List of awards and nominations received by Audra McDonald

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Audra McDonald awards and nominations
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McDonald at the 74th Tony Awards in 2021
Totals [a]
Wins26
Nominations54
Note
  1. ↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge 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.

Audra 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 nominations. 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] She is the most nominated performer in Tony Award history, with eleven nominations. [3]

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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. [a] 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 joined 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

Emmy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2001 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Wit Nominated [7]
2008 A Raisin in the Sun Nominated [8]
2013 Outstanding Special Class Program Carousel (Live from Lincoln Center) Nominated [9]
2015 Sweeney Todd (Live from Lincoln Center) Won [10]
2016 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Nominated [11]

Grammy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2009 Best Classical Album Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Won [12]
Best Opera Recording Won
2013 Best Musical Theater Album Porgy and Bess 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 Awards

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]
2025 Best Actress in a Musical Gypsy Nominated [26]

Theater associations

AwardYearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Antonyo Awards 2020 Best Actor in a Play on Broadway Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Won [27]
Broadway.com Audience Awards2004Favorite Featured Actress in a Play A Raisin in the Sun Won [28]
2007Favorite Actress in a Musical 110 in the Shade Nominated [29]
2012 Porgy and Bess Favorite Actress in a MusicalNominated [30]
Favorite Onstage Pair (with Norm Lewis)Nominated
2014Favorite Actress in a Play Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Won [31]
Favorite Diva PerformanceNominated
2016 Shuffle Along, or [...] Nominated [32]
2024Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical Gypsy Nominated
Favorite Diva PerformanceNominated
Favorite Onstage Pair (with Danny Burstein)Nominated
Performance of the Year (Musical)Nominated
Drama Desk Awards 1994 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Carousel Won
2000 Outstanding Actress in a Musical Marie Christine Nominated [33]
2004 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play A Raisin in the Sun Won [34]
2007 Outstanding Actress in a Musical 110 in the Shade Won [35]
2012 Porgy and Bess Won [36]
2014 Outstanding Actress in a Play Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Won [37]
2023 Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play Ohio State Murders Nominated [38]
2025 Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical Gypsy Won [39]
Drama League Award 1998 Distinguished Performance Ragtime Nominated [40]
2005 A Raisin in the Sun Nominated [41]
2007 110 in the Shade Nominated [42]
2012 Porgy and Bess Won [43]
Laurence Olivier Award 2018 Best Actress Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and GrillNominated [44]
Outer Critics Circle Award 1994Outstanding Actress in a Musical Carousel Won
1998Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Ragtime Nominated [45]
2004Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play A Raisin in the Sun Won [46]
2007Outstanding Actress in a Musical 110 in the Shade Won [47]
2012 Porgy and Bess Won [48]
2014 Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Won [49]
2022 Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play Ohio State Murders Nominated
2025 Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical Gypsy Nominated
Ovation Awards 1996 Best Featured Actress in a Play Master Class Won
Sarah Siddons Award 2013Distinguished Achievement in the TheatreHerselfWon [50]
Theatre World Award 1994 Honoree AwardHerselfWon

Miscellaneous awards

AwardYearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Black Reel Awards 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 2020 Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series The Good Fight Nominated [51]
2022 Nominated [52]
2023 Nominated [53]
NAACP Image Award 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 [54]
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Private Practice Nominated
2009 Nominated [55]
2010 Nominated [56]
2018 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Beauty and the Beast Nominated [57]
2022 Respect Nominated [58]
Satellite Awards 2017 Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Nominated [59]
Online Film and Television Association2001Best Supporting Actress in a TV film Wit Nominated
2008 A Raisin in the Sun Won

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
  2. ↑ "Audra McDonald, Matthew Broderick, Marin Mazzie among 2017 Theater Hall of Fame inductees". Playbill. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Audra McDonald Is the Most Tony-Nominated Performer in Broadway History".
  4. ↑ "Tony Awards Facts & Trivia". Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Hetrick, Adam (14 May 2013). "Audra McDonald's Go Back Home Concert Broadcast on "Live from Lincoln Center" May 24". Playbill . Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Billington, Michael (27 June 2017). "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill review – Audra McDonald sings the blues for Billie Holiday". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Primetime Emmy Winners 2001". Variety. 5 November 2001. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "List of Primetime Emmy Award 2008 Nominations and Winners". The New York Times. 21 September 2008. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Emmy Winners and Nominees 2013: The Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Emmys 2015: the full list of winners". the Guardian. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "Emmy Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "2008 Grammy Award Winners and Nominees". The New York Times. 9 February 2008. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  13. ↑ Greenburg, Zack O'Malley. "Grammy Winners 2013: The Full List". Forbes. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "The Complete List of the 2016 SAG Award Winners". Vogue. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "Nominations Announced for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®" (Press release). Screen Actors Guild. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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  17. ↑ "CNN - 1996 Tony Awards". CNN . Archived from the original on 12 September 2001. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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  25. ↑ Sherman, Rachel; Cohn, Gabe (2 May 2023). "Tony Awards Nominations 2023: The Complete List". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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  27. ↑ "Move over Tony, the Antonyo Awards are here to celebrate black theatre talent". BBC News . 18 June 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  28. ↑ "Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards - 2004". www.broadway.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  29. ↑ "2007 Broadway.com Audience Award Winners Party at Spotlight Live". Broadway.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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  31. ↑ "Idina! DanRad! NPH! 2014 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Winners Announced". Broadway.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  32. ↑ "Hamilton Dominates 2016 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards; Spring Awakening, Lupita Nyong'o Also Win Big". Broadway.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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  34. ↑ "Wicked is Tops at 2004 Drama Desk Awards". Broadway.com . Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  35. ↑ "Utopia, Spring Awakening, Journey's End and Company Win Drama Desk Awards of 2012". Playbill . Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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  43. ↑ "Other Desert Cities, Salesman, Follies, Once, Audra McDonald Are Drama League Winners". Playbill . Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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  45. ↑ "Outer Critics Circle Nominations Announced 1998". Playbill. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  46. ↑ "Wicked, Wonderful Town, I Am My Own Wife Top 2004 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Playbill. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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  55. ↑ "2009 NAACP Image Awards". Essence . 29 October 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  56. ↑ Finke, Nikki (27 February 2010). "41st NAACP Image Award Winners". Deadline . Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  57. ↑ Boucher, Ashley (15 January 2018). "NAACP Image Awards 2018: The Complete Winners List". The Wrap . Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  58. ↑ Spivey, Kemberlie. "2022 NAACP Image Awards Nominations: The Full List". Forbes . Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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