Vanessa
ESTELLE Williams

FEATURED

PROJECT

Written & Produced by Jordan Peele

Directed by Nia DaCosta

Jordan Peele is back with another terrifying thriller, this time taking on the 1992 horror classic “Candyman.” Vanessa Estelle Williams reprises her role as Anne Marie, the young mother whose son was mysteriously kidnapped.

ABOUT
VANESSA

VANESSA ESTELLE WILLIAMS (Actress, Singer, Writer, Director) born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, is an award-winning and Emmy nominated Hollywood principle. Williams made her film debut playing as the gun-toting head of security “Keisha” in the urban classic film New Jack City. Other film credits include Thriller (streaming now on Netflix), Raising Izzie, Imagine That, Like Mike, Punks, Mother, Candyman.

Current television credits include Fox's 9-1-1, Showtime's The L Word Generation Q, and more.

Recent television credits include NBC's long-running daytime soap Days of Our Lives, Freeform network’s Famous in Love. The CW's hit series, The Flash, Ward of the State, the Bay series, Sugar Mommas, Lincoln Heights, Everybody Hates Chris, Knight Riders, Flirting with Forty, Ice Spiders, Cold Case, Soul Food TV series (5 seasons), Our America, The Steve Harvey Show, Chicago Hope, Murder One, Living Single, NYPD Blue, Melrose Place, The Cosby Show and Law & Order.

Breathing life into beautiful characters.

Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.

Audrey Lorde

ACTOR

SINGER

WRITER

DIRECTOR

VANESSA

This highly sought-after creative artist has a career featuring roles in stars in Sidra Smith’s six-part mini-series "A Luv Tale" coming soon to Essence Magazine's new digital platform.

Vanessa recently completed the indie romance comedy feature "Singleholic" opposite Erica Ash, Rotimi, Stephen Bishop, and Tyson Beckford shot on location in Mauritius.

Williams earned an Emmy Nomination for her work in the Showtime
original film Our America. After six consecutive nominations in the category,
Vanessa won the 2003 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her brilliant portrayal of Maxine Chadway in the hit Showtime series Soul Food. Her star turn in Raising Izzie earned GMCTV it's highest world premiere television rating and received a 2013 NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Television Movie or Mini-Series.

Vanessa debuted on Broadway in the Lincoln Center's theatre production of Sarafina.

In 2012 Ms. Williams garnered rave reviews for her role as Esther in the critically acclaimed production of Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel at the Pasadena Playhouse. An excerpt from her book SHINE, published in the June 2004 Essence Magazine became the basis for her solo show FEET ON THE CEILING! a coming of age story. FEET premiered at the National Black Theatre Festival in 2011 and plays regular engagements in cities and colleges throughout the US and the Caribbean.

An internationally recognized star, Williams' global brand appeal is authentic energetic and thoroughly relatable. An artist and mother of two creatively talented boys, Omar and Haile Wiseman, Vanessa blends passion and youthful exuberance with timeless charm and soulfulness that deeply connects with people.

She is a talent that audiences love, trust and admire.

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