Joaquina Kalukango

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 fr

🎬 Movies (7)

Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story

2025

Gloria Gaynor

Seriez Rating: ★ 7/10

Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year's Eve Celebration

2023

Self

Seriez Rating: ★ 10/10

Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

2021

Mildred Falls

Seriez Rating: ★ 6.7/10

Bring Me to Light

2021

Performer

Seriez Rating: ★ 0/10

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

2020

Nonkosi

Seriez Rating: ★ 0/10

One Night in Miami...

2020

Betty X

Seriez Rating: ★ 7/10

Chained for Life

2019

Michelle

Seriez Rating: ★ 6.3/10

📺 TV Shows (4)

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

2023

Esme

Seriez Rating: ★ 6.9/10

Sherri

2022

Self - Guest

Seriez Rating: ★ 2.6/10

Lovecraft Country

2020

Hanna

Seriez Rating: ★ 7.1/10

When They See Us

2019

Adelle

Seriez Rating: ★ 8.2/10