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).
Known For
Complete Filmography
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as Sgt. Bell
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death m...
Broadway’s Leading Ladies
2025
Broadway’s Leading Ladies is a celebration of the profound influence and enduring legacy women have made in theater. Will be broadcasted on PBS.
Genie
2023
as Grandma Patty
Flora, a genie trapped for more than 2,000 years inside an antique jewelry box, is accidentally called to service by Bernard, whose life is unraveling...
Birth/Rebirth
2023
as Colleen
A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
Diane
2019
as Jennifer
Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her...
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
as Self
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
Side Effects
2013
as Wards Island Desk Nurse
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
The Help
2011
as Rachel
Aibileen 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 ...
Breaking Upwards
2009
as Maggie
'Breaking Upwards' explores a young, real-life New York couple who, four years in and battling codependency, decide to intricately strategize their ow...
Lucy
2003
as Harriett
MOW about the life of Lucille Ball, focusing on the loving yet tumultuous relationship with Desi Arnaz.
Heartbreak Hospital
2002
as Lisa
Neely, an aspiring actress, gets a role on the popular soap opera "Heartbreak Hospital." Her neighbor, Lottie, a huge fan of the show, can't different...
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
as Terpsichore, Muse of Dance (voice) (archive sound)
After defeating Hades for good, Hercules marries Meg and revisits his teenage years. In particular, it shows an adolescent Hercules's enrollment and t...
Hercules
1997
as Terpsichore the Muse of Dance (voice)
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along...
David Searching
1997
as God Truth
The story of a young gay man's search to find himself. David is a young, gay aspiring documentary filmmaker and takes his first tentative steps toward...
For Love or Money
1993
as Nora
New York concierge Doug Ireland wants to go into business for himself and refurbish a hotel on Roosevelt Island, N.Y., but he needs an investor. With ...
Leap of Faith
1992
as Georgette
Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracle...
My New Gun
1992
as Kelly Jane
Debbie Bender is a New Jersey housewife whose life is turned upside down when her husband gives her a gun for self-protection. But his plans backfire ...
By Any Means
N/A
Based on the incredible true story of the notorious mafia hitman who was hired by Hoover’s FBI off-the-books and partnered with a young Black special ...