Vanessa Williams
Actor · ProducerVanessa Lynn Williams is an American singer, actress, producer, dancer, and model. She was the first Black woman to win Miss America in 1984, but resigned after nude photos of her were published in Penthouse magazine. Williams has since had a successful career in music and acting, selling millions of albums and earning critical acclaim.
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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR72
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024
Self
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
Self (archive footage)
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2023
Narrator (voice)
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023
Self
Tripped Up
2023
Patricia Chamberlain
Los lunes a las 9
2022
Self (Archive Footage)
Bad Hair
2021
Zora
Show of Titles
2021
"Dear World" Performer
Singleholic
2020
Jackie Chisolm
Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
2020
There She Is
2020
Miss Virginia
2019
Sally Rae
Batman: Hush
2019
Amanda Waller (voice)
The Legend of Hallowaiian
2018
Fire Goddess (voice)
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018
Amanda Waller (voice)
The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017
Carolyn
Not Black Enough
2017
Self
The Secret She Kept
2016
Beverly
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016
Self
Show Boat
2015
Julie LaVerne
The Trip to Bountiful
2014
Jessie Mae Watts
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013
Janice
He's Way More Famous Than You
2013
Vanessa Williams
A Mother's Love
2011
Rochelle Richardson
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
Vita
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
2009
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2008
Self
And Then Came Love
2007
Julie
My Brother
2006
L'Tisha Morton
- Rehearsing a Dream
Rehearsing a Dream
2006
Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Witch (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Gift for the Living
2005
Narrator
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2005
Self
Johnson Family Vacation
2004
Dorothy Johnson
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
2004
Self
Christmas in Washington
2004
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
Self (archive footage)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Keep the Faith, Baby
2002
Hazel Scott
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Self - Host
Miss America
2002
Self (archival footage)
WW3
2001
M.J. Blake (as Vanessa L. Williams)
Santa, Baby!
2001
Alicia (voice)
Shaft
2000
Carmen Vasquez
A Diva's Christmas Carol
2000
Ebony Scrooge
The Courage to Love
2000
Mother Henriette Delille
- Shaft: Still the Man
Shaft: Still the Man
2000
Self
Don Quixote
2000
Dulcinea / Aldonza
- Afrocentricity
Afrocentricity
2000
Self
- Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
2000
Herself
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
Queen of Trash
Futuresport
1999
Alexandra 'Alex' Torres
Light It Up
1999
Audrey McDonald
Dance with Me
1998
Ruby Sinclair
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
1998
Self
Hoodlum
1997
Francine Hughes
Soul Food
1997
Teri
Eraser
1996
Lee Cullen
Bye Bye Birdie
1995
Rose Alvarez
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995
Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995
Self
Score with Chicks
1994
David Foster's Christmas Album
1993
Self
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
Pauline
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
Lulu Daniels
Another You
1991
Gloria
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
Rachel - TV Executive
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
Terri Knight
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990
Lynette Parks
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
Valentine Hayward
Under the Gun
1988
Samantha Richards
The Pick-up Artist
1987
Rae, Girl with Dog
