She bickers with her sisters on a daily basis but, when it matters, they watch each other`s backs. "With a husband and three children, she is the nurturing one.
VANESSA WILLIAMS IN PENTHOUSE MAGAZINE SERIES
"The series starts five months after Big Mama`s death and Maxine is the glue who holds the family together," she explains. Maxine, in Williams` mind, is basically Big Mama-in-training. "I pleasantly was surprised when they turned it into a TV show and auditioned for the part like everybody else." "But I loved the film and the character," says the thirtysomething performer.
VANESSA WILLIAMS IN PENTHOUSE MAGAZINE MOVIE
Williams, whose Maxine role in the series was played by Vivica Fox in the motion picture version, was pregnant when the "Soul Food" movie went into production and never had a chance to audition for any part. Lakers basketball player/husband Rick Fox and her four children. Vanessa (II) Williams, no longer referred to in this story, makes her home in New York with her L.A. Vanessa (I) Williams, called Williams from this point forward, lives in Los Angeles with her husband/personal manager Andre Wiseman and 3-year-old son, Omar. Williams or is listed in the membership rolls as Vanessa (II) Williams, but prefers to call herself plain old Vanessa Williams. The former beauty queen-turned-singer/actress has been encouraged to call herself Vanessa L. The Brooklyn-born singer/actress claims she got to the guilds first and the right to call herself Vanessa Williams, though some trade organizations list her as Vanessa (I) Williams. Over the years, the entertainment industry`s trade unions have tried to make a clear distinction between the two professionally, to little or no effect. Ironically, the two Vanessa Williamses have auditioned for the same projects and share several mutual friends, but have never met. Their differences are in the details: Vanessa Williams was born in Brooklyn and now stars in the series version of "Soul Food" (Wed., 10-11 p.m., SHOWTIME) as Maxine the other Vanessa Williams was reared in Millwood and starred in the feature film version of "Soul Food" (1997) as Teri. It has been a mess ever since, with one often confused with the other for a huge number of reasons, including both being beautiful and hailing from New York. And it got a lot worse for Vanessa Williams in 1984, when Vanessa Williams was forced to resign the title after Penthouse magazine published nude photos of her in what was then deemed several extremely compromising positions. Vanessa Williams had a rough time in 1983 when Vanessa Williams became the first African-American woman in history to be crowned Miss America.
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