Kara can next be seen starring in the feature film Is God Is. She can also be seen in Boots Riley’s I’m a Virgo for Prime Video, which earned her an Indie Spirit Nomination for Best ...

I’m a Virgo follows a 13-foot-tall Black boy named Cootie (played by Jharrel Jerome) living in Oakland, and Young plays Jones, a queer communist activist who befriends him. Jones is particularly ...

Tony Awards 2025: From Francis Jue's tux to a musical cut-off in Kara Young's speech | Check key moments With Wicked star Cynthia Erivo at the helm, the evening unfolded as a stirring tribute to ...

To those who don't feel seen, I see you.” Kara Young's speech was cut short by Cynthia Erivo's song Kara Young accepts the Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play award for ...

NEW YORK — The best new play trophy at Sunday’s Tony Awards went to “Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing-room drama about an accomplished Black family exposing hypocrisy and ...

Young — already the first Black female actor to be nominated for a Tony in four consecutive years — made history after nabbing the featured actress in a play trophy for her work in “Purpose.” ...

Kara Young accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play for "Purpose" during the 78th annual Tony Awards on Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

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.