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Acting

Audra McDonald

Career: Active from 1999 to 2027, busiest in 2020 and 2021 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 15
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: Wit
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Audra McDonald Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.1, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.0, average 4.8
Mystery
2.6, average 4.0
Crime
2.3, average 3.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Social Commentary 3
Musical 2
Tragedy 2
Historical Drama 2
Family Drama 2
Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

16 titles · average score 69

Audra McDonald: I Am What I Am

as Performer

Satisfied

Executive Producer

Audra McDonald at the London Palladium

Executive Producer

Down Low

59

as Patty

Origin

75

as Miss Hale

Rustin

71

as Ella Baker

The Gilded Age

77

TV show · as Dorothy Scott

The Bite

59

TV show · as Rachel

Respect

68

as Barbara Franklin

Song of Rapa Nui

as Narrator

Central Park

77

TV show · as Ashley (voice)

In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies

as Soloist

2010s

11 titles · average score 65

The Good Fight

80

TV show · as Liz Reddick-Lawrence / Liz Reddick

Beauty and the Beast

69

as Madame Garderobe

Hello Again

38

as Sally

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

77

as Lady Day

Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas

as Caroler

Ricki and the Flash

57

as Maureen Brummel

BoJack Horseman

88

TV show · as Mother Superior (voice)

The Sound of Music Live!

50

as Mother Abbess

The Ordained

as Anthea

Doc McStuffins

63

TV show · as Itty Bitty Bess (voice)

Rampart

62

as Sarah

2000s

17 titles · average score 65

The Good Wife

85

TV show · as Liz Lawrence

A Raisin in the Sun

75

as Ruth Younger

Private Practice

59

TV show · as Naomi Bennett

Kidnapped

58

TV show

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Dr. Naomi Bennett

Passion

as Clara

The Colbert Report

72

TV show

Iron Chef America

69

TV show · as Judge

The Best Thief in the World

39

as Ruth

Mister Sterling

80

TV show · as Jackie Brock

Wit

81

as Susie Monahan

The Last Debate

74

as Barbara Manning

1990s

7 titles · average score 70

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Audrey Jackson

Annie

63

as Miss Grace Farrell

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

75

as Bessie in her 20s

Cradle Will Rock

65

as Blitzstein - 'Joe Worker' Singer

The Object of My Affection

54

as Wedding Singer

Creating Ragtime

as Sarah

Homicide: Life on the Street

89

TV show · as Teresa Giardello

1970s

1 title · average score 86

Live from Lincoln Center

86

TV show · as Clara