['< sod > she rebounded with a successful career in the entertainment industry, initially as a singer and later as an actress. williams is well known for her roles as [ [ teri joseph ] ] in the 1997 feature film\'\' [ [ soul food ( film ) | soul food ] ]\'\', and the television characters [ [ wilhelmina slater ] ] in\'\' [ [ ugly betty ] ],\'\' [ [ renee perry ] ] in\'\' [ [ desperate housewives ] ]\'\', and courtney paige in\'\' [ [ the good wife ] ]\'\'. she is the recipient of a number of awards and nominations including [ [ grammy music award | grammy ] ] nominations for hits shows such as " [ [ the right stuff ( song ) | the right stuff ] ], " " [ [ save the best for last ] ], " and " [ [ colors of the wind ] ]. " in addition, she has earned multiple [ [ southern emmy award | emmy ] ] nominations, a [ [ tony award ] ] nomination, 7 [ [ naacp image award ] ] s, and 3 [ [ satellite awards ] ]. < eod > < sod > she rebounded with a successful career in the entertainment industry, initially as a singer and later as an actress. williams is well known for her roles of as [ [ teri joseph ] ] in the 1997 feature film\'\' [ [ soul food ( film ) | ′ soul food ] ]\'\', and the television characters [ [ « wilhelmina slater ] ] in\'\' [ [ ugly betty ] ],\'\' [ [ renee perry ] ] in\'\' [ [ desperate housewives ] ]\'\', and courtney paige in\'\' [ [ the good wife ] ]\'\'. she is the recipient of a number of awards and nominations including [ [ grammy award | grammy ] ] nominations for hits such as " [ [ cover the right stuff ( song ) | the right stuff ] ], " " [ [ save the best for last ] ], " and " [ [ colors of the night wind ] ]. " in addition, she has earned multiple [ [ emmy award | emmy ] ] award nominations, a [ [ 2nd tony award ] ] nomination, 7 [ [ naacp image award ] ] s, and 4 [ [ satellite awards ] ]. < eod >']