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.
2023
as Mrs. Stapleton
2020
as Alice
2019
as Miss V
2017
as Mom (as Chandra Currelley)
2012
as Barbara
2011
as Ms. V.
2011
as Lillian
2011
as Belinda
2011
as Sister Laura
2010
as Shirley
2008
as Brenda Rhodes
2005
as Chandra
2003
as Emma