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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.

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Known For

A Holiday Chance
A Holiday Chance
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
The Man in 3B
The Man in 3B
Streets
Streets
Burning Sands
Burning Sands
Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love
True to the Game
True to the Game
Black and Blue
Black and Blue
Asterisk
Asterisk

Filmography

2024 Rivals
as Cameron Cook
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
2017 True to the Game
as Sahirah
2017 Tales
as Jenny
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
2015 Brotherly Love
as Simone
2015 Whitney
as Kim
2014 Survivor's Remorse
as Adina Parker
2012 Streets
as Nicole Gordon
1990 Twin Peaks
as Jade