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.
2026The Claudia Winkleman ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2024Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia FieldMovieas Self
2024The Little Pageant That CouldMovieas Self (archive footage)
2024ElsbethTV showas Roslyn Bridwell · 1 episodes
2023Tripped UpMovieas Patricia Chamberlain
2023Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's BestMovieas Self
2023Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a SpaceMovieas Narrator (voice)2023VelmaTV showas Dr. Perdue (voice) · 6 episodes
2022Los lunes a las 9Movieas Self (Archive Footage)
2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowTV show1 episodes
2022SherriTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes
2021Queen of the UniverseTV showas Self - Judge · 14 episodes
2021Blankety BlankTV showas Self - Panellist · 1 episodes
2021Show of TitlesMovieas "Dear World" Performer
2021Girls5evaTV showas Nance Trace · 3 episodes
2021Bad HairMovieas Zora
2021Name That TuneTV showas Self - Contestant · 1 episodes
2020Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa WilliamsTV showas Self - Host · 1 episodes
2020Vanessa Williams: Live From the West SideMovie
2020There She IsMovie
2020RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag RaceTV showas Vanquisha Da House - Contestant · 1 episodes
2020Calling All T.O.T.S.TV showas Captain Beakman (voice) · 10 episodes
2020SingleholicMovieas Jackie Chisolm
2020Stars in the HouseTV showas Self · as Self - Special Guest · 1 episodes
2019Miss VirginiaMovieas Sally Rae
2019First Wives ClubTV showas Nancy · 1 episodes
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2019The Tamron Hall ShowTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes
2019A Black Lady Sketch ShowTV showas Delilah · 1 episodes2019Batman: HushMovieas Amanda Waller (voice)
2019T.O.T.S.TV showas Captain Beakman (voice) · 150 episodes
2019American StyleTV showas Self · 4 episodes
2018The Legend of HallowaiianMovieas Fire Goddess (voice)
2018Celebrity CatchphraseTV showas Self - Contestant · 1 episodes2018Suicide Squad: Hell to PayMovieas Amanda Waller (voice)2017The Man from Earth: HoloceneMovieas Carolyn
2017Daytime DivasTV showas Maxine Robinson · 10 episodes
2017Not Black EnoughMovieas Self
2016VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent NightMovieas Self
2016The Secret She KeptMovieas Beverly
2016The $100,000 PyramidTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2016Match GameTV showas Self - Panelist · 1 episodes
2015Show BoatMovieas Julie LaVerne
2015Difficult PeopleTV showas Trish · 1 episodes2014The LibrariansTV showas Cynthia Rockwell · 4 episodes
2014The Trip to BountifulMovieas Jessie Mae Watts
2014Broad CityTV showas Elizabeth Carlton · 1 episodes
2013He's Way More Famous Than YouMovieas Vanessa Williams
2013Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage CounselorMovieas Janice
2012RuPaul's Drag Race All StarsTV showas Self - Guest Judge · 1 episodes
2012666 Park AvenueTV showas Olivia Doran · 13 episodes
2012The Mindy ProjectTV showas Dr. Phillips · 1 episodes
2012BethennyTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes
2012Doc McStuffinsTV showas Delilah the Nesting Doll (voice) · 1 episodes
2011The Jonathan Ross ShowTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes
2011A Mother's LoveMovieas Rochelle Richardson
2010The TalkTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2010Who Do You Think You Are?TV showas Self · 1 episodes2009Modern FamilyTV showas Rhonda · 1 episodes2009The Good WifeTV showas Courtney Paige · 4 episodes
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenTV showas Self - Guest · 4 episodes2009Hannah Montana: The MovieMovieas Vita2009RuPaul's Drag RaceTV showas Self - Special Guest · as Self - Guest Judge · as Self - Judge (archive footage) · 1 episodes
2008Walt Disney World Christmas Day ParadeMovieas Self
2008The Wendy Williams ShowTV show1 episodes
2007Mama Mirabelle's Home MoviesTV showas Mama Mirabelle (voice) · 26 episodes
2007Shear GeniusTV show1 episodes2007The Graham Norton ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2007And Then Came LoveMovieas Julie2006Ugly BettyTV showas Wilhelmina Slater · 85 episodes
2006Desperate Housewives: Les Secrets de la SérieMovieas Renee Perry
2006South BeachTV showas Elizabeth Bauer · 8 episodes
2006My BrotherMovieas L'Tisha Morton
2005Walt Disney World Christmas Day ParadeMovieas Self
2005Gift for the LivingMovieas Narrator
2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsMovieas Witch (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2004Christmas in WashingtonMovie
2004The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas StarfestMovieas Self2004Desperate HousewivesTV showas Renee Perry · 44 episodes
2004Johnson Family VacationMovieas Dorothy Johnson
2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?Movieas Self (archive footage)
2004On Air with Ryan SeacrestTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowTV showas Self · 3 episodes
2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave NarrativesMovie
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV showas Self · as Self - Guest · 1 episodes
2003The BacheloretteTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2002BoomtownTV showas Detective Katherine Pierce · 6 episodes
2002Keep the Faith, BabyMovieas Hazel Scott
2002It's Black EntertainmentMovieas Self - Host
2002Miss AmericaMovieas Self (archival footage)
2001Santa, Baby!Movieas Alicia (voice)
2001Good Day LiveTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2001The Proud FamilyTV showas Debra (voice) · 1 episodes
2001WW3Movieas M.J. Blake (as Vanessa L. Williams)
2000A Diva's Christmas CarolMovieas Ebony Scrooge2000ShaftMovieas Carmen Vasquez
2000Don QuixoteMovieas Dulcinea / Aldonza
2000The Courage to LoveMovieas Mother Henriette Delille · Executive Producer
1999Light It UpMovieas Audrey McDonald
1999The Adventures of Elmo in GrouchlandMovieas Queen of Trash
1999FuturesportMovieas Alexandra 'Alex' Torres
1998L.A. DoctorsTV showas Leanne Barrows · 3 episodes
1998Dance with MeMovieas Ruby Sinclair
1998Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of LiberiaMovieas Self
1998VH1 DivasTV show1 episodes
1997Soul FoodMovieas Teri1997Ally McBealTV showas Sheila Hunt · 1 episodes
1997HoodlumMovieas Francine Hughes
1997The ViewTV showas Self · as Self - Guest · 6 episodes1997The OdysseyTV showas Calypso · 2 episodes
1996Jungle CubsTV show1 episodes1996EraserMovieas Lee
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes
1995Bye Bye BirdieMovieas Rose Alvarez
1995Nothing Lasts ForeverTV showas Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter · 2 episodes
1995Nothing Lasts ForeverMovieas Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter
1995MADtvTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildTV showas Beauty (voice) · 1 episodes
1995Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein IIMovieas Self
1994Score with ChicksMovie
1993David Foster's Christmas AlbumMovieas Self
1993Intimate PortraitTV showas Self (archive footage) · 1 episodes1993Star Trek: Deep Space NineTV showas Arandis · 1 episodes
1992The Jacksons: An American DreamTV showas Suzanne de Passe · 2 episodes
1992Stompin' at the SavoyMovieas Pauline
1992The Jaleel White SpecialMovieas Self1991Harley Davidson and the Marlboro ManMovieas Lulu Daniels
1991Another YouMovieas Gloria
1990The Kid Who Loved ChristmasMovieas Lynette Parks1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirTV showas Danny Mitchell · 1 episodes
1990Seriously... Phil CollinsMovieas Rachel - TV Executive
1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced SingerMovieas Terri Knight
1989Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes ScandalMovieas Valentine Hayward
1988American ExperienceTV showas Narrator (voice) · 1 episodes
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkTV showas Self - Guest · 4 episodes
1988Under the GunMovieas Samantha Richards
1987The Pick-up ArtistMovieas Rae, Girl with Dog
1985Motown Returns to the ApolloMovie
1984Partners in CrimeTV show1 episodes
1982T. J. HookerTV showas Officer Pat Williamson · 1 episodes
1980A Capitol FourthTV showas Self · 46 episodes1975Saturday Night LiveTV showas Self - Musical Guest · 2 episodes
1965Days of Our LivesTV showas Valerie Grant · 3 episodes
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1956Tony AwardsTV showas Self - Performer · 1 episodes
1953The OscarsTV showas Self · 1 episodes