Renée Elise Goldsberry
Acting
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
2025Satisfied
Self
2025Hamilton
Angelica Schuyler
2025A House of Dynamite
The First Lady
2024Albany Road
Celeste Simmons
2024Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation
Colleen Voyd (voice)
2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Self
2022Anything's Possible
Selene
2021tick, tick... BOOM!
"Sunday" Legend #3
2021Voice of Freedom
Narrator (voice)
2021Amidst the Chaos – Live (Again) from the Hollywood Bowl
Self
2020Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
2020The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth
Self
2020Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing
Melodia (voice)
2019On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
2019Waves
Catharine
2018The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Selena Izard
2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks
2017Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
2016Hamilton's America
Self
2015Sisters
Kim
2014Every Secret Thing
Cynthia Barnes
2008Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
Mimi Marquez
2008Pistol Whipped
Drea
2002Truth Be Told
Rachel