Vanessa Williams
Biography
Vanessa Estelle Williams is an American actress and producer from Brooklyn, New York, who started her screen career in 1989 with guest spots on The Cosby Show and Law & Order. She became known for playing Keisha in the crime drama New Jack City (1991) and Anne-Marie McCoy in the horror film Candyman (1992), later reprising that role in Candyman (2021). On television, she played Rhonda Blair in Melrose Place, had a regular role on Murder One, and won an NAACP Image Award for her performance as Maxine Chadway in the Showtime drama Soul Food, which ran from 2000 to 2004. She also appeared in Drop Squad (1994), Mother (1996), and Imagine That (2009), and earned an Emmy nomination for the television movie Our America (2002).
63years old
Turns 64 on May 12in 183 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Vanessa E. Williams
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 31 years1991 to 2022
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About the name
Vanessa Williams registered the professional name "Vanessa Williams" before the 1984 Miss America of the same name, so Screen Actors Guild rules forced the other actress to be credited as "Vanessa L. Williams" until arbitration let both use the name.
A first
Williams was cast in 1992 as Rhonda Blair on Melrose Place, the show's first and only black regular character, and was written off after one season for lack of direction.
Vanessa Williams movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Vanessa Williams shares two films with Kasi Lemmons, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kasi Lemmons's page
Keith David's page
Bruce Dern's page
Martin Sheen's page
Ving Rhames's page
Stephen Root's page
All films by Bernard Rose
Nia DaCostaDirector, 1 film, 2021
All films by Nia DaCosta
All films by Mario Van Peebles
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.