Vanessa Williams
Known for Acting · 57 credits
- Born
- 1963-05-12 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Vanessa A. 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.
Known For
TV Shows (24)
Law & Order
1990
as Vera
The Flash
2014
as Francine West
9-1-1
2018
as Claudette Collins
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Flight Attendant (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Melrose Place
1992
as Rhonda
Chicago Hope
1994
as Grace Carr
Cold Case
2003
as Crystal Stacy (2007)
The Cosby Show
1984
as Jade / Cheryl
The Pretender
1996
as Denise Clements
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
American Horror Stories
2021
as Dr. Eleanor Berger
Murder One
1995
as Lila Marquette
The Steve Harvey Show
1996
as Nina
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Living Single
1993
Malcolm & Eddie
1996
Soul Food
2000
as Maxine Chadway
Total Recall 2070
1999
Between Brothers
1997
as Rebecca
Buddies
1996
Wild Rose
2026
as Joyce
40 and Single
2018
as Bertha Brown
A Luv Tale
2021
as Candice
Movies (33)
Like Mike
2002
as Pharmacist
Candyman
1992
as Anne-Marie McCoy
New Jack City
1991
as Keisha
Candyman
2021
as Anne-Marie McCoy
Imagine That
2009
as Lori Strother
Flirting with Forty
2008
as Kristine
Mother
1996
as Donna
Ice Spiders
2007
as Dr. April Sommers
Drop Squad
1994
as Mali
Thriller
2018
as Mrs. Walker
Black Girl, Erupted
2023
as Cassandra Cole
Angie's Cure
2022
as Carla
Mid-Century
2022
as Beverly Gordon
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
2022
as Lucille
Punks
2000
as Jennifer
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004
as Self (voice)
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
2021
as Eve Christmas
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
as Self - (archive footage)
Men, Money & Gold Diggers
2014
as Sandra Winslow
Black Listed
2003
as J.W.
Cruel Encounters
2023
as Corynne
I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
2019
as Rebecca
Sugar Mommas
2012
as Lynn
Crossed the Line
2014
as Juice
Our America
2002
as Sandra Williams
Incognito
1999
as Wilhelmina Hunter
One Fine Christmas
2019
as Susan
Playing with Fire
2000
as Riana Roberts
Raising Izzie
2012
as Tonya
Love on a Two Way Street
2020
as Gloria
The Jaleel White Special
1992
A Rich Christmas
2021
as Aggie Maggy / Madison
Contradictions of the Heart
2009
as Lea
About 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 firs… With 57 credits spanning from 1984 to 2026, Vanessa Williams has appeared in 33 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Vanessa Williams Movies
- Like Mike (2002) — as Pharmacist
- Candyman (1992) — as Anne-Marie McCoy
- New Jack City (1991) — as Keisha
- Candyman (2021) — as Anne-Marie McCoy
- Imagine That (2009) — as Lori Strother
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