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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.
Williams also appeared on Sesame Street, participating in the Season 31 celebrity version of "Sing".
In 2006 she was one of the headliners in the PBS special A Capitol Fourth. She shared the stage with Elmo, singing "How Do You Do?".
On November 13 2011, a promo for the following episode of Desperate Housewives (serving also as a teaser for The Muppets, showed her fighting with Miss Piggy over Kermit the Frog on the set of ABC's dramedy.
On Broadway, Williams has appeared in the Stephen Sondheim musicals Into the Woods and Sondheim on Sondheim. Television credits include playing Wilhelmina Slater on [Minor TV Mentions#Ugly Betty|Ugly Betty]], a regular on Desperate Housewives for two seasons and guest appearances on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Love Boat, the musical guest twice on Saturday Night Live, and the feature film Hannah Montana: The Movie.