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.
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.
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3554516
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Filmography (Movies)
Cruel Encounters
Character:Corynne
Release Date:10/08/2023
Black Girl, Erupted
Character:Cassandra Cole
Release Date:08/07/2023
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Character:Lucille
Release Date:19/09/2022
Angie's Cure
Character:Carla
Release Date:26/08/2022
Mid-Century
Character:Beverly Gordon
Release Date:17/06/2022
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
Character:Eve Christmas
Release Date:29/11/2021
A Rich Christmas
Character:Aggie Maggy / Madison
Release Date:04/11/2021
Candyman
Character:Anne-Marie McCoy
Release Date:25/08/2021
Love on a Two Way Street
Character:Gloria
Release Date:12/12/2020
I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
Character:Rebecca
Release Date:01/12/2019
One Fine Christmas
Character:Susan
Release Date:15/11/2019
Thriller
Character:Mrs. Walker
Release Date:23/09/2018
Men, Money & Gold Diggers
Character:Sandra Winslow
Release Date:01/01/2014
Crossed the Line
Character:Juice
Release Date:01/01/2014
Raising Izzie
Character:Tonya
Release Date:21/07/2012
Sugar Mommas
Character:Lynn
Release Date:21/01/2012
Imagine That
Character:Lori Strother
Release Date:19/06/2009
Contradictions of the Heart
Character:Lea
Release Date:01/06/2009
Flirting with Forty
Character:Kristine
Release Date:06/12/2008
Ice Spiders
Character:Dr. April Sommers
Release Date:09/06/2007
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:24/02/2004
Black Listed
Character:J.W.
Release Date:21/01/2003
Our America
Character:Sandra Williams
Release Date:28/07/2002
Like Mike
Character:Pharmacist
Release Date:03/07/2002
Punks
Character:Jennifer
Release Date:24/01/2000
Playing with Fire
Character:Riana Roberts
Release Date:01/01/2000
Incognito
Character:Wilhelmina Hunter
Release Date:17/09/1999
Mother
Character:Donna
Release Date:25/12/1996
Drop Squad
Character:Mali
Release Date:28/10/1994
Candyman
Character:Anne-Marie McCoy
Release Date:16/10/1992
The Jaleel White Special
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Release Date:22/02/1992
New Jack City
Character:Keisha
Release Date:08/03/1991
Television Appearances
American Horror Stories
Character:Dr. Eleanor Berger
A Luv Tale
Character:Candice
40 and Single
Character:Bertha Brown
9-1-1
Character:Claudette Collins
The Flash
Character:Francine West
The Wendy Williams Show
Character:
Phineas and Ferb
Character:Flight Attendant (voice)
Cold Case
Character:Crystal Stacy (2007)
Good Day Live
Character:Self
Soul Food
Character:Maxine Chadway
Total Recall 2070
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Between Brothers
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The Pretender
Character:Denise Clements
Malcolm & Eddie
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The Steve Harvey Show
Character:Nina
Buddies
Character:
Murder One
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Murder One
Character:Lila Marquette
Chicago Hope
Character:Grace Carr
Living Single
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Melrose Place
Character:Rhonda
Law & Order
Character:Vera
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Cosby Show
Character:Jade
The Cosby Show
Character:Cheryl
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