Nafessa Williams

Nafessa Williams

Known for

Acting

Born

December 4, 1989 (age 36)

Birthplace

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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Best known work

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

1990

Black and Blue

Black and Blue

2019

Black Lightning

Black Lightning

2018

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

2022

Code Black

Code Black

2015

Burning Sands

Burning Sands

2017

Whitney

Whitney

2015

Rivals

Rivals

2024

Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

2015

True to the Game

True to the Game

2017

Filmography

2026
Rivals: The Official PodcastTV
as Self (1 episode)
2024
RivalsTV
as Cameron Cook (20 episodes)
2022
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
as Robyn Crawford
2021
A Holiday Chance
as Noel, Story, Producer
2019
Black and Blue
as Missy
2018
Black LightningTV
as Anissa Pierce / Thunder / Blackbird (58 episodes)
2017
True to the Game
as Sahirah
2017
SteveTV
as Self (1 episode)
2017
TalesTV
as Jenny (1 episode)
2017
Burning Sands
as Toya
2016
Asterisk
as Angela
2016
Restored Me
as Monica Berry
2015
The Man in 3B
as Krystal
2015
Code BlackTV
as Charlotte Piel (4 episodes)
2015
Brotherly Love
as Simone
2015
Whitney
as Kim
2014
Survivor's RemorseTV
as Adina Parker (1 episode)
2012
Streets
as Nicole Gordon
1990
Twin PeaksTV
as Jade (2 episodes)