Acting
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.
Movies with Audra McDonald
Beauty and the Beast
2017
Down Low
2023
Origin
2023
Wit
2001
Rustin
2023
Annie
1999
Rampart
2011
Respect
2021
Cradle Will Rock
1999
Ricki and the Flash
2015
Six by Sondheim
2013
The Object of My Affection
1998
Passion
2005
Marie Christine
1999
The Ordained
2013
Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
2024
It Runs in the Family
2003
Broadway: The Next Generation
A Raisin in the Sun
2008
Every Act of Life
2018
The Auction
2027
The Last Debate
2000
The Sound of Music Live!
2013
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014
Hello Again
2017
Song of Rapa Nui
2020
Josh Groban: Stages Live
2015
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
2024
Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun"
2008
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
1999
The Kennedy Center at 50
2021
Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert
2018
Seven Servants
1996
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
2016
An Evening With Audra McDonald
2020
The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess
2020
The Best Thief in the World
2004
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald
2020
Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
2024
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
2013
Audra McDonald: I Am What I Am
2026
Wonderful Town
2002
Audra McDonald: Go Back Home
2013
One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
2012
In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies
2020
New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway
2018
Audra McDonald at the Donmar, London
2000
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
The Music Instinct: Science & Song
2009
Creating Ragtime
1998
Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
2006
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
2018
Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve
2006
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2007
Whitney Houston in Focus
2023
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
2016
Ohio State Murders
2021
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
2005
TV Shows with Audra McDonald
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Good Wife
2009
The Colbert Report
2005
BoJack Horseman
2014
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The View
1997
Great Performances
1971
The Good Fight
2017
Private Practice
2007
Tony Awards
1956
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Doc McStuffins
2012
The Gilded Age
2022
Stars in the House
2020
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Iron Chef America
2005
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
Central Park
2020
Kidnapped
2006
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Mister Sterling
2003
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
The Bedford Diaries
2006
The Bite
2021
Actors on Actors: Broadway
2025
The Vote
2020
Meisterwerke der Klassik
2012