Vanessa Williams
Acting
- Born:
- 1963-03-18
- Place of birth:
- 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
The Claudia Winkleman Show
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
The Little Pageant That Could
Elsbeth
Tripped Up
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Velma
Los lunes a las 9
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sherri
Queen of the Universe
Blankety Blank
Show of Titles
Girls5eva
Bad Hair
Name That Tune
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
There She Is
RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
Calling All T.O.T.S.
Singleholic
Stars in the House
Miss Virginia
First Wives Club
The Tamron Hall Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Batman: Hush
T.O.T.S.
American Style
The Legend of Hallowaiian
Celebrity Catchphrase
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
The Man from Earth: Holocene
Daytime Divas
Not Black Enough
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
The Secret She Kept
The $100,000 Pyramid
Match Game
Show Boat
Difficult People
The Librarians
The Trip to Bountiful
Broad City
He's Way More Famous Than You
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
666 Park Avenue
The Mindy Project
Bethenny
Doc McStuffins
The Jonathan Ross Show
A Mother's Love
The Talk
Who Do You Think You Are?
Modern Family
The Good Wife
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Hannah Montana: The Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
The Wendy Williams Show
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
Shear Genius
The Graham Norton Show
And Then Came Love
Ugly Betty
Rehearsing a Dream
South Beach
My Brother
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
The Reichen Show
Gift for the Living
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Christmas in Washington
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
Desperate Housewives
The Tony Danza Show
Johnson Family Vacation
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Bachelorette
Boomtown
Keep the Faith, Baby
It's Black Entertainment
Miss America
Santa, Baby!
Good Day Live
The Proud Family
WW3
A Diva's Christmas Carol
Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
Afrocentricity
Shaft
Don Quixote
The Courage to Love
Shaft: Still the Man
Light It Up
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Futuresport
L.A. Doctors
Dance with Me
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
VH1 Divas
Soul Food
Ally McBeal
Hoodlum
The View
The Odyssey
Jungle Cubs
Eraser
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Bye Bye Birdie
Nothing Lasts Forever
Nothing Lasts Forever
MADtv
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
Score with Chicks
David Foster's Christmas Album
Intimate Portrait
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Stompin' at the Savoy
The Jaleel White Special
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Another You
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Seriously... Phil Collins
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
American Experience
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Under the Gun
The Pick-up Artist
Motown Returns to the Apollo
Partners in Crime
T. J. Hooker
A Capitol Fourth
Saturday Night Live
Days of Our Lives
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Tony Awards
Miss America
The Oscars
Women Like Us
Baby of the Family