Hollywood
actress
and
former
Miss
America
Vanessa
Williams
has
joined
the
seventh
season
of
the
American
television
comedy-drama
series
'Desperate
Housewives".
The
seventh
season
is
slated
to
premiere
on
September
26,
2010.
Vanessa,
who
played
Wilhemina
Slater
in
'Ugly
Betty",
is
the
new
housewife
in
the
show.
She
takes
up
the
spot
vacated
by
Kyle
MacLachlan.
The
47-year
old
actress-singer
will
be
playing
the
role
of
Renee
Filmore-Jones.
The
news
of
entry
of
Williams
has
been
confirmed
by
ABC
network.
It
said,
“Vanessa
as
the
new
housewife
will
shake
up
the
neighborhood
and
will
create
mess
in
the
lives
of
the
women
of
Wisteria
Lane".
The
upcoming
seventh
season
will
also
see
Brian
Austin
Green,
the
newly
married
husband
of
Megan
Fox.
Vanessa
will
enter
as
an
old
college
acquaintance
and
rival
of
Lynette.
Although
she
will
have
a
secret
but
her
character
is
not
going
to
have
a
link
with
this
season"s
mystery.