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Vanessa Williams knows how to play a diva. Before she starred as the formidable Wilhelmina Slater in
Ugly Betty, the award-winning singer and actress brought international pop sensation Ebony Scrooge to life in the made-for-TV movie,
A Divaâs Christmas Carol.
Based on the Charles Dickens holiday classic,
A Divaâs Christmas Carol debuted on VH1 in December of 2000. But Williams wasnât the networkâs first choice. According to the star, producers had originally wanted to cast Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston as the lead. The movieâs writer and director, Richard Schenkman, however, had someone else in mind.
Vanessa Williams knows how to play a diva. Before she starred as the formidable Wilhelmina Slater in
Ugly Betty, the award-winning singer and actress brought international pop sensation Ebony Scrooge to life in the made-for-TV movie,
A Divaâs Christmas Carol.
Based on the Charles Dickens holiday classic,
A Divaâs Christmas Carol debuted on VH1 in December of 2000. But Williams wasnât the networkâs first choice. According to the star, producers had originally wanted to cast Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston as the lead. The movieâs writer and director, Richard Schenkman, however, had someone else in mind.