Vanessa A. Williams
Filmography

Vanessa A. Williams

Section Title: Filmography
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1989	Dream Street	Episode: "Pilot"

1990	Law & Order	Vera	Episode: "Happily Ever After"

1991	New Jack City	Keisha

1989, 1991	The Cosby Show	Cheryl / Jade	4 episodes

1991	Fatal Bond	Waitress

1992	Candyman	Anne-Marie McCoy	Nominated – Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress

1992–93	Melrose Place	Rhonda Blair	Series regular, 32 episodes

1994	Drop Squad	Mali

1995	NYPD Blue	Kira	Episode: "Don We Now Our Gay Apparel"

1995	Living Single	Hellura	Episode: "Another Saturday Night"

1996	Buddies	Janice Rollins	Episode: "Marry Me... Sort Of"

1995–96	Murder One	Lila	Series regular, 23 episodes Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1996)

1996	Mother	Donna

1996	Malcolm & Eddie	Stephanie	Episode: "Big Brother Is Watching"

1996	Chicago Hope	Dr. Grace Carr	6 episodes Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (1997)

1997	Between Brothers	Rebecca	Episode: "The Interview"

1997	A Woman of Color	Television film

1998	The Pretender	Denise Clements	Episode: "Collateral Damage"

1998	The Steve Harvey Show	Nina	Episode: "Rent"

1999	Incognito	Wilhelmina Hunter	Television film

2000	Punks	Jennifer

2000	Playing with Fire	Riana Roberts	Television film

2002	Our America	Sandra Williams	Television film Nominated – Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress: Television Movie/Cable

2002	Like Mike	Pharmacist

2002	Baby of the Family	Gloria

2003	Black Listed	J.W.	Direct-to-video

2000–04	Soul Food	Maxine Chadway	Series regular, 74 episodes NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (2003) Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (2001, 2004–05)

2007	Cold Case	Crystal Stacy	Episode: "Shuffle, Ball Change"

2007	Ice Spiders	Dr. April Sommers	Television film

2008	Flirting with Forty	Kristine	Television film Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

2009	Contradictions of the Heart	Lea	Direct-to-video

2009	Knight Rider	Ambassador Olara Kumali	Episodes: "Don't Stop the Knight" and "Day Turns Into Knight"

2009	Everybody Hates Chris	Tallulah Lafitte	Episode: "Everybody Hates Bomb Threats"

2009	Imagine That	Lori Strother

2008–09	Lincoln Heights	Naomi Bradshaw	Episodes: "Ode to Joy" and "Bully for You"

2011	A Mother's Love	Rochelle Richardson

2012	Sugar Mommas	Lynn	Television film

2012	Raising Izzie	Tonya Freeman	Television film Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Actress: T.V. Movie/Cable

2014	Men, Money & Gold Diggers	Sandra WInslow	Direct-to-video

2014	Crossed the Line	Juice	Television to DVD

2015–17	The Flash	Francine West, Savitar	4 episodes

2016–	Days of Our Lives	Valerie Grant	Series regular

2017–18	Famous in Love	Ida Turner	Recurring role

2019	Thriller	Mrs. Walker

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Vanessa A. Williams appeared as Maxine Chadway in the film, Soul Food (2000–04), for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series and as Keisha in the 1991 film, New Jack City.

final_sentence: Vanessa A. Williams appeared as Maxine Chadway in the film, Soul Food (2000–04), for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series and as Keisha in the 1991 film, New Jack City.