Zelda Williams

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Zelda Rae Williams (born July 31, 1989)[1][2] is an American actress and director. She is the daughter of actor Robin Williams 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[3] to Robin and Marsha Garces Williams.[4] 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' children by his second wife, has a younger brother and an older half-brother.[11]

Career

Williams made her acting debut at age five. At 15, she 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, Zelda and Robin Williams 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 Legend of Zelda franchise.[13] On November 17, 2011, subscribers to Nintendo emails received an email of her and her father playing 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 2024 film Lisa Frankenstein, her feature-length debut.[18]

Personal life

Williams has described herself as an avid athleteScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 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 voiced support of its release on the Nintendo 3DS by supporting the fan campaign Operation Moonfall.[19]

From 2013 until 2016, Williams dated actor Jackson Heywood.[20] She is openly bisexual.[21]

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 [22]
2012 The Frankenstein Brothers Kelly Martinson Also known as A Beer Tale
Noobz Rickie [23]
2014 Never Nikki [24]
Maddie Moonwater Maddie Short film
2016 Meet Cute Andy
2018 Locating Silver Lake Ella
Shrimp Jess Also director, producer and writer [25]
A Patch of Desert — Short film [26]
2020 A Disagreement About Flies Lydia Short film [27]
2022 Julius Caesar Live! Portia, Soothsayer [28]

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" [29]
2014 Chaotic Awesome Episode: #1.12
The Legend of Korra Kuvira Recurring voice role; 11 episodes [30]
2015–2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Y'Gythgba / Mona Lisa Recurring voice role; 5 episodes [30]
2016 Dead of Summer Drew Reeves Main role; 10 episodes [31]
Chelsea Herself Talk show [32]
Girl in the Box Janice Hooker Television film [33]
Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed Herself Documentary [34]
2017 Stitchers Zelda Episode: "The Gremlin and the Fixer" [35]
Criminal Minds Melissa Miller Episode: "False Flag" [36][37]
2019 Dark/Web Cheshire Episode: "Chapter Three"; also director, producer and writer [38]
Jane the Virgin Leona Episode: "Chapter Eighty-Seven"
2019–2020 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Foot Recruit/Cassandra 'Casey' Jones Recurring voice role [30]
2024 Transformers: EarthSpark Spitfire Recurring voice role; 6 episodes [30]

Music videos

Year Title Artist Role Ref.
2011 "You Make Me Feel..." Cobra Starship [39]
2013 "I Believed In God" Danko Jones Woman [40]
2014 "Imagine" (UNICEF: World version)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Various Herself [41]

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes
2016 King's Quest - Chapter III: Once Upon A Climb Amaya Blackstone [42]
2022 The Last Worker Emma [43]

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 [44]
2018 "Invisible" Anna Clendening [45]
2019 "Dead End" [46]
"Bend & Break" [47]
2020 "Lonely Hearts" JoJo [48]
"Think About You" [49]

References

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