Cast: Audra McDonald
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Audra McDonald. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 25
The Colbert Report (TV Series)
2005 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Stephen Colbert · Ben Karlin · Jon Stewart · Jim Hoskinson
Cast Stephen Colbert · Jon Stewart · Paul Dinello · Jay Katsir
Synopsis Satirist news caster Stephen Colbert provides humorous commentary on the big issues going on in the United States and the rest of the world, with his larger then life ego and overly patriotic spirit along with him every step of...
7.7
102 votes
7.7
102 votes
The Good Fight (TV Series)
2017 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Michelle King · Robert King · Allan Arkush · Marta Cunningham
Cast Christine Baranski · Rose Leslie · Cush Jumbo · Delroy Lindo
Synopsis In this spin-off of "The Good Wife", the series follows Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart, as she is forced out of Lockhart, Decker, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert-Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum, & Associates after an enormous financial scam destroys the reputation of...
7.5
2K votes
7.5
2K votes
Wit (TV)
2001 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Mike Nichols
Cast Emma Thompson · Christopher Lloyd · Eileen Atkins · Audra McDonald
Synopsis Vivian Bearing, a demanding and uncompromising professor of 17th century English poetry specializing in the holy sonnets of John Donne, is diagnosed with advanced (stage 4) metastatic ovarian cancer. Being an academic, she treats the news with a certain matter-of-factness...
7.1
1K votes
7.1
1K votes
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction Bill Condon
Cast Emma Watson · Dan Stevens · Luke Evans · Kevin Kline
Synopsis Belle (Emma Watson) lives in a small town in France with her loving father, Maurice (Kevin Kline). He leaves on a trip to the market and when his horse comes back without him, Belle goes looking for him. The horse...
6.4
24K votes
6.4
24K votes
Kidnapped (TV Series)
2006 · Series · 42 min. · United States
Direction Jason Smilovic · Michael Dinner · Oz Scott · Michael W. Watkins
Cast Jeremy Sisto · Delroy Lindo · Timothy Hutton · Dana Delany
Synopsis TV Series (2006). 13 Episodes. NBC's "Kidnapped" is a high-stakes serialized thriller in which the teenaged son of a wealthy Upper East Side family is kidnapped and everyone is a suspect. The series focuses on the elaborate, triangulated game between...
6.3
193 votes
6.3
193 votes
Respect
2021 · Movie · 144 min. · United States
Direction Liesl Tommy
Cast Jennifer Hudson · Leroy McClain · Forest Whitaker · Tate Donovan
Synopsis The life story of legendary R&B singer, Aretha Franklin, following the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
5.8
918 votes
5.8
918 votes
Origin
2023 · Movie · 130 min. · United States
Direction Ava DuVernay
Cast Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor · Jon Bernthal · Niecy Nash · Vera Farmiga
Synopsis The remarkable life and work of Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson as she investigates the genesis of injustice and uncovers a hidden truth that affects us all.
5.8
73 votes
5.8
73 votes
Rustin
2023 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction George C. Wolfe
Cast Colman Domingo · Aml Ameen · Gus Halper · Chris Rock
Synopsis Bayard Rustin, architect of the momentous 1963 March on Washington, is one of history's most remarkable activists and strategists. Always defiant, Rustin never apologized for who he was, for his beliefs or for his sexual orientation. He never took a...
5.8
950 votes
5.8
950 votes
The Bite (TV Miniseries)
2021 · Series · 44 min. · United States
Direction Michelle King · Robert King · Nikki M. James · Brooke Kennedy
Cast Audra McDonald · Taylor Schilling · Steven Pasquale · Phillipa Soo
Synopsis Created and written by Robert and Michelle King, The Bite follows an unexpected, deadly second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City. It follows the lives of two neighbors, Rachel (McDonald) and Lily (Schilling), as they navigate life...
5.7
145 votes
5.7
145 votes
Private Practice (TV Series)
2007 · Series · 40 min. · United States
Direction Shonda Rhimes · Mark Tinker · Tom Verica · Ann Kindberg
Cast Kate Walsh · Tim Daly · Audra McDonald · Benjamin Bratt
Synopsis TV Series (2007-2013). A spin-off of the medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" centering on the life of neonatal surgeon Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh). From Shonda Rhimes, the Golden Globe-winning creator of "Grey's Anatomy" comes a story about finding a way to...
5.7
2K votes
5.7
2K votes
A Raisin in the Sun (TV)
2008 · Movie · 131 min. · United States
Direction Kenny Leon
Cast Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs · Sanaa Lathan · Audra McDonald · Bill Nunn
Synopsis Based on the play that inspired a generation, A Raisin in the Sun tells the story of a family living and struggling on Chicago's South Side in the 1950s. A fiercely moving portrait of people whose hopes and dreams are...
5.6
50 votes
5.6
50 votes
The Sound of Music (TV)
2013 · Movie · 180 min. · United States
Direction Beth McCarthy-Miller · Rob Ashford
Cast Carrie Underwood · Stephen Moyer · Laura Benanti · Audra McDonald
Synopsis A live telecast of the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
5.2
24 votes
5.2
24 votes
Ricki and the Flash
2015 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Jonathan Demme
Cast Meryl Streep · Kevin Kline · Mamie Gummer · Sebastian Stan
Synopsis A musician who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom returns home, looking to make things right with her family.
5.1
3K votes
5.1
3K votes
Rampart
2011 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Oren Moverman
Cast Woody Harrelson · Robin Wright · Cynthia Nixon · Anne Heche
Synopsis Based on a story line by acclaimed crime novelist James Ellroy, Oren Moverman’s second film is about a jaded cop, Dave Brown, a Vietnam vet who does “people’s dirty work” using some highly questionable methods. When he is filmed beating...
5.0
529 votes
5.0
529 votes
Annie (TV)
1999 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Rob Marshall
Cast Kathy Bates · Alan Cumming · Alicia Morton · Andrea McArdle
Synopsis This made-for-TV adaptation of the hit Broadway musical (which was, in turn, based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray) stars Alicia Morton as Annie, who lives in an orphanage run by the ill-tempered Miss Hannigan (Kathy Bates). Like...
4.9
960 votes
4.9
960 votes
Down Low
2023 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Rightor Doyle
Cast Judith Light · Zachary Quinto · Simon Rex · Audra McDonald
Synopsis A deeply repressed man, the uninhibited young man that gives him a happy ending, and all the lives they ruin along the way.
4.5
117 votes
4.5
117 votes
The Last Debate (TV)
2000 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction John Badham
Cast James Garner · Peter Gallagher · Audra McDonald · Donna Murphy
Synopsis In a close presidential race, four journalists are selected to serve on a debate panel just days before the election in an effort to better characterize the candidates. As the debate airs live, the panel bombards one of the candidates...
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Mister Sterling (TV Series)
2003 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Rick Rosenthal · Michael Dinner · Tucker Gates · Paul Michael Glaser
Cast Josh Brolin · Audra McDonald · William Russ · David Norona
Synopsis The scandal-free son of a former Governor of California is appointed to be Senator, whereupon it's discovered he's an independent. Modern day Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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Seven Servants
1996 · Movie · 88 min. · Germany
Direction Stefan Jonas · Daryush Shokof
Cast Anthony Quinn · David Warner · Sonja Kirchberger · Alexandra Stewart
Synopsis Archie hires seven servants to plug all his orifices over 10 days, a social experiment that also will begin his journey toward death.
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Every Act of Life
2018 · Documentary · United States
Direction Jeff Kaufman
Cast F. Murray Abraham · Lynn Ahrens · Jon Robin Baitz · Christine Baranski
Synopsis The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for LGBT rights, addiction and recovery, finding true love, and the relentless pursuit of inspiration.
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