Vanessa L. Williams
Birthday:
Birthplace:
Bronx, New York, USA
Started performing with the New York City Opera's Children's Chorus when she was 11, and remained a member for five years. Nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special for 2002 made-for-TV drama Our America. Penned a book of prose and poetry titled Shine, and has also had writing published in Essence magazine. Broadway appearances include roles in the musical Sarafina! and the play Mule Bone.
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Highest Rated Movies
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91%
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81%
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77%
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77%
Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | Mid-Century |
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— | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams |
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— | 2020 |
| 62% | Bad Hair |
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— | 2020 |
| 91% | When Marnie Was There |
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$0.5M | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic |
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— | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | The Best of the Boston Pops |
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— | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | The Trip to Bountiful |
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— | 2014 |
| 45% | He's Way More Famous Than You |
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— | 2013 |
| 17% | Temptation |
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$52M | 2013 |
| 20% | Delhi Safari |
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— | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | A Mother's Love |
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— | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Tapped |
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— | 2009 |
| 41% | Imagine That |
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$16.1M | 2009 |
| 43% | Hannah Montana: The Movie |
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$79.5M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies - Its Movie Time! |
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— | 2008 |
| 17% | And Then Came Love |
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— | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Angels Can't Help But Laugh |
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— | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Rehearsing a Dream |
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— | 2006 |
| 30% | My Brother |
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— | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Love Songs 2 |
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— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of the Tony Awards |
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— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | #1 Country Hits: Country Love Songs |
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— | 2005 |
| 6% | Johnson Family Vacation |
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$31.1M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song |
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— | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Black Listed |
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— | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | Santa, Baby |
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— | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | Keep the Faith, Baby |
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— | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | Our America |
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— | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives |
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— | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | WW3 |
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— | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | A Diva's Christmas Carol |
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— | 2000 |
| 67% | Shaft |
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$70.4M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Don Quixote |
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— | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | The Courage to Love |
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— | 2000 |
| 39% | Light It Up |
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— | 1999 |
| 77% | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | It's Black Entertainment |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Futuresport (Future Sport) |
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— | 1998 |
| 51% | Dance with Me |
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— | 1998 |
| 81% | Soul Food |
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— | 1997 |
| 43% | Hoodlum |
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— | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | The Odyssey |
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— | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | Under the Gun (Iron Fist) |
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— | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Bye Bye Birdie |
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— | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Sidney Sheldon's 'Nothing Lasts Forever' |
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— | 1995 |
| 77% | Candyman |
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— | 1992 |
| 25% | Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man |
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— | 1991 |
| 5% | Another You |
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— | 1991 |
| 77% | New Jack City |
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— | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | The Kid Who Loved Christmas |
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— | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer |
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— | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal |
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— | 1989 |
| 59% | The Pick-Up Artist |
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— | 1987 |
TV
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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| No Score Yet |
The L Word: Generation Q
2019
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| No Score Yet |
American Style
2019
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| No Score Yet |
Match Game
2016-2020
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| No Score Yet |
Milo Murphy's Law
2016-2019
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| No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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| 63% |
Me, Myself & I
2017-2018
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| No Score Yet |
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
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| 60% |
Daytime Divas
2017
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| 96% |
Difficult People
2015-2017
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| 85% |
Modern Family
2009-2020
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| No Score Yet |
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen
2009
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| No Score Yet |
The View
1997-2020
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| 89% |
The Flash
2014-2021
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| No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
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| No Score Yet |
Live From Lincoln Center
2000-2019
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| 93% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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| No Score Yet |
The Chew
2011-2018
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| 58% |
666 Park Avenue
2012-2013
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| No Score Yet |
CBS This Morning
2012
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| No Score Yet |
Great Performances
1972
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| No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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| 70% |
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
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| No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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| 72% |
Desperate Housewives
2004-2012
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| 84% |
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
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| No Score Yet |
The Mo'Nique Show
2009-2011
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| No Score Yet |
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010-2018
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| 97% |
Ugly Betty
2006-2010
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| 9% |
Knight Rider
2008-2009
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| No Score Yet |
Lincoln Heights
2007-2009
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| No Score Yet |
Rachael Ray
2006
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| No Score Yet |
Cold Case
2003-2010
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| No Score Yet |
Dr. Phil
2002
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| 15% |
South Beach
2006
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| No Score Yet |
MADtv
1995-2009
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| 96% |
Boomtown
2002-2003
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| 61% |
Ally McBeal
1997-2002
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| No Score Yet |
The Proud Family
2001-2005
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| No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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| No Score Yet |
The Pretender
1996-2000
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| No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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| No Score Yet |
Melrose Place
1992-1999
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| No Score Yet |
Chicago Hope
1994-2000
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| 91% |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993-1999
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| No Score Yet |
Living Single
1993-1998
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| 83% |
NYPD Blue
1993-2005
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| No Score Yet |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-1996
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| No Score Yet |
Law & Order
1990
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| No Score Yet |
T.J. Hooker
1982-1986
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| No Score Yet |
The Love Boat
1977-1986
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Quotes from Vanessa L. Williams' Characters
| Lee Cullen: | What Happened? |
| Lee Cullen: | What happened? |
| `Eraser' John Kruger: | They Caught A Train. |
| `Eraser' John Kruger: | They caught a Train. |
| `Eraser' John Kruger: | They caught a train. |
| Vita: | I can get her a private jet if she wants. |
| Hannah Montana/Miley Stewart: | Yes! I've always wanted one of those! |
| Janice: | Can't you just knock. Just the person I want to see have a seat |
| Judith: | No! I wanted to just say thank you for the job but it's going to be my last week. |
| Janice: | No! This is your last day, I just got a call telling me Harley is out of the deal with me and going to open practice with you. |
| Judith: | That's what we are planning to do! |
| Janice: | We? Little Girl you have no idea what you are in for. But I wish you with all the best with your struggle. |
| Judith: | You know I've been meaning to tell you are in a existential identity crisis; I done my research on you spent those two weeks in Paris and now of a sudden with a french accent, we know you from Georgia!!!. |
| Judith: | You know I've been meaning to tell you are in a existential identity crisis; I done my research on you spent those two weeks in Paris and now of a sudden with a french accent, we know you from Georgia! |
| Janice: | Bitch you better get your ass out of my office!!!!!!!!! |
| Janice: | Bitch you better get your ass out of my office! |
| Lee Cullen: | [John knocks down a door and shoots a guy] You're late! |
| "Eraser" John Kruger: | Traffic. |