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Birthday: May 12, 1963
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Vanessa Williams

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
Movie Cast Year
A Rich Christmas Aggie Maggy / Madison 2021
Flirting with Forty Kristine 2008
New Jack City Keisha 1991
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion Eve Christmas 2021
Candyman Anne-Marie McCoy 1992
Punks Jennifer 2000
Mid-Century Beverly Gordon 2022
Ice Spiders Dr. April Sommers 2007
Imagine That Lori Strother 2009
Men, Money & Gold Diggers Sandra Winslow 2014
Contradictions of the Heart Lea 2009
Drop Squad Mali 1994
Black Listed J.W. 2003
Love on a Two Way Street Gloria 2020
Cruel Encounters Corynne 2023
Black Girl, Erupted Cassandra Cole 2023
Raising Izzie Tonya 2013
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me Self (voice) 2004
Angie's Cure Carla 2022
Our America Sandra Williams 2002
I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones Rebecca 2019
Incognito Wilhelmina Hunter 1999
Mother Donna 1996
Thriller Mrs. Walker 2018
Playing with Fire Riana Roberts 2000
One Fine Christmas Susan 2019
Candyman Anne-Marie McCoy 2021
Crossed the Line Juice 2014
Sugar Mommas Lynn 2012
Like Mike Pharmacist 2002
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story Lucille 2022
Series Cast Year
Malcolm & Eddie 1996
Law & Order Vera 1990
The Pretender Denise Clements 1996
The Cosby Show Jade 1984
Cold Case Crystal Stacy (2007) 2003
Murder One 1995
Between Brothers 1997
The Steve Harvey Show Nina 1996
Living Single 1993
Melrose Place Rhonda 1992
Total Recall 2070 1999
Chicago Hope 1994
Buddies 1996
The Wendy Williams Show 2008
Good Day Live Self 2001
American Horror Stories Dr. Eleanor Berger 2021
The Flash Francine West 2014
A Luv Tale Candice 2021
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
Soul Food Maxine Chadway 2000
9-1-1 Claudette Collins 2018
Phineas and Ferb Flight Attendant (voice) 2007
Murder One Lila Marquette 1995
The Cosby Show Cheryl 1984
40 and Single Bertha Brown 2018
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