
Person
Chandra Currelley-Young
Acting · Born 1961-08-30 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Biography
Chandra Currelley-Young is an American actress and singer. Currelley has done extensive work with director and writer Tyler Perry, and has played many roles in his various productions and several stage plays. She was a member of the SOS Band from the late 1980s up until 1992, when Chandra left the band to pursue a career in acting and theater.[2] Because of her background in theater, Currelley-Young was selected by Debbie Allen to be the featured soloist in her production "Soul Possessed" which debuted at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, GA. She was asked to perform in the 1995 Apollo Revival of The Wiz as Evillene The Wicked Witch of The West and was then selectively chosen to act in David Petrarca's hit production, Dinah Was, the story of singer Dinah Washington. She established her acting career by appearing in Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family and many other of his productions.
Known for

Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse
Ms. V.

Tyler Perry's Bruh
Alice

Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Chandra

Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play
Lillian

A Madea Family Funeral
Miss V

Madea's Big Happy Family
Sister Laura

Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
Shirley

Madea's Class Reunion - The Play
Emma

The Love Doctor
Aunt Barbara

Making Moves
Mom (as Chandra Currelley)
Filmography
- 2025The Love DoctorAunt Barbara
- 2023A Dark Way OutMrs. Stapleton
- 2020Tyler Perry's BruhAlice
- 2019A Madea Family FuneralMiss V
- 2017Making MovesMom (as Chandra Currelley)
- 2012Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The PlayBarbara
- 2011Tyler Perry's For Better or WorseMs. V.
- 2011Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The PlayLillian
- 2011Laugh to Keep from CryingBelinda
- 2011Madea's Big Happy FamilySister Laura
- 2010Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The PlayShirley
- 2008Tyler Perry's What's Done In The Dark - The PlayBrenda Rhodes
- 2005Diary of a Mad Black WomanChandra
- 2003Madea's Class Reunion - The PlayEmma
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