Nafessa Williams Archives

Javicia Leslie (Batwoman aka Ryan Wilder), Matt Ryan (John Constantine), Nicole Maines (Dreamer aka Nia Nal), Matt Bomer (Negative Man aka Larry Trainor), and Nafessa Williams (Thunder aka Anissa Pierce) all reflect on the characters they portray and talk about the impact their roles have made on themselves personally, and on fans who might have[...]

Nafessa Williams and Damon Gupton also star Salim Akil directed the episode written by Charles D Holland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM94-HPSn58 Did you really think we were going to stop there, Black Lightning fans? Here's a look at the official images for this week's second-season finale of CW's Black Lightning, "The Book of the Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega": #gallery-1 { margin:[...]

Meanwhile, Anissa (Nafessa Williams) figures out Grace's (guest star Chantel Thuy) secret Lastly, Jefferson (Cress Williams) tries to install a superhero code for his metahuman offspring, but Jennifer (China Anne McClain) insists on taking revenge on Tobias (Marvin Jones III) for her boyfriend's death Damon Gupton and James Remar also star Salim Akil directed the[...]

What purpose, you ask? Well, let's talk about it. https://youtu.be/tgUegwOg4_c Black Lightning s02e14 "The Book of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin": TROUBLE – Looking for answers, a worried Anissa (Nafessa Williams) sets out to find Grace (guest star Chantal Thuy). Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Christine Adams, Damon Gupton, Marvin Jones III, Jordan Calloway and James Remar also[...]

It's a pretty packed episode! Black Lightning — "The Book of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just and Unjust" — Image BLK212b_0315b.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Nafessa Williams as Anissa, Christine Adams as Lynn, China Anne McClain as Jennifer, Yolanda T Ross as Nichelle Payne and Cress Williams as Jefferson — Photo: Bob Mahoney/The CW — © 2019 The[...]

Jefferson Pierce aka Black Lightning (Cress Williams), Anissa Pierce aka Thunder (Nafessa Williams) and the rest of "Team Lightning" have a lot more than a returning Tobias Whale (Marvin "Krondon" Jones III) to contend with: now that Green Light's out in the community, the battle for Freeland's future has gotten a lot deadlier – as[...]

Jefferson Pierce aka Black Lightning (Cress Williams), Anissa Pierce aka Thunder (Nafessa Williams) and the rest of "Team Lightning" are going to have a lot more than a returning Tobias Whale (Marvin "Krondon" Jones III) to contend with (a threat worthy of its own season, as we've seen): now that Green Light's out in the[...]

In the newly released summary for season premiere 'The Book of Consequences: The Rise of The Green Light Babies: Chapter One,' Jefferson Pierce aka Black Lightning (Cress Williams), Anissa Pierce aka Thunder (Nafessa Williams) and the rest of "Team Lightning" going to have a lot more than a returning Tobias Whale (Marvin "Krondon" Jones III)[...]

Jefferson Pierce aka Black Lightning (Cress Williams) and Anissa Pierce aka Thunder (Nafessa Williams) are back keeping the streets of Freeland safe But with Green Light out in the community and Tobias Whale (Marvin "Krondon" Jones III) back and more dangerous than ever, the Pierces are going to need a little "family-friendly" help – but[...]

Black Lightning/Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) and Thunder/Anissa Pierce (Nafessa Williams) are back keeping the streets of Freeland safe But with Green Light out in the community and Tobias Whale (Marvin "Krondon" Jones III) back and more dangerous than ever, the Pierces are going to need a little "family-friendly" help – but will Jennifer (China Anne[...]

We don't see if he is reinstated as the principal of Garfield High. There are some other threads that were left open, like Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and her possible relationship with Grace Choi (Chantal Thuy) And, of course, there were a lot of villains in the first season, but with Lady Eve (Jill Scott), Martin Proctor[...]

The first season of Black Lightning focused a lot on the family and both Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain) getting their powers But the series also introduced the character of Grace Choi (Chantal Thuy), another hero from the comics who is in a romantic relationship with Thunder They set up the possibility[...]

Gambi (James Remar) and Anissa (Nafessa Williams) worked together to help clear Jefferson Inspector Henderson (Damon Gupton) worked on the inside, rooting out crooked cops to help his friend And we get a good idea of just how powerful Martin Proctor (Gregg Henry) and the ASA are This episode also started putting Gambi and Jefferson[...]

Terrific on Arrow, Nafessa Williams (Anissa Pierce, aka Thunder on Black Lightning), Caity Lotz (Sara Lance), Jes Macallan (Ava Sharpe on DC's Legends of Tomorrow), and Keiynan Lonsdale (Wally West / Kid Flash on The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow) The only Arrowverse show not represented was Supergirl. One side note, once again Black Lightning is included in[...]

Both of Jefferson's daughters turn out to have powers — Anissa (Nafessa Williams) becomes the city's second costumed hero, Thunder, while Jennifer (China Anne McClain) doesn't see her abilities as a gift And they discover that the children affected by the ASA experiment years ago are still alive and being held in canisters somewhere in[...]

All rights reserved. The clip below is a little spoilery in that it tells us that the kids in the tank that Gambi (James Remar) discovered last episode and that we've seen in the trailer for tonight that Thunder (Nafessa Williams) finds have been moved But the scene has me wondering just how much training have[...]

Being framed for the murder of Lady Eve (Jill Scott) and the cops with a shoot-to-kill mindset, Jefferson (Cress Williams) decides to take Anissa (Nafessa Williams) with him as part of her training to try to clear his name This is the main story of the episode as they go to check out the bodies[...]

Since the series showed us pretty early that Anissa (Nafessa Williams) was getting the powers and costume of Thunder, it was a pretty safe assumption that at some point Jennifer was going to power up as Lightning. They've done a great job in the series of establishing the family dynamics and just how different the two[...]

Anissa (Nafessa Williams) becomes Thunder and Jennifer (China Ann McClain) becomes Lightning We've seen Anissa with her powers of super-strength and invulnerability, she's put on a costume a few times and even took on Black Lightning, which lead to her finding out about her father and to their friend Gambi (James Remar) starting to make[...]

And while it may or may not debut during tonight's new Black Lightning, we know that Peter Gambi (James Remar) is already working on the designs for Anissa (Nafessa Williams) to suit up as Thunder And since the clip below has Gambi talking with Lynn (Christine Adams) about the suit he's making and how it[...]

They appear to be done, but Khalil is getting closer with Tobias Whale (Marvin "Krondon" Jones III), who appears to have plans for the young man. Anissa (Nafessa Williams) continues to dig into her grandfather's work and get involved with activism A protest against a civil war statue leads to the murder of one of the[...]

Anissa (Nafessa Williams) continues to find herself in the new normal China Anne McClain, Christine Adams, Damon Gupton and James Remar also star The episode was written by Lamont Magee and directed Billy Woodruff.  Revelations (March 13th) TRAINING DAY – Black Lightning (Cress Williams) works with Anissa (Nafessa Williams) to help find information to clear Black Lightning's[...]

His family is his first priority, including his ex-wife Lynn (Christine Adams) and his two daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Ann McClain) He is helped on the streets by his old friend Peter Gambi (James Remar) and sort of by Inspector Bill Henderson (Damon Gupton) He faces off against the 100 Gang and[...]

She moved very quickly which might be the first signs of her powers. Speaking of Powers, Anissa (Nafessa Williams), starts digging into people with powers and comes across a conspiracy video talking about a group of kids with abilities that disappeared thirty years ago and that there was going to be a story that revealed it[...]

Black Lightning — Image BLK_FIRST_LOOK_THUNDER.jpg — Pictured: Nafessa Williams as Thunder — Photo: Bob Mahoney/The CW — © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. Fans were a bit surprised how early one we got to see the costume for Thunder, the alter ego of Anissa Pierce (Nafessa Williams) on the new CW series Black[...]

In the first episode of Black Lightning we got to meet Chenoa (Shein Mompremier), the girlfriend of Anissa Pierce (Nafessa Williams) We also saw that things were less than great though as there were some issues coming up even after Anissa had been kidnapped We found out some time back that the series was also[...]

Now, Anissa (Nafessa Williams) is showing signs of having powers and Jennifer (China Ann McClain) will later in the season. Being a show about basically a superhero family, the connections between the actors have to feel real According to the cast, they quickly became a family, some bonding as early as during auditions The new video[...]

Some of the questions people are already asking are: How long before Anissa (Nafessa Williams) suits up, and when will Jefferson (Cress Williams) find out his daughter has powers? If the final scene of Anissa breaking the bathroom sink wasn't enough to get the talk started, prior to the airing of the premiere, the network[...]

Now we have Nafessa Williams talking about playing the older sister, Anissa Pierce. Both of them are the daughters of Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams), the former costumed vigilante named Black Lightning Now he is retired and is a principal at a local school where Anissa teaches and Jennifer attends Neither of the girls are aware of[...]

We knew they were going to showcase the powers of Jefferson Pierce's daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain), but it seems like we'll be seeing Thunder sooner than later when Black Lightning debuts later this month The series focuses on former superhero turned high school principal Pierce (Cress Williams) who gets back[...]