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Nikki M. James BIO

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.


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Nikki M. James STAGE CREDITS

Suffs Suffs
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2024
Ida B. Wells
Suffs Suffs
[Off-Broadway]
Public Theater World Premiere Off-Broadway Production, 2022
Ida B. Wells
A Bright Room Called Day A Bright Room Called Day
[Off-Broadway]
Public Theater's Off-Broadway Revival, 2019
Agnes Eggling
I Married an Angel I Married an Angel
[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Concert Revival, 2019
Countess Peggy Palaffi
Twelfth Night Twelfth Night
[Off-Broadway]
The Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park Production, 2018
Viola
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Off-Center Revival, 2017
Viveca
Julius Caesar Julius Caesar
[Off-Broadway]
Shakespeare in the Park Revival, 2017
Portia
Twelfth Night Twelfth Night
[Off-Broadway]
Off-Broadway Public Theater Musical Adaptation, 2016
Viola
Preludes Preludes
[Off-Broadway]
Lincoln Center World Premiere Production, 2015
Natalya
Les Miserables Les Miserables
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2014
Eponine
Fetch Clay, Make Man Fetch Clay, Make Man
[Off-Broadway]
New York Theatre Workshop Production, 2013
Performer
The Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2011
Nabalungi
Walmartopia
[Off-Broadway]
2007
Maia Latrell
The Wiz
[San Diego, CA (Regional)]
La Jolla Revival, 2006
Dorothy
Bernarda Alba
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2006
Adela
Adela
All Shook Up All Shook Up
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2005
Lorraine
Summer
[New York]
Reading, 2003
Charity Royall
House of Flowers
[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Concert, 2003
Ottilie (Violet)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2001
Sabina Temple
Becky Thatcher (Understudy)

Nikki M. James Productions

Once On This IslandOnce On This Island
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Assistant Director

Nikki M. James Movies

Pizza
[ 2005 ] April Snow
Caesar and Cleopatra
[ 2009 ] Cleopatra
All Is Bright
[ 2013 ] Betsy
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
[ 2013 ] Sia
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
[ 2013 ] Sia
Lucky Stiff
[ 2014 ] Annabel Glick
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
[ 2014 ] Sia
Here After
[ 2020 ] Faith
Spoiler Alert
[ 2022 ] Nina

Nikki M. James TV Shows

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jackie, Tamara Bates
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Detective Gail Dunbar, 911 Operator
The Good Fight
Monica Timmons
The Good Wife
Monica Timmons

Nikki M. James Awards and Nominations

Drama League Awards - 2024 - Distinguished Performance

Nikki M. James, Suffs

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Nikki M. James, Suffs

The Lortels - 2023 - Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical

Nikki M. James, SUFFS

Drama League Awards - 2022 - Distinguished Performance Awards

Nikki M. James, SUFFS

Drama League Awards - 2019 - Distinguished Performance Award

Nikki M. James, Twelfth Night

Drama Desk Awards - 2011 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon

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Video: Get an Inside Look at SUFFS' Journey to Broadway Photo
Video: Get an Inside Look at SUFFS' Journey to Broadway

See as Shaina Taub, producer Rachel Sussman, and more discuss Suffs' journey to Broadway! 
Shoshana Bean, Corbin Bleu & More Join 2024 Drama Desk Awards as Presenters Photo
Shoshana Bean, Corbin Bleu & More Join 2024 Drama Desk Awards as Presenters

Additional presenters have been revealed for the 2024 Annual Drama Desk Awards, taking place on Monday, June 10 beginning at 6:15PM at NYU Skirball Center. Learn more about the awards.
Video: Nikki M. James Discusses Playing Ida B. Wells in SUFFS Photo
Video: Nikki M. James Discusses Playing Ida B. Wells in SUFFS

Tony Award-winning performer Nikki M. James stopped by The View to talk about playing journalist Ida B. Wells in the musical Suffs, which is currently playing on Broadway. James has been attached to the project for 7 years but admitted that she didn't know a lot about the woman before taking on the role, for which she has been nominated for a Tony Award. Watch the interview now!
Find Out Who Will Perform at the 2024 Tony Awards Photo
Find Out Who Will Perform at the 2024 Tony Awards

Performance for the 77th Annual Tony Awards have been announced! Check out who will perform (and who won't) on June 16!
Melissa McCarthy Hopes to Return to the Stage After Investing in SUFFS Photo
Melissa McCarthy Hopes to Return to the Stage After Investing in SUFFS

In a new interview, actress and comedian Melissa McCarthy discussed the Broadway musical Suffs (for which she serves as an investor), the power of live theater, and her hopes to return to stage work in the future. Though this is the first time McCarthy has invested in a Broadway show, the actress has a background in theater. She started her acting career onstage and revealed that she hopes to return to her theater roots.
Listen: SUFFS Original Broadway Cast Recording is Available Now Photo
Listen: SUFFS Original Broadway Cast Recording is Available Now

Suffs (Original Broadway Cast Recording), the official musical companion to the 6x Tony Award-nominated new musical from award-winning singer-songwriter Shaina Taub, is available now! Listen to the full album here!
Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick, Montego Glover, and More Will Present at the 2024 D Photo
Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick, Montego Glover, and More Will Present at the 2024 Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk Awards are under a week away, and the presenters for the big night have now been revealed! Learn more about who is presenting here!
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld June 5, 2024 Photo
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld June 5, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 5, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
SUFFS on Broadway- A Complete Guide Photo
SUFFS on Broadway- A Complete Guide

Looking for all the latest info on one of Broadway's hottest shows? BroadwayWorld has the full scoop on everything that you need to know about Suff on Broadway.
ILLINOISE, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG And OH, MARY! Take Top Honors At LGBTQ Critics' Dori Photo
ILLINOISE, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG And OH, MARY! Take Top Honors At LGBTQ Critics' Dorian Theater Awards

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics honored ILLINOISE, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, and OH, MARY! at the Dorian Theater Awards, celebrating the best of Broadway and Off-Broadway for 2023-24.
Video: Watch Nikki M. James Sing 'Wait My Turn' from SUFFS Photo
Video: Watch Nikki M. James Sing 'Wait My Turn' from SUFFS

2024 Tony nominee Nikki M. James just took the stage at the Broadway League Spring Road Conference to perform 'Wait My Turn.' Watch the full video here! 
Video: Nikki M. James- 'All of the Nominees Are Lucky, But I'm Luckier' Photo
Video: Nikki M. James- 'All of the Nominees Are Lucky, But I'm Luckier'

In this video, watch as Tony nominee Nikki M. James chats about Suffs' journey to the stage, why her cast means so much to her, and so much more.
Photos: Senator Cory Booker, Bonnie Milligan, Euan Morton & Iain Armitage Visit SUFFS Photo
Photos: Senator Cory Booker, Bonnie Milligan, Euan Morton & Iain Armitage Visit SUFFS

The Music Box Theatre recently welcomed some very special guests! Cory Booker, Bonnie Milligan, Euan Morton and son, Iain Armitage stopped by to see the six-time Tony-nominated Suffs and posed backstage with the cast afterwards. Check out photos here.
Photos: Inside the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards Photo
Photos: Inside the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Just yesterday, the Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, celebrated the winners of the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards. View a full list of winners and check out photos from inside the special event here.
Photos: Inside Manhattan Theatre Club's 2024 Spring Gala Photo
Photos: Inside Manhattan Theatre Club's 2024 Spring Gala

Manhattan Theatre Club just presented its annual Spring Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street. The evening included performances by the casts of many of this Broadway season’s most acclaimed musicals, including Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Gatsby, The Notebook, The Outsiders, The Who’s Tommy, and Water For Elephants. Check out photos from the big night!
SUFFS Star Hannah Cruz Talks Road To Broadway on THE ART OF KINDNESS Podcast Photo
SUFFS Star Hannah Cruz Talks Road To Broadway on THE ART OF KINDNESS Podcast

The Suffs musical performer discussed making her Broadway debut, battling stage jitters, self-kindness, finding courage, and more under the kindness sun.
Video: The Cast of SUFFS Performs 'G.A.B.' Photo
Video: The Cast of SUFFS Performs 'G.A.B.'

Suffs, the new Broadway musical now in performances at the Music Box Theatre, has shared its first official onstage clip of the musical number “G.A.B.”, which stands for Great American Bitch. Check out the video here!
Shoshana Bean, Nikki M. James, Brody Grant & More Honor Michael Greif on ART OF KIND Photo
Shoshana Bean, Nikki M. James, Brody Grant & More Honor Michael Greif on ART OF KINDNESS Podcast

Tony-nominated stars Shoshana Bean, Nikki M. James, Brody Grant and more honored director Michael Greif on The Art of Kindness with Robert Peterpaul podcast this week. 
Sarah Paulson, HELL'S KITCHEN & More Win 2024 Drama League Awards - See the Full List Photo
Sarah Paulson, HELL'S KITCHEN & More Win 2024 Drama League Awards - See the Full List

The best of Broadway gathers to celebrate the 90th Annual Drama League Awards. BroadwayWorld we be bringing you live updates from inside the ceremony. Check back to find out who takes home the top prizes!
Shaina Taub Reveals Voice Notes from the SUFFS Songwriting Journey Photo
Shaina Taub Reveals Voice Notes from the SUFFS Songwriting Journey

Suffs' book writer and lyricist Shaina Taub recently shared voice note recordings from the writing process. Hear how the musical evolved into what it is today.
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Nikki M. James FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Nikki M. James been in?

Nikki M. James has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.

How many West End shows has Nikki M. James been in?

Nikki M. James has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Nikki M. James been nominated for?

Nikki M. James has been nominated for several awards, including Distinguished Performance at the Drama League Awards for "Suffs," Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Suffs," Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical at The Lortels for "SUFFS," Distinguished Performance Awards at the Drama League Awards for "SUFFS," Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for "Twelfth Night," and Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Book of Mormon."

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