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Williams in 2015
Born
Zelda Rae Williams

(1989-07-31) July 31, 1989 (age 35)
Occupation
  • Actress
  • director
  • producer
  • writer
Years active 1994–present
Parents

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

Early life

Williams was born in New York City to Robin Williams and his second wife, Marsha. 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. Her mother is of Filipino and Finnish descent. 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.

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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

She appeared in People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People issue for 2007. She appears in the Wynter Gordon music video for "Buy My Love" 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. ..... Williams later entered into a deal with Gunpowder & Sky to develop the short film into a half-hour series.

She directed the 2024 movie Lisa Frankenstein, her feature-length debut.

Personal life

Williams has described herself as an avid athlete 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.

From 2013 to 2016, Williams dated actor Jackson Heywood. She is openly bisexual.

Acting credits

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
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
Maddie Moonwater Maddie Short film
2016 Meet Cute Andy
2018 Locating Silver Lake Ella
Shrimp Jess Also director, producer and writer
A Patch of Desert N/A Short film
2020 A Disagreement About Flies Lydia Short film
2022 Julius Caesar Live! Portia, Soothsayer

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
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"
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
Chelsea Herself Talk show
Girl in the Box Janice Hooker Television film
Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed Herself Documentary
2017 Stitchers Zelda Episode: "The Gremlin and the Fixer"
Criminal Minds Melissa Miller Episode: "False Flag"
2019 Dark/Web Cheshire Episode: "Chapter Three"; also director, producer and writer
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.
2011 "You Make Me Feel..." Cobra Starship
2013 "I Believed In God" Danko Jones Woman
2014 "Imagine" (UNICEF: World version) Various Herself

Video games

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

Filmmaking credits

Film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2018 Shrimp Yes Yes Yes Also actor
2020 Kappa Kappa Die Yes No No
2024 Lisa Frankenstein Yes No No

Music videos

Year Title Artist Role Ref.
2016 "Save My Soul" JoJo Director
2018 "Invisible" Anna Clendening
2019 "Dead End"
2019 "Bend & Break"
2020 "Lonely Hearts" JoJo
"Think About You"

See also

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