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Renée Elise Goldsberry

Acting

Born January 2, 1971 · San Jose, California, USA

Also known as Renee E. Goldsberry · Renee Elise Goldsberry · Renee Goldsberry

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 AwardBest Musical Theater Album · 2016
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Musical · 2016
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Musical · 2016
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Featured Actress in a Musical · 2015
  • Lucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Featured Actress in a Musical · 2015
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  • Lucille Lortel Awards · 2015
  • Soap Opera Digest Awards · 2005

Filmography50+ titles

All About You

2001as Nicole Taylor

On Broadway

2019as Self (archive footage)

White Collar

2009as Ellen Samuel

The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth

2020as Self

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Martha Marron

Evil

2019as Renée Harris

Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation

2024as Colleen Voyd (voice)

Hamilton

2020as Angelica Schuyler

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021as "Sunday" Legend #3

Altered Carbon

2018as Quellcrist Falconer

The Good Wife

2009as Geneva Pine

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

2020as Ava Price

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001as Crewman Kelly

Centaurworld

2021as Waterbaby (voice)

Waves

2019as Catharine

Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing

2020as Melodia (voice)

The Get Down

2016as Misty Holloway

Documentary Now!

2015as Dee Dee

Masters of Sex

2013as Morgan Hogue

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

2021as Self - Contestant

Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes on You

2020

Fast & Furious Spy Racers

as Ms. Nowhere (voice)

Younger

2015as Courtney Ostin

The Following

2013as Olivia Warren

Royal Pains

2009as Mrs. Phillips

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

2022as Self

American Experience

1988as Narrator

Ally McBeal

1997as Go-Go Dancer #1

A House of Dynamite

2025as The First Lady

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway

2017

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2017as Henrietta Lacks

Life on Mars

2008as Denise Watkins

The Daily Show

1996as Self

Ada Twist, Scientist

2021Theme Song Performance

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

2018as Selena Izard

Running Wilde

2010

Muppet Babies

Theme Song Performance

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

2022as Mallory Book

Every Secret Thing

2014as Cynthia Barnes

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

as Self

Sisters

2015as Kim

Eureka!

as Roxy (voice)

Girls5eva

2021as Wickie

Anything's Possible

2022as Selene

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self - Guest

Pistol Whipped

2008as Drea

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

2025as Mrs. T

The View

1997as Self

Albany Road

2024as Celeste Simmons