Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1963-05-12 (62 years)
- Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
- Also Known AsVanessa A. Williams
Vanessa Williams
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2023
Cruel Encounters
As: Corynne
- 2023
Black Girl, Erupted
As: Cassandra Cole
- 2022
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
As: Lucille
- 2022
Angie's Cure
As: Carla
- 2022
Mid-Century
As: Beverly Gordon
- 2021
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
As: Eve Christmas
- 2021
A Rich Christmas
As: Aggie Maggy / Madison
- 2021
Candyman
As: Anne-Marie McCoy
2021American Horror Stories
As: Dr. Eleanor Berger
2021A Luv Tale
As: Candice
2020Love on a Two Way Street
As: Gloria
2019I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
As: Rebecca
2019One Fine Christmas
As: Susan
201840 and Single
As: Bertha Brown
2018Thriller
As: Mrs. Walker
20189-1-1
As: Claudette Collins
2014The Flash
As: Francine West
2014Men, Money & Gold Diggers
As: Sandra Winslow
2014Crossed the Line
As: Juice
2013Raising Izzie
As: Tonya
2012Sugar Mommas
As: Lynn
- 2009
Imagine That
As: Lori Strother
2009Contradictions of the Heart
As: Lea
2008Flirting with Forty
As: Kristine
2007Phineas and Ferb
As: Flight Attendant (voice)
2007Ice Spiders
As: Dr. April Sommers
2003Cold Case
As: Crystal Stacy (2007)
2003Black Listed
As: J.W.
2002Our America
As: Sandra Williams
- 2002
Like Mike
As: Pharmacist
2000Soul Food
As: Maxine Chadway
2000Punks
As: Jennifer
2000Playing with Fire
As: Riana Roberts
1999Incognito
As: Wilhelmina Hunter
1996Mother
As: Donna
1996The Pretender
As: Denise Clements
1996The Steve Harvey Show
As: Nina
1995Murder One
As: Lila Marquette
1994Drop Squad
As: Mali
- 1992
Candyman
As: Anne-Marie McCoy
1992Melrose Place
As: Rhonda
- 1991
New Jack City
As: Keisha
1990Law & Order
As: Vera
1984The Cosby Show
As: Jade
- 1984
The Cosby Show
As: Cheryl