Audra Mc Donald

Audra is an artist who stands out because of her range and range of her skills as a performer and song writer. In 2015, she won record-breaking 6 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 people and was received an award called the National Medal of Arts - the top prize in America in recognition of artistic excellence by the president Barack Obama. A soprano with unmatched beauty, and an ability for dramatizing truth Her roles in Broadway as well as in opera are as comfortable like those on film and TV. She has a successful career performing and recording, appearing regularly at some of the most prestigious performances around the world. She was born into a musical family. McDonald was raised living in Fresno California and received her singing training in the classical style at the New York's Juilliard School. Following her graduation, she won her debut Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured actress in the Musical Carousel at Lincoln Center Theater (1994). In the following four years, she won two more Tony Awards in the featured actress category for her performance of The Broadway premieres of Terrence McNally's play Master Class (1996) and his Musical Ragtime (1998) making the record-breaking total of three Tony Awards before the age of 30. The actress won his fourth Tony in 2004, starring alongside Sean Diddy Combs in A Raisin in the Sun and in 2012. In 2012, she took home five Tonys and her first time in the category of leading actress for her role in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess in the lead role. As the Tony Awards' most decorated performer, she was able to create Broadway history when she was awarded her sixth Tony Award portraying Billie Holiday as Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. This performance also served as the basis for the Olivier Award nominee 2017 London West End debut. Aside from setting a record in the competition to win the most awards for actor, she was the first person to win each of the four categories for acting. 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 in 1921 and the Drama That Followed. Frankie Johnny on the Clair de Lune. and Ohio State Murders. It was the Peabody Award-winning CBS show Having Our Say The Delany Sisters The First 100 Years which initially introduced McDonald viewers to her talents as a dramatic actor. McDonald was later cast as a co-star with Kathy Bates and Victor Garber in the critically acclaimed 1999 Disney/ABC television remake of Annie and in 2000 she was a frequent guest on NBC's hit series Law & Order Special Victims Unit. McDonald's first Emmy was awarded for her performance in the HBO movie adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winner Wit. Produced by Mike Nichols with Emma Thompson as the lead and McDonald returned to television networks in 2003. The show she starred in was Mister Sterling and produced by Emmy Award Winner Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. In 2006, she joined WB's The Bedford Diaries. The next year, she appeared as a recurring actor on NBC's Kidnapped. In 2016, McDonald was nominated for a fourth Emmy Award for her role on HBO's Lady Day at Emerson's Bar Restaurant & Grill, a movie-special. The Bite is a drama featuring six episodes that are based on an epidemic, produced by Spectrum Originals & CBS Studios. The show featured her with Taylor Schilling & Steven Pasquale. McDonald was U.S. prosecutor Liz Lawrence in the first episode of her role appeared on the CBS drama The Good Wife legal drama in 2009. The role was reprised in the year 2018, playing season the regular Liz Reddick in Paramount+'s The Good Fight. As a result of her performance, McDonald received three Critics Choice Award nominees. The actress is a featured guest for the HBO series The Gilded Age by Julian Fellowes.