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Audra McDonald
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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…
Known for
- The Auction — Rita White2027
- Audra McDonald: I Am What I Am — Performer2026
- Actors on Actors: Broadway — Self2025
- My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert — Self2024
- Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert — Sarah2024
- Audra McDonald at the London Palladium2024
- Rustin — Ella Baker2023
- Origin — Miss Hale2023
- Whitney Houston in Focus2023
- Down Low — Patty2023
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1970
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Audra Ann McDonald is a Tony Award-winning American actress and singer, born in Berlin, Germany and raised in Fresno, California. She studied classical voice as an undergraduate at the Juilliard School of Music, graduating in 1993. She also starred in the ABC television drama Private Practice as Dr. Naomi Bennett before resigning from the show in 2011. McDonald became a three-time Tony Award winner by the age of 28 — for her performances in Carousel, Master Class, and Ragtime. <a href="https:/
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1970-07-03 ) July 3, 1970 (age 55) , West Berlin , West Germany
- Education
- Juilliard School ( BM )
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Years active
- 1994–present
- Spouses
- Peter Donovan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 2000</span>"}]]}'>2000 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2009 ) Will Swenson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. October 6, 2012</span>"}]]}'>2012 )
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- Full list
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ann
- Family name
- McDonald
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Spouse
- Will Swenson
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Drama League Award
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Nonesuch Records
- Official website
- audramcdonald.com
- Image
- AudraSexySmileMcDonald.png
- Number of children
- 2
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Audra McDonald
- date of birth
- 1970-07-03
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- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- social media followers
- 234099
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Audra Ann McDonald (born July 3, 1970) is an American singer and actress. 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. As of the 78th Tony Awards, she has earned a record-breaking eleven nominations.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Audra McDonald” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.