Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams (b. 1963) played the Queen of Trash in the 1999 film Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland and played Calypso in the Shop Creature Shop production of The Odyssey.

Williams has also appeared on Sesame Street and participated in the celebrity version of "Sing" included on Episode 3851.

In 2006 she was one of the headliners in the PBS special A Capitol Fourth, in which she sang with Elmo.