
Grammy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Renรฉe Elise Goldsberry will join the cast ofย Girls5eva, the upcoming Peacock comedy from Tina Fey, Robert Carlock and Meredith Scardino. Goldsberry will star alongside Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Emmy nominee and Broadway actress Sara Bareilles, who was previously announced.ย Goldsberry will star as Wickie,ย the glamorous, big-voiced, star of the group back in the day, Wickieโs solo career hit a ditch, but sheโs determined to use this new opportunity to retake her rightful place as pop royalty.
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ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย โThis wickedly talented team is creating something brave and new,โ said Goldsberry. โIโm grateful I get to be in the room with them. I honestly canโt think of a better way to transition out of this year and into the new one than laughing with strong and beautiful women.โ
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When a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90โs gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot. They may be grown women balancing spouses, kids, jobs, debt, aging parents, and shoulder pain, but canโt they also be Girls5eva? Goldsberry is best known for her role as Angelicaย Schuyler in the musical phenomenon โHamilton.โ Her performance earned her a Tony Award, Grammy Award, Drama Desk Award, and Lucille Lortel Award. Most recently, Renรฉe starred in the critical darling, feature film โWaves,โ opposite Sterling K. Brown, and in the hit series โAltered Carbonโ. She could also be seen on NBC’s musical sensation, โZoeyโs Extraordinary Playlist.โ Additionally she has lent her voice on animated series such as โFast & Furious Spy Racersโ and โCentaurworld.โย