Vanessa Williams

Biography

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.

Filmografi

Candyman1992 · Anne-Marie McCoyCandyman2021 · Anne-Marie McCoyImagine That2009 · Lori StrotherLike Mike2002 · PharmacistBlack Listed2003 · J.W.New Jack City1991 · KeishaLegacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies2025 · Self (archive footage)Punks2000 · JenniferSugar Mommas2012 · LynnMen, Money & Gold Diggers2014 · Sandra WinslowAllergic to Nuts2003 · Contradictions of the Heart2009 · LeaFlirting with Forty2008 · KristineBlack Girl, Erupted2023 · Cassandra ColeIce Spiders2007 · Dr. April SommersPlaying with Fire2000 · Riana RobertsMid-Century2022 · Beverly GordonMother1996 · DonnaA Rich Christmas2021 · Aggie Maggy / MadisonWelcome to the Christmas Family Reunion2021 · Eve ChristmasRemember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story2022 · LucilleI Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones2019 · RebeccaLove on a Two Way Street2020 · GloriaHappy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me2004 · Self (voice)