2005Nominee
Best Performance
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Chandra Currelley-Young
Actor
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
August 30, 1961
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2019Nominee
Best Performance
A Madea Family Funeral
2011Nominee
Best Performance
Madea's Big Happy Family
Career Highlights
2011Highlight
Best Performance
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play
2010Highlight
Best Performance
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
Video
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
A Madea Family Funeral
Madea's Big Happy Family