Audra Mc Donald

Audra McDonald is unmatched in the breadth and versatility of her talents as actor and singer. Audra McDonald, who won six Tony Awards in a row and two Grammy Awards in 2015 was recognized as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people. President Barack Obama also awarded her the National Medal of Arts -the nation's most prestigious award to recognize achievements in the field. As a result of her stunning soprano's tone and her unrivaled ability of telling compelling stories, she has found success in Broadway as well as at the opera, as well as for television and film. Alongside her stage work, McDonald has earned a name for herself in a professional career that has a substantial recording and concert career. She frequently performs in world-class performances. McDonald grew in Fresno California, where she was surrounded by a large family of musicians. While at the Juilliard School in New York City, McDonald received training as the classical singer. After graduating, she received her very first Tony Award as Best Performance by a Featured Actor in musical at the Lincoln Center Theater for Carousel (1994). In the four following years, she received two additional Tony Awards as a featured actress for her roles in Terrence Mcnally's Broadway debuts Master Class (1996) and Ragtime (1998). She has a total of Tony Awards is unprecedented at three before age 30. In 2004, she was in the running to win her 4th Tony Award. She was in the role of A Raisin in the Sun with Sean Diddy Combs. And in 2012, her fifth Tony and her first nomination in the Leading Actress category were won by her role as the titular character in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess. She made Broadway history when she became the most famous Tony Award winner. In her role in the role of Billie Holiday at Emerson's Bar & Grill in the show, which also served to launch her Olivier Award nominated debut on the London's West End in 2017, was her six award. Along with setting the record in the contest to win the most awards for acting, she became the first to have won all four acting categories. Her credits in the theatre include 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 on the Clair de Lune. and Ohio State Murders. McDonald was introduced to the public via television as a dramatic actress by Peabody Award winning CBS's Having Our Say the Delany Sisters first 100 years. The year 1999 saw her starred along with Kathy Bates in ABC's acclaimed remake of Annie. Also, she had a recurring part in NBC's Law & Order Special Victims Unit in the year 2000. McDonald's Emmy nominated performance as Emma Thompson in Mike Nichols' HBO film adaptation of Pulitzer Prize winner Wit was produced by Mike Nichols. McDonald's return to network television was in 2003, in which she co-starred with Josh Brolin in Mister Sterling. McDonald joined The Bedford Diaries of the WB The Bedford Diaries The Bedford Diaries in early 2006. The following season, she played in a role that was recurring on NBC's TV show Kidnapped. McDonald received a nomination for a Fourth Emmy in 2016, for her role in HBO's production of Lady Day, at Emerson's Bar & Grill. The Bite will be a 6-episode drama focusing on a deadly pandemic coproduced by Spectrum Originals, CBS Studios and Taylor Schilling in 2021. McDonald initially played U.S. lawyer Liz Lawrence (now Liz Reddick), in the CBS law-and-order drama The Good Wife, in 2009. In the year 2018, she returned to that role in The Good Fight for Paramount+ as a regular on the series. She received three Critics Choice Award Nominations. The actress is currently a guest star in Julian Fellowes' historical drama The Gilded Age, which premieres on HBO.