What is Audra McDonald?
[[Image:Audra_McDonald_(1).jpg|thumb|upright|McDonald in 2008]] '''Audra McDonald''' (born July 3, 1970)<ref>{{cite web|title=Audra McDonald|publisher=TVGuide|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/audra-mcdonald/bio/140909|access-date=November 20, 2014}}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] [[actress]] and [[singer]]. She played [[Professor]] Carla Bonatelle in the [[television series]] ''The Bedford Diaries'', Dr. Naomi Bennett in ''[[Grey's Anatomy|Private Practice]]'', and Jackie Brock in ''Mister Sterling''. She was nominated for [[Emmy Award]]s for playing Susie Monahan in the TV movie ''[[Wit]]'' and Ruth Younger in the TV movie ''A Raisin in the Sun.'' She won an Emmy in 2015 for her part as Lucy in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', a musical that was filmed for ''[[Lincoln Center|Live From Lincoln Center]]''. She was also in the ''Live From Lincoln Center'' filmed musical ''Passion'' as Clara and played Grace Farrell in the TV movie ''[[Annie]]'' and Mother Abbess in ''[[The Sound of Music Live|The Sound of Music Live!]]''. Her show ''Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill''. On Broadway she played Ayah in ''[[The Secret Garden]]'', Carrie Pipperidge in ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'', Sharon Graham in ''[[Master class|Master Class]]'', Sarah in ''[[Ragtime]]'', Marie Christine L'Adrese in ''Marie Christine'', Lady Percy in ''[[Henry IV, Pt. 1|Henry IV]]'', Ruth Younger in ''A Raisin in the Sun'', Lizzie Curry in ''110 in the Shade'', Olivia in ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', Bess in ''Porgy and Bess'', [[Billie Holiday]] in ''Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill'', and Lottie Gee in ''Shuffle Along: Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed''. She won [[Tony Award]]s for ''Carousel'', ''Master Class'', ''Ragtime'', ''A Raisin in the Sun'', ''Porgy and Bess'', and ''Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill'', and was nominated for ''Marie Christine'' and ''110 in the Shade''. She was also nominated for a Grammy Award for ''Porgy and Bess''. She also performed in the