Vanessa Williams and actor Jamal Weathers appear in her new one-woman show Feet On The Ceiling, a coming-of-age tale of a young woman’s sexual revelations.
“I’m a bit of an exhibitionist and I like art that disturbs people,” she said. “I’m driven to issues that get people talking and push the envelope, particularly in regards to women’s sexuality, which is a huge part of who we are as women.”
Vanessa Williams considers Terri Vaughn and Malinda Williams among her closest friends in the business. Malinda Williams and Nicole Ari Parker remained like family after the trio wrapped the series Soul Food.
“Nicole Ari [Parker] and I are bridesmaids in Malinda’s [Williams ]upcoming wedding. Many of us flew out to Germany when Boris [Kodjoe ]and Nicole got married,” she said.
Vanessa Williams and Tichina Arnold both open up in Terri Vaughn’s documentary Angels Can’t Help But Cry on their experiences as Black women in Hollywood.
“For sure, they’re not checking for us like they are for the 25-year-old blonde girl but at the same time, we have it so much better than Black actresses back in the day,” Williams said. “Yes, of course there is so much work to do but all of the sisters in the documentary have had marvelous careers.”