By Veronica Wells ·Updated June 6, 2022
Celia Rose Gooding didn’t always know that she wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become an actress. But in 2006, when she watched her mother, Broadway actress LaChanze, win a Tony for her portrayal of Celie in the 2005 theater production of The Color Purple, she knew she wanted to do something that provided the same joy she saw on
