Biography
Renée Elise Goldsberry (born January 2, 1971) is an American actress, singer and songwriter, known for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway musical Hamilton, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Her other Broadway credits include Nettie Harris in the original Broadway cast of The Color Purple, Mimi Márquez in Rent, and Nala in The Lion King. She has portrayed many roles on television, including Geneva Pine on The Good Wife, and Evangeline Williamson on One Life to Live, for which she received two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series nominations.
Awards & recognition
- Grammy Award — Best Musical Theater Album · 2016
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Musical · 2016
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Musical · 2016
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical · 2015
- Lucille Lortel Award — Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical · 2015
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- Lucille Lortel Awards · 2015
- Soap Opera Digest Awards · 2005
Filmography50+ titles
All About You
On Broadway
White Collar
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Evil
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation
Hamilton
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Altered Carbon
The Good Wife
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Star Trek: Enterprise
Centaurworld
Waves
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing
The Get Down
Documentary Now!
Masters of Sex
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes on You
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
Younger
The Following
Royal Pains
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
American Experience
Ally McBeal
A House of Dynamite
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Life on Mars
The Daily Show
Ada Twist, Scientist
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Running Wilde
Muppet Babies
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Every Secret Thing
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Sisters
Eureka!
Girls5eva
Anything's Possible
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Pistol Whipped
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
The View
Albany Road