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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:
68
First Appeared:
In the series The Cosby Show 1984-09-20
Latest Project:
Movie Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story 2022-09-19
Known For
Poster of Raising Izzie
Poster of Flirting with Forty
Poster of Living Single
Filmography
Movie Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story Lucille 2022-09-19
Movie Angie's Cure Carla 2022-08-26
Movie Bad Hair Zora 2021-05-05
Movie Singleholic Jackie Chisolm 2020-03-27
Movie Thriller Mrs. Walker 2018-09-23
Movie Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay Amanda Waller (voice) 2018-03-23
Movie The Man from Earth: Holocene Carolyn 2017-10-13
Movie The Secret She Kept Beverly 2016-07-10
Series The Flash Francine West 2014-10-07
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
Movie Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor Janice 2013-03-29
Movie Raising Izzie Tonya 2013-08-06
Movie He's Way More Famous Than You Vanessa Williams 2013-05-10
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
Series South Beach Elizabeth Bauer 2006-01-11
Movie My Brother L'Tisha Morton 2006-01-01
Movie Rehearsing a Dream 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") 2005-08-07
Movie Johnson Family Vacation Dorothy Johnson 2004-04-07
Movie Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2003-02-10
Movie Black Listed J.W. 2003-01-21
Movie It's Black Entertainment Self - Host 2002-02-08
Movie Our America Sandra Williams 2002-07-28
Movie Like Mike Pharmacist 2002-07-03
Movie WW 3 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 Shaft Carmen Vasquez 2000-06-15
Movie Don Quixote Dulcinea / Aldonza 2000-04-09
Movie A Diva's Christmas Carol Ebony Scrooge 2000-12-13
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
Movie Eraser Lee Cullen 1996-06-21
Series Malcolm & Eddie Unknown 1996-08-26
Movie Mother Donna 1996-12-25
Series The Pretender Unknown 1996-09-19
Series Murder One Unknown 1995-09-20
Movie Bye Bye Birdie Rose Alvarez 1995-12-03
Movie Nothing Lasts Forever Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter 1995-11-04
Movie Drop Squad Mali 1994-10-28
Series Chicago Hope Unknown 1994-09-18
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 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
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