Vanessa Williams
Acting
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.
As actor 154
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Modern Family
2009
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Desperate Housewives
2004
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Good Wife
2009
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Tony Awards
1956
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Elsbeth
2024
Sherri
2022
Good Day Live
2001
Tamron Hall
2019
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
American Experience
1988
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Talk
2010
Doc McStuffins
2012
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
The Librarians
2014
T. J. Hooker
1982
The Mindy Project
2012
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Ugly Betty
2006
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Stars in the House
2020
The Reichen Show
2005
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Ally McBeal
1997
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Broad City
2014
The Bachelorette
2003
The Oscars
1953
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018
Name That Tune
2021
Days of Our Lives
1965
The Odyssey
1997
Match Game
2016
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
T.O.T.S.
2019
Eraser
1996
The Proud Family
2001
Girls5eva
2021
Velma
2023
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020
Jungle Cubs
1996
Difficult People
2015
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Blankety Blank
2021
Shaft
2000
Boomtown
2002
L.A. Doctors
1998
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
Miss America
1954
First Wives Club
2019
666 Park Avenue
2012
Hoodlum
1997
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Batman: Hush
2019
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018
The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017
Another You
1991
Daytime Divas
2017
Bad Hair
2021
Partners in Crime
1984
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026
Calling All T.O.T.S.
2020
South Beach
2006
Queen of the Universe
2021
A Capitol Fourth
1980
Show Boat
2015
Johnson Family Vacation
2004
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
2007
Dance with Me
1998
Futuresport
1999
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
The Pick-up Artist
1987
Light It Up
1999
Shear Genius
2007
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013
VH1 Divas
1998
MADtv
1995
Soul Food
1997
Don Quixote
2000
He's Way More Famous Than You
2013
Tripped Up
2023
The Legend of Hallowaiian
2018
Afrocentricity
2000
American Style
2019
Singleholic
2020
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2008
Bethenny
2012
And Then Came Love
2007
Bye Bye Birdie
1995
Motown Returns to the Apollo
1985
Los lunes a las 9
2022
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2005
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995
WW3
2001
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
The Courage to Love
2000
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995
Show of Titles
2021
A Diva's Christmas Carol
2000
The Secret She Kept
2016
Score with Chicks
1994
Miss Virginia
2019
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
Women Like Us
There She Is
2020
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
Santa, Baby!
2001
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams
2020
Under the Gun
1988
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990
David Foster's Christmas Album
1993
My Brother
2006
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
Shaft: Still the Man
2000
Miss America
2002
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
1998
The Trip to Bountiful
2014
Not Black Enough
2017
Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
2000
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2023
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
It's Black Entertainment
2002
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
2004
Rehearsing a Dream
2006
A Mother's Love
2011
The Jaleel White Special
1992
Christmas in Washington
2004
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016
Gift for the Living
2005
Keep the Faith, Baby
2002
Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
2020