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 153
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Modern Family
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Tony Awards
1956
Desperate Housewives
2004
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Good Wife
2009
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Elsbeth
2024
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The View
1997
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Talk
2010
The Odyssey
1997
Sherri
2022
Good Day Live
2001
American Experience
1988
The Mindy Project
2012
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Tamron Hall
2019
T. J. Hooker
1982
Miss America
1954
Doc McStuffins
2012
The Librarians
2014
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
Ugly Betty
2006
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Broad City
2014
The Oscars
1953
The Reichen Show
2005
The Tony Danza Show
2004
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
The Proud Family
2001
Name That Tune
2021
Ally McBeal
1997
Boomtown
2002
Stars in the House
2020
Girls5eva
2021
The Bachelorette
2003
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Velma
2023
Match Game
2016
Days of Our Lives
1965
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
Difficult People
2015
T.O.T.S.
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
Blankety Blank
2021
Eraser
1996
L.A. Doctors
1998
Jungle Cubs
1996
First Wives Club
2019
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
2020
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
Shaft
2000
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
666 Park Avenue
2012
Hoodlum
1997
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018
Partners in Crime
1984
South Beach
2006
Batman: Hush
2019
Show Boat
2015
Calling All T.O.T.S.
2020
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
A Capitol Fourth
1980
Queen of the Universe
2021
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026
Dance with Me
1998
The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
Johnson Family Vacation
2004
Daytime Divas
2017
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
2007
MADtv
1995
Bad Hair
2021
VH1 Divas
1998
The Pick-up Artist
1987
Soul Food
1997
Light It Up
1999
Los lunes a las 9
2022
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013
Another You
1991
Shear Genius
2007
He's Way More Famous Than You
2013
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995
Bethenny
2012
The Legend of Hallowaiian
2018
American Style
2019
Miss Virginia
2019
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2008
A Diva's Christmas Carol
2000
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
Futuresport
1999
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
Shaft: Still the Man
2000
And Then Came Love
2007
Tripped Up
2023
Show of Titles
2021
Don Quixote
2000
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
2009
The Secret She Kept
2016
Bye Bye Birdie
1995
Singleholic
2020
The Courage to Love
2000
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
The Trip to Bountiful
2014
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990
Santa, Baby!
2001
David Foster's Christmas Album
1993
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams
2020
WW3
2001
There She Is
2020
Score with Chicks
1994
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2023
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1995
Gift for the Living
2005
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
1998
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
2004
Not Black Enough
2017
Christmas in Washington
2004
My Brother
2006
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016
Miss America
2002
Women Like Us
Under the Gun
1988
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024
A Mother's Love
2011
Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
2000
Rehearsing a Dream
2006
Keep the Faith, Baby
2002
Afrocentricity
2000
Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
2020