Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

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.

  • Title: Vanessa Williams
  • Popularity: 6.358
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1963-05-12
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Vanessa A. Williams
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Vanessa Williams Movies

  • 2021
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    A Rich Christmas

    A Rich Christmas

    5.5 2021 HD

    Spoiled socialite will learn a lesson after her father asks her to work in a family homeless center.

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  • 2008
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    Flirting with Forty

    Flirting with Forty

    5.2 2008 HD

    A divorcee has a passionate affair with a much younger surfing instructor in Hawaii.

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  • 1991
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    New Jack City

    New Jack City

    6.602 1991 HD

    A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to...

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  • 2021
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    Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion

    Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion

    4.7 2021 HD

    Event planner Amy helps rising singer Tiffanie Christmas plan her holiday family reunion. Along the way Amy must navigate some challenging family...

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  • 1992
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    Candyman

    Candyman

    6.6 1992 HD

    The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

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  • 2000
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    Punks

    Punks

    4.7 2000 HD

    The life and times of a group of twentysomething black gay men living in West Hollywood.

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  • 2022
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    Mid-Century

    Mid-Century

    4.6 2022 HD

    A husband and wife's weekend in a mid-century modern vacation rental turns deadly when the husband discovers the owner is a psychopath with a...

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  • 2007
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    Ice Spiders

    Ice Spiders

    4.1 2007 HD

    When a young ski team training for the Olympics arrives at the remote and isolated Lost Mountain Ski Resort to focus on training, they're thrilled to...

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  • 2009
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    Imagine That

    Imagine That

    6 2009 HD

    A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.

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  • 2014
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    Men, Money & Gold Diggers

    Men, Money & Gold Diggers

    1 2014 HD

    Caleb Peterson (Je'Caryous Johnson) has it all - a great job, plenty of money, and a fine fiancée in former model Paisley Terrell (Patrice...

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  • 2009
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    Contradictions of the Heart

    Contradictions of the Heart

    5 2009 HD

    A party chasing chick pounds on a restaurant door after closing. The closing manager opens it and the journey this encounter creates, places...

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  • 1994
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    Drop Squad

    Drop Squad

    2.8 1994 HD

    Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage....

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  • 2003
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    Black Listed

    Black Listed

    2.5 2003 HD

    Alan Chambers (Townsend) is a lawyer and sick of his job. He corrals his friends into forming a vigilante group. Everyone goes along with it at...

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  • 2020
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    Love on a Two Way Street

    Love on a Two Way Street

    1 2020 HD

    Regina McKenzie struggles with still living at home with her parents, juggling questionable career choices, and dating the wrong men. Love on a Two...

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  • 2023
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    Cruel Encounters

    Cruel Encounters

    1 2023 HD

    After the founder of a huge holding company dies in a mysterious helicopter crash, his wife, son and daughter jockey for the reins of his company in...

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  • 2023
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    Black Girl, Erupted

    Black Girl, Erupted

    2 2023 HD

    After a series of setbacks, high-achieving lawyer Reina must learn how to handle her mental health before her emotional outbursts destroy her career...

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  • 2013
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    Raising Izzie

    Raising Izzie

    8 2013 HD

    Gertie and Izzie are two young girls on their own. Abandoned by their father and orphaned by their mother, they are doing the best they can to stay...

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  • 2004
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    Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

    Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

    1 2004 HD

    Today there are more reasons than ever for families to explore and celebrate diversity. Our ever-expanding world is full of differences in abilities,...

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  • 2022
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    Angie's Cure

    Angie's Cure

    1 2022 HD

    A traumatized rape victim finds therapy in a most disturbing way.

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  • 2002
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    Our America

    Our America

    7 2002 HD

    The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.

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  • 2019
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    I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones

    I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones

    2 2019 HD

    A man in a committed relationship turns his love life upside-down when he accepts a $50,000 bet about getting a date with his celebrity crush.

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  • 1999
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    Incognito

    Incognito

    1 1999 HD

    A young socialite hires a bodyguard to protect her when an ex-convict begins stalking her.

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  • 1996
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    Mother

    Mother

    6.6 1996 HD

    A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

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  • 2018
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    4.2 2018 HD

    Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA teens find themselves terrorized during Homecoming weekend by a...

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  • 2000
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    Playing with Fire

    Playing with Fire

    1 2000 HD

    A woman (Vanessa Williams) tries to save her sister (Tangi Miller), who stole a priceless African statue with her lover.

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  • 2019
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    One Fine Christmas

    One Fine Christmas

    6 2019 HD

    The families on Christmas Street have been so busy with their day-to-day lives that they lose sight of the importance of family during the holiday...

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  • 2021
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    Candyman

    Candyman

    6 2021 HD

    Anthony and his partner move into a loft in the now gentrified Cabrini-Green. After a chance encounter with an old-timer exposes Anthony to the true...

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  • 2014
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    Crossed the Line

    Crossed the Line

    6.3 2014 HD

    A young woman refuses to bow down to the local criminal kingpin who wants to take control of her late mother's flower shop in order to run drugs....

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  • 2012
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    Sugar Mommas

    Sugar Mommas

    1 2012 HD

    Sisters Sheila and Lynn have little in common except their love for sweets. In need of a change, they partner with their close friend Tommi to open a...

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  • 2002
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    Like Mike

    Like Mike

    6.1 2002 HD

    Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to...

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  • 2022
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    Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story

    Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story

    5 2022 HD

    Follows the successful career of Jackson as well as her unique friendship and devotion to Martin Luther King Jr. and her unsung contribution to the...

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  • 1996
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    Malcolm & Eddie

    Malcolm & Eddie

    7.7 1996 HD

    Malcolm and Eddie are as different as one can imagine. Nevertheless, they're best friends who manage to be roommates as well as co-workers and not...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 1996
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    The Pretender

    The Pretender

    7.373 1996 HD

    Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When...

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  • 1984
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    The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

    7.001 1984 HD

    The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until...

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  • 2003
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    Cold Case

    Cold Case

    7.8 2003 HD

    The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly...

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  • 1995
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    Murder One

    Murder One

    7.8 1995 HD

    Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but...

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  • 1997
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    Between Brothers

    Between Brothers

    1 1997 HD

    Between Brothers is an American television situation comedy centered around four middle-class African American men in their late twenties, living in...

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  • 1996
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    The Steve Harvey Show

    The Steve Harvey Show

    6.9 1996 HD

    Down on his luck and out of money, former R&B star Steve Hightower lands a music teacher gig at an inner-city Chicago school. Showing who's in...

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  • 1993
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    Living Single

    Living Single

    8.4 1993 HD

    Living Single is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 22, 1993, to January 1, 1998. The show...

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  • 1992
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    Melrose Place

    Melrose Place

    5.8 1992 HD

    Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.

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  • 1999
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    Total Recall 2070

    Total Recall 2070

    6.1 1999 HD

    Total Recall 2070 is a science fiction television series first broadcast in 1999 on the Canadian television channel CHCH-TV and later the same year...

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  • 1994
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    Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

    7.2 1994 HD

    Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The...

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  • 1996
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    Buddies

    Buddies

    4.7 1996 HD

    Two pals---one black, one white---go into business over the protests of their elders, who worry about their racial differences. But the friends just...

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  • 2008
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    The Wendy Williams Show

    The Wendy Williams Show

    6.6 2008 HD

    Radio personality Wendy Williams is the host to her own live syndicated talk show. Wendy injects her television series with the same style that...

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  • 2001
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    Good Day Live

    Good Day Live

    3 2001 HD

    Good Day Live was a nationwide talk show seen weekdays on FOX affiliates throughout the US. Each FOX owned and operated station airs a separate Good...

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  • 2021
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    American Horror Stories

    American Horror Stories

    7.8 2021 HD

    An anthology series of stand alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.

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  • 2014
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    The Flash

    The Flash

    7.785 2014 HD

    After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super...

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  • 2021
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    A Luv Tale

    A Luv Tale

    6.9 2021 HD

    Taylor, Candice, Aklia, and Tammy's journeys as queer women may look different, but as they cross paths in Harlem, they help each other untangle...

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  • 1988
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    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    5.4 1988 HD

    A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...

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  • 2000
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    Soul Food

    Soul Food

    6.25 2000 HD

    Soul Food: The Series is a television drama that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June 28, 2000 to May 26, 2004. Created by filmmaker George...

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  • 2018
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    9-1-1

    9-1-1

    8.2 2018 HD

    Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and...

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  • 2007
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    Phineas and Ferb

    Phineas and Ferb

    7.9 2007 HD

    Each day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace,...

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  • 1995
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    Murder One

    Murder One

    7.8 1995 HD

    Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but...

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  • 1984
    imgS8 E25

    The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

    7.001 1984 HD

    The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until...

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  • 2018
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    40 and Single

    40 and Single

    9 2018 HD

    A bisexual, mixed race, single bridal fashion designer maneuvers life and business in post colonial Africa.

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