Person
LaChanze
Acting · Born 1961-12-16 · 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).
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ms. Pivik
The Blacklist
Anne
Person of Interest
Mona
The View
Self
Sex and the City
Hostess
The Cosby Show
Sylvia
The Good Fight
2017
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
Hercules
Terpsichore (voice)
New York Undercover
1994
Filmography
- 2026By Any Means
- 2025Broadway's Leading LadiesSelf
- 2025Highest 2 LowestSgt. Bell
- 2023GenieGrandma Patty
- 2023Birth/RebirthColleen
- 2022East New YorkSimone Bentley
- 2021The Underground RailroadMs Reva
- 2020Stars in the HouseSelf
- 2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest
- 2019DianeJennifer
- 2017The Good Fight
- 2016The Night OfDwight's Mom
- 2013The BlacklistAnne
- 2013Side EffectsWards Island Desk Nurse
- 2011Person of InterestMona
- 2011The HelpRachel
- 2009Breaking UpwardsMaggie
- 2003LucyHarriett
- 2002Heartbreak HospitalLisa
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMs. Pivik
- 1999Hercules: Zero to HeroTerpsichore, Muse of Dance (voice) (archive sound)
- 1998HerculesTerpsichore (voice)
- 1998Sex and the CityHostess
- 1997A Magical Walt Disney World ChristmasSelf
- 1997The ViewSelf
- 1997HerculesTerpsichore the Muse of Dance (voice)
- 1997David SearchingGod Truth
- 1994New York Undercover
- 1993For Love or MoneyNora
- 1992Leap of FaithGeorgette
- 1992My New GunKelly Jane
- 1984The Cosby ShowSylvia
- —Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf
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