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McDonald at the 74th Tony Awards in 2021
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Wins26
Nominations54
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  1. ↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

This is a List of awards and nominations received by Audra McDonald .

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McDonald is an American actress and singer who over her career has received six Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award in addition to two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has remained active in stage productions and musicals since the 1990s, and has garnered widespread acclaim and critical support for her performances, being honoured with numerous awards, including the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (2012) and induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame (2017). [1] [2] Her ten Tony Award nominations ties her with Julie Harris and Chita Rivera for the performer with the most Tony nominations. [3]

McDonald has performed in musicals, operas, and stage dramas such as A Moon for the Misbegotten , 110 in the Shade , Dreamgirls, Carousel , Ragtime , Master Class, Porgy and Bess, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, becoming the most awarded actress of the Tony Awards with six awards, becoming the only person to win all four acting categories. [lower-alpha 1] She was also recipient of the Sarah Siddons Distinguished Achievement in the Theatre Award, six Drama Desk Award and five Outer Critics Circle Award. She was nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning two times for Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording for Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Soundtrack.

McDonald starred in televisions series and motion pictures, including Wit (2001), which gave her her first Primetime Emmy Awards nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. She acted in A Raisin in the Sun, earning nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards and NAACP Image Awards, and as Dr. Naomi Bennett in television series Private Practice, being nominated three times for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series at the NAACP Image Awards. Since 2012, McDonald has served as host for the PBS series Live from Lincoln Center , [5] for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program with the show's producers for Sweeney Todd , aired in 2015.

In 2016 McDonald starred as Billie Holiday in filmed stage production Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill , [6] receiving price from the critics, earning nominations at the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and an at the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series. Since 2017, McDonald joyned the cast of The Good Fight , being nominated two times for at the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. In 2021 she starred as Barbara Siggers Franklin in Aretha Franklin's biographical musical drama film Respect , earning a nomination at the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.

Major Association

Grammy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2008 Best Classical Album Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Won [7]
Best Opera Recording Won
2013 Best Musical Theater Album Porgy and Bess Nominated [8]

Emmy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2001 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Wit Nominated [9]
2008 A Raisin in the Sun Nominated [10]
2013 Outstanding Special Class Program Carousel (Live from Lincoln Center) Nominated [11]
2015 Sweeney Todd (Live from Lincoln Center) Won [12]
2016 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Nominated [13]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Nominated [14]
2023 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series The Gilded Age Nominated [15]

Tony Award

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1994 Best Featured Actress in a Musical Carousel Won [16]
1996 Best Featured Actress in a Play Master Class Won [17]
1998 Best Featured Actress in a Musical Ragtime Won [18]
2000 Best Actress in a Musical Marie Christine Nominated [19]
2004 Best Featured Actress in a Play A Raisin in the Sun Won [20]
2007 Best Actress in a Musical 110 in the Shade Nominated [21]
2012 Porgy and Bess Won [22]
2014 Best Actress in a Play Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Won [23]
2020 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Nominated [24]
2023 Ohio State Murders Nominated [25]

Other associations

Antonyo Award

YearCategoryWorkResultRef.
2020 Best Actor in a Play on Broadway Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Won [26]

Black Reel Awards

YearCategoryWorkResultRef.
2013 Best Supporting Actress in a Movie The Sound of Music Live! Nominated
2017 Best Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Nominated

Critics' Choice Television Awards

YearCategoryWorkResultRef.
2020 Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series The Good Fight Nominated [27]
2022 Nominated [28]
2023 Nominated [29]

Drama Desk Award

YearCategoryWorkResultRef.
1994 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Carousel Won
2000 Outstanding Actress in a Musical Marie Christine Nominated [30]
2004 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play A Raisin in the Sun Won [31]
2007 Outstanding Actress in a Musical 110 in the Shade Won [32]
2012 Porgy and Bess Won [33]
2014 Outstanding Actress in a Play Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Won [34]
2023 Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play Ohio State Murders Nominated [35]

Drama League Award

YearCategoryWorkResultRef.
1998 Distinguished Performance Ragtime Nominated [36]
2005 A Raisin in the Sun Nominated [37]
2007 110 in the Shade Nominated [38]
2012 Porgy and Bess Won [39]

NAACP Image Award

YearCategoryWorkResultRef.
2001 Outstanding Variety – Series or Special Audra McDonald in ConcertNominated
2008 Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries A Raisin in the Sun Nominated [40]
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Private Practice Nominated
2009 Nominated [41]
2010 Nominated [42]
2018 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Beauty and the Beast Nominated [43]
2022 Respect Nominated [44]

Satellite Awards

YearCategoryWorkResultRef.
2017 Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Nominated [45]

Theatre World Award

YearCategoryWorkResultRef.
1994 Honoree AwardHerselfWon

Critics awards

AssociationYearCategoryWorkResultRef.
Broadway.com Audience Awards2004Favorite Featured Actress in a Play A Raisin in the Sun Won [46]
2007Favorite Actress in a Musical 110 in the Shade Nominated [47]
2012 Porgy and Bess Favorite Actress in a MusicalNominated [48]
Favorite Onstage Pair (with Norm Lewis)Nominated
2014Favorite Actress in a Play Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Won [49]
Favorite Diva PerformanceNominated
2016 Shuffle Along, or [...] Nominated [50]
Laurence Olivier Award 2018 Best Actress Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and GrillNominated [51]
Ovation Awards 1996 Best Featured Actress in a Play Master Class Won
Online Film and Television Association Award2001Best Supporting Actress in a TV film Wit Nominated
2008 A Raisin in the Sun Won
Outer Critics Circle Award 1994Outstanding Actress in a Musical Carousel Won
1998Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Ragtime Nominated [52]
2004Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play A Raisin in the Sun Won [53]
2007Outstanding Actress in a Musical 110 in the Shade Won [54]
2012 Porgy and Bess Won [55]
2014 Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Won [56]
Sarah Siddons Award 2013Distinguished Achievement in the TheatreHerselfWon [57]

Notes

  1. ↑ Best Actress in a Play, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Featured Actress in a Play, and Best Featured Actress in a Musical. [4]

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