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.
Filmography The Auction
2025
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Details Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
2024
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Details Ragtime Reunion Concert
2024
Sarah
Details My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
2024
Self
Details Whitney Houston in Focus
2023
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Details The Kennedy Center at 50
2021
Herself / Host
Details Respect
2021
Barbara Franklin
Details Ohio State Murders
2021
Suzanne
Details An Evening With Audra McDonald
2020
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Details Song of Rapa Nui
2020
Narrator
Details In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies
2020
Soloist
Details Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald
2020
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Details The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess
2020
Self - Host
Details Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
2018
Self - Host
Details Sutton Foster in Concert
2018
Host
Details New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway
2018
Host
Details Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
Self
Details Beauty and the Beast
2017
Madame Garderobe
Details Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
2016
Caroler
Details Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
2016
Lady Day
Details Josh Groban: Stages Live
2015
Self
Details Ricki and the Flash
2015
Maureen Brummel
Details Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014
Beggar Woman
Details The Sound of Music Live!
2013
Mother Abbess
Details Audra McDonald: Go Back Home
2013
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Details Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
2013
Host
Details One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
2012
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Details Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010
Self
Details Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
Self - Performer
Details A Raisin in the Sun
2008
Ruth Younger
Details Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2007
Jenny Smith
Details Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve
2006
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Details Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
2006
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Details Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
2005
Self
Details Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Sarah (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
Details The Best Thief in the World
2004
Ruth
Details It Runs in the Family
2003
Sarah Langley
Details The Last Debate
2000
Barbara Manning
Details Audra McDonald at the Donmar, London
2000
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Details Cradle Will Rock
1999
Blitzstein - 'Joe Worker' Singer
Details My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
1999
Self - Performer
Details Annie
1999
Miss Grace Farrell
Details Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
Bessie in her 20s
Details The Object of My Affection
1998
Wedding Singer
Details Seven Servants
1996
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