
Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald is an American actress and singer. At age nine, she began her performing career in local dinner theaters and later enrolled at Juilliard as a voice student. McDonald has appeared in films such as Annie, Beauty and the Beast alongside Emma Watson, Respect, and Origin. She has also co-starred opposite Zoe Caldwell in a play and appeared in the series The Good Fight. Her music contributions include one of her most popular songs You Were Meant For Me.
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In front of an audience of students at Chapman University, the legendary Broadway star — who has been nominated for and won more acting Tonys than anyone else — and TV character actress reflects on the early struggles that led her to attempt suicide, finding her voice and confidence on stage, overcoming her fear of screen acting and, most recently, highlighting a little-known chapter of Black history on three seasons of Julian Fellowes' critically-acclaimed HBO drama series.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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About
- FROM
- Berlin, Germany
- BORN
- July 3, 1970