won two additional Tony Awards. In 2004, she was in the running for her fourth Tony Award, starring in A Raisin in the Sun alongside Sean Diddy Combs. And in 2012, her 5th Tony as well as her first win in the Leading Actress category was awarded to her for her portrayal as the main character of The Gershwins Porgy and Bess. The Tony Awards most-decorated performer in 2014 was Billie Holiday, who she was on stage in Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill. This is the same role she played in her 2017 West End London debut for in which she's been named for the Olivier Award. Aside from setting a record in the contest in which she won the most awards for acting performance, she also became the first person to win the four categories of acting. Her credits in the theatre includes The Secret Garden (1993) Marie Christine (993) Henry IV (2004) and 110 in the Shade (707). Twelfth Night marked 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 as Clair de Lune. and Ohio State Murders. McDonald's debut as a dramatic actor on television was in the Peabody Award-winning CBS show Having Our Say The Delany SistersThe Early 100 Years. In 1999, she co-starred with Kathy Bates in ABC's acclaimed remake of Annie. In addition, she played an occasional role in NBC's Law & Order Special Victims Unit in the year 2000. McDonald's Emmy nominated performance as Emma Thompson on Mike Nichols' HBO film adaptation of Pulitzer Prize winner Wit was directed by Mike Nichols. McDonald's return to the network TV screen came in 2003 in which she co-starred with Josh Brolin in Mister Sterling. The Bedford Diaries, a WB TV show, debuted in the year 2006. McDonald then appeared as the privilege of playing a regular role in NBC's Kidnapped within the next year. McDonald was awarded the fourth Emmy award for her part in the HBO film special Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill in the year 2016. The Bite was a six episodes pandemic-themed drama created by Spectrum Originals in collaboration with CBS Studios. McDonald has a brief appearance in The Good Wife, a CBS show The Good Wife as a legal actress The Good Wife as U.S. attorneys Liz Lawrence and Liz Reddick from 2009 until 2018. She reprised her characters (now known as Liz Reddick) in The Good Fight in the role of a Paramount+ season regular. McDonald received nominations for three Critics Choice Award awards. She appears as a special character in HBO's The Gilded Age by Julian Fellowes.






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