LaChanze

Known for: Acting

Born: 1961-12-16 (age 64)

From: St. Augustine, Florida, USA

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).

Filmography (33)

MOVIE
By Any Means
2026
MOVIE
Broadway's Leading Ladies
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as Sgt. Bell
MOVIE★ 6.5
Genie
2023
as Grandma Patty
MOVIE★ 6.5
Birth/Rebirth
2023
as Colleen
TV★ 7.1
East New York
2022
as Simone Bentley
TV★ 7.2
The Underground Railroad
2021
as Ms Reva
TV
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
TV★ 4.7
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.1
Diane
2019
as Jennifer
TV★ 7.5
The Good Fight
2017
TV★ 8.0
The Night Of
2016
as Dwight's Mom
TV★ 7.6
The Blacklist
2013
as Anne
MOVIE★ 6.6
Side Effects
2013
as Wards Island Desk Nurse
TV★ 8.1
Person of Interest
2011
as Mona
MOVIE★ 8.2
The Help
2011
as Rachel
MOVIE★ 5.4
Breaking Upwards
2009
as Maggie
MOVIE★ 6.7
Lucy
2003
as Harriett
MOVIE★ 7.3
Heartbreak Hospital
2002
as Lisa
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Ms. Pivik
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
as Terpsichore, Muse of Dance (voice) (archive sound)
TV★ 6.9
Hercules
1998
as Terpsichore (voice)
TV★ 7.4
Sex and the City
1998
as Hostess
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Magical Walt Disney World Christmas
1997
as Self
TV★ 4.3
The View
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Hercules
1997
as Terpsichore the Muse of Dance (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.6
David Searching
1997
as God Truth
TV★ 7.3
New York Undercover
1994
MOVIE★ 6.2
For Love or Money
1993
as Nora
MOVIE★ 5.8
Leap of Faith
1992
as Georgette
MOVIE★ 4.1
My New Gun
1992
as Kelly Jane
TV★ 7.0
The Cosby Show
1984
as Sylvia
MOVIE
Broadway: The Next Generation
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as Self