Vanessa A. Williams

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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.)

[edit] Film List (producer)

  • Dense (2004) (TV) (executive producer) (producer)
  • Allergic to Nuts (2003) (executive producer)
  • Driving Fish (2002) (co-executive producer)

[edit] 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)

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