Vanessa Williams
Acting
Born: May 12, 1963 (age 63) · New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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
The Flash
2014
9-1-1
2018
Candyman
1992
Candyman
2021
Phineas and Ferb
2007
American Horror Stories
2021
Law & Order
1990
New Jack City
1991
Imagine That
2009
Like Mike
2002
The Cosby Show
1984
Cold Case
2003
Photos (2)
Movies (30)
Candyman
Anne-Marie McCoy
Candyman
Anne-Marie McCoy
Imagine That
Lori Strother
New Jack City
Keisha
Like Mike
Pharmacist
Flirting with Forty
Kristine
Sugar Mommas
Lynn
Mid-Century
Beverly Gordon
Playing with Fire
Riana Roberts
Mother
Donna
Thriller
Mrs. Walker
Ice Spiders
Dr. April Sommers
Black Listed
J.W.
Punks
Jennifer
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Lucille
Contradictions of the Heart
Lea
Black Girl, Erupted
Cassandra Cole
Drop Squad
Mali
Our America
Sandra Williams
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
Eve Christmas
Raising Izzie
Tonya
One Fine Christmas
Susan
Men, Money & Gold Diggers
Sandra Winslow
Crossed the Line
Juice
Angie's Cure
Carla
A Rich Christmas
Aggie Maggy / Madison
Incognito
Wilhelmina Hunter
I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
Rebecca
Love on a Two Way Street
Gloria
Cruel Encounters
Corynne
TV Shows (26)
Law & Order
Vera · 1 eps
9-1-1
Claudette Collins · 4 eps
The Flash
Francine West · 6 eps
Phineas and Ferb
Flight Attendant (voice) · 1 eps
Cold Case
Crystal Stacy (2007) · 1 eps
Melrose Place
Rhonda · 32 eps
Chicago Hope
Grace Carr · 6 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
The Cosby Show
Jade · 2 eps
The Cosby Show
Cheryl · 2 eps
The Pretender
Denise Clements · 1 eps
The Steve Harvey Show
Nina · 1 eps
American Horror Stories
Dr. Eleanor Berger · 1 eps
Living Single
1 eps
Murder One
1995
Murder One
Lila Marquette · 23 eps
The Wendy Williams Show
1 eps
The Word
1 eps
Malcolm & Eddie
1 eps
Total Recall 2070
1 eps
Soul Food
Maxine Chadway · 74 eps
Between Brothers
Rebecca · 1 eps
Buddies
1 eps
Wild Rose
Joyce · 8 eps
A Luv Tale
Candice · 6 eps
40 and Single
Bertha Brown · 6 eps
