Vanessa Lynne Williams was born on March 18, 1963, in Tarrytown, Greenburgh, New York, and raised in Millwood, New Castle, New York, to Helen Williams and Milton Williams, both music teachers.
Vanessa Williams
62 · Born: Mar 18, 1963
Career
2023
Tripped Up as Patricia Chamberlain
American Experience as Narrator (voice)
American Experience as Narrator
2021
Bad Hair as Zora
2020
Singleholic as Jackie Chisolm
T.O.T.S. as Captain Beakman (voice)
2019
Miss Virginia as Sally Rae
Batman: Hush as Amanda Waller (voice)
2018
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay as Amanda Waller (voice)
The Legend of Hallowaiian as Fire Goddess (voice)
2017
The Man from Earth: Holocene as Carolyn
Daytime Divas as Maxine Robinson
2016
The Secret She Kept as Beverly
The Librarians as Cynthia Rockwell
2014
The Trip to Bountiful as Jessie Mae Watts
2013
He's Way More Famous Than You as Vanessa Williams
2012
666 Park Avenue as Olivia Doran
2011
Tim Alexander's A Mother's Love as Rochelle Richardson
2010
Desperate Housewives as Renee Perry
2009
Hannah Montana: The Movie as Vita
2008
Ugly Betty as Wilhelmina Slater
2007
And Then Came Love as Julie
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies as Mama Mirabelle (voice)
2006
My Brother as L'Tisha Morton
South Beach as Elizabeth Bauer
2005
Great Performances as Witch (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
2004
Johnson Family Vacation as Dorothy Johnson
Boomtown as Detective Katherine Pierce
2002
Keep the Faith, Baby as Hazel Scott
2001
Santa, Baby! as Alicia (voice)
WW 3 as M.J. Blake (as Vanessa L. Williams)
2000
The Courage to Love as Mother Henriette Delille
Don Quixote as Dulcinea / Aldonza
Shaft as Carmen Vasquez
A Diva's Christmas Carol as Ebony Scrooge
1999
Futuresport as Alexandra 'Alex' Torres
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland as Queen of Trash
Light It Up as Audrey McDonald
1998
Dance with Me as Ruby Sinclair
1997
Soul Food as Teri
Hoodlum as Francine Hughes
The Odyssey as Calypso
1996
Eraser as Lee Cullen
1995
Nothing Lasts Forever as Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter
Bye Bye Birdie as Rose Alvarez
1994
1992
Stompin' at the Savoy as Pauline
The Jacksons: An American Dream as Suzanne de Passe
1991
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man as Lulu Daniels
Another You as Gloria
1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer as Terri Knight
The Kid Who Loved Christmas as Lynette Parks
1989
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal as Valentine Hayward
1988
Under the Gun as Samantha Richards
1987
The Pick-up Artist as Rae, Girl with Dog
2023
2020
2019
2017
