LaChanze
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 16 December 1961 · 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).
Known for
Acting 21
- 2026Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 2026By Any Means as Hattie Dahmer
- 2025Broadway's Leading Ladies as Self
- 2025Highest 2 Lowest as Sgt. Bell
- 2023Genie as Grandma Patty
- 2023Birth/Rebirth as Colleen
- 2019Diane as Jennifer
- 2013Side Effects as Wards Island Desk Nurse
- 2011The Help as Rachel
- 2009Breaking Upwards as Maggie
- 2003Lucy as Harriett
- 2002Heartbreak Hospital as Lisa
- 1999Hercules: Zero to Hero as Terpsichore, Muse of Dance (voice) (archive sound)
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Rosa Freeman · 3 episodes
- 1997A Magical Walt Disney World Christmas as Self
- 1997Hercules as Terpsichore the Muse of Dance (voice)
- 1997David Searching as God Truth
- 1997The View as Self · 1 episode
- 1993For Love or Money as Nora
- 1992Leap of Faith as Georgette
- 1992My New Gun as Kelly Jane