Audra Mc Donald

Audra McDonald's talent is unparalleled in the range and variety of her work as a singer, and actor. She was the recipient of record-breaking six Tony Awards as well as two Grammy Awards and Emmy Awards. She was also named as a result of Time magazine among the 100 most influential individuals and given the National Medal of Arts - the top prize given in America in recognition of artistic excellence by President Barack Obama. A luminous singer with an extraordinary gift for dramatically telling the truth Ms. O'Connor can be found in Broadway as well as the stage of opera and on television. As well as her stage work, she has a thriving career as a recording and concert artist who performs regularly at top venues around the globe. She was born into a musical family. McDonald lived living in Fresno California and received her classical vocal training at the New York's Juilliard School. After graduating, she received her first Tony Award as Best Performance of a Featured Artist musical at the Lincoln Center Theater for Carousel (1994). The next four years she won two more Tony Awards in the featured actress category for her performances in the Broadway productions Terrence McNally's show Master Class (1996) and the musical Ragtime (1998) making an unheard of number of Tony Awards before the age of thirty. She received her 4th Tony for her role as a lead in A Raisin in the Sun alongside Sean Diddy Combs. Then in 2013, she brought her fifth Tony, and also her first in the leading actress category. In 2014, the Tony Awards most-decorated performer in 2014 was Billie Holiday, who she performed on stage in Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill. This is exactly the role she portrayed during her performance in 2017's West End London debut for in which she's been considered for nomination to an Olivier Award. Also, she set the record for the winning the most Tony Awards by a single actor. McDonald's credits in theater include 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 introduced to the television audience as a dramatic actor in Peabody Award winning CBS's Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters first 100 years. Following her appearance with Kathy Bates, Victor Garber and others in the acclaimed Disney/ABC remake of Annie in 1999, McDonald was been a regular character on the NBC show Law & Order Special Victims Unit. McDonald's debut Emmy was for the HBO film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit. The film was directed by Mike Nichols with Emma Thompson in the leading role the actress returned to television networks in 2003. The actress starred on Mister Sterling 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 the year 2006. Following the season, she starred as in a role that was recurring on NBC's TV show Kidnapped. McDonald received a fourth Emmy for her role as Lady Day in Emerson's Bar and Grill on HBO in the year 2016. She starred alongside Taylor Schilling and Steven Pasquale in The Bite a six-episode pandemic-themed drama co-produced by Spectrum Originals and CBS Studios in 2021. The year 2009 saw her debut, McDonald played U.S. Attorney Liz Lawrence on CBS's drama about lawyers The Good Wife. In the year 2018, McDonald took on the role of Liz Reddick as a regular in Paramount+'s The Good Fight. She was awarded three Critics Choice Award nods for her performance. The actress is a featured guest for the HBO series The Gilded Age by Julian Fellowes.