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 awards, including Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Purlie Victorious," Distinguished Performance at the Drama League Awards for "Purlie Victorious," and Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Purlie Victorious." She was also nominated for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Cost of Living," Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Twelfth Night," Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Cost of Living," and received a Performance Award at the Obie Awards for "Twelfth Night." Additionally, she won Theatre World Awards for "Clyde's" and was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Clyde's."
Kara Young has won the Performance Award (Obie Awards) for her performance in "Twelfth Night" and the Theatre World Award for her role in "Clyde's."
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