Kara Young, right, pictured at the 2025 Met Gala, and at a Tony nominees luncheon with her dad, Klay. Family and community are what keep her centered amid all the chaos of this current Tony season.

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’s work in the play “Purpose” has earned her a Tony Award nomination and a chance to make history.

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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.

NEW YORK (AP) — Don't bother asking Kara Young which one of her roles is her favorite. They're all her favorite. “Every single time I’m doing a show, I feel like it is the most important ...

Kara Young appears at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" exhibition on May 5, 2025, in New York.

NEW YORK – Don't bother asking Kara Young which one of her roles is her favorite. They're all her favorite. “Every single time I’m doing a show, I feel like it is the most important thing on ...

Kara Young, Already on a Broadway Streak, Could Make Tony History With Her Role in 'Purpose' NEW YORK (AP) — Don't bother asking Kara Young which one of her roles is her favorite. They're all ...

NEW YORK – Don't bother asking Kara Young which one of her roles is her favorite. They're all her favorite. “Every single time I’m doing a show, I feel like it is the most important thing on ...