
LaChanze
Known for: Acting
Born: December 16, 1961
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).
Known for

Broadway's Leading Ladies
2025

Lucy
2003

For Love or Money
1993

Birth/Rebirth
2023

Breaking Upwards
2009

Genie
2023

Highest 2 Lowest
2025

Leap of Faith
1992

David Searching
1997

A Magical Walt Disney World Christmas
1997

By Any Means
2026

Heartbreak Hospital
2002

My New Gun
1992

Hercules
1997

The Cosby Show
1984

The View
1997

The Blacklist
2013

Tamron Hall
2019

New York Undercover
1994

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

The Underground Railroad
2021

Sex and the City
1998

Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999

Person of Interest
2011

Hercules
1998

Diane
2019

East New York
2022

Stars in the House
2020

The Good Fight
2017

The Help
2011

The Night Of
2016

Side Effects
2013

Broadway: The Next Generation