Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 12, 1963
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Vanessa Williams
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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | American Horror Stories | Dr. Eleanor Berger |
| 2021 | A Luv Tale | Candice |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 | Claudette Collins |
| 2018 | 40 and Single | Bertha Brown |
| 2014 | The Flash | Francine West |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show | |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb | Flight Attendant (voice) |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Crystal Stacy (2007) |
| 2001 | Good Day Live | Self |
| 2000 | Soul Food | Maxine Chadway |
| 1999 | Total Recall 2070 | |
| 1997 | Between Brothers | |
| 1996 | Malcolm & Eddie | |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Denise Clements |
| 1996 | The Steve Harvey Show | Nina |
| 1996 | Buddies | |
| 1995 | Murder One | |
| 1995 | Murder One | Lila Marquette |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1993 | Living Single | |
| 1992 | Melrose Place | Rhonda |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Vera |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Jade |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Cheryl |