Nikki Renée Daniels

Nikki Renée Daniels is a stage actress best known for her performances in musicals on Broadway, including as Nabulungi in The Book of Mormon.

Early life and education Daniels was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to a mother who taught preschool and a father who managed a meat packing company. She started singing at the age of 13 and attended a performing arts high school in Atlanta. She earned a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music.

Career Daniels moved to New York City and made her Broadway debut in the musical Aida in 2000. Over the next decade, her Broadway credits included Nine (2003) as Renata, The Look of Love (2003) as Pit Singer, Little Shop of Horrors (2004) as the understudy for Chiffon, Crystal and Ronnette, Lestat (2006) as Eleni. Further Broadway roles were in |Promises, Promises (2010) as Barbara, Anything Goes (2011) as the understudy for Hope, The Book of Mormon (2014–2018) as Nabulungi, Company (2021–2022) as Jenny and understudy for Bobbie (the first Black actor to play Bobbie on Broadway) and Once Upon a Mattress (2024), as Lady Larken. and Hamilton as Angelica Schuyler (2019, CIBC Theatre, Chicago).

Theatre credits

Film

Recordings Her debut solo album, Home, was released in 2012, to generally positive reviews. Tituss Burgess and Jeff Kready each featured on a song.

Concerts Children and Art (Stephen Sondheim 75th birthday tribute; New Amsterdam Theatre, 2005) 1776 as Martha Jefferson (Encores!, New York City Center, 2016) Do You Hear the People Sing? (Hollywood Bowl, 2024) Children of Eden as Eve/Mama Noah (Lincoln Center, David Geffen Hall, 2024) Follies (Carnegie Hall, 2024) Broadway Backwards (Gershwin Theatre, 2025)

Honors and awards

Personal life Daniels is married to actor Jeff Kready, whom she met during the 2006 Broadway revival of Les Misérables. The couple wed in 2009 and have two children.