Audra Ann McDonald has an estimated net worth of $2 million as of early 2018. Her career began in 1994. She has appeared in various roles on stage, including “Carousel,” “Master Class,” “Ragtime,” “Marie Christine,” and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street.” In the new millennium, she continued to build her successful career with performances in projects such as “A Raisin In The Sun,” “110 In The Shade,” and “Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar And Grill”. She has also ventured into television and film with roles in “Wit,” “Private Practice,” and “Beauty And The Beast.” McDonald is also a renowned singer with five studio albums to her name. Her accolades include six Tony Awards, a Grammy Award, and a National Medal of Arts conferred by President Barack Obama in 2016.

Audra Ann McDonald was born in West Berlin, Germany, on July 3, 1970. She was raised in Fresno, California, and attended the Juilliard School in New York City where she studied Classical Voice. She is currently married to actor Will Swenson and has two daughters.