Biography
Joaquina Kalukango is an American actor and singer. She graduated from the Juilliard School and was a 2007 YoungArts alumnus.
She is known for her stage work, winning the 2022 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Nelly O'Brien in Paradise Square and receiving a 2020 Tony nomination for Slave Play. On screen, her credits include When They See Us (2019), Chained for Life (2019), One Night in Miami... (2020) as Betty X, Lovecraft Country (2020), and Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023).
Kalukango is of Angolan descent; her parents arrived in the United States as political refugees.
