6.2Acting
Vanessa Williams
- Born
- 1963-03-18
- Birthplace
- Tarrytown, New York, USA
Biography
Vanessa 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.
Known For
Filmography
155 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026 · TV Show
Self
Elsbeth
2024 · TV Show
Roslyn Bridwell
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024 · Movie
Self
The Little Pageant That Could
2024 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023 · Movie
Self
Tripped Up
2023 · Movie
Patricia Chamberlain
Velma
2023 · TV Show
Dr. Perdue (voice)
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2023 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Los lunes a las 9
2022 · Movie
Self (Archive Footage)
Sherri
2022 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV Show
Cast
Bad Hair
2021 · Movie
Zora
Blankety Blank
2021 · TV Show
Self - Panellist
Girls5eva
2021 · TV Show
Nance Trace
Name That Tune
2021 · TV Show
Self - Contestant
Queen of the Universe
2021 · TV Show
Self - Judge
Show of Titles
2021 · Movie
"Dear World" Performer
Calling All T.O.T.S.
2020 · TV Show
Captain Beakman (voice)
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams
2020 · TV Show
Self - Host
RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
2020 · TV Show
Vanquisha Da House - Contestant
Singleholic
2020 · Movie
Jackie Chisolm
Stars in the House
2020 · TV Show
Self · Self - Special Guest
There She Is
2020 · Movie
Cast
Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
2020 · Movie
Cast
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · TV Show
Delilah
American Style
2019 · TV Show
Self
Batman: Hush
2019 · Movie
Amanda Waller (voice)
First Wives Club
2019 · TV Show
Nancy
Miss Virginia
2019 · Movie
Sally Rae
T.O.T.S.
2019 · TV Show
Captain Beakman (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV Show
Self
The Tamron Hall Show
2019 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018 · TV Show
Self - Contestant
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018 · Movie
Amanda Waller (voice)
The Legend of Hallowaiian
2018 · Movie
Fire Goddess (voice)
Daytime Divas
2017 · TV Show
Maxine Robinson
Not Black Enough
2017 · Movie
Self
The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017 · Movie
Carolyn
Match Game
2016 · TV Show
Self - Panelist
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 · TV Show
Self
The Secret She Kept
2016 · Movie
Beverly
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016 · Movie
Self
Difficult People
2015 · TV Show
Trish
Show Boat
2015 · Movie
Julie LaVerne
Broad City
2014 · TV Show
Elizabeth Carlton
The Librarians
2014 · TV Show
Cynthia Rockwell
The Trip to Bountiful
2014 · Movie
Jessie Mae Watts
He's Way More Famous Than You
2013 · Movie
Vanessa Williams
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013 · Movie
Janice
666 Park Avenue
2012 · TV Show
Olivia Doran
Bethenny
2012 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Doc McStuffins
2012 · TV Show
Delilah the Nesting Doll (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 · TV Show
Self - Guest Judge
The Mindy Project
2012 · TV Show
Dr. Phillips
A Mother's Love
2011 · Movie
Rochelle Richardson
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Talk
2010 · TV Show
Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010 · TV Show
Self
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009 · Movie
Vita
Modern Family
2009 · TV Show
Rhonda
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · TV Show
Self - Special Guest · Cast · Self - Guest Judge · Self - Judge (archive footage)
The Good Wife
2009 · TV Show
Courtney Paige
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Wendy Williams Show
2008 · TV Show
Cast
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2008 · Movie
Self
And Then Came Love
2007 · Movie
Julie
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
2007 · TV Show
Mama Mirabelle (voice)
Shear Genius
2007 · TV Show
Cast
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
Self
My Brother
2006 · Movie
L'Tisha Morton
Rehearsing a Dream
2006 · Movie
Self
South Beach
2006 · TV Show
Elizabeth Bauer
Ugly Betty
2006 · TV Show
Wilhelmina Slater
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Movie
Witch (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Gift for the Living
2005 · Movie
Narrator
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV Show
Self
The Reichen Show
2005 · TV Show
Self
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2005 · Movie
Self
Christmas in Washington
2004 · Movie
Cast
Desperate Housewives
2004 · TV Show
Renee Perry
Johnson Family Vacation
2004 · Movie
Dorothy Johnson
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004 · TV Show
Self
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
2004 · Movie
Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
Self · Self - Guest
The Bachelorette
2003 · TV Show
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV Show
Self
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 · Movie
Cast
Boomtown
2002 · TV Show
Detective Katherine Pierce
It's Black Entertainment
2002 · Movie
Self - Host
Keep the Faith, Baby
2002 · Movie
Hazel Scott
Miss America
2002 · Movie
Self (archival footage)
Good Day Live
2001 · TV Show
Self
Santa, Baby!
2001 · Movie
Alicia (voice)
The Proud Family
2001 · TV Show
Debra (voice)
WW3
2001 · Movie
M.J. Blake (as Vanessa L. Williams)
A Diva's Christmas Carol
2000 · Movie
Ebony Scrooge
Afrocentricity
2000 · Movie
Self
Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
2000 · Movie
Herself
Don Quixote
2000 · Movie
Dulcinea / Aldonza
Shaft
2000 · Movie
Carmen Vasquez
Shaft: Still the Man
2000 · Movie
Self
The Courage to Love
2000 · Movie
Mother Henriette Delille · Executive Producer
Futuresport
1999 · Movie
Alexandra 'Alex' Torres
Light It Up
1999 · Movie
Audrey McDonald
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999 · Movie
Queen of Trash
Dance with Me
1998 · Movie
Ruby Sinclair
L.A. Doctors
1998 · TV Show
Leanne Barrows
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
1998 · Movie
Self
VH1 Divas
1998 · TV Show
Cast
Ally McBeal
1997 · TV Show
Sheila Hunt
Hoodlum
1997 · Movie
Francine Hughes
Soul Food
1997 · Movie
Teri
The Odyssey
1997 · TV Show
Calypso
The View
1997 · TV Show
Self · Self - Guest
Eraser
1996 · Movie
Lee
Jungle Cubs
1996 · TV Show
Cast
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Bye Bye Birdie
1995 · Movie
Rose Alvarez
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · TV Show
Beauty (voice)
MADtv
1995 · TV Show
Self
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995 · Movie
Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995 · TV Show
Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995 · Movie
Self
Score with Chicks
1994 · Movie
Cast
David Foster's Christmas Album
1993 · Movie
Self
Intimate Portrait
1993 · TV Show
Self (archive footage)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · TV Show
Arandis
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992 · Movie
Pauline
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992 · TV Show
Suzanne de Passe
The Jaleel White Special
1992 · Movie
Self
Another You
1991 · Movie
Gloria
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991 · Movie
Lulu Daniels
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990 · Movie
Terri Knight
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990 · Movie
Rachel - TV Executive
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990 · TV Show
Danny Mitchell
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990 · Movie
Lynette Parks
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989 · Movie
Valentine Hayward
American Experience
1988 · TV Show
Narrator (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Under the Gun
1988 · Movie
Samantha Richards
The Pick-up Artist
1987 · Movie
Rae, Girl with Dog
Motown Returns to the Apollo
1985 · Movie
Cast
Partners in Crime
1984 · TV Show
Cast
T. J. Hooker
1982 · TV Show
Officer Pat Williamson
A Capitol Fourth
1980 · TV Show
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
Self - Musical Guest
Days of Our Lives
1965 · TV Show
Valerie Grant
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
Self
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
Self - Performer
Miss America
1954 · TV Show
Miss New York 1983
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
Self
Baby of the Family
Date unknown · Movie
Gloria
Women Like Us
Date unknown · Movie
Cast