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 (60)
Audra McDonald: I Am What I Am
2026
Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
2024
Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
2024
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
2024
Origin
2023
Whitney Houston in Focus
2023
Rustin
2023
Down Low
2023
The Kennedy Center at 50
2021
Respect
2021
Ohio State Murders
2021
An Evening With Audra McDonald
2020
Song of Rapa Nui
2020
In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies
2020
Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald
2020
The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess
2020
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
2018
Every Act of Life
2018
Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert
2018
New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway
2018
Hello Again
2017
Beauty and the Beast
2017
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
2016
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
2016
Josh Groban: Stages Live
2015
Ricki and the Flash
2015
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014
Six by Sondheim
2013
The Sound of Music Live!
2013
The Ordained
2013
Audra McDonald: Go Back Home
2013
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
2013
One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
2012
Rampart
2011
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
The Music Instinct: Science & Song
2009
A Raisin in the Sun
2008
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2007
Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve
2006
Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
2006
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Passion
2005
The Best Thief in the World
2004
It Runs in the Family
2003
Wonderful Town
2002
Wit
2001
The Last Debate
2000
Audra McDonald at the Donmar, London
2000
Cradle Will Rock
1999
Marie Christine
1999
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
1999
Annie
1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
The Object of My Affection
1998
Creating Ragtime
1998
Seven Servants
1996
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995
Broadway: The Next Generation
TV Shows (30)
The Gilded Age
2022
The Bite
2021
The Vote
2020
Central Park
2020
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
Stars in the House
2020
Stars in the House
2020
The Good Fight
2017
The Good Fight
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
BoJack Horseman
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Doc McStuffins
2012
The Good Wife
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Private Practice
2007
Kidnapped
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
The Bedford Diaries
2006
The Colbert Report
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Iron Chef America
2005
Mister Sterling
2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The View
1997
The View
1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
Great Performances
1971