Vanessa A. Williams
Vanessa A. Williams (born May 12, 1963) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress who has appeared in several television series such as Melrose Place and the Showtime cable television show Soul Food: The Series. In 1996, she was featured in the television series Murder One.
Williams was born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. While not related, she is sometimes confused with singer/actress Vanessa L. Williams, who starred in the original film version of Soul Food and was the first black Miss America.
Filmography (producer)
- Dense (2004) (TV) (executive producer) (producer)
- Allergic to Nuts (2003) (executive producer)
- Driving Fish (2002) (co-executive producer)
Filmography (actor)
- Ice Spiders (2007)
- Cold Case (2007)
- Jimmie (2007) (pre-production) .... Denise
- Contradictions of the Heart (2006) .... 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
- The Steve Harvey Show
- The Pretender
- Between Brothers
- A Woman of Color (1997) (TV)
- Breakdown (1997/II)
- Boogie Nights (1997)
- 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