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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.
- Actor, singer
- 2011–present
Feb 21, 2024 · 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...
Feb 25, 2022 · Joaquina Kalukango as Nelly O’Brien, whose bar in Civil War-era Manhattan serves as the center of gravity for an integrated neighborhood of Black Americans and Irish immigrants. Kevin Berne....
Joaquina is a 2021 SAG Award nominee for Cast in a Motion Picture for her role as Betty X opposite Kingsley Ben-Adir in Regina King’s directorial debut, One Night in Miami. Additionally, she...
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Joaquina Kalukano was seen on Broadway in the Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning revival of The Color Purple (Dec 10, 2015 - Jan 08, 2017) as Nettie. Her other Broadway credits include Holler If You Hear Me (Jun 19, 2014 - Jul 20, 2014) andGodspell(Nov 07, 2011 - Jun 24, 2012). Off-Broadway, she was seen in: 1. The Red Letter Plays: F-ing A(Signa...
Drama Desk Award (2012) - She was nominated for the Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play award for her role inHurt Village.Theatre World Awards (2012) - Won the Theatre World Award for her role in Hurt Village.Helen Hayes Awards (2014) - Won theOutstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play award.Outer Critics Circle Awards (2020) - Won the Outstanding Actress in a Play award for her role in Slave Play.In February 2016, the ex-boyfriend of The Color Purple actress was arrested near her theatre after allegedly threatening her on Facebook and in text messages that said "she'll feel it soon and you all will regret what you did," "The main event is coming just be patient," "Somebody's going to die," and "Pay for security." Joaquina told producing gro...
May 7, 2022 · Joaquina Kalukango as Nelly O'Brien in 'Paradise Square'. Julieta Cervantes. Kalukango plays dynamo bar owner Nelly O’Brien. The time is 1863. O’Brien, whose father escaped slavery, lives in ...
Dec 16, 2022 · 15) Photos. 5. By Mark Kennedy. Published 1:15 PM PDT, December 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.
