Vanessa Williams

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

3/18/1963

Place of Birth

Tarrytown, New York, USA

Also Known As

Vanessa L. WilliamVanessa Lynn Williamsونسا ویلیامز

Vanessa Williams

Biography

An American pop-R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model, and actress. In 1983, she became the first woman of African-American descent to be crowned Miss America, but a scandal involving nude photographs caused her to relinquish her title early. Williams rebounded by launching a career as an entertainer, earning Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award nominations. Williams released her debut album The Right Stuff in 1988, which spawned the hits "The Right Stuff," a #1 on Hot Dance Songs, and "Dreamin'," a #1 on R&B and #8 on Billboard Hot 100. Her second studio album, The Comfort Zone, in 1991 topp...

Career Timeline

2024

Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field

as Self

The Little Pageant That Could

as Self (archive footage)

Elsbeth

as Roslyn Bridwell

2023

Tripped Up

as Patricia Chamberlain

Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

as Self

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

as Narrator (voice)

Velma

as Dr. Perdue (voice)

2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Role unknown

Sherri

as Self - Guest

2021

Queen of the Universe

as Self - Judge

Show of Titles

as "Dear World" Performer

Girls5eva

as Nance Trace

Bad Hair

as Zora

Name That Tune

as Self - Contestant

2020

Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams

as Self - Host

Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side

Role unknown

There She Is

Role unknown

Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race

as Vanquisha Da House - Contestant

Calling All T.O.T.S.

as Captain Beakman (voice)

Singleholic

as Jackie Chisolm

Stars in the House

as Self

Stars in the House

as Self - Special Guest

2019

Miss Virginia

as Sally Rae

First Wives Club

as Nancy

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

A Black Lady Sketch Show

as Delilah

Batman: Hush

as Amanda Waller (voice)

T.O.T.S.

as Captain Beakman (voice)

American Style

as Self

2018

The Legend of Hallowaiian

as Fire Goddess (voice)

Celebrity Catchphrase

as Self - Contestant

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

as Amanda Waller (voice)

2017

The Man from Earth: Holocene

as Carolyn

Daytime Divas

as Maxine Robinson

Not Black Enough

as Self

2016

VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night

as Self

The Secret She Kept

as Beverly

The $100,000 Pyramid

as Self

Match Game

as Self - Panelist

2015

Show Boat

as Julie LaVerne

Difficult People

as Trish

2014

The Librarians

as Cynthia Rockwell

The Trip to Bountiful

as Jessie Mae Watts

Broad City

as Elizabeth Carlton

2013

He's Way More Famous Than You

as Vanessa Williams

Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor

as Janice

2012

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

as Self - Guest Judge

666 Park Avenue

as Olivia Doran

The Mindy Project

as Dr. Phillips

Bethenny

as Self - Guest

2011

The Jonathan Ross Show

as Self - Guest

A Mother's Love

as Rochelle Richardson

2010

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

2009

Modern Family

as Rhonda

The Good Wife

as Courtney Paige

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Hannah Montana: The Movie

as Vita

RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Special Guest

RuPaul's Drag Race

Role unknown

RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Judge (archive footage)

2008

The Wendy Williams Show

Role unknown

2007

Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies

as Mama Mirabelle (voice)

Shear Genius

Role unknown

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

And Then Came Love

as Julie

2006

Ugly Betty

as Wilhelmina Slater

Rehearsing a Dream

as Self

South Beach

as Elizabeth Bauer

My Brother

as L'Tisha Morton

2005

The Reichen Show

as Self

Gift for the Living

as Narrator

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

as Witch (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

2004

Christmas in Washington

Role unknown

The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest

as Self

Desperate Housewives

as Renee Perry

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

Johnson Family Vacation

as Dorothy Johnson

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

as Self (archive footage)

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

as Self

2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Role unknown

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

The Bachelorette

as Self

2002

Boomtown

as Detective Katherine Pierce

Keep the Faith, Baby

as Hazel Scott

It's Black Entertainment

as Self - Host

2001

Santa, Baby!

as Alicia (voice)

Good Day Live

as Self

The Proud Family

as Debra (voice)

WW3

as M.J. Blake (as Vanessa L. Williams)

2000

A Diva's Christmas Carol

as Ebony Scrooge

Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends

as Herself

Afrocentricity

as Self

Shaft

as Carmen Vasquez

Don Quixote

as Dulcinea / Aldonza

The Courage to Love

as Mother Henriette Delille

Shaft: Still the Man

as Self

1999

Light It Up

as Audrey McDonald

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

as Queen of Trash

Futuresport

as Alexandra 'Alex' Torres

1998

L.A. Doctors

as Leanne Barrows

Dance with Me

as Ruby Sinclair

Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia

as Self

VH1 Divas

Role unknown

LateLine

Role unknown

1997

Soul Food

as Teri

Ally McBeal

as Sheila Hunt

Hoodlum

as Francine Hughes

The View

as Self

The View

as Self - Guest

The Odyssey

as Calypso

1996

Jungle Cubs

Role unknown

Eraser

as Lee Cullen

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

1995

Bye Bye Birdie

as Rose Alvarez

Nothing Lasts Forever

as Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter

Nothing Lasts Forever

as Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter

MADtv

as Self

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Beauty (voice)

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

as Self

1994

Score with Chicks

Role unknown

1993

Intimate Portrait

as Self (archive footage)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Arandis

1992

The Jacksons: An American Dream

as Suzanne de Passe

Stompin' at the Savoy

as Pauline

1991

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

as Lulu Daniels

Another You

as Gloria

1990

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

as Lynette Parks

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Danny Mitchell

Seriously... Phil Collins

as Rachel - TV Executive

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer

as Terri Knight

1989

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

as Valentine Hayward

1988

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Under the Gun

as Samantha Richards

1987

The Pick-up Artist

as Rae, Girl with Dog

1984

Partners in Crime

Role unknown

1982

T. J. Hooker

as Officer Pat Williamson

1980

A Capitol Fourth

as Self

1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

1965

Days of Our Lives

as Valerie Grant

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

1953

The Oscars

as Self