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Renée Elise Goldsberry

Acting · Born January 2, 1971 · San Jose, California, USA

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.

Movies with Renée Elise Goldsberry

• A House of Dynamite (2025) — The First Lady
• The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) — Selena Izard
• Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation (2024) — Colleen Voyd (voice)
• Hamilton (2025) — Angelica Schuyler
• tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) — "Sunday" Legend #3
• Waves (2019) — Catharine
• Pistol Whipped (2008) — Drea
• Sisters (2015) — Kim
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) — Henrietta Lacks
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022) — Self
• Every Secret Thing (2014) — Cynthia Barnes
• Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing (2020) — Melodia (voice)

TV shows with Renée Elise Goldsberry

• The Good Wife (2009) — Geneva Pine
• Altered Carbon (2018) — Quellcrist Falconer
• Ally McBeal (1997) — Back-up Singer
• Fast & Furious Spy Racers (2019) — Ms. Nowhere (voice)
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022) — Mallory Book
• Girls5eva (2021) — Wickie
• Centaurworld (2021) — Waterbaby (voice)
• Eureka! (2022) — Roxy (voice)