Vanessa Williams
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 12, 1963 (age 63)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Vanessa Estelle Williams (sometimes professionally credited as Vanessa A. Williams) is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her roles as Maxine Joseph–Chadway in the Showtime drama series, Soul Food (2000–04), for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, and as Rhonda Blair in the first season of the Fox prime time soap opera, Melrose Place (1992–93). She is also known as Nino Brown's feisty gun moll, Keisha in the 1991 crime drama film, New Jack City and as Anne-Marie McCoy in the first and fourth of the Candyman films. Though not related, she is sometimes confused with American actress, singer, and former Miss America 1984, Vanessa L. Williams. Both women were also, coincidentally, born in New York in the same year. In addition, Vanessa A. Williams starred in the television soap opera, Soul Food, while Vanessa L. Williams starred in the original film.
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Filmography
Wild Rose
TV · as Joyce · 8 eps
TFI Unplugged
TV · 1 ep
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cruel Encounters
Movie · as Corynne
Black Girl, Erupted
Movie · as Cassandra Cole
Mid-Century
Movie · as Beverly Gordon
Angie's Cure
Movie · as Carla
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Movie · as Lucille
A Rich Christmas
Movie · as Aggie Maggy / Madison
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
Movie · as Eve Christmas
Candyman
Movie · as Anne-Marie McCoy
American Horror Stories
TV · as Dr. Eleanor Berger · 1 ep
A Luv Tale
TV · as Candice · 6 eps
Love on a Two Way Street
Movie · as Gloria
I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
Movie · as Rebecca
One Fine Christmas
Movie · as Susan
Thriller
Movie · as Mrs. Walker
9-1-1
TV · as Claudette Collins · 4 eps
40 and Single
TV · as Bertha Brown · 6 eps
Men, Money & Gold Diggers
Movie · as Sandra Winslow
Crossed the Line
Movie · as Juice
The Flash
TV · as Francine West · 6 eps
Raising Izzie
Movie · as Tonya
Sugar Mommas
Movie · as Lynn
Imagine That
Movie · as Lori Strother
Contradictions of the Heart
Movie · as Lea
Flirting with Forty
Movie · as Kristine
The Wendy Williams Show
TV · 1 ep
Ice Spiders
Movie · as Dr. April Sommers
Phineas and Ferb
TV · as Flight Attendant (voice) · 1 ep
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Movie · as Self (voice)
Black Listed
Movie · as J.W.
Allergic to Nuts
Movie
Cold Case
TV · as Crystal Stacy (2007) · 1 ep
Our America
Movie · as Sandra Williams
Like Mike
Movie · as Pharmacist
Good Day Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Punks
Movie · as Jennifer
Playing with Fire
Movie · as Riana Roberts
Soul Food
TV · as Maxine Chadway · 74 eps
Incognito
Movie · as Wilhelmina Hunter
Total Recall 2070
TV · 1 ep
Between Brothers
TV · as Rebecca · 1 ep
Mother
Movie · as Donna
Malcolm & Eddie
TV · 1 ep
The Pretender
TV · as Denise Clements · 1 ep
The Steve Harvey Show
TV · as Nina · 1 ep
Buddies
TV · 1 ep
Murder One
TV · as Lila Marquette
Drop Squad
Movie · as Mali
Chicago Hope
TV · as Grace Carr · 6 eps
Living Single
TV · 1 ep
Candyman
Movie · as Anne-Marie McCoy
Melrose Place
TV · as Rhonda · 32 eps
New Jack City
Movie · as Keisha
Law & Order
TV · as Vera · 1 ep
The Word
TV · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · 1 ep
The Cosby Show
TV · as Jade, Cheryl · 2 eps