Ayda Field

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Ayda Field
Ayda Field Cannes 2015.jpg
Field in 2015
Born (1979-05-17) May 17, 1979 (age 45) [1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesAyda Williams
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present
Spouse
(m. 2010)
Children4

Ayda Field Williams (born May 17, 1979) is an American actress. She has appeared as a panellist on the British television chat show Loose Women , as well as being a judge on the British version of The X Factor , alongside her husband, singer Robbie Williams. Her acting roles include Fresh Meat and Days of Our Lives .

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Early life

Field was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Turkish father, Haldun Evecan, [2] and an American mother, film producer Gwen Field. [3] Her father was a Turkish Muslim and her mother is Jewish. [4]

She attended Harvard-Westlake School, from which she graduated in 1997. [5]

Television career

Field first became known on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives , but has subsequently specialised in comedy roles. She was a regular on Blue Collar TV , guest starred in the sitcom Eve and appeared as Jeannie Whatley on NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip . On the Fox sitcom Back to You, she played Montana Diaz Herrera (aka Sally Lerner), News 9's weather woman. She also appeared in ten episodes of Season One.

Field joined the cast of a sitcom pilot titled Making It Legal (playing a lawyer named "Elise") but ABC did not pick up the pilot. [6] In June 2008, she was cast in the female lead on ABC's untitled David Kohan/Max Mutchnick comedy pilot, replacing Sarah Lafleur.

Field made her UK TV debut in the final series of Fresh Meat in 2016. In that year, she appeared in the ITV/Netflix series Paranoid . Also in 2016, Field joined ITV's Loose Women as a guest panellist.

In 2018, she joined The X Factor UK judging panel alongside her husband Robbie Williams, show creator Simon Cowell and One Direction's Louis Tomlinson where she replaced Sharon Osbourne. [7]

Personal life

Field married English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams at his home in Mulholland Estates, Beverly Hills on August 7, 2010. [8] [9] [10] They have four children. [11] [12] [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Young BladesDaughter
2002Romeo FireSlutkaTelevision film
2003Platonically IncorrectTelevision film
2007Making It LegalEliseTelevision film
2008 Strange Wilderness Mountain Nurse
FourplayAudreyTelevision film
2009 Play Dead MarissaDirect-to-video
2011The Short CutAyda FieldShort film
2013 Austenland Molly

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 City Girls Girl #2Episode: "Party of Three"
2000 Arliss Episode: "You Can Pick Your Friends"
2000–01 Days of Our Lives Angela Moroni 65 episodes
2001 Men, Women & Dogs KimEpisode: "A Bone of Contention"
2004–06 Blue Collar TV Various Characters5 episodes
2005 Eve CarlaEpisode: "Model Behavior"
2006 Will & Grace BarbaraEpisode: "Partners 'n' Crime"
2006–07 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Jeannie Whatley15 episodes
2007–08 Back to You Montana Diaz Herrera11 episodes
2011 Love Bites SapphireEpisode: "How To..."
2012 2 Broke Girls ConstanceEpisode: "And the Big Buttercream Breakthrough"
2014 The Exes VanessaEpisode: "Nun Like It Hot"
2016 Fresh Meat Rosa5 episodes
Power Monkeys Bea6 episodes
Paranoid Sheri3 episodes
2016–2019, 2024–present Loose Women Herself48 episodes
2018 The X Factor UK Judge series fifteen; 22 episodes

Music videos

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Robbie Williams - "Bodies"Love interest

References

  1. "Ayda will be "good for Robbie"". August 9, 2010. Archived from the original on April 26, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2018 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ""Robbie Williams - Ayda Field's Tearful Phone Reunion With Dad"". August 10, 2010., contactmusic.com, Retrieved on 2010-08-10.
  3. Corrodus, Corrine (July 18, 2018). "Who is Ayda Field, the newest judge on this year's X Factor?". The Telegraph via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. "Jewish bridesmaid will be part of the royal wedding party on Friday". The JC . October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  5. "Pictures from Robbie Williams' wife Ayda Field's past, including her taking part in a hula-hoop contest at school". Mirror Online. August 19, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  6. "UNTITLED SACHS & JUDAH PROJECT (ABC)" . Retrieved September 30, 2007.
  7. "Robbie Williams, Ayda Field, Louis Tomlinson: All change for X Factor 2018". BBC News. BBC. September 1, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  8. "Robbie Williams to wed in a secret ceremony". AllVoices. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  9. McIntyre, Samantha (August 7, 2010). "Pop Star Robbie Williams Weds". Archived from the original on August 15, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  10. "" Robbie: "I Take That woman to be my wife" "". Archived from the original on July 26, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2010., http://christinelovendahl.blogg.no/1281434588_i_take_that_woman_to_.html Archived April 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved on 2017-01-04.
  11. "Robbie Williams live blogs the birth of his second child in graphic detail - People - News - The Independent". Independent.co.uk . October 28, 2014. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  12. "Robbie Williams and Ayda Field welcome surrogate baby - BBC News". March 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  13. "Robbie Williams and wife Ayda Field delight fans with surprise baby news". February 14, 2020.