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Vanessa Williams’ ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Role Is ‘Different’ From Meryl Streep

Vanessa Williams plans to stand out as Miranda Priestly in the Broadway musical adaptation of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’

Miranda Priestly is the formidable editor-in-chief of the fictitious fashion magazine Runway, a role popularized by Streep, 75, in the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada based on Lauren Weisberger ’s 2003 novel of the same name. Williams, for her part, played a similar character in the early 2000s, having portrayed Willhelmina Slater, editor-in-chief of fictional magazine Mode, on ABC’s Ugly Betty from 2006 to 2010. Anne Hathaway starred as Andy, an aspiring journalist who lands a coveted job as the personal assistant to Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), the powerful editor of a fashion magazine called Runway (think: […]

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