Audra McDonald - Actor Profile

Audra McDonald

50Movies
10.0 Best Rating

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.

Top Rated Movies

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The Kennedy Center at 50 (2021) movie poster
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The Kennedy Center at 50 — Echoing "An American Pageant for the Arts," the 1962 event conducted by Leonard Bernstein, this special celebration and

The Kennedy Center at 50

2021•Music
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Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves (2005) movie poster
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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 Taber

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves

2005•Music
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My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert (2024) movie poster
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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 & Hammer

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

2024•Music
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Broadway: The Next Generation (2017) movie poster
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Broadway: The Next Generation — A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017•TV Movie
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Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood (2018) movie poster
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Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood — In honor of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, Tanglewood—the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra—dedica

Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

2018•Music

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2024 Audra McDonald at the London Palladium - ★ 0.0 Flop
2024 Ragtime Reunion Concert Sarah ★ 0.0 Flop
2024 My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert Self ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2023 Origin Miss Hale ★ 6.6 Hit
2023 Whitney Houston in Focus - ★ 0.0 Flop
2023 Rustin Ella Baker ★ 6.5 Hit
2023 Down Low Patty ★ 5.2 Flop
2021 The Kennedy Center at 50 Herself / Host ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2021 Respect Barbara Franklin ★ 6.8 Hit
2021 Ohio State Murders Suzanne ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2020 An Evening With Audra McDonald - ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2020 Song of Rapa Nui Narrator ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2020 In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies Soloist ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2020 Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald - ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2020 The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess Self - Host ★ 9.5 Super Hit
2018 Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood Self - Host ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2018 Every Act of Life Self ★ 6.4 Average
2018 Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert Host ★ 0.0 Flop
2017 Broadway: The Next Generation Self ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2017 Hello Again Sally ★ 5.9 Average
2017 Beauty and the Beast Madame Garderobe ★ 7.0 Hit
2016 Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas Caroler ★ 6.7 Hit
2016 Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill Lady Day ★ 7.6 Super Hit
2015 Ricki and the Flash Maureen Brummel ★ 5.8 Average
2014 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Beggar Woman ★ 8.1 Super Hit
2013 Six by Sondheim Self ★ 7.1 Hit
2013 The Sound of Music Live! Mother Abbess ★ 6.3 Average
2013 The Ordained Anthea ★ 1.0 Flop
2013 Audra McDonald: Go Back Home - ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2013 Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center Host ★ 7.3 Hit
2011 Rampart Sarah ★ 5.4 Flop
2010 Sondheim! The Birthday Concert Self ★ 8.0 Super Hit
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me Self - Performer ★ 7.2 Hit
2008 A Raisin in the Sun Ruth Younger ★ 6.1 Average
2007 Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Jenny Smith ★ 0.0 Flop
2006 Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve - ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2006 Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge - ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2005 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves Self ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2005 Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards Sarah (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage) ★ 7.2 Hit
2005 Passion Clara ★ 0.0 Flop
2004 The Best Thief in the World Ruth ★ 4.2 Flop
2003 It Runs in the Family Sarah Langley ★ 6.0 Average
2002 Wonderful Town Eileen ★ 0.0 Flop
2001 Wit Susie Monahan ★ 7.3 Hit
1999 Cradle Will Rock Blitzstein - 'Joe Worker' Singer ★ 6.4 Average
1999 My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies Self - Performer ★ 9.0 Super Hit
1999 Annie Miss Grace Farrell ★ 6.4 Average
1999 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Bessie in her 20s ★ 7.5 Super Hit
1998 The Object of My Affection Wedding Singer ★ 5.8 Average
1996 Seven Servants - ★ 4.3 Flop