Vanessa A. Williams Filmography

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Synopsis: Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me documents tales told by real children that express their pride in their backgrounds, while also revealing that regardless of differences in ethnicity or economic status, people are much more alike than dissimilar. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Black Listed

Actors: Vanessa A. Williams, Heavy D, Harry J. Lennix, Calvin Levels, Victoria Rowell, Dick Anthony Williams, Robert Townsend

Synopsis: Robert Townsend directs, writes, and stars in the thriller Black Listed. He plays a lawyer who becomes enraged at the number of dangerous criminals who have managed to utilize legal loopholes in order to beat the system and escape prison time. He convinces some friends to join him on a quest to Read More

Santa, Baby!

Actors: Gregory Hines, Tom Joyner, Eartha Kitt, Patti LaBelle, Vanessa A. Williams

Like Mike

Actors: Lil' Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover, Allen Iverson

Synopsis: Pint-size rap music star Lil Bow Wow shows that he can play ball as well as he raps in this youth-oriented comedy about a young boy whose dream comes true in an unexpected way. Calvin Cambridge (Lil Bow Wow) is a 14-year-old boy, who, since the death of his parents, has been living in an orphanage Read More

Our America

Actors: Josh Charles, Vanessa A. Williams, Roderick Pannell, Brandon Hammond, Mykelti Williamson

Synopsis: Our America is the story of LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman two inner-city Chicago teenagers who eloquently distilled their lives on the Mean Streets into an award-winning Public Radio documentary (and later, a book) titled Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago. When a local NPR Read More

Ally McBeal: Another One Bites the Dust

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Peter MacNicol, Jane Krakowski, Portia de Rossi, Regina Hall, Josh Hopkins, Hayden Panettiere

Punks

Actors: Seth Gilliam, Dwight Ewell, Rockmond Dunbar, Renoly Santiago

Synopsis: Patrik-Ian Polk directs this ensemble film about a quartet of gay African-American men looking for love in all the wrong places. The film opens with a quartet of friends hanging out by the pool with cocktails discussing who would be better in bed, Ricky Martin or Busta Rhymes. Outside of their Read More

Keep the Faith, Baby

Actors: Harry J. Lennix, Vanessa A. Williams, Russell Hornsby

Synopsis: The life and times of controversial African-American politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr. is chronicled in this made-for-cable biopic. Constructed in Citizen Kane fashion, the film begins as the aging Powell (Harry J. Lennix) recalls his career to an inquiring reporter. From humble beginnings as a Read More

Heavy Gear [Animated Series]

Playing With Fire

Actors: Vanessa A. Williams, Tangi Miller, Mel Jackson

Synopsis: The thriller Playing With Fire starts with Camille (Tangi Miller) stealing an African artifact, with the help of her boyfriend. As government officers from across the globe try to track her down, she turns to the only person she can trust: her sister Riana (Vanessa Williams). ~ Perry Seibert, All Read More

Afrocentricity

Synopsis: Seven short films from up-and-coming African-American filmmakers are collected on this video release. Breakdown stars Vanessa Williams as a traumatized witness to a shooting at a bus station. A Gut Feeling follows two police offers out on an unexpectedly eventful call; Spike Lee served as Read More

Soul Food [TV Series]

Actors: Rockmond Dunbar, Irma P. Hall, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Boris Kodjoe

Synopsis: Adapted from the acclaimed 1997 film of the same name, the Showtime series Soul Food revolves around the fortunes of the Joseph clan, a close-knit African-American family coping with the death of their beloved matriarch, Big Mama (Irma P. Hall, who also played the character on the big screen). Read More

Incognito

Actors: Allison Dean, Richard T. Jones, Phil Morris, Vanessa A. Williams, Roger Guenveur Smith

Synopsis: Produced for cable's BET network, Incognito can be described as an African-American variation of the sort of TV-movie fare that had previously been the exclusive province of such Caucasian actresses as Victoria Principal and Cheryl Ladd. Wealthy, gorgeous female executive Erin Courtland (Allison Dean Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 105: Let He Who Is Without Sin..

Synopsis: Worf's much-needed vacation on the pleasure planet Risa quickly (and expectedly) goes awry. Actually, Worf is himself to blame for this, in as much as he willingly casts his lot with the Essentialists, a radical group of moralists determined to close down the hedonistic planet. Figuring Read More

Intimate Portrait: Vanessa Williams

Images & Realities: The African American Family

Synopsis: This program examines the history and traditions of the African-American family and takes a look at contemporary family life, considering stressful situations such as economic pressure, rising health care costs, divorce, and the complications of raising children in a culture where the effects of Read More

Nothing Lasts Forever

Actors: Vanessa A. Williams, Brooke Shields, Lloyd Bridges, Stephen Caffrey

Synopsis: This drama examines the behavior of three female resident doctors working at a San Francisco hospital. It is based on a novel by Sidney Sheldon. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

D.R.O.P. Squad

Actors: Eriq La Salle, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ving Rhames, Kasi Lemmons, Leonard Thomas

Synopsis: In this politically- and racially-themed satire, Bruford Jackson Jr. (Eriq LaSalle) is an African-American advertising man working for a major agency who has been assigned to campaigns selling Mumblin' Jack Malt Liquor and General Otis' Fried Chicken (complete with the Confederate flag on the Read More

Candyman

Actors: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander R. Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa A. Williams

Synopsis: Bernard Rose followed his moody fantasy-thriller Paperhouse (1988) with this modern horror tale, based on Clive Barker's short story "The Forbidden". Compiling a thesis on urban legends, University of Illinois in Chicago graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) becomes aware of the prevalent Read More

Melrose Place: Season 01

New Jack City

Actors: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, Allen Payne, Judd Nelson

Synopsis: The ruthless leader of a New York City drug syndicate battles to maintain his power and avoid imprisonment in this fast-moving action drama. While the film's heroes are Scotty (Ice-T) and Nick (Judd Nelson), a pair of tough, streetwise cops, the main focus is their target, drug lord Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes Read More

The Cosby Show: No More Mr. Nice Guy

Synopsis: With his parents' guarded permission, Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) arranges to have a dinner date with Cheryl (Vanessa Williams) in the Huxtable home. Just before the big event, in walks Ellen (Troy Beyer), the girl friend of Theo's pal Denny (Troy Winbush), who wants to discuss Denny's upcoming Read More

Fatal Bond

Actors: Linda Blair, Jerome Ehlers, Stephen Leeder, Donal Gibson, Caz Lederman

Synopsis: Set in New South Wales, Australia, a local hairdresser falls in love with an enigmatic wanderer and leaves her tiny hometown behind to travel along with him. She is madly in love with him, but eventually comes to question her infatuation when she begins suspecting him of being a killer, a hunch Read More

The Cosby Show: Theo's Final Final

Synopsis: A grim-visaged Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) puts his social life on hold in order to study for an economics exam that could very well place him on the Dean's List. Unfortunately, he is sidetracked by a pretty exchange student from Barbados, whom he impulsively invites to the party that he had Read More

The Cosby Show: What He Did for Love

Synopsis: When Theo's buddy Denny (Troy Winbush) finds a valuable designer watch, his friends pressure him into giving the timepiece to his girlfriend Jade (Vanessa Williams) as a present. Unfortunately, the watch turns out to be stolen, and both Jade and Denny end up at the local cop shop. Though this Read More

The Cosby Show: Theo's Women

Synopsis: Vanessa Williams guest stars as a college drama student named Jade, who inveigles Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) into helping her rehearse a love scene. Accused of lacking the proper emotions, Theo responds by passionately kissing Jade--just as his girlfriend Justine (Michelle Thomas) enters the Read More