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
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
Cruel Encounters
as Corynne
Cruel Encounters
as Corynne
Black Girl, Erupted
as Cassandra Cole
Black Girl, Erupted
as Cassandra Cole
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
as Lucille
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
as Lucille
Angie's Cure
as Carla
Angie's Cure
as Carla
Mid-Century
as Beverly Gordon
Mid-Century
as Beverly Gordon
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
as Eve Christmas
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
as Eve Christmas
A Rich Christmas
as Aggie Maggy / Madison
A Rich Christmas
as Aggie Maggy / Madison
Candyman
as Anne-Marie McCoy
Candyman
as Anne-Marie McCoy
Love on a Two Way Street
as Gloria
Love on a Two Way Street
as Gloria
I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
as Rebecca
I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
as Rebecca
One Fine Christmas
as Susan
One Fine Christmas
as Susan
Thriller
as Mrs. Walker
Thriller
as Mrs. Walker
Men, Money & Gold Diggers
as Sandra Winslow
Men, Money & Gold Diggers
as Sandra Winslow
Crossed the Line
as Juice
Crossed the Line
as Juice
Raising Izzie
as Tonya
Raising Izzie
as Tonya
Sugar Mommas
as Lynn
Sugar Mommas
as Lynn
Imagine That
as Lori Strother
Imagine That
as Lori Strother
Contradictions of the Heart
as Lea
Contradictions of the Heart
as Lea
Flirting with Forty
as Kristine
Flirting with Forty
as Kristine
Ice Spiders
as Dr. April Sommers
Ice Spiders
as Dr. April Sommers
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
as Self (voice)
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
as Self (voice)
Allergic to Nuts
Allergic to Nuts
Black Listed
as J.W.
Black Listed
as J.W.
Our America
as Sandra Williams
Our America
as Sandra Williams
Like Mike
as Pharmacist
Like Mike
as Pharmacist
Punks
as Jennifer
Punks
as Jennifer
Playing with Fire
as Riana Roberts
Playing with Fire
as Riana Roberts
Incognito
as Wilhelmina Hunter
Incognito
as Wilhelmina Hunter
Mother
as Donna
Mother
as Donna
Drop Squad
as Mali
Drop Squad
as Mali
Candyman
as Anne-Marie McCoy
Candyman
as Anne-Marie McCoy
The Jaleel White Special
The Jaleel White Special
New Jack City
as Keisha
New Jack City
as Keisha