Nikki Renée Daniels
Acting

Nikki Renée Daniels

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Biography

Nikki Renée Daniels is an acclaimed Broadway actress and concert soloist. She recently finished a run as Lady Larken in the Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress. You may have seen Nikki featured in the PBS concert specials: Broadway’s Brightest Lights and Black Broadway: A Proud History, a Limitless Future. She played Eve/Mama Noah in Children of Eden at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, Angelica Schuyler in the Chicago company of Hamilton, and Jenny in the Tony-Award winning Broadway revival of Company. She has done 12 Broadway shows, including The Book of Mormon (Nabulungi), The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Clara) Les Misérables (Fantine), Anything Goes, Promises Promises and Lestat. Nikki played Martha Jefferson in 1776 at Encores, and Rose Lennox in The Secret Garden at David Geffen Hall. She made her New York City Opera debut as Clara in Porgy and Bess. Nikki’s regional credits include Emmie in Caroline or Change at the Guthrie; Sarah in Ragtime at North Shore Music Theater; Belle in Beauty and the Beast at Sacramento Music Circus and Hope in Anything Goes at Williamstown Theater Festival. She has been seen on TV in “Billions,” “The Equalizer,” “Madam Secretary” and “The Sound of Music: Live.” She was also a part of the Vocal Ensemble in the blockbuster film Wicked. Nikki has performed as a soloist with symphony orchestras across the country, around the world, and at Carnegie Hall.

Known For

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971 • TV

Madam Secretary

Madam Secretary

2014 • TV

Lynn Ahrens: A Lyric Life

Lynn Ahrens: A Lyric Life

2020 • Movie

Jule Styne and His Many Lyricists: Distant Melody

Jule Styne and His Many Lyricists: Distant Melody

2020 • Movie

Modern Love

Modern Love

2019 • TV

Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt: Simple Little Things

Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt: Simple Little Things

2020 • Movie

Movie Credits (11)

Acting

2020

Lynn Ahrens: A Lyric Life

2020

Jule Styne and His Many Lyricists: Distant Melody

2020

Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt: Simple Little Things

2020

George Gershwin: Bidin' My Time

2020

Rodgers, Rodgers & Guettel: Statues and Stories

Broadway's Brightest Lights

as Performer

2013

The Sound of Music Live!

as Chorus

2022

Keeping Company with Sondheim

as Self / Jenny

2023

Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future

as Self

2020

The Theme From...: Songs Written for Film

2023

Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert

as Sarah

TV Credits (3)

Acting

1971

Great Performances

as Self

1 episodes

2014

Madam Secretary

as News Journalist

1 episodes

2019

Modern Love

as Mom

1 episodes

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Popularity
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Career Stats

11
Movies
3
TV Shows