Chandra Currelley-Young
Actor
- Born
- August 30, 1961 (age 65) · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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.
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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
A Madea Family Funeral
March 1, 2019
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
February 25, 2005
Madea's Big Happy Family
April 22, 2011
Madea's Class Reunion - The Play
September 13, 2003
Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play
March 15, 2012
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
November 23, 2010
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play
November 22, 2011
Tyler Perry's What's Done In The Dark - The Play
February 12, 2008
Laugh to Keep from Crying
August 30, 2011
A Dark Way Out
August 17, 2023
Making Moves
August 17, 2017
The Love Doctor
November 14, 2025
Acting12
- 2025The Love Doctor as Aunt Barbara
- 2023A Dark Way Out as Mrs. Stapleton
- 2019A Madea Family Funeral as Miss V
- 2017Making Moves as Mom (as Chandra Currelley)
- 2012Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play as Barbara
- 2011Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play as Lillian
- 2011Laugh to Keep from Crying as Belinda
- 2011Madea's Big Happy Family as Sister Laura
- 2010Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play as Shirley
- 2008