Actor profile

Nafessa Williams

4th December 1989 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Acting

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.

11 Movies 8 TV Shows 19 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody poster

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody 20th December 2022 as Robyn Crawford

A Holiday Chance poster

A Holiday Chance 24th November 2021 as Noel

Black and Blue poster

Black and Blue 25th October 2019 as Missy

True to the Game poster

True to the Game 8th September 2017 as Sahirah

Burning Sands poster

Burning Sands 24th January 2017 as Toya

Asterisk poster

Asterisk 2nd December 2016 as Angela

Restored Me poster

Restored Me 11th September 2016 as Monica Berry

The Man in 3B poster

The Man in 3B 6th November 2015 as Krystal

Brotherly Love poster

Brotherly Love 24th April 2015 as Simone

Whitney poster

Whitney 17th January 2015 as Kim

Streets poster

Streets 28th August 2012 as Nicole Gordon

Rivals: The Official Podcast poster

Rivals: The Official Podcast 15th May 2026 as Self

Rivals poster

Rivals 18th October 2024 as Cameron Cook

Black Lightning poster

Black Lightning 16th January 2018 as Anissa Pierce / Thunder / Blackbird

Steve poster

Steve 5th September 2017 as Self

Tales poster

Tales 27th June 2017 as Jenny

Code Black poster

Code Black 30th September 2015 as Charlotte Piel

Survivor's Remorse poster

Survivor's Remorse 4th October 2014 as Adina Parker

Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks 8th April 1990 as Jade