Vanessa Williams

Actor

Born: May 12, 1963 (age 63)
From: New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography (33)

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
Ice Spiders (2007)
Dr. April Sommers
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)
Self (voice)
Black Listed (2003)
J.W.
Our America (2002)
Sandra Williams
Like Mike (2002)
Pharmacist
Punks (2000)
Jennifer
Playing with Fire (2000)
Riana Roberts
Incognito (1999)
Wilhelmina Hunter
Mother (1996)
Donna
Drop Squad (1994)
Mali