Vanessa Williams
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1963-03-18
Place of Birth: Tarrytown, New York, USA
Popularity: 1.6
Biography
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.
Known For Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Modern Family
2009
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Desperate Housewives
2004
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Good Wife
2009
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The View
1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
American Experience
1988
Sherri
2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Tamron Hall
2019
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
T. J. Hooker
1982
Tony Awards
1956
Elsbeth
2024
The Mindy Project
2012
Ugly Betty
2006No Photo
Good Day Live
2001
Doc McStuffins
2012
The Librarians
2014
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012No Photo
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Broad City
2014
Stars in the House
2020
The Reichen Show
2005
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
The Oscars
1953
Ally McBeal
1997
The Talk
2010
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Velma
2023
Match Game
2016
The Bachelorette
2003
The Proud Family
2001
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Girls5eva
2021
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
L.A. Doctors
1998
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
Boomtown
2002
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
The Odyssey
1997
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
T.O.T.S.
2019
Days of Our Lives
1965
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018
Difficult People
2015
Eraser
1996
Name That Tune
2021
Blankety Blank
2021
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
First Wives Club
2019
Jungle Cubs
1996
A Capitol Fourth
1980
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020
Shaft
2000
666 Park Avenue
2012
Partners in Crime
1984
Hoodlum
1997
Queen of the Universe
2021
South Beach
2006
Batman: Hush
2019
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
2007
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991No Photo
Miss America
1954
MADtv
1995
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013
Dance with Me
1998
Calling All T.O.T.S.
2020
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026
Bad Hair
2021
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
American Style
2019
Johnson Family Vacation
2004No Photo
Shear Genius
2007
The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017
Daytime Divas
2017
The Pick-up Artist
1987
VH1 Divas
1998
Another You
1991
Soul Food
1997
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Bethenny
2012
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995
Futuresport
1999
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Don Quixote
2000
Under the Gun
1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
Bye Bye Birdie
1995
Tripped Up
2023
Light It Up
1999
He's Way More Famous Than You
2013
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
My Brother
2006
WW3
2001
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023
Santa, Baby!
2001
Show of Titles
2021
The Legend of Hallowaiian
2018
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
It's Black Entertainment
2002
The Trip to Bountiful
2014
And Then Came Love
2007No Photo
Shaft: Still the Man
2000
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990
The Courage to Love
2000
Miss Virginia
2019
Gift for the Living
2005
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams
2020
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
1998
Miss America
2002
The Secret She Kept
2016
Christmas in Washington
2004
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016
A Diva's Christmas Carol
2000
Keep the Faith, Baby
2002
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
2004
Show Boat
2015
A Mother's Love
2011
Singleholic
2020
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
Los lunes a las 9
2022
There She Is
2020
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
2009
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995No Photo
Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
2000
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2023
Not Black Enough
2017
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2005
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2008
Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
2020No Photo
Rehearsing a Dream
2006
Score with Chicks
1994No Photo