LaChanze

Actress

Born: December 16, 1961 (64 years old)

Place of birth: 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 (25)

• Hercules (1997, ★ 7.5)
• The Help (2011, ★ 8.2)
• The Blacklist (2013, ★ 7.6)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999, ★ 7.9)
• The Underground Railroad (2021, ★ 7.2)
• Sex and the City (1998, ★ 7.4)
• Person of Interest (2011, ★ 8.1)
• New York Undercover (1994, ★ 7.1)
• East New York (2022, ★ 7.1)
• The Good Fight (2017, ★ 7.5)
• The Night Of (2016, ★ 8)
• For Love or Money (1993, ★ 6.2)
• Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999, ★ 6.5)
• Birth/Rebirth (2023, ★ 6.5)
• Leap of Faith (1992, ★ 5.8)
• Genie (2023, ★ 6.6)
• Lucy (2003, ★ 6.6)
• Side Effects (2013, ★ 6.6)
• Breaking Upwards (2009, ★ 5.4)
• Diane (2019, ★ 6.1)
• The Cosby Show (1984, ★ 7)
• Hercules (1998, ★ 6.9)
• David Searching (1997, ★ 4.9)
• Highest 2 Lowest (2025, ★ 5.5)
• My New Gun (1992, ★ 4.1)