Biography
This page uses content from the Vanessa A. Williams biography page on the English version of Wikipedia and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. This list of authors can be seen in the page history. Rotten Tomatoes disclaims any and all warranties as to the accuracy or reliability of the content.
Vanessa Williams (born May 12, 1963 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City) is an African-American actress who has appeared in several television series such as Melrose Place and the Showtime cable television show Soul Food. Williams also is a singer and has an album planned.
In 1996 she was featured in the television series Murder One and is a former Miss Black America.
(She is often confused with singer/actress Vanessa Lynn Williams who starred in Eraser and the original film version of Soul Food and was the first black Miss America.)
Film List (producer)
- Dense (2004) (TV) (executive producer) (producer)
- Allergic to Nuts (2003) (executive producer)
- Driving Fish (2002) (co-executive producer)
Film List actress
- Jimmie (2007) (pre-production) .... Denise
- Contradictions of the Heart (2006) (post-production) (attached) .... Lea
- Cold Snap (2006) (post-production) (attached)
- Gift for the Living (2005) .... Voiceover
- Allergic to Nuts (2003) .... Jennie
- Black Listed (2003) .... J.W.
- Like Mike (2002) .... Pharmacist
- Our America (2002) (TV) (as Vanessa A. Williams) .... Sandra Williams
- Baby of the Family (2002) .... Gloria
- "Soul Food" (2000) TV Series .... Maxine Chadway
- Punks (2000) .... Jennifer
- Playing with Fire (2000) (TV) .... Riana Roberts
- Incognito (1999) (TV) .... Wilhelmina Hunter
- "Total Recall 2070"
- "The Steve Harvey Show"
- "The Pretender"
- "Between Brothers"
- A Woman of Color (1997) (TV)
- Breakdown (1997/II)
- "Malcolm & Eddie"
- "Chicago Hope"
- Mother (1996/II) .... Donna
- "Murder One" .... Lila (1995-1996)
- "Buddies"
- "Living Single"
- "NYPD Blue"
- Drop Squad (1994) .... Mali
- "Melrose Place"
- Candyman (1992) .... Anne-Marie McCoy
- Fatal Bond (1992) .... Waitress
- "The Cosby Show"
- New Jack City (1991) .... Keisha
- "Law & Order" ... aka Law & Order Prime (USA: informal title)
External links
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify the biographical information on this page under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
IGN RSS Feeds