Vanessa Williams

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Biography

Williams first registered in features as a feral yet attractive 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". As aerobics instructor Rhonda Blair of "Melrose Place", Williams was the first black to figure prominently as a regular on one of the recent slew of glamorous, youth-targeted TV shows. Sadly the …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

May 12, 1963

LATEST CREDITS

Style World

Host

Playing With Fire

Riana Roberts

Our America

Sandra Williams

Incognito

Wilhemina

Soul Food

Maxine Chadway

Candyman

Anne-Marie McCoy

Flirting With Forty

Kristine

Punks

Jennifer

Mother

Donna

The D.R.O.P. Squad

Mali

When Melrose Place Ruled The World

Interviewee

Retrosexual: The '80s

Interviewee

New Jack City

Keisha

Imagine That

Lori Strother

The 2006 American Music Awards

Presenter

Soul Train Christmas Starfest

Actor

Like Mike

Pharmacist

The 35th Annual NAACP Image Awards

Actor

4th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest

Actor

The 32nd NAACP Image Awards

Actor

Total Recall 2070

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