Sona MacDonald (born May 11, 1961, in

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

) is an Austrian-

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, p ...

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and singer. Sona MacDonald attended the

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. In ...

. Between classic stage roles in Berlin and Vienna she plays leading roles in musicals and appears in concerts. Directed by Peter Zadek, with whom she often collaborated, she starred in plays at the Schiller Theater in Berlin and at the Volksbühne Berlin. She soon was named Germany's "most promising young actress" and appeared at the

Theater in der Josefstadt The Theater in der Josefstadt is a theater in Vienna in the eighth district of Josefstadt. It was founded in 1788 and is the oldest still performing theater in Vienna. It is often referred to colloquially as simply ''Die Josefstadt''. Following ...

in Vienna, Salzburg Festival, Deutsche Oper Berlin,

Theater des Westens The Theater des Westens (Theatre of the West) is one of the most famous theatres for musicals and operettas in Berlin, Germany, located at 10–12 in Charlottenburg. It was founded in 1895 for plays. The present house was opened in 1896 and ded ...

Berlin, Residenztheater Munich, Berliner Philharmonie, Vienna Festival, Raimund Theater Vienna and in Los Angeles, Jerusalem, Zurich and Amsterdam. She played leading roles in musicals like "Les Miserables", "A Chorus Line", "Cyrano", "My Fair Lady", "Kiss me, Kate", "Chicago" and appeared in concerts worldwide. She was often cast for parts in works of Kurt Weill like "The Threepenny Opera", "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" or "The Seven Deadly Sins". Sona MacDonald received the prestigious O.E.Hasse Award and won the

Nestroy Theatre Prize The Nestroy Theatre Prize is an Austrian theatre award named after the poet Johann Nestroy. In 2000, the city of Vienna decided to combine two less noticed theatre awards: the Kainz Medal and the Nestroy Ring for Viennese Satire. The prize honours ...

for her role in "Der Talisman" at the Josefstadt Theatre in October 2009. Sona MacDonald's father was the pianist Robert MacLaurin MacDonald, who also was Professor and Artist-in-Residence at

Florida Southern College Florida Southern College (Florida Southern, Southern or FSC) is a private college in Lakeland, Florida. In 2019, the student population at FSC consisted of 3,073 students along with 130 full-time faculty members. It offers undergraduate, gradua ...

in Lakeland, Florida, US.

References

External links

*
Sona MacDonald at Josefstadt.Org
Austrian television actresses Actresses from Vienna 1961 births Living people Austrian expatriate actresses in the United States {{europe-tv-bio-stub