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| name = Vanessa A. Williams | image = Nicole Ari-Parker and Vanessa A. Williams.jpg | caption = Williams (left) with Nicole Ari Parker in 2011. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1963|5|12}} | birth_place = Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | occupation = Actress | education = Marymount Manhattan College | children = 3 | spouse = {{marriage|Andre Wiseman|1993|2018|reason=separated}} | years_active = 1989–present }} Vanessa A. Williams (born May 12, 1963) 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 Nino Brown's feisty gun moll, Keisha in the 1991 crime drama film, New Jack City. Williams also is known for role as Anne-Marie McCoy in the 1992 horror film Candyman and as Rhonda Blair in the first season of the Fox prime time television soap opera, Melrose Place (1992–93). Life and careerWilliams was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.[1] In an ABC News interview, she stated that she can trace her ancestry back to Georgia and Virginia.[2] After high school she went on to get a bachelor's degree in theater and business management from Marymount Manhattan College.[3] In 1993, Williams met Andre Wiseman and they began dating, then married in Stuyvesant, New York. They have one son together. She is the cousin of former 106 and park host Free Marie. Williams later went to acting in films and television, becoming known simply as "Vanessa Williams".[4] In the area of acting, she ran into name conflict with actress and former Miss America, Vanessa Williams. Screen Actors Guild rules prohibited duplicate stage naming. Vanessa A. had registered the name "Vanessa Williams" first,[5] so as a compromise, the former Miss America was occasionally credited as "Vanessa L. Williams" in acting credits. The Screen Actors Guild eventually took the issue to arbitration and decided that both actresses could use the professional name "Vanessa Williams".[6] TelevisionWilliams began her acting career in 1989, appearing in episodes of The Cosby Show and Law & Order. In 1992, she was cast as Rhonda Blair, first and only black regular character, in the Fox prime time soap opera, Melrose Place. She was written off after only one season for lack of direction. "I think they didn't make the effort to equip themselves [to write for a black character], either by hiring a black writer or asking me things," – said Williams later.[7] She later had guest starring roles on NYPD Blue and Living Single, before was cast as series regular in the ABC legal drama, Murder One (1995–1996) created by Steven Bochco. She received her first nomination an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance on show. In 1996, Williams had a recurring role as Dr. Grace Carr in the CBS medical drama series, Chicago Hope, for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nomination.[3] In 2000, Williams was cast as Maxine Chadway in the Showtime drama series Soul Food, a continuation of his successful 1997 film of the same name.[3] Two other lead played by Nicole Ari Parker and Malinda Williams. In the 1997 film Vanessa L. Williams played the leading role of Teri Joseph, and Vivica A. Fox played Maxine. For her performance, Williams won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series in 2003, and received three additional nominations. The series aired to 2004 and went to be the longest running drama with a predominantly black cast in the history of American prime-time television.[8] After Soul Food, Williams had guest starring roles on Cold Case, Knight Rider and Lincoln Heights. In 2015, she was cast in a recurring role of Iris West's mother in The CW drama series, The Flash.[9][10] In October 2016, it was announced she was cast in the role of Valerie Grant on the NBC soap opera, Days of Our Lives.[11] FilmIn film, Williams is best known for playing Keisha in the 1991 crime thriller New Jack City opposite Wesley Snipes and Ice T. She is also known for playing Anne-Marie McCoy in the 1992 horror Candyman opposite Tony Todd and Virginia Madsen. The following years she had small parts in Drop Squad (1994), Mother (1996), Punks (2000), Like Mike (2002), and Imagine That (2009) alongside Soul Food co-star Nicole Ari Parker. Williams has also starred in a number of made for television movies, including Emmy Award-nominated performance in Our America (2002).[3] She also had roles in several smaller productions in recent years. Filmography
References1. ^{{cite book|last=McCann|first=Bob|title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&pg=PA362|accessdate=6 July 2011|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3790-0|pages=362–}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBPtOlFX_as#t=19|title=Vanessa A. Williams and African Ancestry on ABC News|publisher=Youtube/ABC News|accessdate=2013-12-12}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Vanessa_Williams.aspx|title=Vanessa Williams|publisher=|accessdate=17 January 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/1992-11-04/news/26008791_1_miss-america-scandal-vanessa-williams-cosby-show|title=No, She's Not That Vanessa Williams 'Melrose' Star's Making A Name For Herself|work=philly-archives|accessdate=17 January 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1992/05/29/there-are-two-vanessa-williams|title=There are two Vanessa Williams|publisher=|accessdate=17 January 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www1.myway.com/home/entertainment/celeb/tvguide_inthenews/0,13970,09_02_2003_1_-2,00.html|title=My Way – Celebrity Gossip|publisher=|accessdate=17 January 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.ws/Hollywood/4616/tvgo0627.html|title=Vanessa Williams devastated when written off The Place|publisher=|accessdate=17 January 2016}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5054030/|title=No black dramas left on television|work=Today.com|accessdate=16 January 2016}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/the-flash-iris-mom-vanessa-williams-joe-west-1201605693/|title=‘The Flash’ Casts ‘Candyman’ Star as Iris West’s Mother|author=Laura Prudom|work=Variety|accessdate=17 January 2016}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-flash/news/a671152/the-flash-casts-iris-wests-missing-mum-candymans-vanessa-williams-joins-the-cw-series/|title=The Flash casts Iris West's missing mum|author=Jack Klompus|date=30 September 2015|work=Digital Spy|accessdate=17 January 2016}} 11. ^{{cite news|author1=SOD|title=Vanessa Williams Joins DAYS|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/vanessa-williams-joins-days/|accessdate=October 5, 2016|work=Soap Opera Digest|publisher=American Media, Inc.|date=October 5, 2016|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6l2gJsZdn?url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/vanessa-williams-joins-days/|archivedate=October 5, 2016|location=United States|deadurl=yes|df=}} External links
9 : 1963 births|Actresses from New York City|American film actresses|Living people|People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|African-American actresses|American television actresses|20th-century American actresses|21st-century American actresses |
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