Vanessa Williams
From Muppet Wiki
Vanessa Williams (b. 1963) played the Queen of Trash in the 1999 film The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland and played Calypso in the Creature Shop production of The Odyssey. She has also appeared on Sesame Street and participated in the celebrity version of "Sing" included on Episode 3851.
Williams was one of the headliners in the PBS special A Capitol Fourth, in which she sang with Elmo.
