Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Estelle Williams (sometimes professionally credited as Vanessa A. Williams) is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her roles as Maxine Joseph–Chadway in the Showtime drama series, Soul Food (2000–04), for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, and as Rhonda Blair in the first season of the Fox prime time soap opera, Melrose Place (1992–93). She is also known as Nino Brown's feisty gun moll, Keisha in the 1991 crime drama film, New Jack City and as Anne-Marie McCoy in the first and fourth of the Candyman films.
Though not related, she is sometimes confused with American actress, singer, and former Miss America 1984, Vanessa L. Williams. Both women were also, coincidentally, born in New York in the same year. In addition, Vanessa A. Williams starred in the television soap opera, Soul Food, while Vanessa L. Williams starred in the original film.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2443 |
| Birthday | 1963-05-12 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Vanessa A. Williams, |
2021
A Rich Christmas
5.8/4
Spoiled socialite will learn a lesson after her father asks her to work in a family homeless center.
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A Rich Christmas
1991
New Jack City
6.74/635
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infi...
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New Jack City
2008
Flirting with Forty
5.25/64
A divorcee has a passionate affair with a much younger surfing instructor in Hawaii.
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Flirting with Forty
2021
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
4.7/9
Event planner Amy helps rising singer Tiffanie Christmas plan her holiday family reunion. Along the way Amy must navigate some challenging family dyna...
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Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
1992
Candyman
6.667/1861
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
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Candyman
2000
Punks
5.1/9
The life and times of a group of twentysomething black gay men living in West Hollywood.
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Punks
2022
Mid-Century
4.538/39
A husband and wife's weekend in a mid-century modern vacation rental turns deadly when the husband discovers the owner is a psychopath with a backyard...
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Mid-Century
2007
Ice Spiders
4.189/82
When a young ski team training for the Olympics arrives at the remote and isolated Lost Mountain Ski Resort to focus on training, they're thrilled to...
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Ice Spiders
2009
Imagine That
5.977/610
A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.
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Imagine That
2014
Men, Money & Gold Diggers
0/0
Caleb Peterson has it all - a great job, plenty of money, and a fine fiancée in former model Paisley Terrell. They're all set to get married just as s...
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Men, Money & Gold Diggers
2009
Contradictions of the Heart
6.5/2
A party chasing chick pounds on a restaurant door after closing. The closing manager opens it and the journey this encounter creates, places contradic...
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Contradictions of the Heart
1994
Drop Squad
3.5/12
Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage. Spi...
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Drop Squad
2003
Black Listed
4/3
Alan Chambers (Townsend) is a lawyer and sick of his job. He corrals his friends into forming a vigilante group. Everyone goes along with it at first,...
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Black Listed
2020
Love on a Two Way Street
0/0
Regina McKenzie struggles with still living at home with her parents, juggling questionable career choices, and dating the wrong men. Love on a Two Wa...
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Love on a Two Way Street
2023
Cruel Encounters
1/1
After the founder of a huge holding company dies in a mysterious helicopter crash, his wife, son and daughter jockey for the reins of his company in a...
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Cruel Encounters
2023
Black Girl, Erupted
2/1
After a series of setbacks, high-achieving lawyer Reina must learn how to handle her mental health before her emotional outbursts destroy her career a...
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Black Girl, Erupted
2012
Raising Izzie
8.1/12
A caring teacher helps an orphaned girl in taking care of her younger sister after their mother's death.
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Raising Izzie
2004
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
8/3
Today there are more reasons than ever for families to explore and celebrate diversity. Our ever-expanding world is full of differences in abilities,...
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Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2022
Angie's Cure
10/2
A traumatized woman seizes a rare chance to turn the tables on her attacker, but revenge threatens to turn her into the very monster she fears.
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Angie's Cure
2002
Our America
8/3
The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.
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Our America
2019
I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
2/1
A man in a committed relationship turns his love life upside-down when he accepts a $50,000 bet about getting a date with his celebrity crush.
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I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones
1999
Incognito
7/1
A young socialite hires a bodyguard to protect her when an ex-convict begins stalking her.
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Incognito
1996
Mother
6.863/95
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.
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Mother
2018
Thriller
4.3/37
Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA teens find themselves terrorized during Homecoming weekend by a killer...
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Thriller
2000
Playing with Fire
8/1
A woman tries to save her sister, who stole a priceless African statue with her lover.
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Playing with Fire
2019
One Fine Christmas
5.2/5
The families on Christmas Street have been so busy with their day-to-day lives that they lose sight of the importance of family during the holiday sea...
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One Fine Christmas
2021
Candyman
5.993/1827
A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.
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Candyman
2014
Crossed the Line
6.2/4
A young woman refuses to bow down to the local criminal kingpin who wants to take control of her late mother's flower shop in order to run drugs. Howe...
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Crossed the Line
2012
Sugar Mommas
0/0
Sisters Sheila and Lynn have little in common except their love for sweets. In need of a change, they partner with their close friend Tommi to open a...
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Sugar Mommas
2002
Like Mike
6.097/580
Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to...
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Like Mike
2022
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
3.667/3
Follows the successful career of Jackson as well as her unique friendship and devotion to Martin Luther King Jr. and her unsung contribution to the Ci...
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Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
0/0
Dive into 60 minutes of blood, bravado and brilliant scares as we trace the evolution of horror cinema from Dracula (1931) to today.
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Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2003
Allergic to Nuts
0/0
Comedy short.
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