Actor
LaChanze
Born December 16, 1961 in St. Augustine, Florida, USA16 films
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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First watchThe Help20118.2as RachelAibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has…View filmEssential films
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16 films as actor- 2026By Any MeansHattie Dahmer
- 2025Highest 2 LowestSgt. Bell
- 2023GenieGrandma Patty
- 2023Birth/RebirthColleen
- 2019DianeJennifer
- 2013Side EffectsWards Island Desk Nurse
- 2011The HelpRachel
- 2009Breaking UpwardsMaggie
- 2003LucyHarriett
- 2002Heartbreak HospitalLisa
- 1999Hercules: Zero to HeroTerpsichore, Muse of Dance (voice) (archive sound)
- 1997HerculesTerpsichore the Muse of Dance (voice)
- 1997David SearchingGod Truth
- 1993For Love or MoneyNora
- 1992Leap of FaithGeorgette
- 1992My New GunKelly Jane