Vanessa Williams
Born in New York City, New York, USA — May 12 1963
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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 fourt…
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Vanessa Williams's Credits
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Law & Order
Vera
9-1-1
Claudette Collins
The Flash
Francine West
Phineas and Ferb
Flight Attendant (voice)
Melrose Place
Rhonda
Chicago Hope
Grace Carr
Cold Case
Crystal Stacy (2007)
The Pretender
Denise Clements
The Cosby Show
Jade
Living Single
The Steve Harvey Show
Nina
Murder One
Malcolm & Eddie
American Horror Stories
Dr. Eleanor Berger
Total Recall 2070
Soul Food
Maxine Chadway
Between Brothers
Rebecca
Like Mike
Pharmacist
Buddies
Candyman
Anne-Marie McCoy
Candyman
Anne-Marie McCoy
New Jack City
Keisha
Imagine That
Lori Strother
A Luv Tale
Candice
Mother
Donna
40 and Single
Bertha Brown
Punks
Jennifer
Flirting with Forty
Kristine
Ice Spiders
Dr. April Sommers
Mid-Century
Beverly Gordon
Sugar Mommas
Lynn
Thriller
Mrs. Walker
Drop Squad
Mali
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Lucille
One Fine Christmas
Susan
Our America
Sandra Williams
Love on a Two Way Street
Gloria
Black Girl, Erupted
Cassandra Cole
Incognito
Wilhelmina Hunter
Cruel Encounters
Corynne
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
Eve Christmas
Black Listed
J.W.
Men, Money & Gold Diggers
Sandra Winslow
Raising Izzie
Tonya
Crossed the Line
Juice
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Self (voice)
I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
Rebecca
A Rich Christmas
Aggie Maggy / Madison
Angie's Cure
Carla
Playing with Fire
Riana Roberts
The Jaleel White Special
Contradictions of the Heart
Lea