Acting credits
17
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Nafessa Williams
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Movies: 11Series: 6Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 1532331
IMDb ID: nm4049910
Known for: Acting
Born: December 4, 1989
Age: 36
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2024
Years active: 35
Average TMDB rating: 6.8
Wikidata: Q28943186
Other jobs
Producer (1)
Biography
Nafessa Williams (born December 4, 1989) is an American actress. She is most known for her 2011 role as Nicole Gordon in the Meek Mill film Streets, her 2011 role as Deanna Forbes on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, and her 2016 role as Dr. Charlotte Piel on the CBS drama Code Black. Since 2018, she plays Anissa Pierce in The CW's Black Lightning.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Nafessa Williams.
7.0
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
as Robyn Crawford
2022 Movie
8.5
A Holiday Chance
as Noel
2021 Movie
6.8
Black and Blue
as Missy
2019 Movie
5.8
True to the Game
as Sahirah
2017 Movie
5.8
Burning Sands
as Toya
2017 Movie
10.0
Asterisk
as Angela
2016 Movie
10.0
Restored Me
as Monica Berry
2016 Movie
6.1
The Man in 3B
as Krystal
2015 Movie
7.0
Brotherly Love
as Simone
2015 Movie
5.7
Whitney
as Kim
2015 Movie
10.0
Streets
as Nicole Gordon
2012 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nafessa Williams.
7.1
Rivals
as Cameron Cook • 12 eps
2024 Series
6.9
Black Lightning
as Anissa Pierce / Thunder / Blackbird • 58 eps
2018 Series
6.5
Tales
as Jenny • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.8
Code Black
as Charlotte Piel • 4 eps
2015 Series
6.6
Survivor's Remorse
as Adina Parker • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.3
Twin Peaks
as Jade • 2 eps
1990 Series