Audra Mc Donald
Audra McDonald's artistic talent is unparalleled in the range and variety of her work as a vocalist, and performer. Audra McDonald, winner of the prestigious six Tony Awards in a row and two Grammy Awards in 2015 was recognized as one of The 100 most influential people in Time magazine. People. The president Barack Obama also awarded her the National Medal of Arts -the highest honor in America for her achievements in this field. With a stunning soprano and an incomparable gift for telling dramatic truths the actress is just as at home on Broadway and on the opera on stage as she is in film and television characters. In addition to her work in the theatre, she continues to make a name for herself as a concert and recording artist regularly appearing at the top venues around the globe. McDonald grew in Fresno California, where she was raised by a family with musicians. In the Juilliard School in New York City, McDonald received training as a classical singer. The year 1994 was the year following her graduation from Juilliard, McDonald took home the Tony Award for "Best Performance by a Lead Actress in musical" for Carousel. Through the course of four years she was awarded two more Tony Awards in the featured actress category for her performance during performances in the Broadway premier of Terrence McNally's Play Master Class (1996) and his production Ragtime (1998) which gave her the record-breaking total of three Tony Awards before the age of thirty. She was awarded her fourth Tony in 2004, starring alongside Sean Diddy Combs in A Raisin in the Sun as well as at the end of 2012. In 2012, she received five Tonys and her first time in the category of leading actress for her performance as Porgy and Bess in The Gershwins Porgy and Bess in the title role. The year 2014 saw her make Broadway historical records and was named one of the Tony Awards most decorated performer when she won six awards for her performance as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill the role which also served as the basis for her Olivier Award nomination 2017 debut performance in London's West End. As well as setting a record in the number of Tony Awards an actor has received, she also became the first actor to take home each of the four categories. McDonald has also appeared in The Secret Garden (1993), Marie Christine (1999), Henry IV (2004) and 110 in the Shade (2007 Twelfth night (2009) and the film Shuffle Along: Shuffle Along: Making of the Musical Shock that premiered in 1921 and everything That Followed (2016). She was the first actress to receive awards in every one of the acting categories. McDonald's initial appearance as a acting on television was in the award-winning Peabody Award CBS series Having Our Say, The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. After starring with Kathy Bates, Victor Garber along with other stars in the well-received Disney/ABC remake Annie In 1999 McDonald appeared as an recurring role in NBC's Law & Order Special Victims Unit. McDonald, who received an Emmy Award nomination back in 1999 for her work in the HBO remake of the Pulitzer Prize-winning show Wit featuring Emma Thompson returned to network television in 2003 with the drama about politics Mister Sterling. The film is produced by Emmy Award-winning Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. Then, in the beginning of 2006, she joined in the ensemble of the WB's The Bedford Diaries and over the following season, she played the role of a regular on NBC's television series Kidnapped. McDonald earned a fourth Emmy for her role as Lady Day in Emerson's Bar and Grill, which aired on HBO in 2016. McDonald starred along with Taylor Schilling and Steven Pasquale in The Bite a six-episode pandemic-themed comedy co-produced through Spectrum Originals and CBS Studios in 2021. She starred in 2009 as U.S. Attorney Liz Lawrence on CBS's legal drama The Good Wife. In 2018, McDonald reprised her role as Liz Reddick as a regular on Paramount's The Good Fight. She got three Critics Choice Award nods for this performance. The actress is currently a guest star in Julian Fellowes' historical drama The Gilded Age, which airs on HBO.
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