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Biography
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.
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Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Musical · 2022
- Theatre World Award · 2012
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2021 · nominated
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play · 2012 · nominated
Filmography7 titles
When They See Us
2019as Adelle
2019as Adelle
Lovecraft Country
2020as Hanna
2020as Hanna
Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story
2025as Gloria Gaynor
2025as Gloria Gaynor
One Night in Miami...
2020as Betty X
2020as Betty X
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
2021as Mildred Falls
2021as Mildred Falls
Chained for Life
2018as Michelle
2018as Michelle
Sherri
2022as Self - Guest
2022as Self - Guest