LaChanze
Born: 1961-12-16 in St. Augustine, Florida, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rhonda LaChanze Sapp (born December 16, 1961), known professionally as LaChanze, 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. She is also known for The Help (2011), Hercules (1997), and Hercules (1998).
Filmography
2025
- Highest 2 Lowest as Sgt. Bell
- Broadway's Leading Ladies as Self
2023
- Genie as Grandma Patty
- Birth/Rebirth as Colleen
2022
- East New York as Simone Bentley
2021
- The Underground Railroad as Ms Reva
2020
- Stars in the House as Self
2019
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- Diane as Jennifer
2017
2016
- The Night Of as Dwight's Mom
2013
- The Blacklist as Anne
- Side Effects as Wards Island Desk Nurse
2011
- Person of Interest as Mona
- The Help as Rachel
2009
- Breaking Upwards as Maggie
2003
- Lucy as Harriett
2002
- Heartbreak Hospital as Lisa
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ms. Pivik
- Hercules: Zero to Hero as Terpsichore, Muse of Dance (voice) (archive sound)
1998
- Sex and the City as Hostess
- Hercules as Terpsichore (voice)
1997
- The View as Self
- Hercules as Terpsichore the Muse of Dance (voice)
- David Searching as God Truth
1994
1993
- For Love or Money as Nora
1992
- Leap of Faith as Georgette
- My New Gun as Kelly Jane
1984
- The Cosby Show as Sylvia