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★ 10.0
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★ 4.5
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.1
Diane
2019
as Jennifer
TV★ 7.6
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