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Joaquina Kalukango
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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. 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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Gloria Gaynor
Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story
2025
10.0
Self
Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Celebration
2023
7.1
Esme
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
2023
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Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
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Herself
Bring Me to Light
2021
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Mildred Falls
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
2021
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Betty X
One Night in Miami...
2020
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Nonkosi
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
7.2
Hanna
Lovecraft Country
2020
6.3
Michelle
Chained for Life
2019
Credits
Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story
as Gloria Gaynor
2025
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Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Celebration
as Self
2023
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Lawmen: Bass Reeves
as Esme
2023
7.1
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
4.2
Bring Me to Light
as Herself
2021
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Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
as Mildred Falls
2021
6.5
One Night in Miami...
as Betty X
2020
7.0
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
as Nonkosi
2020
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Lovecraft Country
as Hanna
2020
7.2
Chained for Life
as Michelle
2019
6.3
When They See Us
as Adelle
2019
8.2
Steal Away
as Sarah Sheppard
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