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Vanessa Williams

Highest Rated: 84% Candyman (2021)

Lowest Rated: 17% And Then Came Love (2007)

Birthday: May 12, 1963

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Vanessa Williams first registered in features as a killer in Mario Van Peebles' gangster movie, "New Jack City" (1991). Before that she appeared on TV in guest spots on "T.J. Hooker," "The Love Boat," "The Cosby Show" and "Law & Order." Williams also starred as aerobics instructor Rhonda Blair on "Melrose Place." Williams also offered a strong supporting performance as a protective single mother in "Candyman" (1992), a smart horror flick, and she played a lead role in the satire, "DROP Squad" (1994), executive produced by Spike Lee. In 1995, she returned to series TV as the law firm receptionist on the Steven Bochco-produced drama "Murder One."

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Highest-Rated Movies

84% 72% Candyman Watchlist 79% 63% Candyman Watchlist
56% 80% Punks
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17% 32% And Then Came Love
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17% 45% Drop Squad
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Contradictions of the Heart
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Singleholic
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61% Our America
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Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams Vanessa Williams Vanessa Williams at arrivals for Stars Of Daytime Television Celebrate Emmy Awards Season, Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center, North Hollywood, CA August 23, 2017. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Vanessa Williams at arrivals for NAACP Image Awards, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA February 1, 2013. Photo By: Emiley Schweich/Everett Collection Vanessa Williams at arrivals for NAACP Image Awards, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA February 1, 2013. Photo By: Emiley Schweich/Everett Collection Vanessa Williams at arrivals for Picturehouse Presents Premiere of THE WOMEN, Mann''s Village Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles, CA, September 04, 2008. Photo by: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Vanessa Williams at arrivals for Picturehouse Presents Premiere of THE WOMEN, Mann''s Village Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles, CA, September 04, 2008. Photo by: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection ERASER, Vanessa Williams (bottom), Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1996, © Warner Brothers CANDYMAN, DeJuan Guy, Vanessa Williams, 1992, (c) TriStar ERASER, from left: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, 1996, © Warner Brothers View more photos

Filmography

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Cruel Encounters 2023 Corynne Actor Black Girl Erupted 2023 Cassandra Cole Actor Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story 71% 2022 Lucille Actor Singleholic 2022 Jackie Actor Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion 2021 Eve Christmas Actor A Rich Christmas 2021 Madison Actor Candyman 84% 72% 2021 Anne-Marie McCoy Actor One Fine Christmas 2019 Susan Actor The Secret She Kept 38% 2016 Beverly Actor Crossed the Line 2014 Juice Actor Men, Money & Gold Diggers 2014 Sandra Winslow Actor Raising Izzie 61% 2012 Tonya Actor A Mother's Love 2011 Rochelle Richardson Actor Contradictions of the Heart 2009 Lea Actor Flirting With Forty 51% 2008 Kristine Actor Ice Spiders 18% 2007 Dr. April Sommers Actor And Then Came Love 17% 32% 2007 Executive Producer Black Listed 2003 J.W. Actor Our America 61% 2002 Sandra Williams Actor Playing With Fire 29% 2000 Riana Roberts Actor Afrocentricity 2000 Actor Punks 56% 80% 2000 Jennifer Actor Incognito 1999 Actor Drop Squad 17% 45% 1994 Mali Actor Candyman 79% 63% 1992 Anne-Marie McCoy Actor
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