Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

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Birthday: 
18 March 1963, Tarrytown, New York, USA
Birth Name: 
Vanessa Lynn Williams
Height: 
168 cm
Vanessa Lynn Williams was born in Millwood, New York, to Helen L. (Tinch) and Milton Augustine Williams, Jr., both music teachers. Vanessa and her brother grew up in suburban New York in comfortable surroundings. Vanessa sang and danced in school productions and signed her high school yearbook with a promise to "see you on Broadway". Afte... Show more »
Vanessa Lynn Williams was born in Millwood, New York, to Helen L. (Tinch) and Milton Augustine Williams, Jr., both music teachers. Vanessa and her brother grew up in suburban New York in comfortable surroundings. Vanessa sang and danced in school productions and signed her high school yearbook with a promise to "see you on Broadway". After winning a performing scholarship to Syracuse University, she left school and tried to make it in New York show business. She began entering beauty contests in 1984, eventually winning Miss New York and then becoming the first African-American Miss America. During her reign, some nude girl-girl photos, taken while she was in New York, surfaced in Penthouse magazine. Although the photos were taken before her beauty contest victories, she was forced to resign her crown. Many predicted that her future in show business was over. She went on to land a recording contract and released several albums, including "The Comfort Zone" and "The Sweetest Days".Vanessa made her film debut in 1986 in Under the Gun (1988) and appeared in the films The Pick-up Artist (1987), Another You (1991) and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991). She starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Eraser (1996), opposite Laurence Fishburne and Andy Garcia in Hoodlum (1997) and the box office hit, Soul Food (1997). She also starred in Dance with Me (1998), Light It Up (1999), Shaft (2000), opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Johnson Family Vacation (2004). She starred recently in the independent features, My Brother (2006) and And Then Came Love (2007) (aka "Somebody Like You"). On television, Vanessa starred in such movies and mini-series as Stompin' at the Savoy (1992), The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990), The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992), ABC's revival of Bye Bye Birdie (1995), Nothing Lasts Forever (1995), The Odyssey (1997), Don Quixote (2000) and Keep the Faith, Baby (2002), and she executive-produced and starred in Lifetime's The Courage to Love (2000) for Lifetime and the VH1 Original Movie, A Diva's Christmas Carol (2000).Her albums "The Right Stuff", "The Comfort Zone and "The Sweetest Days" earned multiple Grammy nominations and have yielded the Academy Award-winning single "Colors of the Wind", from Disney's Pocahontas: The Musical Tradition Continues (1995). Her recordings also include two holiday albums, "Star Bright" and "Silver & Gold", "Vanessa Williams Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years" and "Everlasting Love", a romantic collection of love songs from the 1970's. In 1994, Vanessa took Broadway by storm when she replaced Chita Rivera in "Kiss of the Spider Woman", winning the hearts of critics and becoming a box-office sensation. She garnered rave reviews and was nominated for a Tony Award for the 2002 revival of "Into the Woods". She also headlined a limited special engagement of the classic, "Carmen Jones", at the Kennedy Center and starred in the Encore! Series staged concert production of "St. Louis Woman".She stars in ABC's critically-acclaimed hit series, Ugly Betty (2006), for which she has won or been nominated for numerous individual and ensemble awards, including the Emmy, SAG Award, Golden Globe and NAACP Image Awards. Vanessa achieved a career pinnacle, with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her accomplishments as a performer. Her charitable endeavors are many and varied, embracing and supporting such organizations as Special Olympics and many others. Show less «

Vanessa Williams's FILMOGRAPHY

RuPauls Drag Race - Season 16

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Girls5eva - Season 3

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Watch What Happens: Live - Season 21

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The Talk - Season 14

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RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars - Season 8

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American Experience - Season 35

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RuPauls Drag Race - Season 15

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Sesame Street - Season 54

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A Black Lady Sketch Show - Season 4

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Queen of the Universe - Season 2

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The 100K Dollar Pyramid - Season 7

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The 100000 Dollar Pyramid - Season 6

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Lets Make a Deal - Season 34

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Watch What Happens: Live - Season 20

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Tripped Up

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RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars - Season 7

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American Experience - Season 34

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RuPaul's Drag Race - Season 14

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Sesame Street - Season 53

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Who Do You Think You Are - Season 12

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First Wives Club - Season 3

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A Black Lady Sketch Show - Season 3

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Girls5eva - Season 2

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Vanessa Williams'S roles

Dorothy Johnson
Dorothy Johnson
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Vita
Janice
Janice
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Queen of Trash
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Carmen Vasquez
Olivia Doran
Olivia Doran
Wilhelmina Slater
Wilhelmina Slater
Courtney Paige
Courtney Paige
Renee Perry
Renee Perry
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Herself - Guest Judge
Amanda Waller
Amanda Waller
Rhonda
Rhonda
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Herself - Guest Judge
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Herself, Pearl