Chandra Currelley-Young (born August 30, 1961) 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. In all of her stage appearances she is known for doing her signature "Holy Shake" where she shakes her shoulders while singing and the audience responds in ovation.
Life and career Currelley-Young was a member of the SOS Band from the late 1980s up until 1992, when she left the band to pursue a career in acting and theater. 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, Georgia.
Currelley-Young 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.
Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1999 I Know I've Been Changed EmmaNot Recorded 2003 Madea's Class Reunion Emma Direct-to-DVD release 2005 Diary of a Mad Black Woman Herself 2007 What's Done in the Dark Brenda Direct-to-DVD release 2009 Crowns Mother Shaw 2009 Laugh to Keep from Crying Belinda Direct-to-DVD release 2010Madea's Big Happy Family Shirley Direct-to-DVD release 2011 Madea's Big Happy Family Sister Laura 2011 A Madea Christmas Lillian Mansell Direct-to-DVD release 2013 Madea Gets a Job Barbra Nichols Direct-to-DVD release 2013 The Samurai Fran Wyman Television Year Title Role Notes 2011–2017 For Better or Worse Miss V Regular 2020–present Bruh Alice Watts Regular
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http://www.chandracurrelley.com http://www.tylerperry.com/