Renée Elise Goldsberry

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Known for
Acting
Born
January 2, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
San Jose, California, USA

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Bloom

Bloom

Movie

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Keep My Brother poster

Keep My Brother

Movie · as Ava

2026
Spark Into a Flame poster

Spark Into a Flame

Movie · as Self

2026
Cupertino poster

Cupertino

TV · as Nichole E. Ferebee · 11 eps

2025
Satisfied poster

Satisfied

Movie · as Self

2025
Hamilton poster

Hamilton

Movie · as Angelica Schuyler

2025
A House of Dynamite poster

A House of Dynamite

Movie · as The First Lady

2025
Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution poster

Hamilton: Reuniting the Revolution

Movie · as Self

2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney poster

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

TV · as Mrs. T · 1 ep

2024
Albany Road poster

Albany Road

Movie · as Celeste Simmons

2024
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation poster

Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation

Movie · as Colleen Voyd (voice)

2023
Clone High poster

Clone High

TV · as Sandra Sandria (voice) · 1 ep

2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law poster

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

Movie · as Self

2022
Anything's Possible poster

Anything's Possible

Movie · as Selene

2022
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law poster

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

TV · as Mallory Book · 9 eps

2022
Eureka! poster

Eureka!

TV · as Roxy (voice) · 60 eps

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
tick, tick... BOOM! poster

tick, tick... BOOM!

Movie · as "Sunday" Legend #3

2021
Voice of Freedom poster

Voice of Freedom

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2021
Amidst the Chaos – Live (Again) from the Hollywood Bowl poster

Amidst the Chaos – Live (Again) from the Hollywood Bowl

Movie · as Self

2021
That's My Jam poster

That's My Jam

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Centaurworld poster

Centaurworld

TV · as Waterbaby (voice), Waterbaby / Medic (voice) · 6 eps

2021
Girls5eva poster

Girls5eva

TV · as Wickie · 22 eps

2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune poster

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2020
Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You poster

Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You

Movie

2020
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth poster

The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth

Movie · as Self

2020
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing poster

Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing

Movie · as Melodia (voice)

2020
Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House

TV · as Elvira, Self · 1 ep

2020
Some Good News poster

Some Good News

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist poster

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

TV · as Ava Price · 3 eps

2019
On Broadway poster

On Broadway

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Waves poster

Waves

Movie · as Catharine

2019
Evil poster

Evil

TV · as Renée Harris · 3 eps

2019
Fast & Furious Spy Racers poster

Fast & Furious Spy Racers

TV · as Ms. Nowhere (voice) · 52 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
The House with a Clock in Its Walls poster

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Movie · as Selena Izard

2018
Altered Carbon poster

Altered Carbon

TV · as Quellcrist Falconer · 18 eps

2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks poster

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Movie · as Henrietta Lacks

2017
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway poster

Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway

Movie

2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Hamilton's America poster

Hamilton's America

Movie · as Self

2016
The Get Down poster

The Get Down

TV · as Misty Holloway · 1 ep

2015
Sisters poster

Sisters

Movie · as Kim

2015
Younger poster

Younger

TV · as Courtney Ostin · 1 ep

2015
Documentary Now! poster

Documentary Now!

TV · as Dee Dee · 1 ep

2014
Every Secret Thing poster

Every Secret Thing

Movie · as Cynthia Barnes

2013
The Following poster

The Following

TV · as Olivia Warren · 3 eps

2013
Masters of Sex poster

Masters of Sex

TV · as Morgan Hogue · 1 ep

2010
Running Wilde poster

Running Wilde

TV · 1 ep

2009
White Collar poster

White Collar

TV · as Ellen Samuel · 1 ep

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Geneva Pine · 23 eps

2009
Royal Pains poster

Royal Pains

TV · as Mrs. Phillips · 1 ep

2008
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway poster

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

Movie · as Mimi Marquez

2008
Pistol Whipped poster

Pistol Whipped

Movie · as Drea

2008
Life on Mars poster

Life on Mars

TV · as Denise Watkins · 1 ep

2002
Truth Be Told poster

Truth Be Told

Movie · as Rachel

2002
That '80s Show poster

That '80s Show

TV · as Spokesmodel #2 · 1 ep

2001
All About You poster

All About You

Movie · as Nicole Taylor

2001
Star Trek: Enterprise poster

Star Trek: Enterprise

TV · as Crewman Kelly · 1 ep

2001
One on One poster

One on One

TV · as Paulette · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Martha Marron · 3 eps

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Back-up Singer, Renee, Go-Go Dancer #1 · 40 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
American Experience poster

American Experience

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep