Actor
Vanessa Williams
63 years · Tarrytown, New York, USA · 70 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 70
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024 · Self
On Kanopy
The Little Pageant That Could
2024 · Self (archive footage)
On WOW Presents Plus
Tripped Up
2023 · Patricia Chamberlain
On Plex
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023 · Self
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2023 · Narrator (voice)
Los lunes a las 9
2022 · Self (Archive Footage)
Show of Titles
2021 · "Dear World" Performer
Bad Hair
2021 · Zora
Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
2020 · Actor
There She Is
2020 · Actor
Singleholic
2020 · Jackie Chisolm
Miss Virginia
2019 · Sally Rae
On Philo
Batman: Hush
2019 · Amanda Waller (voice)
On YouTube Free
The Legend of Hallowaiian
2018 · Fire Goddess (voice)
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018 · Amanda Waller (voice)
The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017 · Carolyn
Not Black Enough
2017 · Self
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016 · Self
The Secret She Kept
2016 · Beverly
Show Boat
2015 · Julie LaVerne
The Trip to Bountiful
2014 · Jessie Mae Watts
On Philo
He's Way More Famous Than You
2013 · Vanessa Williams
On Pluto TV
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013 · Janice
On fuboTV
A Mother's Love
2011 · Rochelle Richardson