![Color Purple [Original Broadway Cast Recording]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 "Color Purple [Original Broadway Cast Recording]")
2006
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LaChanze Sapp-Gooding, known professionally as LaChanze (/ l ə ˈ ʃ ɑː n z /; born December 16, 1961), 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 .
LaChanze is an American actress, producer and singer, known for The Blacklist, Law & Order: SVU and The Underground Railroad. She was born in Florida, married to Calvin J. Gooding and lost her first husband in the 9/11 attacks.
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- 1.68 m
- St. Augustine, Florida, USA
Jun 7, 2017 · Glick Philanthropies Broadway at The Cabaret Series presents LaChanze’s 2017 performance at The Cabaret.In 1991, LaChanze was nominated for Best Featured Act...
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- 30.9K
- The Cabaret
May 17, 2022 · LaChanze, who uses a mononym but was born Rhonda LaChanze Sapp, received glowing reviews. The Times’s theater critic, Jesse Green, wrote that she got the character’s “arc just right in a ...
- Dodai Stewart
LaChanze is an actress and producer, best known for her Tony-winning role in The Color Purple. She was born in Florida, lost her husband in the 9/11 attacks, and has two daughters.
- December 16, 1961
Feb 18, 2024 · LaChanze has spent most of her life on stage, appearing in such shows as "Once on This Island," "Ragtime," "Summer," and "The Color Purple," for which she wo...
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- CBS Sunday Morning
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Last season, LaChanze made her debut as producer on two shows, the 20th anniversary revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ acclaimed Pulitzer-Prize-Winning play, Topdog/Underdog, as well as Kimberly Akimbo, a new musical by Tony Award Winning Composer Jeanine Tesori and Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, earning a combined 11 Tony Award nominations and 6 Tony Award wins, including Best Revival of a Play and Best Musical, respectively.
