Vanessa Williams
Acting
1963-03-18 · 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.
Filmography
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026 · Series
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024 · Movie
The Little Pageant That Could
2024 · Movie
Elsbeth
2024 · Series
Tripped Up
2023 · Movie
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023 · Movie
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2023 · Movie
Velma
2023 · Series
Los lunes a las 9
2022 · Movie
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Series
Sherri
2022 · Series
Queen of the Universe
2021 · Series
Blankety Blank
2021 · Series
Show of Titles
2021 · Movie
Girls5eva
2021 · Series
Bad Hair
2021 · Movie
Name That Tune
2021 · Series
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams
2020 · Series
Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
2020 · Movie
There She Is
2020 · Movie
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020 · Series
Calling All T.O.T.S.
2020 · Series
Singleholic
2020 · Movie
Stars in the House
2020 · Series
Miss Virginia
2019 · Movie
First Wives Club
2019 · Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Tamron Hall
2019 · Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · Series
Batman: Hush
2019 · Movie
T.O.T.S.
2019 · Series
American Style
2019 · Series
The Legend of Hallowaiian
2018 · Movie
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018 · Series
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018 · Movie
The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017 · Movie
Daytime Divas
2017 · Series
Not Black Enough
2017 · Movie
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016 · Movie
The Secret She Kept
2016 · Movie
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 · Series
Match Game
2016 · Series
Show Boat
2015 · Movie
Difficult People
2015 · Series
The Librarians
2014 · Series
The Trip to Bountiful
2014 · Movie
Broad City
2014 · Series
He's Way More Famous Than You
2013 · Movie
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 · Series
666 Park Avenue
2012 · Series
The Mindy Project
2012 · Series
Bethenny
2012 · Series
Doc McStuffins
2012 · Series
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · Series
A Mother's Love
2011 · Movie
The Talk
2010 · Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010 · Series
Modern Family
2009 · Series
The Good Wife
2009 · Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2008 · Movie
The Wendy Williams Show
2008 · Series
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
2007 · Series
Shear Genius
2007 · Series
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
And Then Came Love
2007 · Movie
Ugly Betty
2006 · Series
Rehearsing a Dream
2006 · Movie
South Beach
2006 · Series
My Brother
2006 · Movie
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2005 · Movie
The Reichen Show
2005 · Series
Gift for the Living
2005 · Movie
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Movie
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Series
Christmas in Washington
2004 · Movie
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
2004 · Movie
Desperate Housewives
2004 · Series
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Series
Johnson Family Vacation
2004 · Movie
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004 · Movie
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004 · Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
The Bachelorette
2003 · Series
Boomtown
2002 · Series
Keep the Faith, Baby
2002 · Movie
It's Black Entertainment
2002 · Movie
Miss America
2002 · Movie
Santa, Baby!
2001 · Movie
Good Day Live
2001 · Series
The Proud Family
2001 · Series
WW3
2001 · Movie
A Diva's Christmas Carol
2000 · Movie
Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
2000 · Movie
Afrocentricity
2000 · Movie
Shaft
2000 · Movie
Don Quixote
2000 · Movie
The Courage to Love
2000 · Movie
Shaft: Still the Man
2000 · Movie
Light It Up
1999 · Movie
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999 · Movie
Futuresport
1999 · Movie
L.A. Doctors
1998 · Series
Dance with Me
1998 · Movie
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
1998 · Movie
VH1 Divas
1998 · Series
Soul Food
1997 · Movie
Ally McBeal
1997 · Series
Hoodlum
1997 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
The Odyssey
1997 · Series
Jungle Cubs
1996 · Series
Eraser
1996 · Movie
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Series
Bye Bye Birdie
1995 · Movie
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995 · Series
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995 · Movie
MADtv
1995 · Series
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Series
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995 · Movie
Score with Chicks
1994 · Movie
David Foster's Christmas Album
1993 · Movie
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Series
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Series
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992 · Series
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992 · Movie
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991 · Movie
Another You
1991 · Movie
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990 · Movie
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990 · Series
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990 · Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990 · Movie
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989 · Movie
American Experience
1988 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Under the Gun
1988 · Movie
The Pick-up Artist
1987 · Movie
Motown Returns to the Apollo
1985 · Movie
Partners in Crime
1984 · Series
T. J. Hooker
1982 · Series
A Capitol Fourth
1980 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Days of Our Lives
1965 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Miss America
1954 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Women Like Us
Movie