Renée Elise Goldsberry
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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.
Known for
Credits
A House of Dynamite (2025)
as The First Lady
Hamilton (2025)
as Angelica Schuyler
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
as Selena Izard
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
as "Sunday" Legend #3
Waves (2019)
as Catharine
Sisters (2015)
as Kim
Every Secret Thing (2014)
as Cynthia Barnes
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation (2024)
as Colleen Voyd (voice)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
as Henrietta Lacks
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008)
as Mimi Marquez
Anything's Possible (2022)
as Selene
Pistol Whipped (2008)
as Drea
Hamilton's America (2016)
as Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
as Self
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing (2020)
as Melodia (voice)
On Broadway (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
All About You (2001)
as Nicole Taylor
Satisfied (2025)
as Self
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway (2017)
Actor
Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution (2025)
as Self
Truth Be Told (2002)
as Rachel
Albany Road (2024)
as Celeste Simmons
Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You (2020)
Actor
Keep My Brother (—)
as Ava
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth (2020)
as Self
Bloom (—)
Actor
Voice of Freedom (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
Amidst the Chaos – Live (Again) from the Hollywood Bowl (2021)
as Self