About

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18
Birthday:
1981-06-03
Place of birth:
Summit, New Jersey, USA
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Nikki M. James

Overview

Nikki Michelle James (born June 3, 1981) is an American actress, director, and singer. James has performed in the popular stage musicals The Book of Mormon, Les Misérables, and Suffs, earning a Tony Award for The Book of Mormon.

James was born to immigrant parents, a Vincentian father and a Haitian mother who settled in New Jersey in pursuit of the American dream. James grew up in Livingston, New Jersey, where she would graduate from Livingston High School. As a child, she sang and acted in church and in school performances. She was nominated for a Rising Star Award at Paper Mill Playhouse for her performance as Dolly Levi in high school. She later attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

James made her Broadway debut in the ill-fated The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and starred as Ottilie in the New York City Centre Encores! production of House of Flowers. She played Adela in the Off-Broadway run of Michael John LaChiusa's musical adaptation of Bernarda Alba and appeared in the Broadway cast of All Shook Up.

James played Dorothy in the revival of The Wiz at La Jolla Playhouse and also starred in Romeo and Juliet and Caesar and Cleopatra at the Stratford Festival with Christopher Plummer. For her performance as Nabulungi in The Book of Mormon, she won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. During that run, she took a leave in June 2012 to film a screen version of Lucky Stiff. From 2014 to January 2015, she played Éponine in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables.

In July 2017, James starred in the New York City Centre Encores! staged concert of The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin. In 2024 she began starring as journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells in the musical Suffs. James was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance.

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Known for

Acting

2025 Daredevil: Born Again Actor Kirsten Mcduffie 78
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2022 Spoiler Alert Actor Nina 61
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2022 Andy Mientus sings Joni Mitchell’s Ladies of the Canyon Actor Self N/A
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2020 Checklist Actor N/A
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2020 The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America Actor Lumen 59
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2020 Faraway Eyes Actor Faith 58
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2019 Proven Innocent Actor Violet Bell 72
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2016 BrainDead Actor Rochelle Daudier 71
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2014 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him Actor Sia 61
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2014 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her Actor Sia 61
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2014 Lucky Stiff Actor Annabel Glick 58
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2014 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them Actor Sia 59
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2013 All Is Bright Actor Betsy 57
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2011 The Book of Mormon Actor Nabulungi N/A
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2009 Caesar and Cleopatra Actor Cleopatra N/A
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2007 Walmartopia Actor Maia Lettrell N/A
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2005 Pizza Actor April Snow 58
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Directing

2020 Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol Directing Assistant Director 58
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