Vanessa Williams
Acting
Born March 18, 1963 · Tarrytown, New York, USA
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.
Films (69)
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
Tripped Up
2023
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2023
Show of Titles
2021
Bad Hair
2021
Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
2020
There She Is
2020
Singleholic
2020
Miss Virginia
2019
Batman: Hush
2019
The Legend of Hallowaiian
2018
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018
The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017
Not Black Enough
2017
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016
The Secret She Kept
2016
Show Boat
2015
The Trip to Bountiful
2014
He's Way More Famous Than You
2013
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013
A Mother's Love
2011
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2008
And Then Came Love
2007
Rehearsing a Dream
2006
My Brother
2006
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2005
Gift for the Living
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Christmas in Washington
2004
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
2004
Johnson Family Vacation
2004
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Keep the Faith, Baby
2002
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Santa, Baby!
2001
WW3
2001
A Diva's Christmas Carol
2000
Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
2000
Afrocentricity
2000
Shaft
2000
Don Quixote
2000
The Courage to Love
2000
Shaft: Still the Man
2000
Light It Up
1999
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
Futuresport
1999
Dance with Me
1998
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
1998
Soul Food
1997
Hoodlum
1997
The Odyssey
1997
Eraser
1996
Bye Bye Birdie
1995
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995
Score with Chicks
1994
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
Another You
1991
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
Under the Gun
1988
The Pick-up Artist
1987