Acting credits
32
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
LaChanze
Acting
Career Snapshot
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0.5
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Movies: 18Series: 14
TMDB ID: 56689
IMDb ID: nm0478447
Known for: Acting
Born: December 16, 1961
Age: 64
Place of birth: St. Augustine, Florida, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2025
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.72
Wikidata: Q3820592
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with LaChanze.
Broadway's Leading Ladies
as Self
2025 Movie
5.5
Highest 2 Lowest
as Sgt. Bell
2025 Movie
6.5
Genie
as Grandma Patty
2023 Movie
6.5
Birth/Rebirth
as Colleen
2023 Movie
6.1
Diane
as Jennifer
2019 Movie
10.0
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017 Movie
6.6
Side Effects
as Wards Island Desk Nurse
2013 Movie
8.2
The Help
as Rachel
2011 Movie
5.4
Breaking Upwards
as Maggie
2009 Movie
6.6
Lucy
as Harriett
2003 Movie
6.3
Heartbreak Hospital
as Lisa
2002 Movie
6.5
Hercules: Zero to Hero
as Terpsichore, Muse of Dance (voice) (archive sound)
1999 Movie
8.0
A Magical Walt Disney World Christmas
as Self
1997 Movie
7.5
Hercules
as Terpsichore the Muse of Dance (voice)
1997 Movie
4.9
David Searching
as God Truth
1997 Movie
6.2
For Love or Money
as Nora
1993 Movie
5.8
Leap of Faith
as Georgette
1992 Movie
4.1
My New Gun
as Kelly Jane
1992 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with LaChanze.
7.1
East New York
as Simone Bentley • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.2
The Underground Railroad
as Ms Reva • 1 eps
2021 Series
Stars in the House
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
4.9
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.5
The Good Fight
1 eps
2017 Series
8.0
The Night Of
as Dwight's Mom • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.6
The Blacklist
as Anne • 4 eps
2013 Series
8.1
Person of Interest
as Mona • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ms. Pivik • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.9
Hercules
as Terpsichore (voice) • 14 eps
1998 Series
7.4
Sex and the City
as Hostess • 1 eps
1998 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.1
New York Undercover
1 eps
1994 Series
7.0
The Cosby Show
as Sylvia • 2 eps
1984 Series