Vanessa Williams
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 12, 1963
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies 2025
as Self (archive footage)
Cruel Encounters 2023
as Corynne
Black Girl, Erupted 2023
as Cassandra Cole
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story 2022
as Lucille
Angie's Cure 2022
as Carla
Mid-Century 2022
as Beverly Gordon
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion 2021
as Eve Christmas
A Rich Christmas 2021
as Aggie Maggy / Madison
Candyman 2021
as Anne-Marie McCoy
Love on a Two Way Street 2020
as Gloria
I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones 2019
as Rebecca
One Fine Christmas 2019
as Susan
Thriller 2018
as Mrs. Walker
Crossed the Line 2014
as Juice
Men, Money & Gold Diggers 2014
as Sandra Winslow
Raising Izzie 2012
as Tonya
Sugar Mommas 2012
as Lynn
Imagine That 2009
as Lori Strother
Contradictions of the Heart 2009
as Lea
Flirting with Forty 2008
as Kristine
Ice Spiders 2007
as Dr. April Sommers
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me 2004
as Self (voice)
- Allergic to Nuts
Allergic to Nuts 2003
Actor
Black Listed 2003
as J.W.
Our America 2002
as Sandra Williams
Like Mike 2002
as Pharmacist
Punks 2000
as Jennifer
Playing with Fire 2000
as Riana Roberts
Incognito 1999
as Wilhelmina Hunter
Mother 1996
as Donna
Drop Squad 1994
as Mali
Candyman 1992
as Anne-Marie McCoy
New Jack City 1991
as Keisha
Credits from TMDB.