Audra McDonald

Born: 1970-07-03, Berlin, Germany

Biography

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.

Filmography

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
• Grey's Anatomy (2005)
• The Colbert Report (2005)
• The Good Wife (2009)
• BoJack Horseman (2014)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
• Doc McStuffins (2012)
• The Good Fight (2017)
• The Gilded Age (2022)
• Beauty and the Beast (2017)
• Central Park (2020)
• Iron Chef America (2005)
• Love Love
• Down Low (2023)
• Rampart (2011)
• Respect (2021)
• Ricki and the Flash (2015)
• The Object of My Affection (1998)
• Wit (2001)
• Origin (2023)
• Cradle Will Rock (1999)
• Rustin (2023)
• It Runs in the Family (2003)
• Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
• Seven Servants (1996)
• Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert (2024)
• Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert (2018)
• Audra McDonald at the London Palladium (2024)
• The Kennedy Center at 50 (2021)
• In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies (2020)