Acting
Vanessa Williams
EN cinema · 33 credits
Born
12 May 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Vanessa A. 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.
Known for
Filmography
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Cruel Encounters
as Corynne
Black Girl, Erupted
as Cassandra Cole
Mid-Century
as Beverly Gordon
Angie's Cure
as Carla
A Rich Christmas
as Aggie Maggy / Madison
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
as Eve Christmas
Candyman
as Anne-Marie McCoy
One Fine Christmas
as Susan
Thriller
as Mrs. Walker
Men, Money & Gold Diggers
as Sandra Winslow
Crossed the Line
as Juice
Raising Izzie
as Tonya
Imagine That
as Lori Strother
Flirting with Forty
as Kristine
Ice Spiders
as Dr. April Sommers
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
as Self (voice)
Black Listed
as J.W.
Our America
as Sandra Williams
Like Mike
as Pharmacist
Punks
as Jennifer
Playing with Fire
as Riana Roberts
Incognito
as Wilhelmina Hunter
Mother
as Donna
Drop Squad
as Mali
Candyman
as Anne-Marie McCoy
New Jack City
as Keisha