Audra McDonald Bio Wiki Age Husband Broadway Bill Holiday and Net Worth

Audra McDonald is an American actress and singer. She is known for her work on the Broadway stage. McDonald has received six Tony Awards, more performance wins than any other actor, and is the only person to win all four acting categories.

Moreover, she has performed in musicals, operas, and dramas such as A Moon for the Misbegotten, Carousel, 110 in the Shade, Master Class, Ragtime, and Porgy and Bess. Additionally, McDonald has performed in staged operas with the Los Angeles Opera and the Houston Grand Opera.

She has also performed in concerts with symphony orchestras like the Berlin Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic. In 2008 her recording Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny with the Los Angeles Opera earned the Grammy Award for Best Classical Album and the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.

MacDonald was born on July 3, 1970, in West Berlin, Germany. She is52 years old.

She is a woman of above-average stature and stands at a height of5 ft 8 in(Approx. 1.73 m).

She was born in West Berlin, Germany to her parentsAnna Kathryn JonesandStanley James McDonald Jr.MacDonald’s mother serves as a university administrator while her father works as a high school principal. She was raised in her father’s native Fresno, California, United States where her father was stationed with the U.S Army. McDonald grew up with her younger sisterAlison, who writes and directs for television and film.

Mcdonald was previously married toPeter Donovan, a bassist in September 2000. The couple shares one daughter namedZoe Madeline Donovan, named after her close friend Zoe Caldwell and the late Madeline Kahn. Unfortunately, they divorced in 2009.

On October 6, 2012, McDonald marriedWill Swenson, an actor, and singer. The couple welcomed their baby girlSally James McDonald-Swensonon October 19, 2016. Moreover, McDonald is a stepmom of two boys. The family lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

She attended the Roosevelt School of the Arts program within Theodore Roosevelt High School in Fresno. Additionally, McDonald studied classical voice as an undergraduate under Ellen Faull at the Juilliard School and graduated in 1993. She started acting with Dan Pessano and Roger Rocka’s Good Company Players, beginning in their junior company.

McDonald is the mother of two beautiful girls,Zoe Madeline DonovanandSally James McDonald-Swenson.She is also the stepmother of two handsome boys.

McDonald is known for her work on the Broadway stage. Composer Michael John LaChiusa has written several works for her, including the Broadway musical Marie Christine. On June 10, 2012, she scored her fifth Tony Award win for her portrayal of Bess in Broadway’s The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.

Moreover, in 2016, McDonald starred on Broadway as the vaudeville performer Lottie Gee in a new musical titled Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921. She played Billie Holiday on Broadway in the play Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill in a limited engagement. After previews that started on March 25, 2014, the play opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre on April 13, 2014

In 2017, McDonald played Madame de Garderobe inBeauty and the Beastfilm. It is an American musical romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay by Evan Spiliotopoulos and Stephen Chbosky. The film is a live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1991 animated film of the same name.

In 2014, McDonald playedBillie Holidayon Broadway in the play Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill in a limited engagement that ended on August 10, 2014. After previews that started on March 25, 2014, the play opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre on April 13, 2014. Her performance earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award, her sixth Tony award. It also made her the first person to win all four acting categories.

Some of her other Movies and Films include:

Central Park (2020)Vampirina (2020)The Bite(2021)74th Tony Awards (2021)Respect (2021)The Gilded Age (TBA)Rustin (TBA)

McDonald’s solo recordings include:

Way Back to Paradise ( 1998)How Glory Goes (2000)Happy Songs (2002)Build a Bridge (2006)Go Back Home (2013)Sing Happy (2018)

She works as an actress and singer. Therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. McDonald’s estimated net worth is$2 million.

She was born in West Berlin, Germany, and grew up in Fresno, California, United States. Thus, she holdsGerman-American nationality.

McDonald was first married toPeter Donovan, a bassist with whom she shares one daughter named Zoe Madeline Donovan.