![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 was born on 16 December 1961 in St. Augustine, Florida, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Blacklist (2013), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and The Underground Railroad (2021). She was previously married to Derek Fordjour and Calvin J. Gooding.
May 17, 2022 · The veteran actress, nominated for her work in “Trouble in Mind,” is championing Black artists, producing on Broadway and relishing being cast as the love interest. “In a post-pandemic, post ...
Feb 18, 2024 · LaChanze Sapp-Gooding, better known as LaChanze, has spent most of her life on stage. Her first Broadway show as a lead actress was "Once on This Island," in 1990. Then came starring roles in...
With a career that has spanned thirty-eight Broadway seasons, LaChanze consistently brings women of complexity and triumph into the cultural lexicon.
Jan 6, 2022 · LaChanze and Gooding were not the first mother and daughter to perform on Broadway as leading actors in the same season.
Oct 6, 2021 · With Broadway making its long-awaited return, Tony winner and 'Trouble in Mind' star LaChanze works to build a more inclusive landscape.
