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On Sunday night, Young won her second Tony Award for best actress in a featured role in a play for the show Purpose, in which she plays Aziza, a social worker from Harlem. The victory marked the first ...
She wore a dramatic black and white menswear-inspired look for the occasion and jewelry so good that it deserved its own Tony ...
Kara Young snagged the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose. In it, she plays Aziza, a Harlem social worker.
Kara Young has already made Tony Award history by becoming the first Black person to receive Tony acting nominations in four consecutive years.
Kara Young recently starred on Broadway as ‘Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins’ in Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, for which she won a 2024 Tony Award for Best ...
Kara Young made history as the first Black performer to win a Tony Award two years in a row. But that's not all—this year's red carpet was full of standout fashion moments, Black excellence, and ...
For Tony Award Winner Kara Young, ‘Purpose’ Is History-making. Kristen Tauer. Thu, June 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM UTC. 6 min read. Kara Young is on a roll.
Maybe Happy Ending,” a rom-com about androids that crackles with humanity, had a definite happy ending at Sunday’s Tony ...
Tony Award winner Kara Young poses for a portrait in New York. Young is surrounded by an astounding, first-rate ensemble that includes Alana Arenas, LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Glenn Davis.
Kara Young, Already on a Broadway Streak, Could Make Tony History With Her Role in 'Purpose' Kara Young’s work in the play “Purpose” has earned her a Tony Award nomination and a chance to ...
Kara Young has made history. On Sunday night, Young won her second Tony Award for best actress in a featured role in a play for the show Purpose, which she plays Aziza, a social worker from Harlem .
Kara Young is on a roll. Four Broadway shows in four years, with Tony nominations for each of those performances, she's one of two actresses to have achieved the feat of four consecutive nominations.