Renée Elise Goldsberry
Acting • Born 1971-01-02
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.
Filmography
69 credits
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Movie • 2021
"Sunday" Legend #3
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
Movie • 2008
Mimi Marquez
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Movie • 2022
Self
On Broadway
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
All About You
Movie • 2001
Nicole Taylor
Every Secret Thing
Movie • 2014
Cynthia Barnes
Pistol Whipped
Movie • 2008
Drea
Satisfied
Movie • 2025
Self
Sisters
Movie • 2015
Kim
Albany Road
Movie • 2024
Celeste Simmons
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation
Movie • 2024
Colleen Voyd (voice)
Truth Be Told
Movie • 2002
Rachel
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Movie • 2017
Henrietta Lacks
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
Movie • 2017
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Movie • 2018
Selena Izard
Waves
Movie • 2019
Catharine
Hamilton
Movie • 2025
Angelica Schuyler
Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
Movie • 2020
Hamilton's America
Movie • 2016
Self
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
Movie • 2020
Self
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing
Movie • 2020
Melodia (voice)
Voice of Freedom
Movie • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Amidst the Chaos – Live (Again) from the Hollywood Bowl
Movie • 2021
Self
Anything's Possible
Movie • 2022
Selene
Bloom
Movie
A House of Dynamite
Movie • 2025
The First Lady
Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution
Movie • 2025
Self
Keep My Brother
Movie
Ava
Star Trek: Enterprise
TV • 2001
Crewman Kelly
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Back-up Singer
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
TV • 2022
Mallory Book
That's My Jam
TV • 2021
Self - Guest
The Following
TV • 2013
Olivia Warren
White Collar
TV • 2009
Ellen Samuel
Centaurworld
TV • 2021
Waterbaby (voice)
Younger
TV • 2015
Courtney Ostin
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Martha Marron
Centaurworld
TV • 2021
Waterbaby / Medic (voice)
Eureka!
TV • 2022
Roxy (voice)
Altered Carbon
TV • 2018
Quellcrist Falconer
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Geneva Pine
The Get Down
TV • 2016
Misty Holloway
Royal Pains
TV • 2009
Mrs. Phillips
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Masters of Sex
TV • 2013
Morgan Hogue
Documentary Now!
TV • 2015
Dee Dee
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Life on Mars
TV • 2008
Denise Watkins
Clone High
TV • 2023
Sandra Sandria (voice)
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Elvira
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Some Good News
TV • 2020
Self
Evil
TV • 2019
Renée Harris
Running Wilde
TV • 2010
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
TV • 2019
Ms. Nowhere (voice)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2023
Self
One on One
TV • 2001
Paulette
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
TV • 2020
Ava Price
Girls5eva
TV • 2021
Wickie
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV • 2017
Self
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Renee
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Go-Go Dancer #1
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV • 2021
Self - Contestant
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
TV • 2025
Mrs. T
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
That '80s Show
TV • 2002
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