Renée Elise Goldsberry

Actress

Born: January 2, 1971 (55 years old)

Place of birth: San Jose, California, USA

Biography

Renée Elise Goldsberry (born January 2, 1971) is an American actress, singer and songwriter, known for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway musical Hamilton, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Her other Broadway credits include Nettie Harris in the original Broadway cast of The Color Purple, Mimi Márquez in Rent, and Nala in The Lion King. She has portrayed many roles on television, including Geneva Pine on The Good Wife, and Evangeline Williamson on One Life to Live, for which she received two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series nominations.

Filmography (45)

• tick, tick... BOOM! (2021, ★ 7.6)
• Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008, ★ 7.9)
• Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation (2024, ★ 7.8)
• Waves (2019, ★ 7.4)
• Hamilton (2025, ★ 7.7)
• Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing (2020, ★ 7.3)
• White Collar (2009, ★ 8.2)
• Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You (2020, ★ 7)
• Hamilton's America (2016, ★ 6.6)
• Star Trek: Enterprise (2001, ★ 7.5)
• Ally McBeal (1997, ★ 6.5)
• The Following (2013, ★ 6.9)
• Centaurworld (2021, ★ 7.4)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999, ★ 7.9)
• Altered Carbon (2018, ★ 7.6)
• The Good Wife (2009, ★ 7.6)
• The Get Down (2016, ★ 7.3)
• Evil (2019, ★ 7.8)
• Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020, ★ 7.5)
• Every Secret Thing (2014, ★ 6.1)
• Pistol Whipped (2008, ★ 5.5)
• Sisters (2015, ★ 6)
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017, ★ 6.4)
• Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway (2017, ★ 6.4)
• The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018, ★ 6.2)
• A House of Dynamite (2025, ★ 6.4)
• Masters of Sex (2013, ★ 7.1)
• Documentary Now! (2015, ★ 7.1)
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022, ★ 6.1)
• Younger (2015, ★ 6.8)