Vanessa Williams

 Vanessa Williams  ( b . 1963 ) played the Queen  of  TRASH  in the 1999 film  The Adventures of  Elmo  in  Grouch  land  & 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 1 of the headliners in the PBS special A Capitol Fourth. She shared the stage with Elmo, singing " How D o You D o ? ".

On November 13th 2011, a promo for the following episode of Desperate House wives (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 Woo ds & Sondheim on Sondheim. TV credits include playing Wilhelmina Slater on Ugly Betty, a regular on Desperate House wives for 2 seasons & 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 & the feature film Hannah Montana : The Movie.

TV / Movies / Specials

 *  The Adventures of  Elmo  in  GROUCH  land  ( 1999 )

Books

 *  The Adventures of  Elmo  in  GROUCH  land Movie Storybook  ( 1999 )