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CHANDRA CURRELLEY BIO

Mrs. Currelley is currently a regular on BET+ Dramedy “Bruh” she portrays the over-the -top “Alice”. You also probably recognize Chandra as Ms. V. in Tyler Perry’s “FOR BETTER OR WORSE” and in the #1 box office movie, "DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN " playing herself in the nightclub Chandra’s. Also starring as "Shirley" in "Madea’s Big Happy Family" the stage play. Who can forget her show stopping performance as Loretta in KANDI BURRESS’s (The Real Housewives of Atlanta) "A Mother's Love” and the movie Madea’s Big Happy Family as the choir soloist, Sister Laura. CHANDRA is the former lead singer of The legendary recording group The S.O.S. Band, replacing the original lead singer. She continued the band’s string of Top Twenty Billboard hits with the CD’s "Diamonds In The Raw", and "One Of Many Nights", where she wrote several songs, including the single "Broken Promises”. Ms. Currelley is the recipient of the Lady Soul of Jazz award, 2018 Atlanta Actors Award, BWIJA award for Best Female in The Arts & Theatre and The BIBO Reflection award for Ou

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Today we’d like to introduce you to Chandra Currelley.

Chandra, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
As a kid, l loved music and television, but it really started in high school where I was kind of a class clown until I met Actress LaTanya Richardson my drama teacher Who at the time was engaged to Samuel L. Jackson. She took me under her wing. Sam actually paid for my first Theatre workshop. There, I watched and learned. Because I could sing, I was told to focus on musical theatre, but I also liked R&B, jazz and Pop music. I auditioned for a popular local band and got job and worked all over the southeast region. After building my name Atlanta, I got the opportunity to open for major acts that came to the city, one was the Legendary jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers I ended up touring and recording with him, between tours, I was singing at a Jazz Club and meet the SOS Band Who was looking for a replacement for the original lead singer. I got the job. I signed to their record label and toured and recorded with them for seven years.. we

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Chandra Currelley is one of Tyler Perry's most beloved and iconic stage play performers. In 2019, she is ranked the #1 Tyler Perry Stage Play fan favorite and has held the title since Tyler Perry's earlier play "Madea's Big Happy Family". She is most known for her breakout roles Tyler Perry's Laugh to Keep From Crying, Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas The Play, and Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family (play). Currelley has worked with Tyler Perry since his very first show, "I Know I've Been Changed". She 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. In every Tyler Perry show she is in, while singing, she does her signature "Holy Shake" dance and the audience members respond in ovation.

Currelley was a member of the SOS Band where she helped create and perform the hit song, "Take Your Time, Do It Right" from the late 1980s up until 1992, when Chandra left the band to pursue a career in acting and