Kara Young
Biography
Kara Young is an American actress whose stage work has earned her two Tony Awards. Born and raised in Harlem, she graduated from the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts and made her stage debut in Patricia Ione Lloyd's Pretty Hunger at the Public Theater in 2016. She joined the LAByrinth Theater Company in 2017 and gained attention as Viola in a 2022 off-Broadway revival of Twelfth Night. Young made her Broadway debut in November 2021 as a single mother in Lynn Nottage's Clyde's, earning a Tony nomination, and received another nomination for Martyna Majok's Cost of Living. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Purlie Victorious in 2024 and for Purpose in 2025, becoming the first Black actress to win consecutive Tony Awards and the first to be nominated for the award four consecutive years.
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 6 years2020 to 2026
Every film, newest first
- 2026I Love BoostersIMDb rating 6.6
- 2026Is God IsIMDb rating 6.5
- 2024We StrangersIMDb rating 5.4
- 2022MasterIMDb rating 5.3
- 2020Chemical HeartsIMDb rating 6.3
Genres
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Worked with
Kara Young shares two films with Bruce Altman, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bruce Altman's page
Vivica A. Fox's page
Demi Moore's page
Don Cheadle's page
Viggo Mortensen's page
Mykelti Williamson's page
All films by Richard Tanne
All films by Boots Riley
Aleshea HarrisDirector, 1 film, 2026
All films by Aleshea Harris
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.