Audra Mc Donald

Audra McDonald's artistry is unmatched in the range and variety of her work as a vocalist, and performer. Record-breaking six times recipient at her Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards, and the Emmy Award she received in the year 2015 by Barack Obama. Blessed with a luminous soprano, and an unrivalled talent of telling the truth in a dramatic manner She is equally comfortable in Broadway and on the opera scene as she is in her role in television and film. Her career has been successful as a recording artist and concert performer and regularly performs at several of the most famous places around the world. McDonald was born in Fresno California, where she was raised by a clan that included musicians. While at the Juilliard School in New York City, McDonald received training as an classical vocalist. After graduating McDonald won the Tony Award Best Performance for a Lead Actress of Musical at Carousel in the Lincoln Center Theater. The following four years, she won two more Tony Awards as a featured actor for her performances as a featured actress in Terrence Mcnally's Broadway debuts Master Class (1996) and Ragtime (1998). Her total of Tony Awards is unprecedented at 3 before the age of thirty. The actress won his fourth Tony in 2004 when she starred alongside Sean Diddy Combs in A Raisin in the Sun as well as at the end of 2012. In 2012 she was awarded five Tony Awards and was the first in the category of lead actress for her performance on stage in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess as the main character. The actress made Broadway historical records in 2014 when she became the most famous Tony Award winner. Her portrayal as Billie Holiday at Emerson's Bar & Grill as well as the role that also helped launch the career of her Olivier Award nominated debut on the London's West End in 2017, was her six award. In addition to setting the record for most performances that an actor has won in a competition she was also the first actor to be awarded awards across all four categories. McDonald also has credits in other theatre productions which include The Secret Garden (1993) Marie Christine (1999), Henry IV 2004 110 in the Shade (2006) Twelfth Nigh (2009) Twelfth Nigh (2009); it was her Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park d but Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sense of 1921 And All That Followed (16) Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (192019) as well as Ohio State Murders (2023) McDonald made her TV debut in the award-winning Peabody Award winning CBS drama Having Our Say - The Delany Sisters's First Hundred years. She appeared on the show in 1999. co-starred alongside Kathy Bates in ABC's acclaimed remake of Annie. She also had regularly recurring roles on NBC's Law & Order Special Victims Unit in 2000. McDonald's first Emmy was awarded for her performance in the HBO movie adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit. Produced by Mike Nichols with Emma Thompson in the leading role, McDonald then returned to television networks in 2003. The actress starred on Mister Sterling and produced by Emmy Award Winner Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. The Bedford Diaries, a WB TV show, debuted in 2006. Then she had an recurring role on NBC's Kidnapped in the year following. McDonald was nominated for a Fourth Emmy in 2016 for her part in HBO's film of Lady Day, at Emerson's Bar and Grill. She also appeared in 2021 when she appeared with Taylor Schilling and Steven Pasquale as part of The Bite, a pandemic drama co-produced by Spectrum Originals and CBS Studios. McDonald played U.S. prosecutor Liz Lawrence in the first episode of her role was seen in the CBS drama The Good Wife legal drama in 2009. It was her turn to reprise the role in the year 2018, playing Season the regular Liz Reddick in Paramount+'s The Good Fight. As a result of her performance, McDonald received three Critics Choice Award nominated. Presently, she is a guest star in Julian Fellowes' historical drama The Gilded Age, which airs on HBO.