Kara Young made her Broadway debut in Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s for which she received a Tony and a Drama Desk Nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play. This year, Young received her second Tony and Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play in the Pulitzer Prize winner, Cost of Living. Her other accolades include: an Obie Award, an Audelco Award and a Drama Desk nomination for her portrayal of Viola in Classical Theatre of Harlem’s, Twelfth Night; the inaugural Florence Mills Rising Star Award from Black Women on Broadway and a Theatre World Award. Her other stage credits include All The Natalie Portmans, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven, The New Englanders, The Revolving Cycles Truly and Steadily Roll’d, Syncing Ink, and Pretty Hunger. She will next appear as a series regular in the highly anticipated Amazon series, “I’m a Virgo,” created by Boots Riley. Previous TV credits include: HBO Max’s “The Staircase;” Amazon’s feature “Chemical Hearts;” HBO’s “Random Acts of Flyness;” and Netflix’s “The Punisher.”
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Kara Young, Purlie Victorious
Kara Young, Purlie Victorious
Kara Young, Purlie Victorious
Kara Young, Purlie Victorious
Kara Young, Cost of Living
Kara YoungTwelfth Night
Kara Young, Cost of Living
Kara YoungTwelfth Night
Kara Young, Clyde's
Kara Young, Clyde's
Kara Young has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.
Kara Young has not appeared in the West End.
Kara Young has been nominated for several prestigious awards throughout her career. These include Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Purlie Victorious," Distinguished Performance at the Drama League Awards for the same production, and Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Purlie Victorious." She was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Purlie Victorious" and "Cost of Living." Additionally, Young received nominations for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Twelfth Night" and a Performance Award at the Obie Awards for the same production. She also won the Theatre World Awards for her performance in "Clyde's" and was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for the same show.
Kara Young has won the Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play award from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Purlie Victorious," a Performance Award from the Obie Awards for "Twelfth Night," and a Theatre World Award from the Theatre World Awards for "Clyde's."
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