Audra Mc Donald
Audra McDonald's talent is unparalleled in the range and variety of her work as a vocalist, and performer. Audra McDonald, winner of the prestigious six Tony Awards in a row and two Grammy Awards in 2015 was recognized as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people. The president Barack Obama also awarded her the National Medal of Arts -- America's highest honour for achievements in this field. She has a home in film, television as well as Broadway. Her stunning soprano will make her an ideal performer on the stage. She is a renowned performer in concert and recording, appearing regularly at many of the top performances around the world. McDonald, who was born in Fresno California to a music family, received her classical voice training at New York's Juilliard School. Following her graduation, she won her first Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured actress in the Musical Carousel at the Lincoln Center Theater (1994). Over the next four years, she also was awarded two Tony Awards under the featured actress category. These were in recognition of her Broadway performances of Terrence McGally's play Master Class and Ragtime. In 2004, she won her 4th Tony for her role in the musical she played alongside Sean Diddy Combs in A Raisin in the Sun. In 2012, while she was a leading actress on stage in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess she received her fifth Tony and won the first Tony Award in the best actor category. In her role as the Tony Awards' most decorated performer, she was able to create Broadway historical records when she won the sixth Tony Award playing Billie Holiday as Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. This part also gave her the opportunity for her Olivier Award nominee 2017 London West End debut. In addition to setting the record for most wins in an award-giving category by an actor, she was also the first to win awards for all four categories of acting. The credits she has in the theater includes The Secret Garden (1993) Marie Christine (993) Henry IV (2004) and 110 in the Shade (707). Twelfth Night was 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 in the Clair de Lune. and Ohio State Murders. The Peabody Award-winning CBS program Having Our Say The Delany Sisters The First 100 Years that initially introduced McDonald viewers to her talents as a dramatic actor. The next time she appeared on television was that of a character actor on the NBC show Law & Order Special Victims Unit and she was a part of the cast with Kathy Bates and Victor Garber. McDonald, who received an Emmy Award nomination back in 1999 for her work as a character in an HBO remake of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit directed and starring Emma Thompson, made her return to the network in 2003 with the drama on politics Mister Sterling. The film was written and produced by Emmy Award winner Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. The actress joined The Bedford Diaries on the WB The Bedford Diaries The Bedford Diaries in early 2006. The following season, she was an recurring role on the NBC Television show Kidnapped. McDonald received a fourth Emmy for her portrayal of Lady Day in Emerson's Bar & Grill on HBO in the year 2016. She starred alongside Taylor Schilling and Steven Pasquale in The Bite a six-episode pandemic-themed show co-produced with Spectrum Originals and CBS Studios in 2021. In 2009, she was the U.S. Attorney Liz Lawrence in CBS's legal drama The Good Wife. In the year 2018, McDonald returned to her role as Liz Reddick as a regular on Paramount+'s The Good Fight. She received three Critics Choice Award nods for the role. The actress is a featured guest in HBO's The Gilded Age by Julian Fellowes.






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