Kara Young has made history. On Sunday night, Young won her second Tony Award for best actress in a featured role in a play for the show Purpose, which she plays Aziza, a social worker from Harlem. The victory marked the first time that a Black performer has won a Tony Award two years in a row. Young has been nominated for four years in a row.

"Succession" star Sarah Snook took home the Tony Award trophy for leading actress in a play for her tireless work in "The Picture of Dorian Gray," while Kara Young became became the first Black person to win two Tonys consecutively.