1963-03-18 ( 62 years old ) in Tarrytown, New York, USA
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.
Movies
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
2024-09-20
Tripped Up
2023-10-20
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023-05-12
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
2023-01-17
Show of Titles
2021-06-13
Bad Hair
2021-05-05
Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side
2020-12-05
There She Is
2020-10-21
Singleholic
2020-03-27
Miss Virginia
2019-10-18
Batman: Hush
2019-07-19
The Legend of Hallowaiian
2018-10-18
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018-03-23
The Man from Earth: Holocene
2017-10-13
Not Black Enough
2017-04-28
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016-12-05
The Secret She Kept
2016-07-10
Show Boat
2015-10-16
The Trip to Bountiful
2014-03-08
He's Way More Famous Than You
2013-05-10
A Mother's Love
2011-02-22
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009-04-10
And Then Came Love
2007-01-01
Rehearsing a Dream
2006-08-25
My Brother
2006-01-01
Gift for the Living
2005-11-01
Christmas in Washington
2004-12-15
The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
2004-12-04
Johnson Family Vacation
2004-04-07
Keep the Faith, Baby
2002-02-11
It's Black Entertainment
2002-02-08
Santa, Baby!
2001-12-17
WW3
2001-07-12
A Diva's Christmas Carol
2000-12-13
Afrocentricity
2000-08-01
Shaft
2000-06-15
Don Quixote
2000-04-09
The Courage to Love
2000-01-24
Shaft: Still the Man
2000-01-01
Light It Up
1999-11-04
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999-10-01
Futuresport
1999-09-30
Dance with Me
1998-08-21
Soul Food
1997-09-26
Hoodlum
1997-08-27
Eraser
1996-06-21
Bye Bye Birdie
1995-12-03
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995-11-04
Score with Chicks
1994-01-01
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992-04-19
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991-08-23
Another You
1991-07-26
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990-12-14
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990-09-08
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990-05-20
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989-02-05
Under the Gun
1988-04-25
The Pick-up Artist
1987-09-18
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