Joaquina Kalukango
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday2 September 1989 (37 years old)
Place of birthAtlanta, Georgia, USA
Known credits12
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. 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 Stat…
Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story
2025 · Gloria Gaynor
Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year's Eve Celebration
2023 · Self
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
2023 · Esme
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022 · Self - Guest
Bring Me to Light
2021 · Performer
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
2021 · Mildred Falls
One Night in Miami...
2020 · Betty X
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020 · Nonkosi
Lovecraft Country
2020 · Hanna
Chained for Life
2019 · Michelle
When They See Us
2019 · Adelle
Steal Away
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