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Oct 15, 2022 · While Vanessa Williams had several key roles in film and television, her acting career really took off in 2006 when she strapped on the stilettos of Wilhelmina Slater in the sitcom "Ugly Betty." Slater was the cutthroat creative director of a fictional fashion magazine, a character Williams said was her "favorite role of a lifetime," per ...
Aug 30, 2023 · Vanessa Williams first climbed her way to success as a no-name college student with big dreams. After winning the 1983 Miss America pageant, becoming the first Black woman to be awarded the title ...
Feb 15, 2023 · Vanessa Williams and Jillian attend the premiere of her Vanessa’s show ‘Daytime Divas.’ (Shutterstock) Vanessa’s second daughter, Jillian, was born in 1989, and has gone on to establish ...
Vanessa Williams/Brian McKnight 01.23.93 3 12 Wks 05.15.93 28 Save The Best For Last Vanessa Williams 02.01.92 1 5 WKS 03.21.92 27 The Sweetest Days Vanessa Williams 11.12.94 18 12 Wks ...
Vanessa Estelle Williams (sometimes professionally credited as Vanessa A. Williams) 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 Rhonda Blair in the first season of the Fox prime time soap opera ...
Vanessa Williams was born on March 18, 1963 in Millwood, New York. In 1984, the 5′ 6″ beauty became the first African American woman to be crowned Miss America. Ten months later, Williams ...
