Cast: Audra McDonald

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Audra McDonald. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


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...

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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.

Not rated

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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.

Not rated

Not rated