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Vanessa Williams
American singer, actress and former Miss America (born 1963)
For other people named Vanessa Williams, see Vanessa Williams (disambiguation).
Vanessa Lynn Williams[1] (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, model, producer, and dancer. She gained recognition as the first Black woman to win the Miss amerika title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She would later resign her title amid a media controversy surrounding nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine. Thirty-two years later, Williams was offered a public ursäkt during the Miss amerika 2016 pageant for the events.
Williams rebounded from the scandal with a successful career as a singer and actress. In 1988, she released her debut studio album The Right Stuff, whose title single saw moderate success as well as "Dreamin'", which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in 1989. With her second and third studio albums, The Comfort Zone (199
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Vanessa Williams' Mother Helen Louise Williams Dies at 85
Helen Louise Williams, Vanessa Williams' mother, has died. She was 85.
The music teacher “peacefully passed away” the morning of Dec. 28 in London, her family said in an obituary obtained by PEOPLE on Thursday, Jan. 2.
Helen traveled overseas for the opening night of The Devil Wears Prada in the West End, where Vanessa, 61, plays fashion editor Miranda Priestly.
Vanessa Williams to Star as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada Musical Adaptation in London: 'That's All'
The trip was arranged “to celebrate her 85th birthday party surrounded by 150 of her family and friends,” the obituary said. “During her visit she suffered a major decline in health which ended her life.”
Her cause of death was complications of acute liver failure, per the obituary.
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Vanessa Estelle Williams
American actress
Not to be confused with actress, singer, and former Miss America 1984, Vanessa Lynn Williams.
Vanessa Estelle Williams | |
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Williams in 2011 | |
| Born | (1963-05-12) May 12, 1963 (age 61) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Marymount Manhattan College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse | Andre Wiseman (m. 1992; sep. 2018) |
| Children | 2 |
Vanessa Estelle Williams, sometimes professionally credited as Vanessa E. Williams[1] (born May 12, 1963),[2] is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her roles as Maxine Joseph–Chadway in the Showtime drama series, Soul Food (2000–2004), for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series and as Nino Brown's feisty gun moll, Keisha in the 1991 crime drama film, New Jack City. Williams is also known for her role as Anne-Ma