Portrait of LaChanze

Acting

LaChanze

Career

Active from 1993 to 2025, with a break from 2010 to 2022, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Birth/Rebirth
Birth/Rebirth
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
LaChanze Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.8, average 2.6
  • Warfare
    0.5, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    27
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    6 titles ยท average score 66
    By Any Means
    By Any Means (2026)
    GoodWatch score 55

    as Hattie Dahmer

    Highest 2 Lowest
    Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
    GoodWatch score 65

    as Sgt. Bell

    Birth/Rebirth
    Birth/Rebirth (2023)
    GoodWatch score 76

    as Colleen

    Genie
    Genie (2023)
    GoodWatch score 45

    as Grandma Patty

    East New York
    East New York (2022)
    GoodWatch score 72

    TV show ยท as Simone Bentley

    The Underground Railroad
    The Underground Railroad (2021)
    GoodWatch score 84

    TV show ยท as Ms Reva

    2010s

    7 titles ยท average score 79
    Diane
    Diane (2019)
    GoodWatch score 78

    as Jennifer

    The Good Fight
    The Good Fight (2017)
    GoodWatch score 80

    TV show ยท as Julius' Wife

    The Night Of
    The Night Of (2016)
    GoodWatch score 86

    TV show ยท as Dwight's Mom

    The Blacklist
    The Blacklist (2013)
    GoodWatch score 80

    TV show ยท as Anne

    Side Effects
    Side Effects (2013)
    GoodWatch score 73

    as Wards Island Desk Nurse

    Person of Interest
    Person of Interest (2011)
    GoodWatch score 81

    TV show ยท as Mona

    The Help
    The Help (2011)
    GoodWatch score 75

    as Rachel

    2000s

    3 titles ยท average score 58
    Breaking Upwards
    Breaking Upwards (2009)
    GoodWatch score 50

    as Maggie

    Lucy
    Lucy (2003)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as Harriett

    Heartbreak Hospital
    Heartbreak Hospital (2002)

    as Lisa

    1990s

    10 titles ยท average score 61
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show ยท as Amber / Rosa Freeman

    Hercules: Zero to Hero
    Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999)
    GoodWatch score 52

    as Terpsichore, Muse of Dance (voice) (archive sound)

    Sex and the City
    Sex and the City (1998)
    GoodWatch score 71

    TV show ยท as Hostess

    Hercules
    Hercules (1998)
    GoodWatch score 67

    TV show ยท as Terpsichore (voice)

    Hercules
    Hercules (1997)
    GoodWatch score 77

    as Terpsichore the Muse of Dance (voice)

    David Searching
    David Searching (1997)
    GoodWatch score 52

    as God Truth

    New York Undercover
    New York Undercover (1994)
    GoodWatch score 76

    TV show

    For Love or Money
    For Love or Money (1993)
    GoodWatch score 43

    as Nora

    Leap of Faith
    Leap of Faith (1992)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as Georgette

    My New Gun
    My New Gun (1992)
    GoodWatch score 44

    as Kelly Jane

    1980s

    1 title ยท average score 74
    The Cosby Show
    The Cosby Show (1984)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show ยท as Sylvia