Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams
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 Acting
Popularity 9.756
Birthday 1963-05-12
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As Vanessa A. Williams,
Flirting with Forty
2008

Flirting with Forty

New Jack City
1991

New Jack City

Candyman
1992

Candyman

Ice Spiders
2007

Ice Spiders

Imagine That
2009

Imagine That

Contradictions of the Heart
2009

Contradictions of the Heart

Drop Squad
1994

Drop Squad

Black Listed
2003

Black Listed

Raising Izzie
2013

Raising Izzie

Our America
2002

Our America

Incognito
1999

Incognito

Mother
1996

Mother

Thriller
2018

Thriller

Playing with Fire
2000

Playing with Fire

One Fine Christmas
2019

One Fine Christmas

Candyman
2021

Candyman

Crossed the Line
2014

Crossed the Line

Sugar Mommas
2012

Sugar Mommas

Like Mike
2002

Like Mike

Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
2022

Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story

A Rich Christmas
2021

A Rich Christmas

Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
2021

Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion

Mid-Century
2022

Mid-Century

Love on a Two Way Street
2020

Love on a Two Way Street

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Angie's Cure
2022

Angie's Cure

I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
2019

I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones

Punks
2000

Punks

Men, Money & Gold Diggers
2014

Men, Money & Gold Diggers

Cruel Encounters
2023

Cruel Encounters

Black Girl, Erupted
2023

Black Girl, Erupted

Murder One
1995

Murder One

Living Single
1993

Living Single

Total Recall 2070
1999

Total Recall 2070

Buddies
1996

Buddies

Malcolm & Eddie
1996

Malcolm & Eddie

Law & Order
1990

Law & Order

The Pretender
1996

The Pretender

The Cosby Show
1984

The Cosby Show

Cold Case
2003

Cold Case

Between Brothers
1997

Between Brothers

The Steve Harvey Show
1996

The Steve Harvey Show

Chicago Hope
1994

Chicago Hope

The Wendy Williams Show
2008

The Wendy Williams Show

Good Day Live
2001

Good Day Live

The Flash
2014

The Flash

Murder One
1995

Murder One

40 and Single
2018

40 and Single

Melrose Place
1992

Melrose Place

American Horror Stories
2021

American Horror Stories

A Luv Tale
2021

A Luv Tale

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Soul Food
2000

Soul Food

9-1-1
2018

9-1-1

Phineas and Ferb
2007

Phineas and Ferb