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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.
The show received mixed reviews from critics, and earned 10 nominations at the 75th Tony Awards, including Best Musical, with Joaquina Kalukango winning Best Actress.
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8 Photos. Joaquina Kalukango was born on 15 February 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for One Night in Miami... (2020), Lovecraft Country (2020) and Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023). More at IMDbPro. Contact info.
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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....
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...
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.
