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Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

Birthday: 1963-05-12 | Place of Birth: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Vanessa A. Williams (born May 12, 1963) is an American actress who has appeared in numerous television series. She is best known for her roles as Anne-Marie McCoy in the 1992 horror film Candyman and Rhonda Blair in the first season of the television soap opera, Melrose Place. In 1995, she was also a series regular in the television series Murder One. 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 (TV series), while Vanessa L. Williams starred in the original film Soul Food (film).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Black Girl, Erupted

as    Cassandra Cole

2023
Cruel Encounters

as    Corynne

2022
Mid-Century

as    Beverly Gordon

2022
Angie's Cure

as    Carla

2021
A Rich Christmas

as    Aggie Maggy / Madison

2021
Candyman

as    Anne-Marie McCoy

2021
A Luv Tale

as    Candice

2021
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion

as    Eve Christmas

2020
Love on a Two Way Street

as    Gloria

2019
One Fine Christmas

as    Susan

2018
40 and Single

as    Bertha Brown

2014
Crossed the Line

as    Juice

2013
Raising Izzie

as    Tonya

2012
Sugar Mommas

as    Lynn

2009
2009
Imagine That

as    Lori Strother

2008
Flirting with Forty

as    Kristine

2007
Ice Spiders

as    Dr. April Sommers

2004
2003
Black Listed

as    J.W.

2002
Our America

as    Sandra Williams

2000
Punks

as    Jennifer

2000
Soul Food

as    Maxine Chadway

2000
Playing with Fire

as    Riana Roberts

1999
Incognito

as    Wilhelmina Hunter

1996
Mother

as    Donna