Kara Young — the first Black female actor to be nominated for a Tony Award in four consecutive years — became the first Black person to win two Tonys consecutively with the featured actress in ...

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, in which she plays Aziza, a social worker from Harlem.

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. Photo Courtesy of 'Purpose' on Broadway. Tony winner Kara Young chatted about being a part of the Broadway show “Purpose.” Young on her Tony nomination for ‘Purpose’ ...

Kara Young just became the second Black person to win a consecutive Tony Award winner two years in a row. Young won the award for her role in 'Purpose'. She spoke about the theatre being a safe ...

Earlier tonight at the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Kara Young took home a Tony Award for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play' for her outstanding work in Purpose. After ...

It won best new musical on a night when Kara Young made history as the first Black person to win two Tonys consecutively for “Purpose,” which also won best new play.

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Kara Young accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play for “Purpose” during the 78th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8. AP ...

Young thanked her parents, Jacobs-Jenkins, her cast and director Phylicia Rashad. “Theater is a sacred space that we have to honor and treasure, and it makes us united,” she said.