Joaquina Kalukango

Acting

Born 1989-09-02 Atlanta, Georgia, USA 12 credits Tony Awards 1 Theatre World Award 1

Awards

Nominated for 1 Screen Actors Guild Award

Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 nominated

2021 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated One Night in Miami...

Tony Awards 1 won

2022 Best Actress in a Musical Won

Theatre World Award 1 won

2012 Theatre World Award Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play 1 nominated

2012 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Nominated

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Joaquina Kalukango is an American actor and singer best known for playing Nelly O'Brien in the Broadway musical Paradise Square, for which she won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Play in 2020 for portraying Kaneisha in Slave Play. In addition to her theatre work, Kalukango has appeared in One Night in Miami..., When They See Us and Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Kalukango is a 2007 YoungArts alumnus. She graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the Juilliard School. Kalukango is of Angolan descent, and her parents arrived in the United States as political refugees. Due to her heritage, Kalukango wants to work on roles that showcase the Black experience.

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