Hotmail
 Interviews & Clips Awards & Nominations  |
|
Audra McDonald
:
Overview
 Avg.User Rating:  4 RatingsRate this person:
Actor Born: July 3, 1970 in Berlin, West Germany Biography:A multi-talented performer who segued to acting out of an operatic vocal background, Audra McDonald began life in Berlin, the daughter of a U.S. Army employee father and an Affirmative Action officer mother. McDonald's dad subsequently transported the family to Virginia and then to Fresno, CA, where he taught school; meanwhile, McDonald set her eyes on show business at age nine. She sang and danced in cabaret and acted in dinner theater, and attended a junior high and high school designed expressly for youngsters interested in the performing arts. Soon, Juilliard beckoned, but even though McDonald gained acceptance at age 17, she reportedly felt less than enthusiastic during her time there -- complaining vocally about the instructors' insistence on leading her down an "operatic" path though she felt disinclined to go that way. This rectified itself when McDonald "found her way" into opera via dramatic... Full Biography
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| advertisement |
Movie data provided by:
