
Acting
Born July 3, 1970 · Berlin, Germany
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.

Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
2024

Ragtime 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

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