Nikki M. James
Biography
Broadway: The Book of Mormon (Tony Award), Les Misérables, All Shook Up, …Tom Sawyer. Favorite Theater Credits: Tony Kushner’s A Bright Room Called Day (The Public), Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Encores!), Romeo & Juliet, Caesar & Cleopatra (Stratford Theater), Julius Caesar and Shaina Taub’s Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park), Bernarda Alba (Lincoln Center), Preludes (LCT3). Notable TV/Film: “Daredevil: Born Again” (Disney+), “Severance” (AppleTV+), “Proven Innocent” (FOX), “Braindead” (CBS), Spoiler Alert (Focus). BFA from NYU’s Tisch. A proud mama, wife, New Yorker, voter. As always, for Poppy.
Credits
Suffs, Once on the Island, Les Misérables, The Book of Mormon, All Shook Up, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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