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Audra won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for her work in 110 in The Shade in 2007.
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Throughout her career Audra has won a total of four Tony Awards.
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Audra was nominated for a Tony Award (Best Actress in a Musical) and a Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Actress in a Musical) for her work in the revival of 110 in The Shade.
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McDonald was raised in Fresno, California.
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She is 5'8" or 1.73 m.
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Her daughter is named Zoe Madeline, after the late Zoe Caldwell and Madeline Kahn.
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She is the youngest actor ever to win three Tony Awards.
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She graduated from The Juilliard School for the Performing Arts in 1993.
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She has won four Tony Awards in eleven years: 1) Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical), in 1994 for a revival of "Carousel"; 2) Best Actress (Featured Role - Play), in 1996 for playing Sharon in Terence McNally's "Master Class"; 3) Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) 1998 for playing Sarah in "Ragtime"; 4) Best Actress (Featured Role - Play), in 2004 for playing Ruth Younger in a revival of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun". She was also nominated in 2000 as Best Actress (Musical) for playing the title role in "Marie Christine."