LaChanze
Known for: Acting
Born: December 16, 1961
Place of birth: St. Augustine, Florida, USA
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).
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Filmography
19 movies · 14 TV shows, newest first
10.0
By Any Means
2026
NR
Broadway's Leading Ladies
2025
5.5
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
6.5
Genie
2023
6.5
Birth/Rebirth
2023
7.1
East New York
2022
7.2
The Underground Railroad
2021
NR
Stars in the House
2020
4.5
Tamron Hall
2019
6.1
Diane
2019
7.6
The Good Fight
2017
8.0
The Night Of
2016
7.6
The Blacklist
2013
6.6
Side Effects
2013
8.1
Person of Interest
2011
8.2
The Help
2011
5.4
Breaking Upwards
2009
6.7
Lucy
2003
7.3
Heartbreak Hospital
2002
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
6.5
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
6.9
Hercules
1998
7.4
Sex and the City
1998
9.0
A Magical Walt Disney World Christmas
1997
4.3
The View
1997
7.5
Hercules
1997
5.6
David Searching
1997
7.3
New York Undercover
1994
6.2
For Love or Money
1993
5.8
Leap of Faith
1992
4.1
My New Gun
1992
7.0
The Cosby Show
1984
NR
Broadway: The Next Generation
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