Acting credits
19
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Nafessa Williams
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 11Series: 8Crew 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 - 2026
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 6.84
Wikidata: Q28943186
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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.
as Robyn Crawford
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022 β’ Movie
as Noel
A Holiday Chance
2021 β’ Movie
as Missy
Black and Blue
2019 β’ Movie
as Sahirah
True to the Game
2017 β’ Movie
as Toya
Burning Sands
2017 β’ Movie
as Angela
Asterisk
2016 β’ Movie
as Monica Berry
Restored Me
2016 β’ Movie
as Krystal
The Man in 3B
2015 β’ Movie
as Simone
Brotherly Love
2015 β’ Movie
as Kim
Whitney
2015 β’ Movie
as Nicole Gordon
Streets
2012 β’ Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nafessa Williams.
as Self β’ 1 eps
Rivals: The Official Podcast
2026 β’ Series
as Cameron Cook β’ 14 eps
Rivals
2024 β’ Series
as Anissa Pierce / Thunder / Blackbird β’ 58 eps
Black Lightning
2018 β’ Series
as Self β’ 1 eps
Steve
2017 β’ Series
as Jenny β’ 1 eps
Tales
2017 β’ Series
as Charlotte Piel β’ 4 eps
Code Black
2015 β’ Series
as Adina Parker β’ 1 eps
Survivor's Remorse
2014 β’ Series
as Jade β’ 2 eps
Twin Peaks
1990 β’ Series