Chandra Currelley-Young
Known for ActingBorn 1961-08-30Jacksonville, 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
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2005 · as Chandra
A Madea Family Funeral
2019 · as Miss V
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play
2010 · as Shirley
Madea's Big Happy Family
2011 · as Sister Laura
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play
2011 · as Lillian
The Love Doctor
2025 · as Aunt Barbara
A Dark Way Out
2023 · as Mrs. Stapleton
Making Moves
2017 · as Mom (as Chandra Currelley)
Madea's Class Reunion - The Play
2003 · as Emma
Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play
2012 · as Barbara
Laugh to Keep from Crying
2011 · as Belinda
Tyler Perry's What's Done In The Dark - The Play
2008 · as Brenda Rhodes