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Zelda Rae Williams (born July 31, 1989)[1][2] is an American actress, director, producer, and writer. She is the daughter of actor and comedian Robin Williams and film producer and philanthropist Marsha Garces Williams. As a voice actress, she is best known for voicing Kuvira in the Nickelodeon cartoon The Legend of Korra.

Early life[]

Williams was born in New York City[3] to Robin and Marsha Garces Williams.[4] She was born 10 days after her father's 38th birthday. Her father stated that he named her after Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda video game series.[5][6][7][8] Her mother is of Filipino and Finnish descent.[9][10] Zelda, the older of Williams's children by his second wife, has a younger brother, Cody, and an older half-brother, Zachary Pym "Zak" Williams.[11]

Career[]

She made her acting debut at age 5. At 15, Williams acted in the 2004 film House of D opposite her father and actor Anton Yelchin as the latter's young first love, Melissa Loggia.[4]

In June 2011, both she and her father were featured in a television commercial for the Nintendo 3DS game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.[12] On October 25, 2011, she was the special guest host at the London Zelda Symphony Concert at the Hammersmith Apollo, marking the 25th anniversary of the Zelda Series.[13] On November 17, 2011, subscribers to Nintendo emails received an email of her and her father playing the new game The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii console.[14] She appears in an interview with Nintendo representatives in which she says that one of her favorite things to do in her free time is play Super Smash Bros. Melee with her friends, always playing as the character Sheik.[15]

She appeared in People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People issue for 2007.[4] She appears in the Wynter Gordon music video for "Buy My Love"[16] and has a cameo in the Cobra Starship music video "You Make Me Feel", alongside her father.

In 2018, Williams wrote and directed the short film Shrimp, which she also starred in alongside Conor Leslie, Paulina Singer, Frances Fisher, and Jake Abel. The film depicts the lives of dominatrices in a Los Angeles BDSM den. Williams later entered into a deal with Gunpowder & Sky to develop the short film into a half-hour series.[17]

She directed the upcoming 2023 movie Lisa Frankenstein in her feature-length debut.

Personal life[]

Williams has described herself as an avid athlete[18]Template:Page needed and video game player, and a fan of her namesake The Legend of Zelda series. She has stated that The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is her favorite game and had voiced support of its release on the 3DS by supporting Operation Moonfall.[19] She dated actor Jackson Heywood from 2013 to 2016.[20]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Nine Months Little Girl #3 in Ballet Class
2004 House of D Melissa Loggia
2008 Were the World Mine Frankie
2009 Don't Look Up Matya
2010 Luster Victor Curruthers
Detention Sara
See You on the Other Side Zoey Meola Short film
Jezuz Loves Chaztity Chaztity
2011 Stupid Questions Lucy
2012 The Frankenstein Brothers Kelly Martinson Also known as A Beer Tale
Noobz Rickie
2014 Never Nikki [21]
Maddie Moonwater Maddie Short film
2016 Meet Cute Andy
2018 Locating Silver Lake Ella
Shrimp Jess Also director, producer and writer[22]
2023 Lisa Frankenstein N/A Director only

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1994 In Search of Dr. Seuss Daughter Television film
2012 Checked Out Marissa Main role; 4 episodes
2013–2014 Teen Wolf Caitlin Recurring role; Episodes "Fireflies" and "Illuminated"[23]
2014 Chaotic Awesome Episode: #1.12
The Legend of Korra Kuvira Recurring voice role; 11 episodes
2015–2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mona Lisa / Y'Gythgba Recurring voice role; 5 episodes
2016 Dead of Summer Drew Reeves Main role; 10 episodes[24]
Girl in the Box Janice Hooker Television film[25]
2017 Stitchers Zelda Episode: "The Gremlin and the Fixer"[26][27]
Criminal Minds Melissa Miller Episode: "False Flag"
2019 Dark/Web Cheshire Episode: "Chapter Three"; also director, producer and writer[28]
Jane the Virgin Leona Episode: "Chapter Eighty-Seven"
2019–2020 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Foot Recruit/Cassandra 'Casey' Jones, Female Barista, Sprite Recurring voice role

Music videos[]

Year Title Artist Role Ref.
2014 "Imagine" (UNICEF: World version) Various Herself [29]

Video games[]

Year Title Voice role Notes
2016 King's Quest - Chapter III: Once Upon A Climb Amaya Blackstone [30]
2022 The Last Worker [31]

References[]

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Monde 2014
  2. ↑ "So Jackson Heywood...". Zelda Williams verified Twitter page. July 21, 2014. https://twitter.com/zeldawilliams/status/491345980801830913. "I turn 25 on the 31st."
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  13. ↑ Laith, Waquel (2011-10-26). "Zelda Williams "Hyrule!" Zelda's 25th Anniversary Symphony London". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UZrUY19O2o.
  14. ↑ "The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword: Robin & Zelda Williams commercial". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDY3UJWiAcw.
  15. ↑ "[E3 2011 Zelda Williams at the Nintendo Booth"]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHVdKxhD6UA.
  16. ↑ (in en) Wynter Gordon - Buy My Love [Official Video ||| AVAILABLE NOW ON NEON |||], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGBdlqLl1BU, retrieved 2021-07-29
  17. ↑ Spangler, Todd (November 9, 2018). "Zelda Williams 'Shrimp' Short About BDSM Scene to Become Half-Hour Series With Gunpowder & Sky". https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/zelda-williams-shrimp-series-gunpowder-sky-1203023791/.
  18. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Teen Vogue
  19. ↑ Williams, Zelda [@zeldawilliams] (August 20, 2011). "So wanted to tweet one out to the @opmoonfall folks. Majora's Mask is my favorite Zelda game, I'd love a 3D version! #FightOnGuys" (Tweet). https://twitter.com/zeldawilliams/status/105126254738554880.
  20. ↑ Template:Cite AV media
  21. ↑ Busch, Anita (2016-07-15). "Zelda Williams' Feature 'Never' Gets August Release Via Indican Pictures" (in en-US). https://deadline.com/2016/07/zelda-williams-robin-williams-daughter-movie-never-release-1201787251/.
  22. ↑ Schwartz, Dana (September 27, 2018). "Zelda Williams exposes the mundane lives of dominatrixes in 'Shrimp'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  23. ↑ "Zelda Williams, daughter of Robin Williams, joins Teen Wolf season 3" (in en-US). 2013-01-15. https://www.hypable.com/zelda-williams-robin-williams-teen-wolf-season-3/.
  24. ↑ Snierson, Dan (July 8, 2016). "Zelda Williams on 'Dead of Summer,' her transgender character, and her father, Robin Williams". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  25. ↑ Nolfi, Joey (August 3, 2016). "Zelda Williams is a maniacal abductress in 'Girl in the Box' trailer - exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  26. ↑ Iaboni, Rande (July 13, 2017). "EXCLUSIVE: Zelda Williams Gets Her Flirt On In 'Stitchers' Sneak Peek" (in en-US). https://www.etonline.com/news/221340_exclusive_zelda_williams_gets_her_flirt_on_in_stitchers_sneak_peek.
  27. ↑ (in en) Stitchers feat. Zelda Williams is TONIGHT, https://www.facebook.com/DeadofSummerTV/videos/stitchers-feat-zelda-williams-is-tonight/826246564197273/, retrieved 2021-07-23
  28. ↑ Manuso, Vinnie (2019-07-11). "Dark/Web Trailer Reveals Amazon's Terrifying Tech Age Anthology Series" (in en-US). https://collider.com/dark-web-trailer-amazon/.
  29. ↑ Rowles, Dustin (2014-11-21). "'Imagine' Gets the Star-Studded 'We Are The World' Treatment for UNICEF". https://www.pajiba.com/videos/imagine-gets-the-starstudded-we-are-the-world-treatment-for-unicef.php.
  30. ↑ Saed, Sherif (2015-05-11). "King's Quest cast includes Back to the Future's Christopher Lloyd, Zelda Williams - watch" (in en-US). https://www.vg247.com/2015/05/11/new-kings-quest-voice-cast-reveal-trailer/.
  31. ↑ "The Last Worker adds Zelda Williams to its cast" (in en-GB). https://www.pockettactics.com/the-last-worker/cast.

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