Highest rated movie: Miss Virginia (2019)
Lowest rated movie: Futuresport (1999)
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Looking for reviews of Vanessa Williams movies? Cinafilm has a total of 2,642 reviews across 21 movies.
Movies starring Vanessa Williams have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 57%.
Miss Virginia - released in 2019 - is Vanessa Williams's highest rated movie, with a score of 76% based on 3 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Vanessa Williams is Futuresport - released in 1999 - with a score of 35% based on 17 reviews.
An American pop-R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model, and actress. In 1983, she became the first woman of African-American descent to be crowned Miss America, but a scandal involving nude photographs caused her to relinquish her title early. Williams rebounded by launching a career as an entertainer, earning Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award nominations.
Williams released her debut album The Right Stuff in 1988, which spawned the hits "The Right Stuff," a #1 on Hot Dance Songs, and "Dreamin'," a #1 on R&B and #8 on Billboard Hot 100. Her second studio album, The Comfort Zone, in 1991 topped the Billboard R&B Album Chart, and spawned the number-one hit, "Save the Best for Last."
In 1994 she debuted on Broadway in the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman. In 1995 she recorded the Oscar-winner for Best Original Song, "Colors of the Wind," from the Disney animated feature film Pocahontas. It went on to reach #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Williams's first major movie role was as the star of the feature film Eraser in 1996. She also starred in the movies Soul Food, Dance with Me, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Shaft and Johnson Family Vacation.
From 2006 to 2010 she played the role of self-absorbed diva and former supermodel Wilhelmina Slater in the ABC comedy series Ugly Betty. In 2009, Williams released her eighth studio album, The Real Thing. In 2010 she joined the ensemble cast of the series Desperate Housewives as spoiled rich woman Renee Perry.
Vanessa Williams has acted in films with Mekhi Phifer, Cicely Tyson, Vic Polizos and Fredro Starr.
Vanessa Williams has worked with these film directors: Richard Schenkman, John Singleton, Bill Duke and Michael Urie.
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