Audra McDonald: movies and TV shows
Audra McDonald has 97 credits in the archive: 63 films and 34 TV series, from 1956 to 2027. Highest rated: Live from Lincoln Center (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2027 · busiest year: 2020 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Auction | Rita White | Film | — | 56 |
| 2026 | Audra McDonald: I Am What I Am | Performer | Film | — | 55 |
| 2025 | Actors on Actors: Broadway | Self | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2025 | Satisfied | Film | — | 54 | |
| 2024 | Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert | Sarah | Film | — | 53 |
| 2024 | Audra McDonald at the London Palladium | Film | — | 53 | |
| 2024 | Audra McDonald at the London Palladium | Film | — | 53 | |
| 2024 | My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert | Self | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 2023 | Down Low | Patty | Film | 5.3 | 52 |
| 2023 | Origin | Miss Hale | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 2023 | Rustin | Ella Baker | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 2023 | Whitney Houston in Focus | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2022 | The Gilded Age | Dorothy Scott | TV | 7.7 | 51 |
| 2021 | Respect | Barbara Franklin | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 2021 | The Bite | Rachel | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 2021 | The Kennedy Center at 50 | Herself / Host | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 2021 | Ohio State Murders | Suzanne | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self - Special Guest | TV | — | 49 |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self | TV | — | 49 |
| 2020 | Central Park | Ashley (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 49 |
| 2020 | Bottomless Brunch at Colman's | Self | TV | 10.0 | 49 |
| 2020 | An Evening With Audra McDonald | Film | 10.0 | 49 | |
| 2020 | Song of Rapa Nui | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 2020 | The Vote | TV | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 2020 | Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald | Film | 10.0 | 49 | |
| 2020 | The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess | Self - Host | Film | 9.5 | 49 |
| 2020 | In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies | Soloist | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 2018 | Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert | Host | Film | — | 47 |
| 2018 | Every Act of Life | Self | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 2018 | New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway | Host | Film | — | 47 |
| 2018 | Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood | Self - Host | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Liz Reddick | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Liz Reddick-Lawrence | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Madame Garderobe | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 2017 | Hello Again | Sally | Film | 5.9 | 46 |
| 2016 | Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas | Caroler | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 2016 | Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill | Lady Day | Film | 7.6 | 45 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 44 |
| 2015 | Ricki and the Flash | Maureen Brummel | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 2015 | Josh Groban: Stages Live | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 43 |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman | Mother Superior (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 43 |
| 2014 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Beggar Woman | Film | 8.1 | 43 |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim | Self | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 2013 | The Ordained | Anthea | Film | 1.0 | 42 |
| 2013 | The Sound of Music Live! | Mother Abbess | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 2013 | Audra McDonald: Go Back Home | Film | 10.0 | 42 | |
| 2013 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center | Host | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 2012 | Doc McStuffins | Itty Bitty Bess (voice) | TV | 5.9 | 41 |
| 2012 | Meisterwerke der Klassik | Self | TV | — | 41 |
| 2012 | One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch | Film | — | 41 | |
| 2011 | Rampart | Sarah | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 2010 | Sondheim! The Birthday Concert | Self | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Liz Lawrence | TV | 7.6 | 38 |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 7.5 | 38 |
| 2009 | Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me | Self - Performer | Film | 7.2 | 38 |
| 2009 | The Music Instinct: Science & Song | Film | — | 38 | |
| 2008 | A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 2008 | Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun" | Self | Film | — | 37 |
| 2007 | Private Practice | Naomi Bennett | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 2007 | Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny | Jenny Smith | Film | — | 36 |
| 2006 | The Megan Mullally Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 35 |
| 2006 | Kidnapped | TV | 7.1 | 35 | |
| 2006 | The Bedford Diaries | Carla Bonatelle | TV | 5.8 | 35 |
| 2006 | Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year's Eve | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 2006 | Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Naomi Bennett | TV | 8.2 | 34 |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | TV | 6.9 | 34 | |
| 2005 | Iron Chef America | Judge | TV | 6.5 | 34 |
| 2005 | Passion | Clara | Film | — | 34 |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Sarah (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 2005 | Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves | Self | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 33 |
| 2004 | The Best Thief in the World | Ruth | Film | 4.6 | 33 |
| 2003 | Mister Sterling | Jackie Brock | TV | 8.3 | 32 |
| 2003 | It Runs in the Family | Sarah Langley | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 2002 | Wonderful Town | Eileen | Film | — | 31 |
| 2001 | Wit | Susie Monahan | Film | 7.3 | 30 |
| 2000 | The Last Debate | Barbara Manning | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 2000 | Audra McDonald at the Donmar, London | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Audrey Jackson | TV | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Blitzstein - 'Joe Worker' Singer | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1999 | Annie | Miss Grace Farrell | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1999 | My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies | Self - Performer | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1999 | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | Bessie in her 20s | Film | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1998 | The Object of My Affection | Wedding Singer | Film | 5.8 | 27 |
| 1998 | Creating Ragtime | Sarah | Film | — | 27 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 26 |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest | TV | 4.3 | 26 |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | TV | 4.1 | 25 |
| 1996 | Seven Servants | Film | 4.9 | 25 | |
| 1995 | Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II | Self | Film | — | 24 |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Teresa Giardello | TV | 8.1 | 22 |
| 1976 | Live from Lincoln Center | Clara | TV | 8.7 | 5 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 0 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self | TV | — | 14 |
| Broadway: The Next Generation | Self | Film | — | — |