Renee Goldsberry is an American actress, singer, songwriter and performer. Filming in TV shows and films, roles in Broadway musicals, and the release of a music album do not prevent the actress from being a wife and mother of two children.
Biography
Renee Goldsberry (Renee Elise Goldsberry) was born on January 2, 1971 in the American city of San Jose, California. The future actress spent her childhood and adolescence in Houston (Texas) and Detroit (Michigan). After graduating from Cranbrook Kingswood Private Boarding School in Bloomfield Hills near Detroit, she attended Carnegie Mellon University. In 1993, the newly minted Bachelor of Performing Arts chose the University of Southern California School of Music for further education, where she received her Master of Jazz Sciences four years later.
Rene's mother was an industrial psychologist, her father was a chemist and physicist, a successful manager in the automotive business. Despite the specialties far from show business, the parents were talented musicians and supported Rene's dream of becoming an actress. It was they who provided her with all the opportunities for a career in show business, instilling a love of music from childhood.
Career and creativity
In 1997, Renee Goldsberry began her career in television and on stage. On Fox, she starred from 1997 to 2002 in the comedy-drama series Ellie McBeal as a backing vocalist, accompanying actress Vonda Shepard. Renee starred in 43 episodes.
Series fans also know Renee Goldsberry for her role as Evangeline Williamson in the soap opera One Life to Live, where she starred in 2003-2007.
After that, Rene played the role of assistant prosecutor in the political drama of the CBS television channel "The Good Wife." The actress has appeared in 23 episodes in 6 years. Goldsberry's television biography also features guest starring roles on Star Trek Enterprise, Dear Doctor, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Young, Masters of Sex, The 80s Show. In 2018, Renee again successfully appeared on the screens in the TV series Altered Carbon.
In total, from 1997 to 2018, Renee Goldsberry took part in more than 20 television projects and series. In most of his series, Rene only appears in one episode. The maximum number of episodes with her participation fell on the series "One Life to Live" - 272 episodes.
The first feature film for Rene Goldsberry was All About You (2001). In 2008, she starred in the film Debt of Cards, in 2014 she got a small role in the crime drama Every Secret Thing, and in 2015 she played Kim in the comedy Sisters. In 2017, Renee Goldsberry played Henrietta Lux in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lux. In 2018, the screens released the mystical fantasy "The Mystery of the House with a Clock", where Rene played a sorceress. In total, she has eight movie roles.
On stage, Renee Goldsberry made her debut on the 1997 national tour of Dreamworks. In 2002, she played Nala in the Broadway musical The Lion King. She has credited both Broadway musicals and off-Broadway performances. Among the most significant are the musical La Bohème, which was later filmed, and the musical Hamilton, which brought Rene five awards in 2015-2016. From 1997 to 2016, Renee Goldsberry participated in 11 theatrical productions, including five of them Broadway.
Renee Goldsberry is known not only as an actress, but also as a musician and singer. She contributed to the musical component of the movie - she recorded and performed more than half of the soundtracks in the movie "All About You". In 2001, Goldsberry released an album with her songs.
Awards
Performance on One Life to Live earned Renee Goldsberry two Daytime Emmy nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. In 2005, she was also nominated for the Drama League Awards for her role in Shakespeare's obscure play Two of Verona.
Most of all awards brought her the role of Angelica Skyler-Church in the famous musical "Hamilton". For this role, Renee received five awards in 2015-2016, including the Drama Desk, Tony and Grammy awards.
Personal life
In 2002, Renee married lawyer Alexis Johnson. The couple have two children. In May 2009, at the age of 38, after a series of unsuccessful attempts, Renee Goldsberry gave birth to her son Benjamin. In 2014, the couple adopted an African girl, Brielle.
Rene's husband and children share her passion for art. Alexis Johnson takes care of children while Rene Goldsberry performs on stage or is filmed in another television project. Although Rene herself tries to maintain a balance between work and personal life, and always gives priority to the family.
