Vanessa Williams
Acting
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.
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
Self
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
Tripped Up
Patricia Chamberlain
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
Self
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Narrator (voice)
Show of Titles
"Dear World" Performer
Bad Hair
Zora
Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
There She Is
Singleholic
Jackie Chisolm
Miss Virginia
Sally Rae
Batman: Hush
Amanda Waller (voice)
The Legend of Hallowaiian
Fire Goddess (voice)
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
Amanda Waller (voice)
The Man from Earth: Holocene
Carolyn
Not Black Enough
Self
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
Self
The Secret She Kept
Beverly
Show Boat
Julie LaVerne
The Trip to Bountiful
Jessie Mae Watts
He's Way More Famous Than You
Vanessa Williams
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Janice
A Mother's Love
Rochelle Richardson
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Vita
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
Self
And Then Came Love
Julie
Rehearsing a Dream
Self
My Brother
L'Tisha Morton
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
Self
Gift for the Living
Narrator
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Witch (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Christmas in Washington
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
Self
Johnson Family Vacation
Dorothy Johnson
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Self (archive footage)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Keep the Faith, Baby
Hazel Scott
It's Black Entertainment
Self - Host
Santa, Baby!
Alicia (voice)
WW3
M.J. Blake (as Vanessa L. Williams)
A Diva's Christmas Carol
Ebony Scrooge
Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
Herself
Afrocentricity
Self
Shaft
Carmen Vasquez
Don Quixote
Dulcinea / Aldonza
The Courage to Love
Mother Henriette Delille
Shaft: Still the Man
Self
Light It Up
Audrey McDonald
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Queen of Trash
Futuresport
Alexandra 'Alex' Torres
Dance with Me
Ruby Sinclair
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
Self
Soul Food
Teri
Hoodlum
Francine Hughes
The Odyssey
Calypso
Eraser
Lee Cullen
Bye Bye Birdie
Rose Alvarez
Nothing Lasts Forever
Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
Self
Score with Chicks
Stompin' at the Savoy
Pauline
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Lulu Daniels
Another You
Gloria
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
Lynette Parks
Seriously... Phil Collins
Rachel - TV Executive
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Terri Knight
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
Valentine Hayward
Under the Gun
Samantha Richards
The Pick-up Artist
Rae, Girl with Dog