Vanessa Williams
American singer
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| 2024 | Williams takes a recurring voice role as Dr. Perdue in the animated series Velma |
| 2024 | Vanessa Williams released the single 'Survivor'. |
| 2024 | Vanessa Williams released the single 'Legs (Keep Dancing)', which peaked at position 3. |
| 2024 | Vanessa Williams collaborated with Trixie Mattel and Lion Babe on the single 'Bop!'. |
| 2024 | Vanessa Williams released the single 'iLike Moonlight'. |
| November 11 2024 | Producing 'A Wonderful World' at Studio 54, Broadway |
| October 2024 | Playing Miranda Priestly in 'The Devil Wears Prada' at Dominion Theatre, West End |
| August 23 2024 | Vanessa Williams released her album 'Survivor' under Mellian Music and WMG. |
| July 2024 | Playing Miranda Priestly in 'The Devil Wears Prada' at Theatre Royal, Plymouth |
| April 15 2024 | Performing in 'KRISTIN: An Evening with Friends for Todd' at Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Broadway |
| 2023 | Williams appears in 'American Experience', narrates a documentary, and returns as a guest on RuPaul's Drag Race |
| 2023 | Starred in Tripped Up as Patty |
| 2022 | Performed in Seth Rudetsky's Broadway Concert Series at Town Hall, Broadway |
| 2022 | Performed in '50 Years of Broadway at the Kennedy Center' at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
| 2022 | Played Cora Hoover Hooper in 'Anyone Can Whistle' at Carnegie Hall |
| April 14 2022 | Began performances as Margaret in POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre. |
| 2021 | Williams takes on voice roles in 'Marvel's Wastelanders: Star-Lord' and appears in 'Girls5eva' |
| 2021 | Quietly divorced Jim Skrip. |
| 2021 | Williams begins recurring role in Girls5eva and joins as a judge on Queen of the Universe |
| May 14 2021 | Vanessa Williams released her fourth compilation album titled 'The Best' on May 14, 2021, under the label Mercury. |
| 2020 | Appeared in Bad Hair as Zora Choice |
| 2020 | Williams won episode 2 of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race and donated her $20,000 prize to The Trevor Project. |
| 2020 | Performed in 'City of Angels' as Carla/Alaura at Garrick Theatre, West End |
| 2020 | Vanessa Williams was part of the cast of 'RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race' featuring the performance titled 'Twerking 5 to 9: The Rusical.' |
| 2019 | Voiced Amanda Waller in Batman: Hush (direct-to-video) and starred in Miss Virginia |
| 2018 | Williams returned as a spokesmodel for L'Oréal's 'Age perfect' campaign. |
| 2018 | Performed in 'Hey Look Me Over' at City Center, Off-Broadway |
| 2018 | Voiced multiple roles: Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (direct-to-video), Fire Goddess in The Legend of Hallowaiian, and starred in the television film False Profits as Suzanne |
| April 2018 | Announced she was working on a new studio album incorporating R&B, pop, and Broadway influences. |
| 2017 | Starred as Maxine in the VH1 television series Daytime Divas during its single season. |
| 2017 | Appeared in The Man From Earth: Holocene as the character Carolyn |
| December 2017 | Participated in the COAF Gala fundraising event, where she performed her Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning song 'Colors of the Wind' and paid tribute to Patricia Field, her Ugly Betty collaborator. |
| 2016 | Receives a public apology from Miss America during the 2016 pageant for the previous nude photograph controversy. |
| 2016 | Joined the cast of The Librarians as recurring villainess General Rockwell. |
| March 2016 | Vanessa Williams launched her own clothing line called V. by Vanessa Williams, which was sold on EVINE Live shopping network. |
| 2015 | Married Jim Skrip, a businessman from Buffalo, New York, at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church after receiving a Church annulment of her first marriage. |
| September 2015 | During the Miss America 2016 pageant, where Williams served as head judge, former Miss America CEO Sam Haskell publicly apologized for the events of 1984. |
| 2014 | Played Julie in 'Show Boat' at New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall |
| 2014 | Starred in two productions: The Trip to Bountiful as Jessie Mae Watts (television film) and voiced Hisako in When Marnie Was There |
| 2014 | Starred in the Broadway musical After Midnight and appeared in a PBS production of Show Boat as Julie La Verne. |
| 2013 | Participated in the 'Who Do You Think You Are?' program to investigate her genetic ancestry, discovering her diverse ethnic background through DNA testing. |
| 2013 | Appeared as Special Guest Star in 'After Midnight' at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway |
| 2013 | Stars in the revival of Horton Foote's 'The Trip to Bountiful'. |
| 2013 | Appeared in two films: He's Way More Famous Than You (as herself) and Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (as Janice) |
| 2012 | Williams takes on multiple acting roles, including a main role in '666 Park Avenue' and voice acting in 'Phineas and Ferb' |
| 2012 | Williams starts her main role in the supernatural drama series 666 Park Avenue |
| 2012 | Williams voiced the character Ms. Brown in a Super Bowl XLVI commercial for M&Ms. |
| April 2012 | Vanessa Williams and her mother Helen co-authored a memoir titled 'You Have No Idea', in which she candidly discusses her childhood, rise to fame, personal struggles including her experience with type 1 diabetes and sexual molestation as a child. |
| 2011 | Williams becomes a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race, starting a long-term association with the show |
| 2011 | Vanessa Williams voiced the character Beggum in the animated film Delhi Safari |
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