Because they were born in the same year (a gaping flaw in the always fairly flawed Birth Year system) you can't... at least not in the online system. Locally, you can separate them however you want (maybe attached I and II to each one of them?).

(Careful with Soul Food, Vanessa Williams [the more famous one] starred in the film Soul Food, the lesser famous Vanessa Williams starred in the television series Soul Food).

The only way to separate them in the online that I can see, is if Vanessa Williams' (Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, Eraser) common name is Vanessa L. Williams, as that's what she had to go by for quite sometime due to the other Vanessa Williams. I however, don't think that's the case.

Locally, I use Vanessa L. Williams for the more famous one (with credited as where needed) and Vanessa Williams for the less famous one.

I'm locally using the BY for the famous one, even though I have more profiles with the other (only 2-1, but still). If I have to submit, then assign a BY to thew other and take it off the famous, submit, then fix. Since I already did a full audit for Shaft 2000 (my only title with Ms. USA) that is in the rear view anyway.

Quoting brimac5477:

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wondering how to seperate the two actress who go by the name Vanessa Williams? one is the singer/actress who has appeared in the tv show Ugly Betty and the movie Shaft..http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001853/?ref_=sr_1
the other is an actress who has appeared in movies like Soul Food, Candy Man, and Imagine That
..http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004539/?ref_=sr_2  noticed when i tried to see the different films i owned with the latter Mrs. Williams only to have it bring up more movies i own with the singer/actress.. any suggestions??

One of them must die.  There can be only one!

JK

Quoting KinoNiki:

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We also have two Michelle Williams's with the same birthyear. Locally I would use their middle names to separate them.

I have both in my local already. The actress white girl is the only one with any credits I own though, and teh other, black girl is spelled with one L. Is that one L an error or will it separate them? I see both have 2 L's on imdb, but the other one has only 2 acting credits.
There's at least 3 of them. The older black actress is one L and who I have on my cast list despite no titles. The other one is from Destiny's Child and has only 2 titles on imdb, maybe one on dvd.