Audra Mc Donald
Audra McDonald's talent is unparalleled in its breadth and diversity in her roles as a performer, singer as well as an actor. She was the recipient of a record breaking seven Tony Awards as well as two Grammy Awards and Emmy Awards. The actress was also identified as a result of Time magazine among the 100 most influential people and was awarded the National Medal of Arts - the top award in America in recognition of artistic excellence by the president Barack Obama. With a soprano of unmatched elegance and an aptitude to tell the truth in a dramatic way the roles she plays in Broadway or the opera stage are just as easy like those on film as well as on TV. Apart from her theater performances, she also has an active career as a recording and concert artist. She regularly performs at the most prestigious venues in the world. McDonald, who was born in Fresno California to a music family, completed her training in classical singing in New York's Juilliard School. After graduating, she received her very first Tony Award as Best Performance by a Featured Actor in an Musical in the Lincoln Center Theater for Carousel (1994). In the following four years, performing in Broadway's premieres, Master Class by Terrence M. McNally (1996) as well as Ragtime (1998) in 1998, she won two additional Tony Awards. In 2004, she was in the running to win her 4th Tony Award for her performance in A Raisin in the Sun together with Sean Diddy Combs. And in 2012, her fifth Tony and her first nomination for the category of Leading Actress were won by her role as the title character in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess. In 2014, she created Broadway history, becoming the Tony Awards most decorated performer after she received six awards for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill the role which was also the stage for her Olivier Award-nominated performance in the 2017 season of the London's West End. The first actor to be given awards in four distinct acting categories, McDonald beat the record in the number of awards an actor has received. McDonald's other theater credits include The Secret Garden (1993) Marie Christine (1999) Henry IV (2004) 110 in the Shade (2007) Twelfth Night (2009) that marked the release of her Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park debut Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation in 1921 as well as All That Followed (2016) Frankie and Johnny in Clair de Lune (2019) as well as Ohio State Murders (2023). McDonald first made her television debut as a drama actor in her role on the Peabody Award winner CBS series Having Our Say - The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. In 1999, she co-starred with Kathy Bates and Victor Garber in the television adaptation of Disney/ABC of Annie. Then, in 2000, she appeared as a recurring on NBC's popular program Law & Order Special Victims Unit. The following year, she received her first Emmy nomination for her performance on the HBO film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning show Wit, written by Mike Nichols and starring Emma Thompson McDonald returned to television networks in 2003 with the political drama Mister Sterling, produced by Emmy Award winner Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and starring Josh Brolin. The Bedford Diaries, a WB television show that premiered in the year 2006. Then she had the privilege of playing a regular role in NBC's Kidnapped in the year following. McDonald got a 4th Emmy nomination in recognition of her part in the HBO film special Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill in 2016. She also appeared in 2021 when she starred in a telecast with Taylor Schilling and Steven Pasquale in the film The Bite, a pandemic drama that was co-produced between Spectrum Originals and CBS Studios. She first appeared on the show in the role of U.S. attorney Liz Lawrence in the year 2009 on CBS's legal drama The Good Wife in 2018 McDonald reprised the role (now known as Liz Reddick) as a season-long regular on The Good Fight on Paramount+ with three Critics Choice Award nominations for her role. She currently guest-stars in Julian Fellowes' historical thriller The Gilded Age on HBO.






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