---
name: "Joaquina Kalukango"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joaquina-kalukango"
fi1m_id: "joaquina-kalukango"
imdb_id: "nm8021445"
tmdb_id: 2429445
wikidata_id: "Q28007216"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 September 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T01:30:48.118996+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joaquina Kalukango

## Identity

Joaquina Kalukango

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joaquina-kalukango
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joaquina-kalukango
- **IMDb ID:** nm8021445
- **TMDB ID:** 2429445
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28007216
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquina_Kalukango, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28007216, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8021445/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2429445

Actor. Born 2 September 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 September 1989, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **SAG Awards:** 1 SAG Award nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 79 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquina_Kalukango, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28007216, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8021445/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2429445

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*One Night in Miami...*](https://film.one/film/one-night-in-miami.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, broadwayworld.com, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), Fi1m 74, as Hanna — [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)
- *One Night in Miami...* (2020), Fi1m 84, as Betty X — [page](https://film.one/film/one-night-in-miami.md)
- *When They See Us* (2019), Fi1m 84, as Adelle — [page](https://film.one/tv/when-they-see-us.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story* (2025), as Gloria Gaynor
- *Lawmen: Bass Reeves* (2023), series, as Esme
- *Bring Me to Light* (2021), as Performer
- *Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia* (2021), as Mildred Falls
- *One Night in Miami...* (2020), as Betty X — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/one-night-in-miami.md)
- *Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens* (2020), as Nonkosi
- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), series, as Hanna — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)
- *Chained for Life* (2019), as Michelle
- *When They See Us* (2019), series, as Adelle — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/when-they-see-us.md)
- *Steal Away*, as Sarah Sheppard

## Awards

### SAG Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2021: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (nominated), for *One Night in Miami...*

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 2022: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (won)
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play 2012: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Theatre World Award 2012: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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