Nafessa Williams

Known for: Acting

Born: 1989-12-04 (age 36)

From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nafessa Williams licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography (19)

TV★ 10.0
Rivals: The Official Podcast
2026
as Self
TV★ 7.4
Rivals
2024
as Cameron Cook
MOVIE★ 7.0
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
as Robyn Crawford
MOVIE★ 8.5
A Holiday Chance
2021
as Noel
MOVIE★ 6.8
Black and Blue
2019
as Missy
TV★ 6.9
Black Lightning
2018
as Anissa Pierce / Thunder / Blackbird
MOVIE★ 5.8
True to the Game
2017
as Sahirah
TV★ 6.0
Steve
2017
as Self
TV★ 6.6
Tales
2017
as Jenny
MOVIE★ 5.8
Burning Sands
2017
as Toya
MOVIE★ 10.0
Asterisk
2016
as Angela
MOVIE★ 10.0
Restored Me
2016
as Monica Berry
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Man in 3B
2015
as Krystal
TV★ 7.8
Code Black
2015
as Charlotte Piel
MOVIE★ 7.0
Brotherly Love
2015
as Simone
MOVIE★ 5.7
Whitney
2015
as Kim
TV★ 6.6
Survivor's Remorse
2014
as Adina Parker
MOVIE★ 10.0
Streets
2012
as Nicole Gordon
TV★ 8.3
Twin Peaks
1990
as Jade