She wore a dramatic black and white menswear-inspired look for the occasion and jewelry so good that it deserved its own Tony ...

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 ...

Purpose, nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Play and, for Young, Best Featured Actress in a Play. Purpose was recently extended eight weeks and now runs through August 31 at Broadway ...

More Kara Young made Tony Award history as the first Black performer to win back-to-back Kara Young snagged the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ...

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 ...

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 at the 2025 Tony Awards by becoming the first Black performer to win a Tony two years in a row. She earned Best Featured Actress in a Play for Purpose, portraying Aziza, a ...

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.

Broadway’s it-girl Kara Young just made history again. And we’re cheering from the front row. On Sunday, June 8, Kara made history as the first Black performer to win a Tony Award two years in ...

Kara Young accepts the Tony Award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play for “Purpose” onstage during the 78th Annual Tony Awards telecast Sunday night from New York City.