Audra McDonald

Q: How many Tony Awards has Audra McDonald won?

Audra McDonald has won six Tony Awards, making her the most awarded actress in the history of the Tonys. Her awards span various categories, showcasing her versatility as a performer.

Q: What was Audra McDonald's first film?

Audra McDonald made her film debut in 'The Best of Broadway' in 1999. However, she gained wider recognition for her work on stage before transitioning to film and television roles.

Q: What are Audra McDonald's most successful films?

Some of Audra McDonald's most successful films include 'The Best of Broadway' and 'The Music of Strangers.' She is primarily known for her stage work but has made impactful appearances in film.

Q: Is Audra McDonald involved in any charitable work?

Yes, Audra McDonald is actively involved in various charitable organizations, especially those focused on arts education and social justice. She advocates for the arts and supports initiatives that promote diversity.

Q: What is Audra McDonald's estimated net worth?

Audra McDonald's estimated net worth is around $2 million. This figure reflects her successful career in theatre, television, and music.

Q: What are some milestones in Audra McDonald's filmography?

Milestones in Audra McDonald's filmography include her roles in 'Private Practice' and 'The Good Fight,' as well as her performance in 'Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands,' which highlights her musical talents.

Q: Has Audra McDonald received any Grammy Awards?

Yes, Audra McDonald has won two Grammy Awards for her contributions to music, further highlighting her exceptional talent beyond acting in theatre and film.

Known for

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

IMDb 8 / 10

1991 / Animation, Family / 81mins

A bright and beautiful young woman is taken prisoner in a castle by an arrogant prince who was cursed to become a hideous beast.

The Good Fight (2017–)

IMDb 8.3 / 10

2017– / Crime, Drama / 45 min

Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation...

Name

Audra McDonald

Height

5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Born

6 July 1970, Bremen, Germany

Spouses

Will Swenson (2012–present)

Children

2 daughters, Zoe Swenson (born 2007), and a second daughter (name not publicly known)

Parents

Anna McDonald, Donald McDonald

Estimated Net Worth

$2 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2027	Movie The Auction The film is set at Aztec Corp., a company that auctions off ancient antiquities and semi-distinct wild exotic animals.	Rita White	Not rated
2026	Movie Audra McDonald: I Am What I Am With a record-breaking six Tony Awards, alongside two Grammy Awards and an Emmy, Audra McDonald is a powerhouse of musical...	Performer	Not rated
2025	TV Actors on Actors: Broadway Variety take you inside the biggest broadway performances of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2024	Movie Audra McDonald at the London Palladium The winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards as well as two Grammy awards and an Emmy, Audra McDonald performs...	Unknown character	Not rated
2024	Movie Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert Celebrate the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Ragtime with this once-in-a-lifetime reunion concert featuring original cast members, including Audra McDonald, Brian...	Sarah	Not rated
2024	Movie My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert Featuring a 40-piece orchestra and international stars of the stage and screen, My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2023	Movie Origin While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and...	Miss Hale	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2023	Movie Whitney Houston in Focus Iconic photographer Bette Marshall reminisces on her memories as photographer of Whitney Houston right before she ascended to stardom.	Unknown character	Not rated
2023	Movie Rustin Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the...	Ella Baker	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2023	Movie Down Low A repressed gay man develops an unlikely friendship with a young masseur who teaches him to embrace life.	Patty	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2022	TV The Gilded Age It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook, a young orphaned daughter of a Southern...	Dorothy Scott	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2021	Movie The Kennedy Center at 50 Echoing "An American Pageant for the Arts," the 1962 event conducted by Leonard Bernstein, this special celebration and re-launch of...	Herself / Host	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2021	Movie Respect The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.	Barbara Franklin	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2021	Movie Ohio State Murders Ohio State Murders is an unusual look at the destructiveness of racism in the U.S. When Suzanne Alexander, a fictional...	Suzanne	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2021	TV The Bite During an unexpected, deadly second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, two neighbors, Rachel and Lily, navigate...	Rachel	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2020	Movie An Evening With Audra McDonald Experience the magnificent voice and luminous stage presence of Audra McDonald—winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards and the first...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2020	Movie Song of Rapa Nui This feature length documentary tells the story of Mahani Teave who grew up on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and left...	Narrator	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2020	Movie In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies Dive into the love affair between Hollywood and Broadway in this episode celebrating classic songs from Broadway musicals and classic...	Soloist	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2020	Movie Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald From her stage and concert performances to her television and film roles, six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald is recognized...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2020	TV The Vote One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2020	TV Central Park Owen Tillerman and his family live an unconventional life in New York's bustling Central Park, which Owen manages. Now, they'll...	Ashley (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	TV Bottomless Brunch at Colman's Each week, Fear the Walking Dead's Colman Domingo will send a couple of friends all the mixings for a cocktail...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2020	TV Stars in the House In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky...	Self - Special Guest	Not rated
2020	TV Stars in the House In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky...	Self	Not rated
2020	Movie The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess The Gershwins’ modern American masterpiece has its first Met performances in almost three decades, starring bass-baritone Eric Owens and soprano...	Self - Host	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2018	Movie Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood In honor of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, Tanglewood—the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra—dedicated its entire 2018 season...	Self - Host	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2018	Movie Every Act of Life The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2018	Movie Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster brings her irresistible show-stopping talent and effusive charm to the intimate Appel Room for a...	Host	Not rated
2018	Movie New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway Who can resist Bernstein on Broadway? Toast the New Year and our Laureate Conductor’s 100th with West Side Story’s star-crossed...	Host	Not rated
2017	Movie Hello Again Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another's arms in a daisy-chained musical exploration of love's bittersweet embrace....	Sally	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2017	Movie Beauty and the Beast A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who...	Madame Garderobe	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	TV The Good Fight Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam...	Liz Reddick-Lawrence	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	TV The Good Fight Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam...	Liz Reddick	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2016	Movie Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas This holiday special goes back in time to show how Elmo's ancestors--not to mention those of Grover, Big Bird, Bert,...	Caroler	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2016	Movie Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with...	Lady Day	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2015	Movie Josh Groban: Stages Live Recorded before a live audience at the historic Los Angeles Theatre, Josh Groban delves into his first love --Broadway musicals--...	Self	Not rated
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	Movie Ricki and the Flash Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams...	Maureen Brummel	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	Movie Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was...	Beggar Woman	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2014	TV BoJack Horseman Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not...	Mother Superior (voice)	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2013	Movie Six by Sondheim This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2013	Movie The Sound of Music Live! The Sound of Music Live! is a television special that was originally broadcast by NBC on December 5, 2013. Produced...	Mother Abbess	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2013	Movie The Ordained About the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent his politician sister...	Anthea	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2013	Movie Audra McDonald: Go Back Home Audra McDonald sings personal favorites and selections from her new album, Go Back Home.	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2013	Movie Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center Transferring the setting of a brooding Hungarian play, Carousel, to a remote fishing village, shaping their vision around themes of...	Host	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2012	Movie One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch Stars from Broadway and television join the New York Philharmonic to ring in the New Year with a joyous celebration...	Unknown character	Not rated
2012	TV Doc McStuffins A young African-American girl aspires to be a doctor like her mom.	Itty Bitty Bess (voice)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2012	TV Meisterwerke der Klassik	Self	Not rated
2011	Movie Rampart The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care...	Sarah	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2010	Movie Sondheim! The Birthday Concert Join us for a rousing celebration of the life and works of one of Broadway's greatest legends — the one...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2009	Movie Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me Commemorating the centennial of Mercer's birth, this documentary is part biography, part archive, and part recontextualization, taking Mercer's tunes and...	Self - Performer	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2009	TV The Good Wife Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and...	Liz Lawrence	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2009	TV RuPaul's Drag Race Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen...	Self - Guest Judge	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2009	Movie The Music Instinct: Science & Song The Music Instinct: Science and Song provides a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the human organism and the whole...	Unknown character	Not rated
2008	Movie Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun" Cast and crew discuss making "A Raisin in the Sun" for television.	Self	Not rated
2008	Movie A Raisin in the Sun Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife,...	Ruth Younger	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2007	Movie Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - Recorded live at Los Angeles Opera, 1 & 4 March 2007. Welcome to Mahagonny, where sin is "in" and...	Jenny Smith	Not rated
2007	TV Private Practice Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier...	Naomi Bennett	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2006	Movie Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve Broadway and concert star Audra McDonald rings in the new year with a program of cherished song standards by Duke...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2006	Movie Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge Audra McDonald, already renowned for her virtuosity in classical and Broadway song, brings her talents to new genres by interpreting...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2006	TV Kidnapped Kidnapped is an American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on NBC from September 20, 2006, to...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2006	TV The Megan Mullally Show Two-time Emmy Award-winner Megan Mullally, coming off eight seasons as wisecracking socialite Karen Walker on NBC's "Will & Grace," moves...	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2006	TV The Bedford Diaries At Bedford University, six students are brought together in seminar called Sex and the Human Condition.	Carla Bonatelle	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2005	TV The Colbert Report The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	Movie Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves Four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and veteran movie and television star Peter Graves join with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2005	Movie Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation...	Sarah (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2005	Movie Passion Passion is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. The story was...	Clara	Not rated
2005	TV Grey's Anatomy Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.	Dr. Naomi Bennett	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2005	TV Iron Chef America Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second...	Judge	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2004	TV The Tony Danza Show The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2004	Movie The Best Thief in the World Izzy, the youngest son of a troubled New York family, takes a shine to breaking into people's apartments as a...	Ruth	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2003	Movie It Runs in the Family This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile	Sarah Langley	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	TV Mister Sterling Mister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran from January to March in 2003....	Jackie Brock	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2002	Movie Wonderful Town The classic musical by Bernstein, Comden and Green is performed live in concert in Berlin, starring Audra McDonald, Thomas Hampson,...	Eileen	Not rated
2001	Movie Wit A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.	Susie Monahan	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2000	Movie The Last Debate A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into their own hands. With the election...	Barbara Manning	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2000	Movie Audra McDonald at the Donmar, London Audra McDonald, Tony Award-winner for Carousel, Master Class, and Ragtime, appears live in concert from the Donmar Warehouse in London....	Unknown character	Not rated
1999	Movie Cradle Will Rock A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to...	Blitzstein - 'Joe Worker' Singer	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	Movie My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies On Sept. 28, 1998, some of the greatest divas in musical theater -- including Marin Mazzie, Judy Kuhn and Audra...	Self - Performer	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1999	Movie Annie Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly...	Miss Grace Farrell	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Audrey Jackson	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	Movie Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age...	Bessie in her 20s	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1998	Movie The Object of My Affection A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather...	Wedding Singer	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1998	Movie Creating Ragtime A documentary exploring the creation of the new musical Ragtime, based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow.	Sarah	Not rated
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1996	Movie Seven Servants An elderly man wants to exit earth in a state of unity with all creatures. To that end, he hires...	Unknown character	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1996	TV The Rosie O'Donnell Show The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell....	Self	TMDB 4.1 / 10
1995	Movie Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II In commemoration of the 100th birthday of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, performers present classic Hammerstein songs.	Self	Not rated
1993	TV Homicide: Life on the Street An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.	Teresa Giardello	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1976	TV Live from Lincoln Center Since premiering in 1976, the landmark series has sought to democratize the world of the performing arts by making Lincoln...	Clara	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1971	TV Great Performances The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self	Not rated
TBA	Movie Broadway: The Next Generation A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.	Self	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2025	Movie Satisfied An intimate look at the actress Renée Elise Goldsberry; a woman’s struggle to have a family and balance a career,...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2024	Movie Audra McDonald at the London Palladium The winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards as well as two Grammy awards and an Emmy, Audra McDonald performs...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated

Audra McDonald: I Am What I Am

2026

Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert

2024

My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert

2024 / TMDB 9.0

Origin

2023 / TMDB 6.2

Whitney Houston in Focus

2023

Rustin

2023 / TMDB 6.5

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