
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The Mo'Nique Show | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| A Poem Is... | 2011 | TV Series | Narrator |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Judge |
| 42nd NAACP Image Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Herself |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Lopez Tonight | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy |
| The 37th Annual People's Choice Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Herself |
| Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf | 2010 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | 2007-2010 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Biography | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The 76th Annual Drama League Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Herself - Host |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | 1995-2010 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Question Presenter |
| Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Host |
| The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
| The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself - Host |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2009 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Contestant |
| New Now Next Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2009 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Larry King Live | 2009 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Tyra Banks Show | 2009 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| From Hollywood to Syracuse: The Legacy of Ernie Davis | 2009 | Short | Herself |
| Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade | 2008 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series |
| TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Herself |
| AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres | 2008 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The 6th Annual TV Land Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Herself |
| 39th NAACP Image Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2007 | TV Special | Herself - Perfomer: Diana Ross Segment |
| The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
| John Edward Cross Country | 2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon | 2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| Becoming Ugly: A New Face for Television | 2007 | Video short | Herself |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The 61st Annual Tony Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Featured Actor in a Musical |
| Shear Genius | 2007 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Judge |
| Xposé | 2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| 38th NAACP Image Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Herself |
| E! Live from the Red Carpet | 2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy |
| The 33rd Annual People's Choice Awards | 2007 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Two Special Brothers | 2006 | Video documentary | Herself |
| Rehearsing a Dream | 2006 | Documentary short | Herself |
| A Capitol Fourth | 2006 | TV Special | Herself |
| CMT: Greatest Miss America Moments | 2006 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Tony Danza Show | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Gospel Superfest | 2005 | TV Movie | Herself - Host |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
| Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade | 2005 | TV Special | Herself |
| Geraldo at Large | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Fashion Week Diaries | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Howard Stern | 2005 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2005 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Christmas in Washington | 2004 | TV Special | |
| Vanessa Williams Christmas: Live by Request | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
| Christmas in Rockefeller Center | 2004 | TV Movie | Herself - Performer |
| Retrosexual: The 80's | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| Evening at Pops | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Fashion in Focus | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| On-Air with Ryan Seacrest | 2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| MADtv | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| 35th NAACP Image Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Sharon Osbourne Show | 2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Living It Up! With Ali and Jack | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Great Performances | 1994-2003 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Host |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '03 | 2003 | TV Special | Herself (uncredited) |
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003 | Documentary | Reader |
| The 56th Annual Tony Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Herself - Performer & Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Musical |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1996-2002 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| It's Black Entertainment | 2002 | TV Special documentary | Host |
| Cool Women | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Donny Osmond: This Is the Moment | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Making of 'Jimmy Neutron' | 2001 | TV Short documentary | Herself |
| Christmas in Rockefeller Center | 2001 | TV Special | Herself |
| Our Favorite Things: Christmas in Vienna | 2000 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
| The 2nd Annual 'A Home for the Holidays' | 2000 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1996-2000 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 2000 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Song Nominees |
| Style World | 2000 | TV Series | Herself - Host (2000) |
| Sesame Street | 2000 | TV Series | Herself |
| Shaft: Still the Man | 2000 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| I'll Make Me a World | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself - Narrator |
| 29th NAACP Image Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Herself - Host |
| The 40th Annual Grammy Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Herself |
| A Very Special Christmas from Washington, D.C. | 1998 | TV Special | Herself - Musical Perfomance |
| Saturday Night Live | 1992-1998 | TV Series | Herself - Musical Guest |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1998 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 1994-1997 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| 1996 MTV Movie Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Herself |
| Vanessa Williams & Friends: Christmas in New York | 1996 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1996 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The 68th Annual Academy Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Herself - Performer: 'Colors of the Wind' |
| The 38th Annual Grammy Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Herself |
| Super Bowl XXX | 1996 | TV Special | Herself - National Anthem Performer |
| The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
| You Don't Know Jack: Volume 2 | 1996 | Video Game | Herself - Celebrity Guest Appearance (voice) |
| La nuit des stars | 1995 | TV Movie | Herself (as Vanessa Lynn Williams) |
| Charlie Rose | 1994 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Kathie Lee Gifford... Looking for Christmas | 1994 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The 48th Annual Tony Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The Essence Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Host |
| Ebony's 15th Annual Black Achievement Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
| The 36th Annual Grammy Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| David Foster's Christmas Album | 1993 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 35th Annual Grammy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
| Rock the Vote | 1993 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | 1989-1992 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Herself |
| MTV Video Music Awards 1992 | 1992 | TV Special | Herself |
| Ebony/Jet Showcase | 1987-1992 | TV Series | Herself |
| Free to Laugh: A Comedy and Music Special for Amnesty International | 1992 | TV Special | Herself |
| Top of the Pops | 1992 | TV Series | Herself - Musical Guest |
| The 6th Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Herself - Host |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1992 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The 34th Annual Grammy Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| Soul Train | 1988-1992 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| 1991 Billboard Music Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 5th Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Herself |
| Seriously... Phil Collins | 1990 | TV Movie | Herself |
| 22nd NAACP Image Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Herself |
| Lou Rawls Parade of Stars | 1985-1989 | TV Series | Herself |
| Later with Bob Costas | 1989 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Showtime at the Apollo | 1989 | TV Series | Herself - Musical Guest |
| The 31st Annual Grammy Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 16th Annual American Music Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| Family Feud | 1989 | TV Series | Herself - Contestant |
| The 10th Annual Black Achievement Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Herself |
| Super Password | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 1st Annual Soul Train Music Awards | 1987 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The CBS Morning News | 1986 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Starlight Annual Foundation Benefit | 1986 | TV Movie | Herself |
| He's the Mayor | 1986 | TV Series | Herself |
| Motown Returns to the Apollo | 1985 | TV Special | Herself |
| Salute to Lady Liberty | 1984 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Love Boat | 1984 | TV Series | Herself, Miss America 1984 |
| The 5th Annual Black Achievement Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Herself |
| Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1983 | TV Special | Herself |
| Professor Hope's Thanksgiving Campus Comedy Capers | 1983 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1983 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2007-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Wendy Williams Show | 2008-2016 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Mother's & Others | 2015 | Short | Herself |
| CBS This Morning | 2015 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| 2016 Miss America Competition | 2015 | TV Movie | Herself - Head Judge |
| Good Morning America | 1994-2015 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Inside Edition | 2014-2015 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Herself - Former Miss America |
| Extra | 2008-2015 | TV Series | Herself |
| From Broadway to Syracuse: The Journey of Arthur Storch | 2014 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Tavis Smiley | 2005-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Queen Latifah Show | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic | 2014 | Documentary | Herself - Narrator |
| Oprah's Master Class | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Haunting Of | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Chew | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Rachael Ray | 2007-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Piers Morgan Tonight | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The View | 2002-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself - Guest Host |
| The Broadway.com Show | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Fashion News Live | 2005-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Talk | 2010-2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 1995-2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself - Guest Co-Hostess |
| A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years of Bringing Joy to the World | 2012 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Host |
| A Broadway Lullaby | 2012 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Watch What Happens: Live | 2011-2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Desperate Housewives: I Guess This Is Goodbye | 2012 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Kitchen Cousins | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Bethenny | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Fashion Police | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2004-2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| 43rd NAACP Image Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Herself |
| The 85th Anniversary of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
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