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:
- 112
- First Appeared:
- In the movie False Profits
- Latest Project:
- Movie Tripped Up 2023-10-20
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | False Profits | Suzanne | 2025 |
| Movie | Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best | 2023-05-12 | |
| Movie | Black Girl, Erupted | Cassandra Cole | 2023-07-08 |
| Movie | Cruel Encounters | Corynne | 2023-08-10 |
| Movie | Tripped Up | Patricia Chamberlain | 2023-10-20 |
| Movie | Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story | Lucille | 2022-09-19 |
| Movie | Mid-Century | Beverly Gordon | 2022-06-17 |
| Movie | Bad Hair | Zora | 2021-05-05 |
| Series | A Luv Tale | Candice | 2021-06-03 |
| Movie | A Rich Christmas | Aggie Maggy / Madison | 2021-11-04 |
| Series | Queen of the Universe | Self - Judge | 2021-12-02 |
| Movie | Candyman | Anne-Marie McCoy | 2021-08-25 |
| Movie | Singleholic | Jackie Chisolm | 2020-03-27 |
| Movie | Love on a Two Way Street | Gloria | 2020-12-12 |
| Series | American Style | 2019-01-13 | |
| Movie | Miss Virginia | Sally Rae | 2019-10-18 |
| Movie | Batman: Hush | Amanda Waller (voice) | 2019-07-19 |
| Series | T.O.T.S. | Captain Beakman (voice) | 2019-06-14 |
| Movie | Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay | Amanda Waller (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
| Movie | Thriller | Mrs. Walker | 2018-09-23 |
| Movie | The Legend of Hallowaiian | Fire Goddess (voice) | 2018-10-18 |
| Movie | Not Black Enough | Self | 2017-04-28 |
| Series | Daytime Divas | Maxine Robinson | 2017-06-05 |
| Movie | The Man from Earth: Holocene | Carolyn | 2017-10-13 |
| Movie | The Secret She Kept | Beverly | 2016-07-10 |
| Movie | Show Boat | Julie LaVerne | 2015-10-16 |
| Movie | Crossed the Line | Juice | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | Men, Money & Gold Diggers | Sandra Winslow | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | Swim Little Fish Swim | Naked Artist Throwing Ping Pong Balls on Mouse Traps | 2014-01-22 |
| Movie | The Trip to Bountiful | Jessie Mae Watts | 2014-03-08 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Sugar Mommas | Lynn | 2012-01-21 |
| Series | 666 Park Avenue | Olivia Doran | 2012-09-30 |
| Movie | Delhi Safari | Begum (voice: English version) | 2012-10-19 |
| Movie | A Mother's Love | Rochelle Richardson | 2011-02-22 |
| Movie | Contradictions of the Heart | Lea | 2009-06-01 |
| Movie | Hannah Montana: The Movie | Vita | 2009-04-10 |
| Movie | Imagine That | Lori Strother | 2009-06-19 |
| Movie | Flirting with Forty | Kristine | 2008-12-06 |
| Series | The Wendy Williams Show | Unknown | 2008-07-14 |
| Movie | And Then Came Love | Julie | 2007-01-01 |
| Series | Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies | Mama Mirabelle (voice) | 2007-09-08 |
| Movie | Ice Spiders | Dr. April Sommers | 2007-06-09 |
| Series | Ugly Betty | Willhelmina Slater | 2006-09-28 |
| Movie | My Brother | L'Tisha Morton | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Rehearsing a Dream | 2006-08-25 | |
| Series | South Beach | Elizabeth Bauer | 2006-01-11 |
| 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 | The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest | Self | 2004-12-04 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | 2004-09-13 | |
| Series | Desperate Housewives | Renee Perry | 2004-10-03 |
| Movie | Black Listed | J.W. | 2003-01-21 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Series | Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
| Movie | Our America | Sandra Williams | 2002-07-28 |
| Movie | It's Black Entertainment | Self - Host | 2002-02-08 |
| Movie | Keep the Faith, Baby | Hazel Scott | 2002-02-11 |
| Movie | Like Mike | Pharmacist | 2002-07-03 |
| Movie | WW 3 | M.J. Blake (as Vanessa L. Williams) | 2001-07-12 |
| Movie | Santa, Baby! | Alicia (voice) | 2001-12-17 |
| Series | Good Day Live | Unknown | 2001-09-17 |
| Movie | The Courage to Love | Mother Henriette Delille | 2000-01-24 |
| Movie | Punks | Jennifer | 2000-01-24 |
| Movie | A Diva's Christmas Carol | Ebony Scrooge | 2000-12-13 |
| Movie | Don Quixote | Dulcinea / Aldonza | 2000-04-09 |
| Series | Soul Food | Maxine Chadway | 2000-06-28 |
| Movie | Shaft | Carmen Vasquez | 2000-06-15 |
| Series | Total Recall 2070 | Unknown | 1999-01-05 |
| Movie | Incognito | Wilhelmina Hunter | 1999-09-17 |
| Movie | Light It Up | Audrey McDonald | 1999-11-04 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Queen of Trash | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | Futuresport | Alexandra 'Alex' Torres | 1999-09-30 |
| Movie | Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia | Self | 1998-06-09 |
| Movie | Dance with Me | Ruby Sinclair | 1998-08-21 |
| Series | L.A. Doctors | Dr. Leanne Barrows | 1998-09-21 |
| Series | The Odyssey | Calypso | 1997-05-18 |
| Series | Between Brothers | Unknown | 1997-09-11 |
| Movie | Hoodlum | Francine Hughes | 1997-08-27 |
| Movie | Soul Food | Teri | 1997-09-26 |
| Movie | Eraser | Lee Cullen | 1996-06-21 |
| Series | Buddies | Unknown | 1996-03-05 |
| Series | Malcolm & Eddie | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
| Series | The Steve Harvey Show | Unknown | 1996-08-25 |
| Movie | Mother | Donna | 1996-12-25 |
| Series | The Pretender | Unknown | 1996-09-19 |
| Movie | Nothing Lasts Forever | Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter | 1995-11-04 |
| Series | Murder One | Lila | 1995-09-20 |
| Series | Nothing Lasts Forever | Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter | 1995-11-05 |
| Movie | Bye Bye Birdie | Rose Alvarez | 1995-12-03 |
| Movie | Score with Chicks | 1994-01-01 | |
| 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 |
| Series | The Jacksons: An American Dream | Suzanne de Passe | 1992-11-15 |
| Movie | New Jack City | Keisha | 1991-03-08 |
| 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 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| 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 |
| Series | Miss America | 1954-09-18 |