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LaChanze

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American actress, singer, and dancer

United StatesActorsBorn 1961 · age 64
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LaChanze Sapp-Gooding, known professionally as LaChanze, is an American actress, theater producer, singer, and dancer. She won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2006 for her role as Celie Harris Johnson in The Color Purple.

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Filmography 19

The Help2011 · ★ 8.2
Hercules1997 · ★ 7.5
Side Effects2013 · ★ 6.6
Highest 2 Lowest2025 · ★ 5.5
For Love or Money1993 · ★ 6.2
Genie2023 · ★ 6.5
Leap of Faith1992 · ★ 5.8
Birth/Rebirth2023 · ★ 6.5
Hercules: Zero to Hero1999 · ★ 6.5
Diane2019
My New Gun1992
Breaking Upwards2009
Lucy2003
David Searching1997
Heartbreak Hospital2002
A Magical Walt Disney World Christmas1997
By Any Means2026
Broadway: The Next Generation
Broadway's Leading Ladies2025

36 credits on file

Television 14

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
The Blacklist2013
Person of Interest2011
The View1997
Sex and the City1998
The Cosby Show1984
The Good Fight2017
Tamron Hall2019
Hercules1998
The Night Of2016
New York Undercover1994
East New York2022
The Underground Railroad2021
Stars in the House2020

Awards 5

2023Tony Award for Best Musical
2023Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
2006Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
2005Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress
1991Theatre World Award

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LaChanze Sapp-Gooding, known professionally as LaChanze, is an American actress, theater producer, singer, and dancer. She won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2006 for her role as Celie Harris Johnson in The Color Purple. LaChanze has subsequently received four more Tony Awards for co-producing Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, The Outsiders, and Purpose.

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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 64
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12 languages

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