Audra Mc Donald

Audra McDonald is unrivaled in the breadth and versatility of her artistry as both actor and singer. Her record-breaking success includes 6 Tony Awards two Grammy Awards as well as one Emmy Award in 2015 she was selected as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people. She also received the National Medal of Arts, America's most prestigious award for excellence in the field--from the president Barack Obama. An enthralling singer who has an unmatched gift of emotional truth-telling, Ms. O'Connor is at ease performing on Broadway as well as the stage for opera as well as on TV. She has a successful career as a recording artist and concert performer and regularly performs at some of the most prestigious places around the world. Born into a musical family McDonald grew up in Fresno California and received her classical training in New York's Juilliard School. When she graduated, she won the first Tony Award as Best Performance by an Featured Artist in musical at the Lincoln Center Theater for Carousel (1994). The following four years, she was awarded two more Tony Awards as a featured actress for her roles on Terrence Mcnally's Broadway debuts Master Class (1996) and Ragtime (1998). Her total number of Tony Awards is unprecedented at 3 before the age of thirty. She won her fourth Tony in 2004 when she starred alongside Sean Diddy Combs in A Raisin in the Sun as well as in 2012. In 2012 she was awarded five Tonys and her first award in the category of lead actress due to her performance on stage in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess in the lead role. In 2014, she created Broadway history, becoming an official Tony Awards most decorated performer in her sixth award for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill the role that also served as the vehicle for her Olivier Award nominated debut performance on the London's West End. Not only did she set records for the highest number of wins in an award-giving category for an actor, she also became the first to win awards for each of the four types of acting. McDonald's credits in theater 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 on the Clair de Lune. and Ohio State Murders. McDonald was first seen on TV as a drama actor in The Peabody Award winner CBS series Having Our Say - The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. She appeared on the show in 1999. co-starred alongside Kathy Bates in ABC's acclaimed remake of Annie. Also, she had an occasional role in NBC's Law & Order Special Victims Unit in the year 2000. McDonald's first Emmy was awarded for her performance in the HBO movie adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit. Directed by Mike Nichols with Emma Thompson in the leading role and McDonald returned to television networks in 2003. The show she starred in was Mister Sterling and produced by Emmy Award Winner Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. The Bedford Diaries on the WB in early 2006 and Kidnapped, NBC. McDonald's character in HBO movie Lady Day At Emerson Bar Restaurant earned her a four-time Emmy nomination in the year 2016. The Bite is a drama featuring six episodes that are based on an epidemic, produced with Spectrum Originals & CBS Studios. McDonald starred in the show with Taylor Schilling & Steven Pasquale. She first appeared on the show in the role of U.S. attorney Liz Lawrence in 2009 on CBS's medical drama The Good Wife in 2018 McDonald returned to her part (now called Liz Reddick) as a season regular on The Good Fight on Paramount+ receiving three Critics Choice Award nominations for her role. She is also a guest on the HBO series The Gilded Age by Julian Fellowes.