Vanessa Williams
Biography
An American pop-R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model, and actress. In 1983, she became the first woman of African-American descent to be crowned Miss America, but a scandal involving nude photographs caused her to relinquish her title early. Williams rebounded by launching a career as an entertainer, earning Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award nominations.
Williams released her debut album The Right Stuff in 1988, which spawned the hits "The Right Stuff," a #1 on Hot Dance Songs, and "Dreamin'," a #1 on R&B and #8 on Billboard Hot 100. Her second studio album, The Comfort Zone, in 1991 topped the Billboard R&B Album Chart, and spawned the number-one hit, "Save the Best for Last."
In 1994 she debuted on Broadway in the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman. In 1995 she recorded the Oscar-winner for Best Original Song, "Colors of the Wind," from the Disney animated feature film Pocahontas. It went on to reach #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Williams's first major movie role was as the star of the feature film Eraser in 1996. She also starred in the movies Soul Food, Dance with Me, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Shaft and Johnson Family Vacation.
From 2006 to 2010 she played the role of self-absorbed diva and former supermodel Wilhelmina Slater in the ABC comedy series Ugly Betty. In 2009, Williams released her eighth studio album, The Real Thing. In 2010 she joined the ensemble cast of the series Desperate Housewives as spoiled rich woman Renee Perry.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1963-03-18
Place of birth
Tarrytown, New York, USA
Images
Cast
Shaft
2000
6.01
Hoodlum
1997
6.40
A Diva's Christmas Carol
2000
6.17
Eraser
1996
6.08
And Then Came Love
2007
5.90
Soul Food
1997
6.21
Bye Bye Birdie
1995
6.10
My Brother
2006
4.70
Futuresport
1999
4.28
Dance with Me
1998
6.90
The Pick-up Artist
1987
5.60
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
6.57
Light It Up
1999
6.71
Johnson Family Vacation
2004
5.50
The Courage to Love
2000
6.40
He's Way More Famous Than You
2013
4.25
Shaft: Still the Man
2000
6.00
WW3
2001
5.30
Don Quixote
2000
6.29
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995
6.00
Tripped Up
2023
4.97
Rehearsing a Dream
2006
0.00
A Mother's Love
2011
0.00
The Trip to Bountiful
2014
6.00
Another You
1991
5.42
Under the Gun
1988
6.60
Santa, Baby!
2001
4.30
Afrocentricity
2000
0.00
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
8.00
The Secret She Kept
2016
6.80
The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017
5.50
Keep the Faith, Baby
2002
5.00
Not Black Enough
2017
7.80
Singleholic
2020
2.00
Show Boat
2015
0.00
Score with Chicks
1994
0.00
Miss Virginia
2019
8.20
It's Black Entertainment
2002
8.00
Batman: Hush
2019
7.17
Christmas in Washington
2004
2.00
The Legend of Hallowaiian
2018
7.72
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992
0.00
Bad Hair
2021
5.79
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990
6.60
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018
7.08
Gift for the Living
2005
0.00
Show of Titles
2021
0.00
There She Is
2020
0.00
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
0.00
