Movies by Vanessa L. Williams
As part of the cast:
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Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
Cast: Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jason Earles …
Directed by: Peter Chelsom
When the pop star fame of her secret alter ego, Hannah Montana, becomes too much to bear, Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) takes a break and journeys back to her Tennessee hometown of Crowley…
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Hannah Montana (2009)
Cast: Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jason Earles …
This smash-hit Disney Channel series follows the life of famous pop star Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus), who keeps her status under wraps as Miley Stewart, a normal teenager by day. Always by…
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My Brother (2007)
Cast: Vanessa L. Williams, Vanessa Williams, Tatum O'Neal …
Directed by: Tony Lover
Aspiring stand-up comedian Isaiah (Nashawn Kearse) resents having to take care of his developmentally disabled brother James (Christopher Scott). But when his dreams fall through and he gets…
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And Then Came Love (2007)
Cast: Eartha Kitt, Michael Boatman, Vanessa L. Williams …
Directed by: Richard Schenkman
Dynamic career woman and single mother Julie (Vanessa L. Williams) considers herself fulfilled in her job and her relationship with a loving boyfriend. But when she decides to seek out the…
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Ugly Betty (2006)
Cast: America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Tony Plana …
Experience the glitz and glamour -- and nasty backbiting -- of the fashion biz through the eyes of Queens, N.Y., plain Jane Betty Suarez (America Ferrera), who's landed a job as Mode…
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Love Songs 1 (2005)
Cast: Dru Hill, Montell Jordan, Kool and the Gang …
Dim the lights and spark your inner Cupid with this collection of romantic videos from the 1980s, '90s and 2000s, the first in a two-volume series boasting nine No. 1 hits. This…
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Love Songs 2 (2005)
Cast: Smokey Robinson, The Commodores, Kool and the Gang …
Dim the lights and spark your inner Cupid with this collection of romantic videos from the 1980s, '90s and 2000s, the second in a two-volume series boasting nine No. 1 hits. This…
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Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
Cast: Cedric the Entertainer, Bow Wow, Shannon Elizabeth …
Directed by: Christopher Erskin
Think National Lampoon's Family Vacation with an all-black cast featuring Vanessa Williams, Lil' Bow Wow and Steve Harvey. Nate Johnson (Cedric the Entertainer) and the rest of the…
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Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song (2004)
Cast: Big Bird, Grover, Muppets …
Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the beloved children's show by visiting New York, Sesame Street's backyard, with Grover as he scours the city looking for that one song that…
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Black Listed (2002)
Cast: Robert Townsend, Vanessa L. Williams, Harry J. Lennix …
Directed by: Robert Townsend
Robert Townsend (who also wrote and directed) stars as Alan Chambers, an industrious corporate lawyer and family man who becomes part of a vigilante force when he grows weary of watching…
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Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives (2002)
Cast: Roscoe Lee Browne, Ruby Dee, LaTanya Richardson …
Directed by: Ed Bell, Thomas Lennon
Throughout the 1930s, journalists and writers accumulated stories and photographs from former African-American slaves and compiled more than 2300 first-person accounts of this horrifying…
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Keep the Faith, Baby (2002)
Cast: Harry J. Lennix, Harry Lennix, Vanessa L. Williams …
Directed by: Doug McHenry
Harry J. Lennix stars as trailblazing and controversial African-American congressman and Civil Rights activist Adam Clayton Powell Jr., who started out as a preacher in Harlem and then went…
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Winds of Terror (2001)
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Lane Smith, Marin Hinkle …
Directed by: Robert Mandel
Cruise ship passengers are dying in droves from a mysterious, flu-like sickness. FBI investigators suspect that biological terrorism is the cause, and they're determined to find out…
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Shaft (2000)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Christian Bale …
Directed by: John Singleton
In John Singleton's update of the 1970s classic, New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for murder, but he jumps bail to Switzerland, returning to face trial two…
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It's Black Entertainment! (2000)
Cast: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr. …
Directed by: Stan Lathan
Vanessa Williams serves as host for a star-studded testimonial to the film-industry contributions of African-American superstars during the past 100 years. Via interviews and archival…
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The Courage to Love (2000)
Cast: Vanessa L. Williams, Gil Bellows, Karen Williams …
Directed by: Kari Skogland
This made-for-TV drama set in antebellum New Orleans stars Vanessa Williams as Henriette Delille, the first African-American canonized by the Vatican. A mixed-race woman who repudiates the…
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Our Favorite Things: Christmas in Vienna: Bennett/Church/Domingo/Williams (2000)
Cast: Plácido Domingo, Charlotte Church, Tony Bennett …
Recorded live in Vienna, this concert features talented singers Tony Bennett, Placido Domingo, Vanessa L. Williams and Charlotte Church performing classic Christmas songs such as "Winter…
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The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
Cast: Mandy Patinkin, Elmo, Vanessa L. Williams …
Directed by: Gary Halvorson
Elmo dives into Oscar the Grouch's trash can after a series of accidents sends the furry red monster's special blanket into Grouchland. To rescue his beloved blankie, Elmo must face…
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Light It Up (1999)
Cast: Usher Raymond, Usher, Glynn Turman …
Directed by: Craig Bolotin
When an incident with a high school security guard (Forest Whitaker) pushes a decent kid (Usher Raymond) past his breaking point, the boy unites a diverse and troubled student body to take…
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Dance with Me (1998)
Cast: Vanessa L. Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson …
Directed by: Randa Haines
Jaded dance instructor Ruby Sinclair thinks she may have found a competitive dance partner in Rafael Infante, who's working as a handyman. Sparks fly when the two begin rehearsing, and…
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Futuresport (1998)
Cast: Dean Cain, Vanessa L. Williams, Wesley Snipes …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
In 2025, big business has turned the one-time inner-city game Futuresport -- a mix of handball, ice hockey and rollerblading -- into a moneymaking machine. When Hawaii tries to secede from…
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Soul Food (1997)
Cast: Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long …
Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's (Irma P. Hall) turn sour when sisters Teri (Vanessa L. Williams), Bird (Nia Long) and Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) start bringing their problems to the…
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Hoodlum (1997)
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa L. Williams …
Directed by: Bill Duke
In this gangland epic, black gangs in 1930s New York City battle the Italian mob for control of the Harlem numbers racket. Laurence Fishburne plays the Harlem boss tasked with protecting the…
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The Odyssey (1997)
Cast: Armand Assante, Bernadette Peters, Eric Roberts …
Directed by: Andrei Konchalovsky
Armand Assante stars as Odysseus in this lavish made-for-television adaptation of the classic Homer epic that chronicles the Trojan hero's adventurous, decade-long return to his Greek…
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Eraser (1996)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa L. Williams, James Caan …
Directed by: Charles Russell
U.S. Marshal John Kruger erases the identities of people enrolled in the Witness Protection Program. His current assignment is to protect a woman who has uncovered evidence that the weapons…
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People (1995)
Cast: James Earl Jones, Hume Cronyn, Peabo Bryson …
Hume Cronyn and James Earl Jones lend their voices to this animated tale about a girl who, accompanied by her kind, wise and gentle grandfather, takes a trip around the globe to meet the…
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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson, Chelsea Field …
Directed by: Simon Wincer
Renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro, learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar. Harley and Marlboro decide to help by robbing…
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Another You (1991)
Cast: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Mercedes Ruehl …
Directed by: Maurice Phillips
In their final comedy pairing, Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder star as a chronic liar and a con man whose deceptive ways get them into a very sticky situation involving a missing millionaire,…
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Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal (1989)
Cast: Lisa Hartman Black, Anthony John Denison, Vanessa L. Williams …
Directed by: Noel Nosseck
Vanessa Williams stars in her first TV movie as high-priced call girl Valentine Hutton, who videotapes her sexual rendezvous and then blackmails the participants -- most of whom are important…
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The Pick-up Artist (1987)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper …
Directed by: James Toback
Carefree lady-killer Jack Jericho (Robert Downey Jr.) seduces women by the dozen. But the tables abruptly turn when he meets beautiful (and totally indifferent) museum guide Randy Jensen…