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Vanessa Williams

May 12, 1963 (62 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

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

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Law & Order
Vera
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The Flash
Francine West
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Phineas and Ferb
Flight Attendant (voice)
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9-1-1
Claudette Collins
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The Cosby Show
Jade
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Cold Case
Crystal Stacy (2007)
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Chicago Hope
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Melrose Place
Rhonda
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Living Single
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The Steve Harvey Show
Nina

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