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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.
Feb 25, 2022 · Although Kalukango tries not to think much about “Slave Play,” she does note some similarities between Kaneisha and Nelly: Both are Black women married to white men (one British, the other Irish).
Oct 6, 2019 · In that role play, Kaneisha (Joaquina Kalukango) takes on the persona of a “disgusting little bed wench” to “Massa Jim” — that is, her husband (Paul Alexander Nolan), putting on a Southern...
Dec 16, 2022 · NEW YORK (AP) — Winning a Tony Award as best lead actress in a musical cemented Joaquina Kalukango’s place in the Broadway firmament. But it also, surprisingly, cemented Kalukango’s belief that she could actually do musicals.
Nov 29, 2021 · Joaquina Kalukango and Amanda Williams on Creative Freedom The ‘Slave Play’ actress and the Chicago-based artist discuss generational gaps, success and the art that brought them each acclaim ...
- Nneka Mcguire
Sep 29, 2022 · Kalukango won this year for her role as Nelly Friedman, the owner of a tavern (the titular Paradise Square) that provides a safe space for free Blacks and Irish immigrants in Civil War-era New York.
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Jun 13, 2022 · Joaquina Kalukango won the Tony Award for best leading actress in a musical on Sunday, earning the honor for her commanding and emotional portrayal of a determined bar owner in “Paradise...
