45 & Pregnant, Audra McDonald Hasn’t Slowed Down One Bit

Jeneba Jalloh Ghatt

8 years ago

Since announcing her pregnancy this past May, stage actress and singer Audra McDonald has stepped down from her show but has not stopped working.

The beautiful 6 time Tony-award winning star presented at this year’s Tony Awards in a beautiful Grecian Carmen Marc Valvo dress.

Recently, she has been taping host segments for the PBS series Live from the Lincoln Center. Maternity clothiers A Pea In the Pod outfitted at least one dress.

“Another behind-the-scenes shot during taping of Live from Lincoln Center, and yet another beautiful dress thanks to my friends at @apeainthepodmaternity!#40WeeksofChic #performingfortwo #LFLC @lctheater,” she captioned a recent photo she shared with her Instagram followers and fans.

Check out that view! Another behind-the-scenes shot during taping of Live from Lincoln Center, and yet another beautiful dress thanks to my friends at @apeainthepodmaternity! #40WeeksofChic #performingfortwo #LFLC @lctheater

A photo posted by Audra McDonald (@audramcdonald) on Aug 9, 2016 at 10:25am PDT

She also took time to launch her awareness campaign #AudraSleepOut2016 on behalf of Covenant House.

Kicking off my #SleepOut2016 campaign today — check out my page for descriptions of the perks and learn more about the fantastic work of @covenant_house! bit.ly/AudraSleepOut2016

A video posted by Audra McDonald (@audramcdonald) on Aug 4, 2016 at 1:15pm PDT

McDonald won a Tony Award for playing Billie Holiday in the Broadway play,Lady Day,which was broadcast, with critical acclaim, on HBO earlier this year.

Swenson and McDonald married in 2012 and thought they were done being parents to young kids. She is mom to 15-year old daughter Zoe Madeline from a previous marriage and he is dad to sons, 13-year old Bridger and 10-year old Sawyer also from a previous marriage.