LaChanze

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LaChanze (whose name means "one who is charmed") is an African-American actress, singer, and dancer. She attended The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. On September 11, 2001, while she was pregnant with her second child, her husband, Calvin Gooding, worked at Cantor Fitzgerald and was killed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. LaChanze has since remarried, to artist Derek Fordjour. She is the winner of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple.

LaChanze has also been credited as La Chanze Sapp, LaChanze Sapp, La Chanze Sapp-Gooding, R. Lachanze Sapp, and Rhonda Sapp.

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Preceded by
Victoria Clark
for The Light in the Piazza		 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical
2006
for The Color Purple		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

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