Renée Elise Goldsberry
Actor
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
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as "Sunday" Legend #3 2021
Sisters
as Kim 2015
A House of Dynamite
as The First Lady 2025
Waves
as Catharine 2019
Every Secret Thing
as Cynthia Barnes 2014
Pistol Whipped
as Drea 2008
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Henrietta Lacks 2017
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
as Mimi Marquez 2008
Anything's Possible
as Selene 2022
Hamilton
as Angelica Schuyler 2025
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
as Self 2022
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation
as Colleen Voyd (voice) 2024
Hamilton's America
as Self 2016
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing
as Melodia (voice) 2020
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
2017
Albany Road
as Celeste Simmons 2024