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Vanessa Williams

1963 - Today

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Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, model, producer, and dancer. She gained recognition as the first African-American woman to receive the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984, but resigned her title amid a media controversy surrounding nude photographs of her being published in Penthouse magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vanessa Williams has received more than 9,799,536 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Vanessa Williams is the 2,401st most popular actor (down from 1,826th in 2019), the 3,813th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,052nd in 2019) and the 1,096th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Vanessa Williams by language

Over the past year Vanessa Williams has had the most page views in the with 1,661,044 views, followed by Spanish (92,221), and French (84,195). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (801.79%), Slovak (324.76%), and Simple English (201.51%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Vanessa Williams ranks 2,401 out of 13,578. Before her are Ada Rogovtseva, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Meg Foster, Kevin James, Bergüzar Korel, and Robert Blake. After her are Marlon Wayans, Chris Penn, Vera Alentova, Jason Clarke, June Allyson, and Gérard Darmon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Vanessa Williams ranks 133. Before her are Ulrich Thomsen, Maria Ressa, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, William Baldwin, Paul Belmondo, and Anthony Albanese. After her are Donna Tartt, Doris Leuthard, Greg Kinnear, John van 't Schip, José Mari Bakero, and Lauren Holly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vanessa Williams ranks 3,813 out of 20,380. Before her are Frank Beard (1949), Kevin James (1965), Dennis Sullivan (1941), Pink Anderson (1900), Robert Blake (1933), and Ralph Craig (1889). After her are Marlon Wayans (1972), Chris Penn (1965), Christopher Cross (1951), Stephen Krashen (1941), Jerome Robbins (1918), and June Allyson (1917).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Vanessa Williams ranks 1,096. Before her are Darlene Conley (1934), Ken Jenkins (1940), Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977), Meg Foster (1948), Kevin James (1965), and Robert Blake (1933). After her are Marlon Wayans (1972), Chris Penn (1965), June Allyson (1917), Dennis Haysbert (1954), Joe Morton (1947), and David Janssen (1931).

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Television and Movie Roles

Eraser
Lee Cullen
U.S. Marshall John Kruger erases the identities of people enrolled in the Witness Protection Program. His current assignment is to protect Lee Cullen, who's uncovered evidence that the weapons manufacturer she works for has been selling to terrorist groups. When Kruger discovers that there's a corrupt agent within the program, he must guard his own life while trying to protect Lee's.
Jun 21o 19966.049 / 10
Shaft
Carmen Vasquez
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
Jun 15o 20005.99 / 10
Dance with Me
Ruby Sinclair
Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas. It soon becomes clear Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby is the biggest hope for the studio at the championship.
Aug 21o 19986.9 / 10