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LaChanze
Acting
16 Dec 1961 (64 years)
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).
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LaChanze's Movies
82%
The Help
09 Aug 2011
75%
Hercules
13 Jun 1997
66%
Side Effects
07 Feb 2013
55%
Highest 2 Lowest
14 Aug 2025
62%
For Love or Money
01 Oct 1993
66%
Genie
22 Nov 2023
58%
Leap of Faith
18 Dec 1992
65%
Birth/Rebirth
18 Aug 2023
65%
Hercules: Zero to Hero
17 Aug 1999
61%
Diane
28 Mar 2019
54%
Breaking Upwards
14 Mar 2009
41%
My New Gun
26 Oct 1992
66%
Lucy
04 May 2003
49%
David Searching
25 Feb 1997
63%
Heartbreak Hospital
20 Dec 2002
80%
A Magical Walt Disney World Christmas
25 Dec 1997
0%
Broadway: The Next Generation
0%
Broadway's Leading Ladies
28 Nov 2025
0%
By Any Means
LaChanze's TV Shows
79%
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
20 Sept 1999
79%
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
20 Sept 1999
79%
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
20 Sept 1999
76%
The Blacklist
23 Sept 2013
74%
Sex and the City
06 Jun 1998
81%
Person of Interest
22 Sept 2011
80%
The Night Of
10 Jul 2016
70%
The Cosby Show
20 Sept 1984
75%
The Good Fight
19 Feb 2017
75%
The Good Fight
19 Feb 2017
69%
Hercules
31 Aug 1998
72%
The Underground Railroad
13 May 2021
43%
The View
11 Aug 1997
71%
East New York
02 Oct 2022
71%
New York Undercover
08 Sept 1994
49%
Tamron Hall
09 Sept 2019
0%
Stars in the House
16 Mar 2020