LaChanze

Born: 1961-12-16, St. Augustine, Florida, USA

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

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
• The Blacklist (2013)
• Person of Interest (2011)
• The Cosby Show (1984)
• Sex and the City (1998)
• The Good Fight (2017)
• By Any Means (2026)
• New York Undercover (1994)
• Hercules (1997)
• The Night Of (2016)
• The Help (2011)
• Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
• Side Effects (2013)
• For Love or Money (1993)
• Genie (2023)
• Birth/Rebirth (2023)
• Leap of Faith (1992)
• Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999)
• My New Gun (1992)
• Heartbreak Hospital (2002)
• Breaking Upwards (2009)
• David Searching (1997)