Vanessa Williams
Known for ActingBorn 1963-05-12 (age 63)New York City, New York, USA
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 fourth of the Candyman films. 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, while Vanessa L. Williams starred in the original film.Read more
Movies & web series
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Wild Rose
2026 · Series
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Angie's Cure
2022 · Movie
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40 and Single
2018 · Series
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Between Brothers
1997 · Series
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9-1-1
2018 · Series
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Raising Izzie
2012 · Movie
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Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004 · Movie
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Our America
2002 · Movie
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American Horror Stories
2021 · Series
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Playing with Fire
2000 · Movie
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Phineas and Ferb
2007 · Series
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Living Single
1993 · Series
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The Flash
2014 · Series
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Cold Case
2003 · Series
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Murder One
1995 · Series
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Malcolm & Eddie
1996 · Series
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The Pretender
1996 · Series
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Law & Order
1990 · Series
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Chicago Hope
1994 · Series
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Soul Food
2000 · Series
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Incognito
1999 · Movie
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The Steve Harvey Show
1996 · Series
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The Cosby Show
1984 · Series
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Mother
1996 · Movie
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New Jack City
1991 · Movie
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Candyman
1992 · Movie
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Contradictions of the Heart
2009 · Movie
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Crossed the Line
2014 · Movie
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A Luv Tale
2021 · Series
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Total Recall 2070
1999 · Series
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Candyman
2021 · Movie
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Like Mike
2002 · Movie
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Imagine That
2009 · Movie
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A Rich Christmas
2021 · Movie
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Melrose Place
1992 · Series
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The Wendy Williams Show
2008 · Series
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
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Buddies
1996 · Series
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One Fine Christmas
2019 · Movie
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Flirting with Forty
2008 · Movie
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Punks
2000 · Movie
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Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
2021 · Movie
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Mid-Century
2022 · Movie
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Thriller
2018 · Movie
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Ice Spiders
2007 · Movie
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Black Listed
2003 · Movie
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Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
2022 · Movie
Good Day Live
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Good Day Live
2001 · Series