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Huge News for Audra McDonald

The Broadway icon landed her greatest role yet.

Audra McDonald is having a very big year!
The Broadway icon nabbed Tony and Emmy nominations earlier this year, but her latest prize may be her most significant yet: Audra and her husband Will Swenson just welcomed their first child together, a baby girl named Sally James McDonald-Swenson!

Audra shared the news on Twitter, along with an adorable snap of her little one's feet:

Little Sally James joins Audra's daughter Zoe Madeline, 12, from a previous marriage, and Swenson's sons Sawyer, 12, and Bridger, 15, also from a previous relationship, in their blended family.
Congratulations to them all!
Watch Miss Audra talk about channeling Billie Holiday on Broadway in our exclusive interview above.

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