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LaChanze

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Actress / Television Actress | * 12/16/1961 (62) | St. Augustine, Florida (United States of America (USA))
LaChanze Sapp-Gooding, known professionally as LaChanze (born December 16, 1961), is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical in 2006 for her role as Celie Harris Johnson in The Color Purple. In 2023, LaChanze received two more Tony Awards, this time as a producer. She served as co-producer on Kimberly Akimbo, which won the Tony for Best New Musical and Topdog/Underdog, which won for Best Revival of a Play. ()

Rhonda LaChanze Sapp (born December 16, 1961), known professionally as LaChanze, is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She won theTony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musicalin2006for her role as Celie Harris Johnson inThe Color Purple. She is also known for The Help (2011), Hercules (1997), and Hercules (1998).

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended ...

The Help

PG-13

2011 | 4.1/5 | 2h 26min
Drama
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In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squ ...

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV-14

1999- | 4.0/5 | 43min per episode
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metap ...

The Underground Railroad

TV-MA

2021 | 3.7/5
Drama
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Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dang ...

The Blacklist

TV-14

2013 | 3.8/5 | 43min per episode
Drama, Crime, Mystery
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Awards & Nominations for LaChanze

Theatre World Award Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
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Movies with LaChanze as Actress(13)

as Colleen2023 Birth/Rebirth
2023 Genie
as Jennifer2019 Diane
as Wards Island Desk Nurse2013 Side Effects
as Rachel2011 The Help
as Maggie2009 Breaking Upwards
as Harriett2003 Lucy
as Lisa2002 Heartbreak Hospital
as God Truth1997 David Searching
as Terpsichore the Muse of Dance (voice)1997 Hercules
as Nora1993 For Love or Money
as Georgette1992 Leap of Faith
as Kelly Jane1992 My New Gun

TV Shows/Series with LaChanze as Actress(14)

as Simone Bentley2022 East New York
as Ms Reva2021 The Underground Railroad
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as herself2018 Hot Stuff: Backstage at 'Summer' with Ariana DeBose
as Julius' Wife2017 The Good Fight
as Anne2013 The Blacklist
as Ms. Pivik1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as President Rosa Freeman1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Amber1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Hostess1998 Sex and the City
as Terpsichore (voice)1998 Hercules
as herself1997 The View
1994 New York Undercover
1984 The Cosby Show

Full Name: Rhonda Sapp
Born: Saturday, 12/16 1961 (December) in St. Augustine, Florida (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 62 years + 129 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: The University of the Arts, Morgan State University
Spouses (current/former): Derek Fordjour
Children: Celia Rose Gooding
Other names for LaChanze (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Rhonda LaChanze Sapp"
LaChanze frequently works together with these people:
Lou Martini Jr. (8x, Actor)
Dan Castellaneta (7x, Actor)
Chandra Wilson (7x, Actress)
Dick Wolf (7x, Crew)
Brad Garrett (7x, Actor)
Terry Serpico (7x, Actor)
William M. Finkelstein (7x, Crew)
Kathleen Chalfant (7x, Actress)
Robert Turano (6x, Actor)
Manny Pérez (6x, Actor)
J. R. Orci (6x, Crew)
Daryl Wein (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:617224, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024