Nafessa Williams

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

Known For

Steve

Twin Peaks

Black Lightning

Rivals

Code Black

Tales

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Survivor's Remorse

All Movies (11)

• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody2022 · as Robyn Crawford
• A Holiday Chance2021 · as Noel
• Black and Blue2019 · as Missy
• True to the Game2017 · as Sahirah
• Burning Sands2017 · as Toya
• Asterisk2016 · as Angela
• Restored Me2016 · as Monica Berry
• The Man in 3B2015 · as Krystal
• Brotherly Love2015 · as Simone
• Whitney2015 · as Kim
• Streets2012 · as Nicole Gordon

All TV Shows (8)

• Rivals: The Official Podcast2026 · as Self
• Rivals2024 · as Cameron Cook
• Black Lightning2018 · as Anissa Pierce / Thunder / Blackbird
• Steve2017 · as Self
• Tales2017 · as Jenny
• Code Black2015 · as Charlotte Piel
• Survivor's Remorse2014 · as Adina Parker
• Twin Peaks1990 · as Jade