Vanessa Williams: movies and TV shows
Vanessa Williams has 158 credits in the archive: 73 films and 85 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: Celebrity Catchphrase (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 2009 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Claudia Winkleman Show | Self | TV | 2.7 | 63 |
| 2024 | Elsbeth | Roslyn Bridwell | TV | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2024 | The Little Pageant That Could | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 61 |
| 2024 | Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field | Self | Film | — | 61 |
| 2023 | Velma | Dr. Perdue (voice) | TV | 3.5 | 60 |
| 2023 | Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 2023 | Tripped Up | Patricia Chamberlain | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 2023 | Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best | Self | Film | 2.0 | 60 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | TV | 5.6 | 59 | |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest | TV | 2.6 | 59 |
| 2022 | Los lunes a las 9 | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | — | 59 |
| 2021 | Girls5eva | Nance Trace | TV | 5.9 | 58 |
| 2021 | Name That Tune | Self - Contestant | TV | 6.9 | 58 |
| 2021 | Blankety Blank | Self - Panellist | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2021 | Show of Titles | "Dear World" Performer | Film | — | 58 |
| 2021 | Queen of the Universe | Self - Judge | TV | 4.2 | 58 |
| 2021 | Bad Hair | Zora | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self | TV | — | 57 |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self - Special Guest | TV | — | 57 |
| 2020 | Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race | Vanquisha Da House - Contestant | TV | 5.8 | 57 |
| 2020 | Calling All T.O.T.S. | Captain Beakman (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2020 | Singleholic | Jackie Chisolm | Film | 2.0 | 57 |
| 2020 | Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams | Self - Host | TV | — | 57 |
| 2020 | There She Is | Film | — | 57 | |
| 2020 | Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side | Film | — | 57 | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 56 |
| 2019 | T.O.T.S. | Captain Beakman (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 56 |
| 2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Delilah | TV | 6.9 | 56 |
| 2019 | First Wives Club | Nancy | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2019 | Batman: Hush | Amanda Waller (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2019 | Miss Virginia | Sally Rae | Film | 8.1 | 56 |
| 2019 | American Style | Self | TV | 1.0 | 56 |
| 2018 | Celebrity Catchphrase | Self - Contestant | TV | 10.0 | 55 |
| 2018 | Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay | Amanda Waller (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 55 |
| 2018 | The Legend of Hallowaiian | Fire Goddess (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 55 |
| 2017 | The Man from Earth: Holocene | Carolyn | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 2017 | Daytime Divas | Maxine Robinson | TV | 3.7 | 54 |
| 2017 | Not Black Enough | Self | Film | 7.8 | 54 |
| 2016 | Match Game | Self - Panelist | TV | 6.4 | 53 |
| 2016 | The $100,000 Pyramid | Self | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2016 | The Secret She Kept | Beverly | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 2016 | VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2015 | Difficult People | Trish | TV | 6.3 | 52 |
| 2015 | Show Boat | Julie LaVerne | Film | — | 52 |
| 2014 | The Librarians | Cynthia Rockwell | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 2014 | Broad City | Elizabeth Carlton | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 2014 | The Trip to Bountiful | Jessie Mae Watts | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 2013 | Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor | Janice | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 2013 | He's Way More Famous Than You | Vanessa Williams | Film | 4.2 | 50 |
| 2012 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 2012 | Doc McStuffins | Delilah the Nesting Doll (voice) | TV | 5.9 | 49 |
| 2012 | The Mindy Project | Dr. Phillips | TV | 6.3 | 49 |
| 2012 | 666 Park Avenue | Olivia Doran | TV | 6.1 | 49 |
| 2012 | Bethenny | Self - Guest | TV | — | 49 |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self - Guest | TV | 5.2 | 48 |
| 2011 | A Mother's Love | Rochelle Richardson | Film | — | 48 |
| 2010 | The Talk | Self | TV | 3.0 | 47 |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 6.9 | 47 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 46 |
| 2009 | Modern Family | Rhonda | TV | 7.9 | 46 |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Special Guest | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | TV | 7.5 | 46 | |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Judge (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Courtney Paige | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2009 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | Vita | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 2009 | Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation | Film | — | 46 | |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show | TV | 5.5 | 45 | |
| 2008 | Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade | Self | Film | — | 45 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 2007 | Shear Genius | TV | 5.0 | 44 | |
| 2007 | Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies | Mama Mirabelle (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 44 |
| 2007 | And Then Came Love | Julie | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty | Wilhelmina Slater | TV | 6.4 | 43 |
| 2006 | South Beach | Elizabeth Bauer | TV | 6.4 | 43 |
| 2006 | My Brother | L'Tisha Morton | Film | 5.0 | 43 |
| 2006 | Rehearsing a Dream | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show | Self | TV | 4.8 | 42 |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Witch (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 2005 | Gift for the Living | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 2005 | Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade | Self | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Renee Perry | TV | 7.9 | 41 |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 41 |
| 2004 | On Air with Ryan Seacrest | Self | TV | 9.5 | 41 |
| 2004 | Johnson Family Vacation | Dorothy Johnson | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 2004 | The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest | Self | Film | — | 41 |
| 2004 | Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 41 |
| 2004 | Christmas in Washington | Film | 3.7 | 41 | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 40 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 40 |
| 2003 | The Bachelorette | Self | TV | 4.3 | 40 |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Film | 5.2 | 40 | |
| 2002 | Boomtown | Detective Katherine Pierce | TV | 6.4 | 39 |
| 2002 | It's Black Entertainment | Self - Host | Film | 8.7 | 39 |
| 2002 | Keep the Faith, Baby | Hazel Scott | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 2002 | Miss America | Self (archival footage) | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 2001 | Good Day Live | Self | TV | 3.8 | 38 |
| 2001 | The Proud Family | Debra (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 38 |
| 2001 | WW3 | M.J. Blake (as Vanessa L. Williams) | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 2001 | Santa, Baby! | Alicia (voice) | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 2000 | Shaft | Carmen Vasquez | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 2000 | Don Quixote | Dulcinea / Aldonza | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 2000 | The Courage to Love | Mother Henriette Delille | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 2000 | The Courage to Love | Film | 6.8 | 37 | |
| 2000 | Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends | Herself | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 2000 | Shaft: Still the Man | Self | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 2000 | A Diva's Christmas Carol | Ebony Scrooge | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 2000 | Afrocentricity | Self | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1999 | Light It Up | Audrey McDonald | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1999 | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Queen of Trash | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1999 | Futuresport | Alexandra 'Alex' Torres | Film | 4.3 | 36 |
| 1998 | L.A. Doctors | Leanne Barrows | TV | 8.5 | 35 |
| 1998 | Dance with Me | Ruby Sinclair | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1998 | VH1 Divas | TV | 7.5 | 35 | |
| 1998 | Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia | Self | Film | — | 35 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 34 |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest | TV | 4.3 | 34 |
| 1997 | The Odyssey | Calypso | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Sheila Hunt | TV | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1997 | Hoodlum | Francine Hughes | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1997 | Soul Food | Teri | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1996 | Jungle Cubs | TV | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 1996 | Eraser | Lee Cullen | Film | 6.1 | 33 |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.1 | 33 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Beauty (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1995 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1995 | MADtv | Self | TV | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1995 | Bye Bye Birdie | Rose Alvarez | Film | 6.2 | 32 |
| 1995 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter | TV | — | 32 |
| 1995 | Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II | Self | Film | — | 32 |
| 1994 | Score with Chicks | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Arandis | TV | 7.9 | 30 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self (archive footage) | TV | 4.5 | 30 |
| 1993 | David Foster's Christmas Album | Self | Film | — | 30 |
| 1992 | The Jacksons: An American Dream | Suzanne de Passe | TV | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1992 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Pauline | Film | — | 29 |
| 1991 | Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Lulu Daniels | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1991 | Another You | Gloria | Film | 5.5 | 28 |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Danny Mitchell | TV | 7.9 | 27 |
| 1990 | Seriously... Phil Collins | Rachel - TV Executive | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | Terri Knight | Film | 7.5 | 27 |
| 1990 | The Kid Who Loved Christmas | Lynette Parks | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1989 | Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | Valentine Hayward | Film | 4.8 | 26 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 25 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1988 | Under the Gun | Samantha Richards | Film | 7.1 | 25 |
| 1987 | The Pick-up Artist | Rae, Girl with Dog | Film | 5.7 | 24 |
| 1984 | Partners in Crime | TV | 6.5 | 21 | |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Officer Pat Williamson | TV | 6.5 | 19 |
| 1980 | A Capitol Fourth | Self | TV | — | 17 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 6.9 | 12 |
| 1965 | Days of Our Lives | Valerie Grant | TV | 6.2 | 2 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 0 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | TV | — | 6 |
| 1954 | Miss America | Miss New York 1983 | TV | — | 8 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 9 |