Acting credits
12
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Joaquina Kalukango
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 8Series: 4
TMDB ID: 2429445
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1989
Age: 37
Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2019 - 2025
Years active: 7
Average TMDB rating: 7.14
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Joaquina Kalukango.
Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story
as Gloria Gaynor
2025 Movie
10.0
Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year's Eve Celebration
as Self
2023 Movie
Bring Me to Light
as Performer
2021 Movie
6.7
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
as Mildred Falls
2021 Movie
7.0
One Night in Miami...
as Betty X
2020 Movie
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
as Nonkosi
2020 Movie
6.3
Chained for Life
as Michelle
2019 Movie
Steal Away
as Sarah Sheppard
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Joaquina Kalukango.
