Nafessa Williams
Birthdate
December 4, 1989 (36 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
December 4, 1989 (36 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
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Nafessa Williams's LGBTQ+ Titles
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Robyn Crawford
Acting (19)
2026
Rivals: The Official Podcast as Self (1 episode)
2024
Rivals as Cameron Cook (14 episodes)
2022
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody as Robyn Crawford
2021
A Holiday Chance as Noel
2019
Black and Blue as Missy
2018
Black Lightning as Anissa Pierce / Thunder / Blackbird (58 episodes)
2017
True to the Game as Sahirah
2017
Steve as Self (1 episode)
2017
Tales as Jenny (1 episode)
2017
Burning Sands as Toya
2016
Asterisk as Angela
2016
Restored Me as Monica Berry
2015
The Man in 3B as Krystal
2015
Code Black as Charlotte Piel (4 episodes)
2015
Brotherly Love as Simone
2015
Whitney as Kim
2014
Survivor's Remorse as Adina Parker (1 episode)
2012
Streets as Nicole Gordon
1990
Twin Peaks as Jade (2 episodes)
Production (1)
2021
A Holiday Chance
• Producer
Writing (1)
2021
A Holiday Chance
• Story