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Vanessa Williams Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1963-05-12

Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA

Credits:
57 Total Roles

Vanessa Williams

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2023 Cruel Encounters MOVIE Corynne
2023 Black Girl, Erupted MOVIE Cassandra Cole
2022 Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story MOVIE Lucille
2022 Angie's Cure MOVIE Carla
2022 Mid-Century MOVIE Beverly Gordon
2021 Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion MOVIE Eve Christmas
2021 A Rich Christmas MOVIE Aggie Maggy / Madison
2021 Candyman MOVIE Anne-Marie McCoy
2021 American Horror Stories TV Dr. Eleanor Berger
2021 A Luv Tale TV Candice

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