Vanessa Williams
Age: N/A | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Vanessa A. Williams
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 22
TV Involvements: 12
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Vera
The Flash
(2014) Francine West
9-1-1
(2018) Claudette Collins
Cold Case
(2003) Crystal Stacy (2007)
Melrose Place
(1992) Rhonda
Good Day Live
(2001) Self
The Pretender
(1996) Denise Clements
Murder One
(1995) Lila MarquetteActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Corynne | |
| Cassandra Cole | ||
| 2022 | Lucille | |
| Carla | ||
| Beverly Gordon | ||
| 2021 | Eve Christmas | |
| Aggie Maggy / Madison | ||
| Anne-Marie McCoy | ||
| Dr. Eleanor Berger | ||
| Candice | ||
| 2020 | Gloria | |
| 2019 | Rebecca | |
| Susan | ||
| 2018 | Bertha Brown | |
| Mrs. Walker | ||
| Claudette Collins | ||
| 2014 | Francine West | |
| Juice | ||
| Sandra Winslow | ||
| 2013 | Tonya | |
| 2012 | Lynn | |
| 2009 | Lori Strother | |
| Lea | ||
| 2008 | Kristine | |
| N/A | ||
| 2007 | Dr. April Sommers | |
| 2004 | Self (voice) | |
| 2003 | Crystal Stacy (2007) | |
| J.W. | ||
| 2002 | Sandra Williams | |
| Pharmacist | ||
| 2001 | Self | |
| 2000 | Maxine Chadway | |
| Jennifer | ||
| Riana Roberts | ||
| 1999 | Wilhelmina Hunter | |
| N/A | ||
| 1997 | N/A | |
| 1996 | Donna | |
| Denise Clements | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1995 | N/A | |
| Lila Marquette | ||
| 1994 | Mali | |
| N/A | ||
| 1993 | N/A | |
| 1992 | Anne-Marie McCoy | |
| Rhonda | ||
| 1991 | Keisha | |
| 1990 | Vera | |
| 1988 | N/A | |
| 1984 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
