Celia Rose Gooding is an American actor and singer. They made their Broadway debut and rose to prominence for the role of Mary Frances "Frankie" Healy in the rock musical Jagged Little Pill for which they won a 2021 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and were nominated for a 2020 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical, becoming one of the youngest nominees in the category at age 20. Their mother is LaChanze, an American actress, singer, and dancer. Gooding plays the role of Nyota Uhura in the Paramount+ original series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Gooding has been particularly vocal about the issues surrounding being Black on Broadway. They participated in the New York Times' "Offstage" program in June 2020 that discussed racial justice on Broadway, a panel on ABC about the realities of being Black on Broadway for Black History Month, and a Black Theatre Matters benefit panel hosted by Samantha Williams.

Because of their participation in the show Jagged Little Pill, Gooding has also been vocal about justice for the LGBTQ+ community and the interracial adoption adoptee community.

Gooding has participated in a panel for normalizing consent and advocacy for sexual assault victims for the summer 2020 series, Transformation 2020: Popular Democracy Defined with co-star Kathryn Gallagher.

Acting, Broadway Theatre, Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Musicals, Music, Musical Performance, Grammy Award, Tony Award,