Movies by Vanessa Williams
As part of the cast:
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Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor (2013)
Cast: Vanessa Williams, Jurnee Smollett, Kim Kardashian …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
Trouble arises when a marriage counselor's public and private lives clash when she gets involved with one of her clients, despite being married herself. The initial thrill of the affair…
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Sugar Mommas (2012)
Cast: Vanessa Williams, Terri J. Vaughn, Rachel True …
Directed by: Roger Melvin
Sisters Sheila and Lynn have lived very different lives, but they're both at crossroads and need a change. With little in common except for their love for sweets, they partner with…
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Delhi Safari (2011)
Cast: Cary Elwes, Christopher Lloyd, Jane Lynch …
Directed by: Nikhil Advani
Human encroachment is about to send the denizens of a wildlife reserve packing, until an anger-management-guru bear suggests diplomacy. But only one of the animals can break the language…
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A Mother's Love (2011)
Cast: Rolonda Watts, Vanessa Williams, Amentha Dymally …
Directed by: Tim Alexander
Regina Reynolds is a strong black woman in the truest sense -- but her taste for the good life doesn't necessarily include her husband, Marcus, or her daughter, Monica. It's going…
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Imagine That (2009)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Yara Shahidi …
Directed by: Karey Kirkpatrick
Work problems are piling up for financial exec Evan (Eddie Murphy), and his ruthless rival (Thomas Haden Church), greedy boss (Ronny Cox) and touchy-feely best (DeRay Davis) friend…
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Contradictions of the Heart (2009)
Cast: Lisa Raye, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Clifton Powell …
Directed by: Walter Allen Bennett Jr.
Themes of love, lust and friendship are all present in three independent narratives destined to collide at a single nightclub. Vanessa Williams and Malcolm-Jamal Warner join a veteran cast in…
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Flirting with Forty (2008)
Cast: Heather Locklear, Robert Buckley, Vanessa Williams …
Directed by: Mikael Salomon
As the big 4-0 birthday approaches, Jackie (Heather Locklear), a divorced mother of two, is talked into taking a tropical vacation while her kids stay with their dad for the holidays. But she…
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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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Ice Spiders (2007)
Cast: Patrick Muldoon, Vanessa Williams, Thomas Calabro …
Directed by: Tibor Takács
When genetically engineered mutant spiders escape from a secret government lab and begin chowing on a ski team in training, local ski instructor Dash (Patrick Muldoon) and Dr. April Summers…
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Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies: Its Movie Time! (2007)
Cast: Vanessa Williams
Directed by: Leo Nielsen
When animated elephant Mama Mirabelle (voiced by Vanessa Williams) travels to a distant land with her movie camera, she returns with films of fascinating wildlife that she uses to teach her…
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Playing with Fire (2004)
Cast: Vanessa Williams, Mel Jackson, Henry G. Sanders …
Directed by: Roy Campanella II
Riana Roberts (Vanessa Williams) makes a desperate bid to save her sister, Camille (Tangi Miller), after she and her lover pinch a precious art object from Ghana. But is she worth saving?…
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Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Rita Moreno, Harvey Fierstein …
This kid-friendly program -- a winner of the 2004 Parent's Choice Gold Award -- introduces your child to a diverse range of stories by Jack Prelutsky, bell hooks, Langston Hughes and…
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Our America (2002)
Cast: Josh Charles, Brandon Hammond, Serena Lee …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
This riveting drama is based on the true story of two African-American teenagers from the South side of Chicago and the National Public Radio producer who takes a chance and hires them to…
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Punks (2000)
Cast: Seth Gilliam, Dwight Ewell, Rockmond Dunbar …
Directed by: Patrik-Ian Polk
In his directorial debut, Patrik-Ian Polk follows the daily dramas of four single, gay black men in their search for love, centered around their favorite hangout, Miss Smokies. There's…
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Soul Food (2000)
Cast: Nicole Ari Parker, Malinda Williams, Vanessa Williams …
Continuing where the hit 1997 film left off, this NAACP Image Award-winning series chronicles the struggles and triumphs of three Chicago-based African-American sisters -- Maxine (Vanessa…
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Mother (1996)
Cast: Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds, Laura Weekes …
Directed by: Albert Brooks
Divorced novelist John (Albert Brooks) needs to know the reason his relationships with women don't work. To learn, he goes to the source: his mother (Debbie Reynolds). John moves in with…
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Candyman (1992)
Cast: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley …
Directed by: Bernard Rose
While researching urban myths, grad student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) learns about the Candyman (Tony Todd), a hook-handed creature who's said to haunt a Chicago housing project. In…
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Melrose Place (1992)
Cast: Heather Locklear, Thomas Calabro, Andrew Shue …
A true guilty pleasure, this searing spin-off of "Beverly Hills, 90210" follows the lives of the wonderfully wicked characters -- including backstabbing beauties, lying lotharios and scheming…
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New Jack City: Special Edition (1991)
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne …
Directed by: Mario Van Peebles
Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes), a drug dealer at the dawn of the crack cocaine epidemic, enriches himself and enslaves his people via an inner-city crack factory. Meanwhile, cop Scotty Appleton…
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990)
Cast: Raymond Burr, Vanessa Williams, Angela Bassett …
Directed by: Ron Satlof
Gorgeous singer Terri Knight (Vanessa Williams) has just been found murdered in her apartment. The first person everyone accuses is her husband, Jack (Tim Reid), who was recently seen arguing…