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name: "Vanessa Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vanessa-williams"
fi1m_id: "vanessa-williams"
imdb_id: "nm0004539"
tmdb_id: 543193
wikidata_id: "Q3554516"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 May 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:19.777598+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Vanessa Williams

## Identity

Vanessa Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vanessa-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vanessa-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004539
- **TMDB ID:** 543193
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3554516
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Estelle_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3554516, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/543193

Actor. Born 12 May 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 May 1963, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1992–1995
- **Also known as:** Vanessa A. Williams
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Estelle_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3554516, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/543193

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Candyman*](https://film.one/film/candyman.md) (81)

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## Biography

Vanessa Estelle Williams, also credited as Vanessa A. Williams, is an American actress and producer. She was born on 12 May 1963 in New York City and raised in Brooklyn.

She is known for her role as Anne-Marie McCoy in the horror film *Candyman* (1992) and its 2021 sequel, as Keisha in *New Jack City* (1991), and as Maxine Joseph–Chadway in the television series *Soul Food* (2000–2004), for which she received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. Other credits include Rhonda Blair in the first season of *Melrose Place* (1992–93).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Murder One* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Lila Marquette — [page](https://film.one/tv/murder-one.md)
- *Candyman* (1992), Fi1m 81, as Anne-Marie McCoy — [page](https://film.one/film/candyman.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Wild Rose* (2026), series, as Joyce
- *Cruel Encounters* (2023), as Corynne
- *Black Girl, Erupted* (2023), as Cassandra Cole
- *Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story* (2022), as Lucille
- *Angie's Cure* (2022), as Carla
- *Mid-Century* (2022), as Beverly Gordon
- *Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion* (2021), as Eve Christmas
- *A Rich Christmas* (2021), as Aggie Maggy / Madison
- *Candyman* (2021), as Anne-Marie McCoy
- *American Horror Stories* (2021), series, as Dr. Eleanor Berger
- *A Luv Tale* (2021), series, as Candice
- *Love on a Two Way Street* (2020), as Gloria
- *I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones* (2019), as Rebecca
- *One Fine Christmas* (2019), as Susan
- *Thriller* (2018), as Mrs. Walker
- *9-1-1* (2018), series, as Claudette Collins
- *The Flash* (2014), series, as Francine West
- *Crossed the Line* (2014), as Juice
- *Men, Money & Gold Diggers* (2014), as Sandra Winslow
- *Raising Izzie* (2012), as Tonya
- *Sugar Mommas* (2012), as Lynn
- *Imagine That* (2009), as Lori Strother
- *Contradictions of the Heart* (2009), as Lea
- *Flirting with Forty* (2008), as Kristine
- *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), series, as Flight Attendant (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md)
- *Ice Spiders* (2007), as Dr. April Sommers
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Crystal Stacy (2007)
- *Allergic to Nuts* (2003), Actor
- *Black Listed* (2003), as J.W.
- *Our America* (2002), as Sandra Williams
- *Like Mike* (2002), as Pharmacist
- *Soul Food* (2000), series, as Maxine Chadway
- *Punks* (2000), as Jennifer
- *Playing with Fire* (2000), as Riana Roberts
- *Incognito* (1999), as Wilhelmina Hunter
- *Total Recall 2070* (1999), series, Actor
- *Between Brothers* (1997), series, as Rebecca
- *Mother* (1996), as Donna
- *The Pretender* (1996), series, as Denise Clements
- *Malcolm & Eddie* (1996), series, Actor
- *The Steve Harvey Show* (1996), series, as Nina
- *Buddies* (1996), series, Actor
- *Murder One* (1995), series, as Lila Marquette — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/murder-one.md)
- *Drop Squad* (1994), as Mali
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Grace Carr
- *Living Single* (1993), series, Actor
- *Candyman* (1992), as Anne-Marie McCoy — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/candyman.md)
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, as Rhonda
- *New Jack City* (1991), as Keisha
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Vera — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *The Cosby Show* (1984), series, as Jade, Cheryl

## Gallery

- ![Vanessa Williams](https://film.one/media/person/82207/gallery-51071ff6fb40.jpg) Vanessa Williams — Credited to "https://theflash.fandom.com/wiki/Vanessa_Williams", CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Vanessa_A._Williams.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Vanessa Williams](https://film.one/media/person/82207/gallery-10816d89af9d.jpg) Vanessa Williams — Image via TMDB

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