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Nafessa Williams

Acting Born Dec 4, 1989 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 19 credits

Biography

Nafessa Williams (born December 4, 1989) is an American actress. She is most known for her 2011 role as Nicole Gordon in the Meek Mill film Streets, her 2011 role as Deanna Forbes on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, and her 2016 role as Dr. Charlotte Piel on the CBS drama Code Black. Since 2018, she plays Anissa Pierce in The CW's Black Lightning.

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Known for

Steve

as Self

Twin Peaks

as Jade

Rivals

as Cameron Cook

Full filmography

  • Steve (2017) as Self
  • Twin Peaks (1990) as Jade
  • Black Lightning (2018) as Anissa Pierce / Thunder / Blackbird
  • Rivals (2024) as Cameron Cook
  • Code Black (2015) as Charlotte Piel
  • Tales (2017) as Jenny
  • Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022) as Robyn Crawford
  • Survivor's Remorse (2014) as Adina Parker
  • Black and Blue (2019) as Missy
  • Rivals: The Official Podcast (2026) as Self
  • Brotherly Love (2015) as Simone
  • Burning Sands (2017) as Toya
  • Whitney (2015) as Kim
  • True to the Game (2017) as Sahirah
  • Streets (2012) as Nicole Gordon
  • A Holiday Chance (2021) as Noel
  • Restored Me (2016) as Monica Berry
  • The Man in 3B (2015) as Krystal
  • Asterisk (2016) as Angela