Audra McDonald
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.
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Acting History
2025
Actors on Actors: Broadway as Self
2024Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
2024Ragtime Reunion Concert as Sarah
2024My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert as Self
2023Origin as Miss Hale
2023Whitney Houston in Focus
2023Rustin as Ella Baker
2023Down Low as Patty
2022The Gilded Age as Dorothy Scott
2021The Kennedy Center at 50 as Herself / Host
2021Respect as Barbara Franklin
2021Ohio State Murders as Suzanne
2021The Bite as Rachel
2020An Evening With Audra McDonald
2020Song of Rapa Nui as Narrator
2020In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies as Soloist
2020Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald
2020The Vote
2020Central Park as Ashley (voice)
2020Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self
2020Stars in the House as Self - Special Guest
2020Stars in the House as Self
2020The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess as Self - Host
2018Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood as Self - Host
2018Every Act of Life as Self
2018Sutton Foster: Live from Lincoln Center as Host
2018New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway as Host
2017Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
2017Hello Again as Sally
2017Beauty and the Beast as Madame Garderobe
2017The Good Fight as Liz Reddick
2017The Good Fight as Liz Reddick-Lawrence
2016Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas as Caroler
2016Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill as Lady Day
2015Josh Groban: Stages Live as Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015Ricki and the Flash as Maureen Brummel
2014Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Beggar Woman
2014BoJack Horseman as Mother Superior (voice)
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2013Six by Sondheim as Self
2013The Sound of Music Live! as Mother Abbess
2013The Ordained as Anthea
2013Audra McDonald: Go Back Home
2013Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center as Host
2012One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
2012Doc McStuffins as Itty Bitty Bess (voice)
2012Meisterwerke der Klassik as Self
2011Rampart as Sarah
2010Sondheim! The Birthday Concert as Self
2009Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me as Self - Performer
2009The Good Wife as Liz Lawrence
2009RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
2009The Music Instinct: Science & Song
2008A Raisin in the Sun as Ruth Younger
2007Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny as Jenny Smith
2007Private Practice as Naomi Bennett
2006Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve
2006Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
2006Kidnapped
2006The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
2006The Bedford Diaries as Carla Bonatelle
2005The Colbert Report
2005Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves as Self
2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Sarah (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
2005Passion as Clara
2005Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Naomi Bennett
2005Iron Chef America as Judge
2004The Tony Danza Show as Self
2004The Best Thief in the World as Ruth
2003It Runs in the Family as Sarah Langley
2003Mister Sterling as Jackie Brock
2002Wonderful Town as Eileen
2001Wit as Susie Monahan
2000The Last Debate as Barbara Manning
2000Audra McDonald at the Donmar, London
1999Cradle Will Rock as Blitzstein - 'Joe Worker' Singer
1999My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies as Self - Performer
1999Annie as Miss Grace Farrell
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Audrey Jackson
1999Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years as Bessie in her 20s
1998The Object of My Affection as Wedding Singer
1998Creating Ragtime as Sarah
1997The View as Self
1997The View as Self - Guest
1996Seven Servants
1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
1995Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II as Self
1993Homicide: Life on the Street
1976Live from Lincoln Center as Clara
1971Great Performances as Self
1956Tony Awards as Self - Performer
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