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Chandra Currelley-Young
Biography
Chandra Currelley-Young is an American actress and singer. Currelley has done extensive work with director and writer Tyler Perry, and has played many roles in his various productions and several stage plays. She was a member of the SOS Band from the late 1980s up until 1992, when Chandra left the band to pursue a career in acting and theater.[2] Because of her background in theater, Currelley-Young was selected by Debbie Allen to be the featured soloist in her production "Soul Possessed" which debuted at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, GA. She was asked to perform in the 1995 Apollo Revival of The Wiz as Evillene The Wicked Witch of The West and was then selectively chosen to act in David Petrarca's hit production, Dinah Was, the story of singer Dinah Washington. She established her acting career by appearing in Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family and many other of his productions.
Known For
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
as Chandra
A Madea Family Funeral
as Miss V
Madea's Big Happy Family
as Sister Laura
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
as Shirley
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play
as Lillian
A Dark Way Out
as Mrs. Stapleton
Madea's Class Reunion - The Play
as Emma
Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play
as Barbara
Tyler Perry's What's Done In The Dark - The Play
as Brenda Rhodes
Making Moves
as Mom (as Chandra Currelley)
