Hair & Wig Designer

Nikiya
Mathis

(she/her)

Nikiya Mathis made Broadway history as the first wig designer to receive a Special Tony Award for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh. A classically trained actress with an M.F.A. from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, she has recurred in Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz), Love Life (HBO), Snowfall (FX), BrainDead (CBS), and appeared in The Blacklist, Chicago Med, New Amsterdam, Blue Bloods, The Night Of, and more. Off-Broadway, she originated the roles of “Shun” and “Shaunta Iyun” in the world premieres of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Play trilogy, “Shanita” in Dominique Morrisseau’s Skeleton Crew, and “Margie” in Milk Like Sugar by Kirsten Greenidge. Her Broadway wig design credits include School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play; The Imaginary Invalid; Cats: The Jellicle Ball; Liberation; Purpose; Home; The Heart of Rock and Roll; Once Upon a One More Time; Death of a Salesman; and more. Upcoming: Warriors (the new Lin-Manuel Miranda musical). She has earned the Obie Award, two Henry Hewes Design Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, and Black Women on Broadway’s Kathy A. Perkins Award and teaches nationwide. @nikiyamathis | @our_black_tresses

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