Audra McDonald
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Audra McDonald

Jul 3, 1970 - Berlin, Germany

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.

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Movie2021The Kennedy Center at 50Herself / Host
Movie2003It Runs in the FamilySarah Langley
Movie1999Cradle Will RockBlitzstein - 'Joe Worker' Singer
Movie2008A Raisin in the SunRuth Younger
Movie2001WitSusie Monahan
Movie1999AnnieMiss Grace Farrell
Movie2023RustinElla Baker
Movie2011RampartSarah
Movie2004The Best Thief in the WorldRuth
Movie2010Sondheim! The Birthday ConcertSelf
Movie1996Seven Servants
Movie1998The Object of My AffectionWedding Singer
Movie2013The Sound of Music Live!Mother Abbess
Movie2023OriginMiss Hale
Movie2013Six by SondheimSelf
Movie2002Wonderful TownEileen
Movie2023Whitney Houston in Focus
Movie2014Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetBeggar Woman
Movie2007Rise and Fall of the City of MahagonnyJenny Smith
Movie2005Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter GravesSelf
Movie2024My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary ConcertSelf
Movie2018Sutton Foster: Live from Lincoln CenterHost
Movie2024Ragtime Reunion ConcertSarah
Movie2015Ricki and the FlashMaureen Brummel
Movie2017Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf
Movie1999Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 YearsBessie in her 20s
Movie2023Down LowPatty
Movie2016Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & GrillLady Day
Movie2005PassionClara
Movie2024Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
Movie2013The OrdainedAnthea
Movie2025The Auction
Movie2017Beauty and the BeastMadame Garderobe
Movie2016Once Upon a Sesame Street ChristmasCaroler
Movie2000The Last DebateBarbara Manning
Movie2017Hello AgainSally
Movie2018Every Act of LifeSelf
Movie2018Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at TanglewoodSelf - Host
Movie2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsSarah (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
Movie1999My Favorite Broadway: The Leading LadiesSelf - Performer
Movie2006Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
Movie2006Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve
Movie2013Audra McDonald: Go Back Home
Movie2021RespectBarbara Franklin
Movie2012One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
Movie2000Audra McDonald at the Donmar, London
Movie2020Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald
Movie2020The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and BessSelf - Host
Movie2020An Evening With Audra McDonald
Movie2015Josh Groban: Stages LiveSelf
Movie2020In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the MoviesSoloist
Movie2020Song of Rapa NuiNarrator
Movie2009Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on MeSelf - Performer
Movie2021Ohio State MurdersSuzanne
Movie2013Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln CenterHost
Movie2018New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on BroadwayHost
Movie1995Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein IISelf
TV Show2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf1
TV Show2006Kidnapped3
TV Show2006The Bedford DiariesCarla Bonatelle8
TV Show1997The ViewSelf2
TV Show1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAudrey Jackson2
TV Show2003Mister Sterling10
TV Show2005The Colbert Report1
TV Show1993Homicide: Life on the Street1
TV Show2021The BiteRachel6
TV Show1997The ViewSelf - Guest1
TV Show2007Private PracticeNaomi Bennett77
TV Show2009The Good WifeLiz Lawrence1
TV Show2005Grey's AnatomyDr. Naomi Bennett1
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf1
TV Show2022The Gilded AgeDorothy Scott16
TV Show2012Doc McStuffinsItty Bitty Bess (voice)1
TV Show1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf1
TV Show2012Meisterwerke der KlassikSelf1
TV Show2017The Good FightLiz Reddick27
TV Show2017The Good FightLiz Reddick-Lawrence20
TV Show2020The Vote2
TV Show2020Stars in the HouseSelf - Special Guest1
TV Show2020Stars in the HouseSelf1
TV Show2014BoJack HorsemanMother Superior (voice)2
TV Show2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Judge1
TV Show1976Live from Lincoln CenterClara1
TV Show2020Central ParkAshley (voice)1
TV Show1971Great PerformancesSelf1
TV Show2006The Megan Mullally ShowSelf - Guest1
TV Show2020Bottomless Brunch at Colman'sSelf1
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf2
TV Show2005Iron Chef AmericaJudge1
TV Show2025Variety Studio: Actors on Actors: BroadwaySelf1

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Movie2024SatisfiedExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2024Audra McDonald at the London PalladiumExecutive ProducerProduction