Cynthia McWilliams

Cynthia Kaye McWilliams
Born	Berlin, Germany
Education	DePaul University (BFA)
Occupation(s)	Actress and voice over artist
Years active	2005–present
Website	cynthiakayemcwilliams.com

Cynthia Kaye McWilliams is an American actress, known for her performances on the television series Real Husbands of Hollywood , Prison Break , and Nashville .

Life and career

Cynthia Kaye McWilliams was born in Berlin, Germany, but moved to United States, raised primarily in Kansas City, Kansas. ^[1] She graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago and later moved to Los Angeles, California. ^[1] In 2005, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams landed the recurring role as Kacee Franklin, C-Note's wife, in the Fox drama series, Prison Break . The following year, she appeared in the film The Lake House , and later co-starred in the independent films Of Boys and Men and One Small Hitch. ^[1]

In 2011, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams co-starred in the short-lived Fox crime-drama series, The Chicago Code as Lilly Beauchamp. She had a voice role as Misty Knight in the 2013 video game Marvel Heroes . In 2013, she began appearing in the recurring role of attorney Trina Shaw in the BET comedy series, Real Husbands of Hollywood . In 2015, after a decade of playing supporting roles, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams won the leading role in the NBC drama pilot, Love Is a Four Letter Word. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2015, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams co-starred in the video game Halo 5: Guardians as Spartan Holly Tanaka.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Lake House	Vanessa
2008	Of Boys and Men	Jori
2013	One Small Hitch	Risa
	Love Will Keep Us Together	Bren	Television film
	The Starving Games	Additional voices
2014	In God's Hands	Vivica	Television film
2015	Bilal: A New Breed of Hero	Hamama	Voice
2017	The Labyrinth	-
2019	Twas the Chaos before Christmas	Jayla Mitchell	Television film
2020	Upside-Down Magic	Professor Argon	Television film [4]
2023	Hard Miles	Haddie
2023	Merry Little Batman	Vicki Vale, Phone Operator, Angry Shopper, Bandleader	Voice; direct-to-streaming film [5]
2024	Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three	Dr. Beth Chapel, Cheetah	Voice; Direct-to-Video [6]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005–07	Prison Break	Kacee Franklin	Recurring Cast: Season 1-2
2011	The Chicago Code	Lilly Beauchamp	Recurring Cast
2013–16	Real Husbands of Hollywood	Trina Shaw	Main Cast
2014	The Exes	Leila	Episode: "Bachelor Party"
	Almost Home	Shannon	Recurring Cast: Season 2
	Survivor's Remorse	Eva Robles	2 episodes
2014–17	Clarence	Additional voices
2015	Surviving...	Shayla	Main Cast
	We Bare Bears	Additional voices	2 episodes
	Nashville	Gabriella Manning	Recurring Cast: Season 4
2016	The Odd Couple	Alexis	Episode: "The Ex-Factor"
2017	The New Edition Story	Sherry Carter	Episode: "Part 3"
	Tales from Apartment 8	Cynthia	Episode: "Hamilton"
2017–21	Bosch	Detective Joan Bennett	Guest: Season 3, Recurring Cast: Season 4 & 6-7
2018–19	Prince of Peoria	Regina Jackson	Main Cast
2021	Coyote	Holly Vincent	Main Cast
2021, 2023	What If...?	Gamora	Voice, 2 episodes: "What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?", "What If... Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster?"
2022	Real Husbands of Hollywood	Trina Shaw	Main Cast
	The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey	Sensia	Main Cast
	Bosch: Legacy	Detective Joan Bennett	Recurring Cast
	The Tam and Kevin Show	Lorraine	Episode: "Karens"
	Bee and PuppyCat	Ms. Coffee	Voice, episode: "Why Don't You Help Me"
2023–present	Average Joe	Cathy Montgomery	Main Cast

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2009	League of Legends	Senna
2013	Marvel Heroes	Misty Knight
2014	Infamous Second Son	Additional voices
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Additional voices
2015	Halo 5: Guardians	Holly Tanaka	Voice and motion capture
2016	Skylanders: Imaginators	Barbella
2018	Far Cry 5	Resistance Soldier
	State of Decay 2	Keesha Green
2019	League of Legends	Senna
2020	Legends of Runeterra	Senna
	Valorant	Announcer
	Disintegration	Hayden (Female)
	Tell Me Why	Officer Wilson/Kendra Harris-Guidry
	Cyberpunk 2077	T-Bug	Uncredited
2023	Starfield	Hadrian Sanon
2025	South of Midnight	Lacey

References

1. "Cynthia Kaye McWilliams". tvsa.co.za.
2. Nellie Andreeva (16 March 2015). "Cynthia Kaye McWilliams Gets Female Lead In 'Love Is a Four Letter Word' NBC Pilot; Meta Golding Exits - Deadline". Deadline.
3. Tambay A. Obenson (16 March 2015). "Cynthia McWilliams Promoted to Female Lead in NBC's Drama - Shadow and Act". Shadow and Act. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
4. Petski, Denise (August 19, 2019). "Disney Channel Sets Cast For 'Upside-Down Magic' Movie As Production Begins". Deadline. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
5. Milligan, Mercedes (November 19, 2023). "Trailer: 'Merry Little Batman' Brings a Lighter Dark Knight Tale to Prime Video" . Retrieved November 20, 2023.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2024-02-29.

External links

• Cynthia Kaye McWilliams at IMDb