Also Credited As:
Audra Ann McDonald
Biography
Audra McDonald emerged as one of the premiere musical performers on Broadway before tackling other media. The Berlin-born, Fresno-raised mezzo-soprano began her performing career at age nine in local dinner theaters. At the urging of her educator parents, McDonald enrolled at Juilliard as a voice student, but she secretly harbored the desire to perform on Broadway. She has been candid about finding opera studies difficult ("I had danced around …
LATEST CREDITS
Carnegie Hall Opening Night 1998 | Actor |
The Music Instinct Science and Song | Narrator |
Audra McDonald in Concert | Actor |
Audra McDonald | Actor |
The Best Thief in the World | Ruth |
Leonard Bernstein's New York | Actor |
A Capitol Fourth 2000 | Actor |
Mister Sterling | Jackie Brock |
A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger |
The Last Debate | Barbara Manning |
The Bedford Diaries | Professor Carla Bonatelle |
Seven Servants | Opera Singer |
Annie (TV) | Grace Farrell |
Wit | Nurse Susan Monahan |
Great Performances: Walt Disney Concert Hall | Performer |
A Walk Down 42nd Street With David Hartman | Actor |
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II | Actor |
Christmas in Washington | Actor |
I Fought the Law | Melanie Novak |
The 55th Annual Tony Awards | Presenter |
Creating "Ragtime" | Actor |
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | Bessie Delany--in Her 20s |
Broadway '99: Launching the Tony Awards | Actor |
It Runs in the Family | Sarah Langley |
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies | Actor |
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