Audra McDonald
Year Show Role Notes
1992 The Secret Garden Ayah ( replacement ) St. James Theatre 1992 - January 3 , 1993
1994 Carousel Carrie Pipperidge Vivian Beaumont Theater February 18 , 1994 - January 15 , 1995
1995 Master Class Sharon Graham Philadelphia Theatre Company March 1995
1995 Something Wonderful Performer Gershwin Theatre July 12 , 1995
1995 Master Class Sharon Graham John Golden Theatre October 26 , 1995 - June 29 , 1997
1997 Ragtime Sarah Ford Center for the Performing Arts December 26 , 1997 - October 29 , 1999 January 10-16 , 2000
1999 Marie Christine Marie Christine L'Adrese Vivian Beaumont Theater October 30 , 1999 - January 9 , 2000
2000 Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Lucy , The Beggar Woman Avery Fisher Hall , Lincoln Center May 4-6 , 2000
2001 Dreamgirls Deena Jones New York Actor 's Fund Benefit Concert
2003 Passion Clara Ravinia Festival August 22-23 , 2003
2003 Henry IV Lady Percy Vivian Beaumont Theater October 28 , 2003 - January 18 , 2004
2004 A Raisin in the Sun Ruth Younger Royale Theatre March 30 - July 11 , 2004
2004 The Seven Deadly Sins : A Song Cycle Performer Carnegie Hall June 2 , 2004
2005 Passion Clara Lincoln Center March 30 - April 1 , 2005
2005 Wonderful Town Eileen Berlin Philharmonic
2006 La voix humaine / Send ( who are you ? I love you ) Singer Houston Grand Opera , March
2007 Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Jenny Los Angeles Opera February 2007
2007 110 in the Shade Lizzie Curry Studio 54 April 13 - July 29 , 2007
2009 Twelfth Night Olivia Delacorte Theater June 25 - July 12 , 2009
2011 Porgy and Bess Bess American Repertory Theater August/September 2011
Theatre
Audra Ann McDonald (born July 3, 1970) 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 all four acting categories. [note 1] 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. As a classical soprano, she has performed in staged operas with the Houston Grand Opera and the Los Angeles Opera and in concerts with symphony orchestras like the Berlin Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic. In 2008 her recording of Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny with the Los Angeles Opera won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Album and the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. She has a close working relationship with composer Michael John LaChiusa who has written several works for her, including the Broadway musical Marie Christine, the opera Send (who are you? i love you), and The Seven Deadly Sins: A Song Cycle. With her full lyric soprano voice, she maintains an active concert and recording career throughout the United States performing a wide repertoire from classical to musical theater to jazz and popular songs. In 2016, McDonald was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. In 2017 she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. On television, McDonald portrayed Dr. Naomi Bennett as a main cast member of Shonda Rhimes's ABC television drama Private Practice from 2007-2011. She also portrayed the character of Liz Lawrence in Season 4 of The Good Wife, a role that she reprises as a main cast member in the spinoff series The Good Fight.