Vanessa Williams
Birthday: 1963-05-12
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Biography: 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 Place (1992–93). She is also known as Nino Brown's feisty gun moll, Keisha in the 1991 crime drama film, New Jack City and as Anne-Marie McCoy in the first and fourth of the Candyman films. Though not related, she is sometimes confused with American actress, singer, and former Miss America 1984, Vanessa L. Williams. Both women were also, coincidentally, born in New York in the same year. In addition, Vanessa A. Williams starred in the television soap opera, Soul Food, while Vanessa L. Williams starred in the original film.
Movies
A Rich Christmas
Spoiled socialite will learn a lesson after her father asks her to work in a family homeless center....
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Flirting with Forty
A divorcee has a passionate affair with a much younger surfing instructor in Hawaii....
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New Jack City
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. ...
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Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
Event planner Amy helps rising singer Tiffanie Christmas plan her holiday family reunion. Along the ...
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Candyman
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skep...
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Punks
The life and times of a group of twentysomething black gay men living in West Hollywood....
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Mid-Century
A husband and wife's weekend in a mid-century modern vacation rental turns deadly when the husband d...
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Ice Spiders
When a young ski team training for the Olympics arrives at the remote and isolated Lost Mountain Ski...
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Imagine That
A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary ...
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Men, Money & Gold Diggers
Caleb Peterson has it all - a great job, plenty of money, and a fine fiancée in former model Paisley...
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Contradictions of the Heart
A party chasing chick pounds on a restaurant door after closing. The closing manager opens it and th...
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Drop Squad
Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans...
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Black Listed
Alan Chambers (Townsend) is a lawyer and sick of his job. He corrals his friends into forming a vigi...
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Love on a Two Way Street
Regina McKenzie struggles with still living at home with her parents, juggling questionable career c...
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Cruel Encounters
After the founder of a huge holding company dies in a mysterious helicopter crash, his wife, son and...
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Black Girl, Erupted
After a series of setbacks, high-achieving lawyer Reina must learn how to handle her mental health b...
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Raising Izzie
A caring teacher helps an orphaned girl in taking care of her younger sister after their mother's de...
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Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Today there are more reasons than ever for families to explore and celebrate diversity. Our ever-exp...
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Our America
The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a...
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I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
A man in a committed relationship turns his love life upside-down when he accepts a $50,000 bet abou...
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Incognito
A young socialite hires a bodyguard to protect her when an ex-convict begins stalking her....
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Mother
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problem...
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Thriller
Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA teens find themselve...
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Playing with Fire
A woman tries to save her sister, who stole a priceless African statue with her lover....
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One Fine Christmas
The families on Christmas Street have been so busy with their day-to-day lives that they lose sight ...
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Candyman
A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins...
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Crossed the Line
A young woman refuses to bow down to the local criminal kingpin who wants to take control of her lat...
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Sugar Mommas
Sisters Sheila and Lynn have little in common except their love for sweets. In need of a change, the...
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Like Mike
Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ conne...
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Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Follows the successful career of Jackson as well as her unique friendship and devotion to Martin Lut...
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The Jaleel White Special
A special starring teenage actor Jaleel White, who fantasizes about writing, directing and acting in...
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