Vanessa Williams
Acting
Born: 1963-05-12 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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,
🎬 Movies (20)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Self - (archive footage)
Cruel Encounters
2023
Corynne
Black Girl, Erupted
2023
Cassandra Cole
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
2022
Lucille
Angie's Cure
2022
Carla
Mid-Century
2022
Beverly Gordon
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
2021
Eve Christmas
A Rich Christmas
2021
Aggie Maggy / Madison
Candyman
2021
Anne-Marie McCoy
Love on a Two Way Street
2020
Gloria
I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
2019
Rebecca
One Fine Christmas
2019
Susan
Thriller
2018
Mrs. Walker
Men, Money & Gold Diggers
2014
Sandra Winslow
Crossed the Line
2014
Juice
Raising Izzie
2012
Tonya
Sugar Mommas
2012
Lynn
Imagine That
2009
Lori Strother
Contradictions of the Heart
2009
Lea
Flirting with Forty
2008
Kristine
📺 TV Shows (20)
Wild Rose
2026
Joyce
American Horror Stories
2021
Dr. Eleanor Berger
A Luv Tale
2021
Candice
40 and Single
2018
Bertha Brown
9-1-1
2018
Claudette Collins
The Flash
2014
Francine West
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Phineas and Ferb
2007
Flight Attendant (voice)
Cold Case
2003
Crystal Stacy (2007)
Good Day Live
2001
Self
Soul Food
2000
Maxine Chadway
Total Recall 2070
1999
Between Brothers
1997
Rebecca
The Pretender
1996
Denise Clements
Malcolm & Eddie
1996
The Steve Harvey Show
1996
Nina
Buddies
1996
Murder One
1995
Murder One
1995
Lila Marquette
Chicago Hope
1994
Grace Carr