| 2026 |
The Claudia Winkleman Show
TV
|
Self |
| 2024 |
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2024 |
The Little Pageant That Could
MOVIE
|
Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 |
Elsbeth
TV
|
Roslyn Bridwell |
| 2023 |
Tripped Up
MOVIE
|
Patricia Chamberlain |
| 2023 |
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2023 |
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 |
Velma
TV
|
Dr. Perdue (voice) |
| 2022 |
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV
|
Self |
| 2022 |
Sherri
TV
|
Self - Guest |
| 2021 |
Queen of the Universe
TV
|
Self - Judge |
| 2021 |
Show of Titles
MOVIE
|
"Dear World" Performer |
| 2021 |
Girls5eva
TV
|
Nance Trace |
| 2021 |
Bad Hair
MOVIE
|
Zora |
| 2021 |
Name That Tune
TV
|
Self - Contestant |
| 2020 |
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams
TV
|
Self - Host |
| 2020 |
Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2020 |
There She Is
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2020 |
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
TV
|
Vanquisha Da House - Contestant |
| 2020 |
Calling All T.O.T.S.
TV
|
Captain Beakman (voice) |
| 2020 |
Singleholic
MOVIE
|
Jackie Chisolm |
| 2020 |
Stars in the House
TV
|
Self |
| 2020 |
Stars in the House
TV
|
Self - Special Guest |
| 2019 |
Miss Virginia
MOVIE
|
Sally Rae |
| 2019 |
First Wives Club
TV
|
Nancy |
| 2019 |
Tamron Hall
TV
|
Self - Guest |
| 2019 |
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV
|
Self |
| 2019 |
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV
|
Delilah |
| 2019 |
Batman: Hush
MOVIE
|
Amanda Waller (voice) |
| 2019 |
T.O.T.S.
TV
|
Captain Beakman (voice) |
| 2019 |
American Style
TV
|
Self |
| 2018 |
The Legend of Hallowaiian
MOVIE
|
Fire Goddess (voice) |
| 2018 |
Celebrity Catchphrase
TV
|
Self - Contestant |
| 2018 |
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
MOVIE
|
Amanda Waller (voice) |
| 2017 |
The Man from Earth: Holocene
MOVIE
|
Carolyn |
| 2017 |
Daytime Divas
TV
|
Maxine Robinson |
| 2017 |
Not Black Enough
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2016 |
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2016 |
The Secret She Kept
MOVIE
|
Beverly |
| 2016 |
The $100,000 Pyramid
TV
|
Self |
| 2016 |
Match Game
TV
|
Self - Panelist |
| 2015 |
Show Boat
MOVIE
|
Julie LaVerne |
| 2015 |
Difficult People
TV
|
Trish |
| 2014 |
The Librarians
TV
|
Cynthia Rockwell |
| 2014 |
The Trip to Bountiful
MOVIE
|
Jessie Mae Watts |
| 2014 |
Broad City
TV
|
Elizabeth Carlton |
| 2013 |
He's Way More Famous Than You
MOVIE
|
Vanessa Williams |
| 2013 |
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
MOVIE
|
Janice |
| 2012 |
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
TV
|
Self - Guest Judge |
| 2012 |
666 Park Avenue
TV
|
Olivia Doran |
| 2012 |
The Mindy Project
TV
|
Dr. Phillips |
| 2012 |
Bethenny
TV
|
Self - Guest |
| 2012 |
Doc McStuffins
TV
|
Delilah the Nesting Doll (voice) |
| 2011 |
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV
|
Self - Guest |
| 2011 |
A Mother's Love
MOVIE
|
Rochelle Richardson |
| 2010 |
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV
|
Self |
| 2009 |
Modern Family
TV
|
Rhonda |
| 2009 |
The Good Wife
TV
|
Courtney Paige |
| 2009 |
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV
|
Self - Guest |
| 2009 |
Hannah Montana: The Movie
MOVIE
|
Vita |
| 2009 |
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV
|
Self - Special Guest |
| 2009 |
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV
|
Self |
| 2009 |
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV
|
Self - Guest Judge |
| 2009 |
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV
|
Self - Judge (archive footage) |
| 2008 |
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2008 |
The Wendy Williams Show
TV
|
Self |
| 2007 |
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
TV
|
Mama Mirabelle (voice) |
| 2007 |
Shear Genius
TV
|
Self |
| 2007 |
The Graham Norton Show
TV
|
Self |
| 2007 |
And Then Came Love
MOVIE
|
Julie |
| 2006 |
Ugly Betty
TV
|
Wilhelmina Slater |
| 2006 |
Rehearsing a Dream
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2006 |
South Beach
TV
|
Elizabeth Bauer |
| 2006 |
My Brother
MOVIE
|
L'Tisha Morton |
| 2005 |
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2005 |
The Reichen Show
TV
|
Self |
| 2005 |
Gift for the Living
MOVIE
|
Narrator |
| 2005 |
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
MOVIE
|
Witch (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage) |
| 2005 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV
|
Self |
| 2004 |
Christmas in Washington
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2004 |
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2004 |
Desperate Housewives
TV
|
Renee Perry |
| 2004 |
The Tony Danza Show
TV
|
Self - Guest |
| 2004 |
Johnson Family Vacation
MOVIE
|
Dorothy Johnson |
| 2004 |
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
MOVIE
|
Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 |
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV
|
Self |
| 2003 |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV
|
Self |
| 2003 |
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2003 |
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV
|
Self |
| 2003 |
The Bachelorette
TV
|
Self |
| 2002 |
Boomtown
TV
|
Detective Katherine Pierce |
| 2002 |
Keep the Faith, Baby
MOVIE
|
Hazel Scott |
| 2002 |
It's Black Entertainment
MOVIE
|
Self - Host |
| 2001 |
Santa, Baby!
MOVIE
|
Alicia (voice) |
| 2001 |
Good Day Live
TV
|
Self |
| 2001 |
The Proud Family
TV
|
Debra (voice) |
| 2001 |
WW3
MOVIE
|
M.J. Blake (as Vanessa L. Williams) |
| 2000 |
A Diva's Christmas Carol
MOVIE
|
Ebony Scrooge |
| 2000 |
Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
MOVIE
|
Herself |
| 2000 |
Afrocentricity
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2000 |
Shaft
MOVIE
|
Carmen Vasquez |
| 2000 |
Don Quixote
MOVIE
|
Dulcinea / Aldonza |
| 2000 |
The Courage to Love
MOVIE
|
Mother Henriette Delille |
| 2000 |
Shaft: Still the Man
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 1999 |
Light It Up
MOVIE
|
Audrey McDonald |
| 1999 |
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
MOVIE
|
Queen of Trash |
| 1999 |
Futuresport
MOVIE
|
Alexandra 'Alex' Torres |
| 1998 |
L.A. Doctors
TV
|
Leanne Barrows |
| 1998 |
Dance with Me
MOVIE
|
Ruby Sinclair |
| 1998 |
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 1998 |
VH1 Divas
TV
|
Self |
| 1997 |
Soul Food
MOVIE
|
Teri |
| 1997 |
Ally McBeal
TV
|
Sheila Hunt |
| 1997 |
Hoodlum
MOVIE
|
Francine Hughes |
| 1997 |
The View
TV
|
Self |
| 1997 |
The View
TV
|
Self - Guest |
| 1997 |
The Odyssey
TV
|
Calypso |
| 1996 |
Jungle Cubs
TV
|
Self |
| 1996 |
Eraser
MOVIE
|
Lee Cullen |
| 1996 |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV
|
Self - Guest |
| 1995 |
Bye Bye Birdie
MOVIE
|
Rose Alvarez |
| 1995 |
Nothing Lasts Forever
TV
|
Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter |
| 1995 |
Nothing Lasts Forever
MOVIE
|
Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter |
| 1995 |
MADtv
TV
|
Self |
| 1995 |
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV
|
Beauty (voice) |
| 1995 |
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 1994 |
Score with Chicks
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 1993 |
Intimate Portrait
TV
|
Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV
|
Arandis |
| 1992 |
The Jacksons: An American Dream
TV
|
Suzanne de Passe |
| 1992 |
Stompin' at the Savoy
MOVIE
|
Pauline |
| 1991 |
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
MOVIE
|
Lulu Daniels |
| 1991 |
Another You
MOVIE
|
Gloria |
| 1990 |
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
MOVIE
|
Lynette Parks |
| 1990 |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV
|
Danny Mitchell |
| 1990 |
Seriously... Phil Collins
MOVIE
|
Rachel - TV Executive |
| 1990 |
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
MOVIE
|
Terri Knight |
| 1989 |
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
MOVIE
|
Valentine Hayward |
| 1988 |
American Experience
TV
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 |
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV
|
Self - Guest |
| 1988 |
Under the Gun
MOVIE
|
Samantha Richards |
| 1987 |
The Pick-up Artist
MOVIE
|
Rae, Girl with Dog |
| 1984 |
Partners in Crime
TV
|
Self |
| 1982 |
T. J. Hooker
TV
|
Officer Pat Williamson |
| 1980 |
A Capitol Fourth
TV
|
Self |
| 1975 |
Saturday Night Live
TV
|
Self - Musical Guest |
| 1965 |
Days of Our Lives
TV
|
Valerie Grant |
| 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV
|
Self |
| 1956 |
Tony Awards
TV
|
Self - Performer |
| 1954 |
Miss America
TV
|
Miss New York 1983 |
| 1953 |
The Oscars
TV
|
Self |
