Credits

• 2026 · The Claudia Winkleman Show as Self
• 2024 · The Little Pageant That Could as Self (archive footage)
• 2024 · Elsbeth as Roslyn Bridwell
• 2023 · Tripped Up as Patricia Chamberlain
• 2023 · Velma as Dr. Perdue (voice)
• 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
• 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
• 2021 · Queen of the Universe as Self - Judge
• 2021 · Blankety Blank as Self - Panellist
• 2021 · Show of Titles as "Dear World" Performer
• 2021 · Girls5eva as Nance Trace
• 2021 · Bad Hair as Zora
• 2021 · Name That Tune as Self - Contestant
• 2020 · Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race as Vanquisha Da House - Contestant
• 2020 · Calling All T.O.T.S. as Captain Beakman (voice)
• 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
• 2020 · Stars in the House as Self - Special Guest
• 2019 · Miss Virginia as Sally Rae
• 2019 · First Wives Club as Nancy
• 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
• 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
• 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Delilah
• 2019 · Batman: Hush as Amanda Waller (voice)
• 2019 · T.O.T.S. as Captain Beakman (voice)
• 2019 · American Style as Self
• 2018 · The Legend of Hallowaiian as Fire Goddess (voice)
• 2018 · Celebrity Catchphrase as Self - Contestant
• 2018 · Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay as Amanda Waller (voice)
• 2017 · The Man from Earth: Holocene as Carolyn
• 2017 · Daytime Divas as Maxine Robinson
• 2016 · The Secret She Kept as Beverly
• 2016 · The $100,000 Pyramid as Self
• 2016 · Match Game as Self - Panelist
• 2015 · Show Boat as Julie LaVerne
• 2015 · Difficult People as Trish
• 2014 · The Librarians as Cynthia Rockwell
• 2014 · Broad City as Elizabeth Carlton
• 2013 · He's Way More Famous Than You as Vanessa Williams
• 2013 · Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor as Janice
• 2012 · RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars as Self - Guest Judge
• 2012 · 666 Park Avenue as Olivia Doran
• 2012 · The Mindy Project as Dr. Phillips
• 2012 · Bethenny as Self - Guest
• 2012 · Doc McStuffins as Delilah the Nesting Doll (voice)
• 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
• 2010 · The Talk as Self
• 2010 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
• 2009 · Modern Family as Rhonda
• 2009 · The Good Wife as Courtney Paige
• 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
• 2009 · Hannah Montana: The Movie as Vita
• 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest
• 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as
• 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
• 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Judge (archive footage)
• 2008 · The Wendy Williams Show as
• 2007 · Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies as Mama Mirabelle (voice)
• 2007 · Shear Genius as
• 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
• 2007 · And Then Came Love as Julie
• 2006 · Ugly Betty as Wilhelmina Slater
• 2006 · South Beach as Elizabeth Bauer
• 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self
• 2005 · Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Witch (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
• 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
• 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Renee Perry
• 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
• 2004 · Johnson Family Vacation as Dorothy Johnson
• 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
• 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• 2003 · The Bachelorette as Self
• 2002 · Boomtown as Detective Katherine Pierce
• 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
• 2001 · The Proud Family as Debra (voice)
• 2000 · A Diva's Christmas Carol as Ebony Scrooge
• 2000 · Shaft as Carmen Vasquez
• 2000 · Don Quixote as Dulcinea / Aldonza
• 1999 · Light It Up as Audrey McDonald
• 1999 · The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland as Queen of Trash
• 1999 · Futuresport as Alexandra 'Alex' Torres
• 1998 · L.A. Doctors as Leanne Barrows
• 1998 · Dance with Me as Ruby Sinclair
• 1998 · VH1 Divas as
• 1997 · Soul Food as Teri
• 1997 · Ally McBeal as Sheila Hunt
• 1997 · Hoodlum as Francine Hughes
• 1997 · The View as Self
• 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
• 1997 · The Odyssey as Calypso
• 1996 · Jungle Cubs as
• 1996 · Eraser as Dr. Lee Cullen
• 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
• 1995 · Bye Bye Birdie as Rose Alvarez
• 1995 · Nothing Lasts Forever as Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter
• 1995 · MADtv as Self
• 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Beauty (voice)
• 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
• 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Arandis
• 1992 · The Jacksons: An American Dream as Suzanne de Passe
• 1992 · Stompin' at the Savoy as Pauline
• 1991 · Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man as Lulu Daniels
• 1991 · Another You as Gloria
• 1990 · The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Danny Mitchell
• 1989 · Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal as Valentine Hayward
• 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
• 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
• 1987 · The Pick-up Artist as Rae, Girl with Dog
• 1984 · Partners in Crime as
• 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Officer Pat Williamson
• 1980 · A Capitol Fourth as Self
• 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
• 1965 · Days of Our Lives as Valerie Grant
• 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
• 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Performer
• 1954 · Miss America as Miss New York 1983
• Future · Women Like Us as
• 2024 · Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field as Self
• 2023 · Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best as Self
• 2023 · Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space as Narrator (voice)
• 2022 · Los lunes a las 9 as Self (Archive Footage)
• 2020 · Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams as Self - Host
• 2020 · Vanessa Williams: Live From the West Side as
• 2020 · There She Is as
• 2020 · Singleholic as Jackie Chisolm
• 2017 · Not Black Enough as Self
• 2016 · VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night as Self
• 2014 · The Trip to Bountiful as Jessie Mae Watts
• 2011 · A Mother's Love as Rochelle Richardson
• 2009 · Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation as
• 2008 · Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade as Self
• 2006 · Rehearsing a Dream as Self
• 2006 · My Brother as L'Tisha Morton
• 2005 · Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade as Self
• 2005 · Gift for the Living as Narrator
• 2004 · Christmas in Washington as
• 2004 · The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest as Self
• 2004 · Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? as Self (archive footage)
• 2003 · Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives as
• 2002 · Keep the Faith, Baby as Hazel Scott
• 2002 · It's Black Entertainment as Self - Host
• 2002 · Miss America as Self (archival footage)
• 2001 · Santa, Baby! as Alicia (voice)
• 2001 · WW3 as M.J. Blake (as Vanessa L. Williams)
• 2000 · Christmas is Coming: Rob Mathes & Very Special Friends as Herself
• 2000 · Afrocentricity as Self
• 2000 · The Courage to Love as Mother Henriette Delille
• 2000 · Shaft: Still the Man as Self
• 1998 · Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia as Self
• 1995 · Nothing Lasts Forever as Dr. Kathy 'Kat' Hunter
• 1995 · Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II as Self
• 1994 · Score with Chicks as
• 1993 · David Foster's Christmas Album as Self
• 1990 · The Kid Who Loved Christmas as Lynette Parks
• 1990 · Seriously... Phil Collins as Rachel - TV Executive
• 1990 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer as Terri Knight
• 1988 · Under the Gun as Samantha Richards
• 1953 · The Oscars as Self