Vanessa williams biography from soul food series
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Vanessa Williams
American singer, actress and former Miss America (born 1963)
For other people named Vanessa Williams, see Vanessa Williams (disambiguation).
Vanessa Lynn Williams[1] (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, model, producer, and dancer. She gained recognition as the first Black woman to win the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She would later resign her title amid a media controversy surrounding nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine. Thirty-two years later, Williams was offered a public apology during the Miss America 2016 pageant for the events.
Williams rebounded from the scandal with a successful career as a singer and actress. In 1988, she released her debut studio album The Right Stuff, whose title single saw moderate success as well as "Dreamin'", which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in 1989. With her second and third studio albums, The Comfort Zone (1991) and The Sweetest Days (1994), she saw continued commercial success and received multiple Grammy Award nominations, including her number-one single and signature song, "Save the Best for Last", which she performed live at the 1993 Grammy Awards ceremonies. Her later studio albums include Everla
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Vanessa A. Williams
Full name
Vanessa A. Williams
Birthplace
Bedford–Stuyvesant, Borough, New Royalty, U.S.
Occupation
Actress, producer
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Filmography[]
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Vanessa Estelle Williams
American actress
Not to be confused with actress, singer, and former Miss America 1984, Vanessa Lynn Williams.
Vanessa Estelle Williams | |
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Williams in 2011 | |
| Born | (1963-05-12) May 12, 1963 (age 61) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Marymount Manhattan College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse | Andre Wiseman (m. 1992; sep. 2018) |
| Children | 2 |
Vanessa Estelle Williams, sometimes professionally credited as Vanessa E. Williams[1] (born May 12, 1963),[2] is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her roles as Maxine Joseph–Chadway in the Showtime drama series, Soul Food (2000–2004), 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 is also known for her role as Anne-Marie McCoy in the first and fourth of the Candyman films, and as Rhonda Blair in the first season of the Fox prime time soap opera, Melrose Place (1992–93).
Early life and education
[edit]Williams was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.[3] Williams has three brothers and 1 siste