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Joaquina Kalukango
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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 Act…
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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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2025
Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story
Movie Gloria Gaynor
- 2023
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2023
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
TV show Esme
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2022
Sherri
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
Bring Me to Light
Movie Performer
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2021
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
Movie Mildred Falls
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2020
One Night in Miami...
Movie Betty X
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2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Movie Nonkosi
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2020
Lovecraft Country
TV show Hanna
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2019
Chained for Life
Movie Michelle
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2019
When They See Us
TV show Adelle
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Steal Away
Movie Sarah Sheppard
