Congratulations to Audra McDonald, who has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an NAACP Image Award for her role as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill on HBO. She made history and became Broadway's most decorated performer when she won her sixth Tony Award for Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill in 2014.
Congratulations to Audra McDonald, who has just been nominated for two awards for her role as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill on HBO: a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special. The 23rd Annual SAG Awards ceremony will air live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, January 29, 2017; the 48th NAACP Image Awards ceremony will air live on TV ONE on Saturday, February 11, 2017 .
Audra McDonald brought her acclaimed portrayal of Billie Holiday from Lanie Robertson's musical play Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill to HBO in March. Filmed before a live audience at Café Brasil in New Orleans, the special features McDonald in her performance as Billie Holiday, telling the jazz icon's life story through the songs that made her famous.
McDonald made history and became Broadway's most decorated performer when she won her sixth Tony Award for Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill in 2014. In addition to setting the record for most competitive wins by an actor, she also became the first person to receive awards in all four acting categories.
Audra McDonald’s fifth solo album, Go Back Home, was released on Nonesuch Records in 2013, and followed her previously released albums Build a Bridge (2006), Happy Songs (2002), How Glory Goes (2000), and Way Back to Paradise (1998).
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