Vanessa Williams
Vanessa A. Williams (born May 12, 1963) is an American actress who has appeared in numerous television series. She is best known for her roles as Anne-Marie McCoy in the 1992 horror film Candyman and Rhonda Blair in the first season of the television soap opera, Melrose Place. In 1995, she was also a series regular in the television series Murder One. 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 (TV series), while Vanessa L. Williams starred in the original film Soul Food (film).
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- Born:
- May 12, 1963 In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 72
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Cosby Show 1984-09-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Tripped Up 2023-10-20
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Tripped Up | Patricia Chamberlain | 2023-10-20 |
| Movie | Angie's Cure | Carla | 2022-08-26 |
| Movie | Mid-Century | Beverly Gordon | 2022-06-17 |
| Movie | Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story | Lucille | 2022-09-19 |
| Movie | Bad Hair | Zora | 2021-05-05 |
| Movie | Singleholic | Jackie Chisolm | 2020-03-27 |
| Movie | Batman: Hush | Amanda Waller (voice) | 2019-07-19 |
| Movie | Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay | Amanda Waller (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
| Movie | Thriller | Mrs. Walker | 2018-09-23 |
| Movie | The Man from Earth: Holocene | Carolyn | 2017-10-13 |
| Movie | The Secret She Kept | Beverly | 2016-07-10 |
| Movie | The Trip to Bountiful | Jessie Mae Watts | 2014-03-08 |
| Movie | Swim Little Fish Swim | Naked Artist Throwing Ping Pong Balls on Mouse Traps | 2014-01-22 |
| Movie | When Marnie Was There | Hisako (voice) | 2014-07-19 |
| Series | The Flash | Francine West | 2014-10-07 |
| Movie | Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor | Janice | 2013-03-29 |
| Movie | He's Way More Famous Than You | Vanessa Williams | 2013-05-10 |
| Movie | Raising Izzie | Tonya | 2013-08-06 |
| Series | 666 Park Avenue | Olivia Doran | 2012-09-30 |
| Movie | Delhi Safari | 2012-10-19 | |
| Movie | A Mother's Love | Rochelle Richardson | 2011-02-22 |
| Movie | Hannah Montana: The Movie | Vita | 2009-04-10 |
| Movie | Contradictions of the Heart | Lea | 2009-06-01 |
| Movie | Imagine That | Lori Strother | 2009-06-19 |
| Series | The Wendy Williams Show | Unknown | 2008-07-14 |
| Movie | Flirting with Forty | Kristine | 2008-12-06 |
| Movie | And Then Came Love | Julie | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | Ice Spiders | Dr. April Sommers | 2007-06-09 |
| Movie | My Brother | L'Tisha Morton | 2006-01-01 |
| Series | South Beach | Elizabeth Bauer | 2006-01-11 |
| Movie | Rehearsing a Dream | Self | 2006-08-25 |
| Series | Ugly Betty | Willhelmina Slater | 2006-09-28 |
| Movie | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Witch (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage) | 2005-08-07 |
| Movie | Johnson Family Vacation | Dorothy Johnson | 2004-04-07 |
| Movie | Black Listed | J.W. | 2003-01-21 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Movie | Like Mike | Pharmacist | 2002-07-03 |
| Movie | It's Black Entertainment | Self - Host | 2002-02-08 |
| Movie | Our America | Sandra Williams | 2002-07-28 |
| Movie | WW3 | M.J. Blake (as Vanessa L. Williams) | 2001-07-12 |
| Movie | The Courage to Love | Mother Henriette Delille | 2000-01-24 |
| Movie | Punks | Jennifer | 2000-01-24 |
| Movie | Don Quixote | Dulcinea / Aldonza | 2000-04-09 |
| Movie | A Diva's Christmas Carol | Ebony Scrooge | 2000-12-13 |
| Movie | Shaft | Carmen Vasquez | 2000-06-15 |
| Movie | Incognito | Wilhelmina Hunter | 1999-09-17 |
| Movie | Futuresport | Alexandra 'Alex' Torres | 1999-09-30 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Queen of Trash | 1999-10-01 |
| Series | L.A. Doctors | Dr. Leanne Barrows | 1998-09-21 |
| Movie | Soul Food | Teri | 1997-09-26 |
| Series | Malcolm & Eddie | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
| Movie | Eraser | Lee Cullen | 1996-06-21 |
| Series | The Pretender | Unknown | 1996-09-19 |
| Movie | Mother | Donna | 1996-12-25 |
| Movie | Nothing Lasts Forever | Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter | 1995-11-04 |
| Series | Murder One | Unknown | 1995-09-20 |
| Movie | Bye Bye Birdie | Rose Alvarez | 1995-12-03 |
| Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
| Movie | Drop Squad | Mali | 1994-10-28 |
| Movie | Lamineros y ficheras | Dancer | 1994-12-31 |
| Series | Living Single | Unknown | 1993-08-29 |
| Movie | Candyman | Anne-Marie McCoy | 1992-10-16 |
| Movie | Another You | Gloria | 1991-07-26 |
| Movie | Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Lulu Daniels | 1991-08-23 |
| Movie | Fatal Bond | Waitress | 1991-10-25 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | Terri Knight | 1990-05-20 |
| Movie | Seriously... Phil Collins | Rachel - TV Executive | 1990-09-08 |
| Movie | The Kid Who Loved Christmas | Lynette Parks | 1990-12-14 |
| Movie | Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | Valentine Hayward | 1989-02-05 |
| Movie | Under the Gun | Samantha Richards | 1988-04-25 |
| Movie | The Pick-up Artist | Rae, Girl with Dog | 1987-09-18 |
| Series | The Cosby Show | Unknown | 1984-09-20 |