Vanessa Williams, geboren am 18. März 1963 in Tarrytown, New York, ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Sängerin. Sie studierte an der Syracuse University und besuchte die Horace Greeley High School. 1984 wurde sie als erste schwarze Frau zur Miss America gekürt. Später erhielt sie den Theatre World Award, einen Stern auf dem Hollywood Walk of Fame und den Satellite Award/Mary Pickford Award. Für ihre Arbeit wurde sie außerdem für einen Tony Award als Beste Hauptdarstellerin in einem Musical und für einen Grammy Award als Best New Artist nominiert.
Filmografie
Filme
2024 – Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024 – The Little Pageant That Could
2023 – Tripped Up
2023 – Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023 – Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2022 – Los lunes a las 9
2021 – Show of Titles
2021 – Bad Hair - Waschen. Schneiden. Töten.
2020 – Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
2020 – There She Is
2020 – Singleholic
2019 – Miss Virginia
2019 – Batman: Hush
2018 – The Legend of Hallowaiian
2018 – Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2017 – The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017 – Not Black Enough
2016 – VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016 – The Secret She Kept
2015 – Show Boat
2014 – The Trip to Bountiful
2013 – He's Way More Famous Than You
2013 – Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2011 – A Mother's Love
2009 – Hannah Montana – Der Film
2008 – Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2007 – And Then Came Love
2006 – Rehearsing a Dream
2006 – Desperate Housewives: Les Secrets de la Série
2006 – My Brother
2005 – Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2005 – Gift for the Living
2005 – Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2004 – Christmas in Washington
2004 – The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
2004 – Familie Johnson geht auf Reisen
2004 – Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2003 – Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2002 – Keep the Faith, Baby
2002 – It's Black Entertainment
2002 – Miss America
2001 – Santa, Baby!
2001 – WW3
2000 – Ein Ganz besonderes Weihnachtsfest
2000 – Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
2000 – Afrocentricity
2000 – Shaft - Noch Fragen?
2000 – Don Quichotte
2000 – The Courage to Love
2000 – Shaft: Still the Man
1999 – Light It Up
1999 – Die Abenteuer von Elmo im Grummelland
1999 – Futuresport - Kämpfe um dein Leben!
1998 – Dance with Me
1998 – Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
1997 – Soul Food
1997 – Harlem, N.Y.C.
1996 – Eraser
1995 – Bye Bye Birdie
1995 – Ärztinnen - Auf Leben und Tod
1995 – Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1994 – Score with Chicks
1993 – David Foster's Christmas Album
1992 – Stompin' at the Savoy
1992 – The Jaleel White Special
1991 – Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man
1991 – Das andere Ich
1990 – Der Brief an den Weihnachtsmann
1990 – Seriously... Phil Collins
1990 – Perry Mason und der Tod eines Idols
1989 – Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1988 – Under the Gun
1987 – Jack der Aufreißer
1985 – Motown Returns to the Apollo
Baby of the Family
Women Like Us Serien
2026 – The Claudia Winkleman Show
2024 – Elsbeth
2023 – Velma
2022 – Sherri
2022 – The Jennifer Hudson Show
2021 – Queen of the Universe
2021 – Blankety Blank
2021 – Girls5eva
2021 – Name That Tune
2020 – Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams
2020 – RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
2020 – Versammelt alle T.O.T.S.
2020 – Stars in the House
2019 – First Wives Club
2019 – The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 – The Tamron Hall Show
2019 – A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 – T.O.T.S.
2019 – American Style
2018 – Celebrity Catchphrase
2017 – Daytime Divas
2016 – The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 – Match Game
2015 – Difficult People
2014 – The Quest – Die Serie
2014 – Broad City
2012 – RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 – 666 Park Avenue
2012 – The Mindy Project
2012 – Bethenny
2012 – Doc McStuffins, Spielzeugärztin
2011 – The Jonathan Ross Show
2010 – The Talk
2010 – Who Do You Think You Are?
2009 – Modern Family
2009 – The Good Wife
2009 – Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 – RuPaul's Drag Race
2008 – The Wendy Williams Show
2007 – Mama Mirabelles Tierkino
2007 – Shear Genius
2007 – The Graham Norton Show
2006 – Alles Betty!
2006 – South Beach
2005 – The Reichen Show
2005 – The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2004 – Desperate Housewives
2004 – The Tony Danza Show
2004 – On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2003 – The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 – Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 – The Bachelorette
2002 – Boomtown
2001 – Good Day Live
2001 – Die Prouds
1998 – L.A. Docs
1998 – VH1 Divas
1997 – Ally McBeal
1997 – The View
1997 – Die Abenteuer des Odysseus
1996 – Disneys Dschungelbuch-Kids
1996 – The Rosie O’Donnell Show
1995 – Nothing Lasts Forever
1995 – MADtv
1995 – 13 auf einen Streich
1993 – Intimate Portrait
1993 – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1992 – Die Jacksons - Ein amerikanischer Traum
1990 – Der Prinz von Bel-Air
1988 – American Experience
1988 – LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1984 – Caulfields Witwen
1982 – T. J. Hooker
1980 – A Capitol Fourth
1975 – Saturday Night Live
1965 – Zeit der Sehnsucht
1962 – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1956 – Tony Awards
1954 – Miss America
1953 – Oscar Verleihung
Filme
2024 – Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024 – The Little Pageant That Could
2023 – Tripped Up
2023 – Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023 – Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2022 – Los lunes a las 9
2021 – Show of Titles
2021 – Bad Hair - Waschen. Schneiden. Töten.
2020 – Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
2020 – There She Is
2020 – Singleholic
2019 – Miss Virginia
2019 – Batman: Hush
2018 – The Legend of Hallowaiian
2018 – Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2017 – The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017 – Not Black Enough
2016 – VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016 – The Secret She Kept
2015 – Show Boat
2014 – The Trip to Bountiful
2013 – He's Way More Famous Than You
2013 – Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2011 – A Mother's Love
2009 – Hannah Montana – Der Film
2008 – Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2007 – And Then Came Love
2006 – Rehearsing a Dream
2006 – Desperate Housewives: Les Secrets de la Série
2006 – My Brother
2005 – Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2005 – Gift for the Living
2005 – Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2004 – Christmas in Washington
2004 – The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
2004 – Familie Johnson geht auf Reisen
2004 – Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2003 – Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2002 – Keep the Faith, Baby
2002 – It's Black Entertainment
2002 – Miss America
2001 – Santa, Baby!
2001 – WW3
2000 – Ein Ganz besonderes Weihnachtsfest
2000 – Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends
2000 – Afrocentricity
2000 – Shaft - Noch Fragen?
2000 – Don Quichotte
2000 – The Courage to Love
2000 – Shaft: Still the Man
1999 – Light It Up
1999 – Die Abenteuer von Elmo im Grummelland
1999 – Futuresport - Kämpfe um dein Leben!
1998 – Dance with Me
1998 – Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
1997 – Soul Food
1997 – Harlem, N.Y.C.
1996 – Eraser
1995 – Bye Bye Birdie
1995 – Ärztinnen - Auf Leben und Tod
1995 – Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
1994 – Score with Chicks
1993 – David Foster's Christmas Album
1992 – Stompin' at the Savoy
1992 – The Jaleel White Special
1991 – Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man
1991 – Das andere Ich
1990 – Der Brief an den Weihnachtsmann
1990 – Seriously... Phil Collins
1990 – Perry Mason und der Tod eines Idols
1989 – Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1988 – Under the Gun
1987 – Jack der Aufreißer
1985 – Motown Returns to the Apollo
Baby of the Family
Women Like Us Serien
2026 – The Claudia Winkleman Show
2024 – Elsbeth
2023 – Velma
2022 – Sherri
2022 – The Jennifer Hudson Show
2021 – Queen of the Universe
2021 – Blankety Blank
2021 – Girls5eva
2021 – Name That Tune
2020 – Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams
2020 – RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
2020 – Versammelt alle T.O.T.S.
2020 – Stars in the House
2019 – First Wives Club
2019 – The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 – The Tamron Hall Show
2019 – A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 – T.O.T.S.
2019 – American Style
2018 – Celebrity Catchphrase
2017 – Daytime Divas
2016 – The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 – Match Game
2015 – Difficult People
2014 – The Quest – Die Serie
2014 – Broad City
2012 – RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 – 666 Park Avenue
2012 – The Mindy Project
2012 – Bethenny
2012 – Doc McStuffins, Spielzeugärztin
2011 – The Jonathan Ross Show
2010 – The Talk
2010 – Who Do You Think You Are?
2009 – Modern Family
2009 – The Good Wife
2009 – Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 – RuPaul's Drag Race
2008 – The Wendy Williams Show
2007 – Mama Mirabelles Tierkino
2007 – Shear Genius
2007 – The Graham Norton Show
2006 – Alles Betty!
2006 – South Beach
2005 – The Reichen Show
2005 – The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2004 – Desperate Housewives
2004 – The Tony Danza Show
2004 – On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2003 – The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 – Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 – The Bachelorette
2002 – Boomtown
2001 – Good Day Live
2001 – Die Prouds
1998 – L.A. Docs
1998 – VH1 Divas
1997 – Ally McBeal
1997 – The View
1997 – Die Abenteuer des Odysseus
1996 – Disneys Dschungelbuch-Kids
1996 – The Rosie O’Donnell Show
1995 – Nothing Lasts Forever
1995 – MADtv
1995 – 13 auf einen Streich
1993 – Intimate Portrait
1993 – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1992 – Die Jacksons - Ein amerikanischer Traum
1990 – Der Prinz von Bel-Air
1988 – American Experience
1988 – LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1984 – Caulfields Witwen
1982 – T. J. Hooker
1980 – A Capitol Fourth
1975 – Saturday Night Live
1965 – Zeit der Sehnsucht
1962 – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1956 – Tony Awards
1954 – Miss America
1953 – Oscar Verleihung