Renée Elise Goldsberry (born January , ) 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 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 Award nominations for Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.Goldsberry was born in San Jose,
California and raised in both Houston, Texas and Detroit, Michigan.
She is the daughter of Betty Sanders, an industrial psychologist, and
father, an automotive industry executive in Michigan. Goldsberry has
one older brother and two younger brothers. Goldsberry was introduced
to theater in summer camp when she was years old. Renée's younger
brother was shy, and their mother enrolled both of them in camp at the
HITS Theater in Houston taught by Carolyn Franklin.After graduating
from Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, she
attended Carnegie Mellon University, where she graduated with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater, in . This is also where she became a
member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority through the Theta Beta chapter.
She subsequently attended graduate school at the University of
Southern California's Thornton School of Music, where she received a
Master of Music in jazz studies, graduating in .Between and ,
Goldsberry had a recurring role on the Fox legal comedy-drama Ally
McBeal, as one of the back-up singers who frequently accompanied Vonda
Shepard's performances. She appeared in a total of episodes prior to
the series' cancellation. Goldsberry also carried the role over into a
three-episode guest appearance on the spin-off series Ally.
singer and songwriter, known for originating the role of Angelica
Schuyler in the Broadway musical Hamilton, for which she won the 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 Award nominations for Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.Goldsberry was born in San Jose,
California and raised in both Houston, Texas and Detroit, Michigan.
She is the daughter of Betty Sanders, an industrial psychologist, and
father, an automotive industry executive in Michigan. Goldsberry has
one older brother and two younger brothers. Goldsberry was introduced
to theater in summer camp when she was years old. Renée's younger
brother was shy, and their mother enrolled both of them in camp at the
HITS Theater in Houston taught by Carolyn Franklin.After graduating
from Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, she
attended Carnegie Mellon University, where she graduated with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater, in . This is also where she became a
member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority through the Theta Beta chapter.
She subsequently attended graduate school at the University of
Southern California's Thornton School of Music, where she received a
Master of Music in jazz studies, graduating in .Between and ,
Goldsberry had a recurring role on the Fox legal comedy-drama Ally
McBeal, as one of the back-up singers who frequently accompanied Vonda
Shepard's performances. She appeared in a total of episodes prior to
the series' cancellation. Goldsberry also carried the role over into a
three-episode guest appearance on the spin-off series Ally.
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