Vanessa Williams
Acting
Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American singer, actress, producer, dancer, and model. She was the first Black woman to win Miss America in 1984, but resigned after nude photos of her were published in Penthouse magazine. Williams has since had a successful career in music and acting, selling millions of albums and earning critical acclaim.
Known for
2024Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
Self
2024The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
2023Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Narrator (voice)
2023Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
Self
2023Tripped Up
Patricia Chamberlain
2021Bad Hair
Zora
2021Show of Titles
"Dear World" Performer
2020Singleholic
Jackie Chisolm
2020Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
2020There She Is
2019Miss Virginia
Sally Rae
2019Batman: Hush
Amanda Waller (voice)
2018The Legend of Hallowaiian
Fire Goddess (voice)
2018Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
Amanda Waller (voice)
2017The Man from Earth: Holocene
Carolyn
2017Not Black Enough
Self
2016The Secret She Kept
Beverly
2016VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
Self
2015Show Boat
Julie LaVerne
2014The Trip to Bountiful
Jessie Mae Watts
2013Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Janice
2013He's Way More Famous Than You
Vanessa Williams
2011A Mother's Love
Rochelle Richardson
2009Hannah Montana: The Movie
Vita