Audra McDonald
Television

Year
Title
Role
Notes
1999
Annie
Miss Grace Farrell
TV movie
1999
Homicide: Life on the Street
Teresa Giardello
Episode: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses"
1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Bessie in her 20s
TV movie
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Audrey Jackson
2 episodes
2000
The Last Debate
Barbara Manning
TV movie
2001
Wit
Susie Monahan
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
2003
Mister Sterling
Jackie Brock
9 episodes
2003
Partners and Crime
Unknown
TV movie
2003
Tea Time with Roy & Sylvia
Sylvia
Short
2005
Passion: Live From Lincoln Center
Clara
TV special
2006
The Bedford Diaries
Professor Carla Bonatelle
8 episodes
2006–07
Kidnapped
Jackie Hayes
3 episodes
2007–13
Private Practice
Dr. Naomi Bennett
77 episodes Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2008–2010)
2009
Grey's Anatomy
Dr. Naomi Bennett
Episode: "Before and After"
2007
Great Performances
Jenny Smith
Episode: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2008
A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth Younger
TV movie Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie or Mini-Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
2009
She Got Problems
Herself
Short
2012–13
Sesame Street
Chicken
3 episodes
2013
The Good Wife
Liz Lawrence
Episode: "Runnin' with the Devil"
2013
The Sound of Music Live!
Mother Abbess
Live telecast
2013
Audra McDonald: Go Back Home
Self
Concert special
2013
It Could Be Worse
Sharon
Episode: "Starring Veronica Bailey"
2013
The Ordained
Anthea
TV movie
2014
Submissions Only
Tracy Mintzner
Episode: "Dangerous Anaesthesia"
2014
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Live from Lincoln Center
Lucy, the Beggar Woman
Filmed stage production
2016
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Billie Holiday
Filmed stage production Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
2018
RuPaul's Drag Race
Herself (guest judge)
1 episode (season 10)
2018
BoJack Horseman
Mother Superior (voice)
Episode: "Head in the Clouds"
2018–present
The Good Fight
Liz Lawrence
Main cast

Question: In what live telecast did Audra McDonald play Mother Abbess, and what year did the show air?
Answer: McDonald played Mother Abbess in the 2013 live television production of The Sound of Music Live!.