Vanessa A. Williams
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- For other persons named Vanessa Williams, see Vanessa Williams (disambiguation).
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)
