Vanessa Williams
Known For
Acting
Born
1963-05-12 in New York City, New York, USA
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.
Most Known For
Law & Order
as Vera
The Flash
as Francine West
9-1-1
as Claudette Collins
Phineas and Ferb
as Flight Attendant (voice)
Cold Case
as Crystal Stacy (2007)
Melrose Place
as Rhonda
The Cosby Show
as Jade
The Cosby Show
as Cheryl
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Chicago Hope
as Grace Carr
The Pretender
as Denise Clements
The Wendy Williams Show
Good Day Live
as Self
American Horror Stories
as Dr. Eleanor Berger
The Steve Harvey Show
as Nina
Living Single
Murder One
Murder One
as Lila Marquette
Candyman
as Anne-Marie McCoy
Imagine That
as Lori Strother