Sign in Sign up

Acting

Vanessa Williams

Career: Active from 1992 to 2026, busiest in 2021 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 12
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Soul Food
73/100

Characters

20

The characters Vanessa Williams played, best-known titles first.

Vanessa Williams as Renee Perry

Vanessa Williams as Lee Cullen

Vanessa Williams as Anne-Marie McCoy

Vanessa Williams as Carmen Vasquez

Vanessa Williams as Dr. Perdue

Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater

Vanessa Williams as Vita

Vanessa Williams as Keisha

Vanessa Williams as Lulu Daniels

Vanessa Williams as Calypso

Vanessa Williams as Olivia Doran

Vanessa Williams as Rhonda

Vanessa Williams as Carolyn

Vanessa Williams as Dorothy Johnson

Vanessa Williams as Ida Turner

Vanessa Williams as Zora

Vanessa Williams as Queen of Trash

Vanessa Williams as Vanqueisha De House

Vanessa Williams as Captain Beakman

Vanessa Williams as Maxine Robinson

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Vanessa Williams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.1, average 2.6
Warfare
0.2, average 1.2
Melancholy
3.8, average 4.7
Biographical
0.2, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Contemporary Realism 2
Character-Driven Narrative 2
Relatable Struggles 2
Unsettling Atmosphere 2
Psychological Dread 2
Contemporary Drama 2
Feel-Good Movie 2
Lighthearted 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

13 titles · average score 53

Wild Rose

TV show · as Joyce

TFI Unplugged

TV show

Cruel Encounters

as Corynne

Black Girl, Erupted

as Cassandra Cole

Mid-Century

45

as Beverly Gordon

Angie's Cure

as Carla

Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story

49

as Lucille

Candyman

67

as Anne-Marie McCoy

A Luv Tale

TV show · as Candice

A Rich Christmas

53

as Aggie Maggy / Madison

American Horror Stories

58

TV show · as Dr. Eleanor Berger

Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion

49

as Eve Christmas

2010s

10 titles · average score 60

One Fine Christmas

56

as Susan

I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones

as Rebecca

9-1-1

74

TV show · as Claudette Collins

40 and Single

TV show · as Bertha Brown

Thriller

28

as Mrs. Walker

The Flash

74

TV show · as Francine West

Crossed the Line

as Juice

Men, Money & Gold Diggers

as Sandra Winslow

Sugar Mommas

as Lynn

Raising Izzie

70

as Tonya

2000s

13 titles · average score 59

Contradictions of the Heart

as Lea

Imagine That

49

as Lori Strother

Flirting with Forty

53

as Kristine

The Wendy Williams Show

47

TV show

Phineas and Ferb

86

TV show · as Flight Attendant (voice)

Ice Spiders

31

as Dr. April Sommers

Black Listed

as J.W.

Cold Case

73

TV show · as Crystal Stacy (2007)

Like Mike

54

as Pharmacist

Soul Food

73

TV show · as Maxine Chadway

Punks

51

as Jennifer

Playing with Fire

as Riana Roberts

1990s

17 titles · average score 66

Total Recall 2070

44

TV show

The Pretender

83

TV show · as Denise Clements

The Steve Harvey Show

79

TV show · as Nina

Malcolm & Eddie

48

TV show

Murder One

81

TV show · as Lila Marquette

Chicago Hope

73

TV show · as Grace Carr

Living Single

74

TV show

Candyman

69

as Anne-Marie McCoy

Melrose Place

53

TV show · as Rhonda

New Jack City

70

as Keisha

Law & Order

73

TV show · as Vera

The Word

63

TV show

1980s

2 titles · average score 62

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

50

TV show

The Cosby Show

74

TV show · as Jade / Cheryl