Davida Williams

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Davida Williams
Born
Davida Brittany Williams

(1986-09-05) September 5, 1986 (age 38)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, dancer, photographer, director, producer
Years active1992–present
Websiteinstagram.com/davidabwilliams

Davida Brittany Williams (born September 5, 1986) [1] [2] is an American actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as Claire Miller in Lizzie McGuire and Lauren in Raise Your Voice . She is the daughter of the late David Williams [3] and the older sister of Dana Williams.

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Early life

Williams grew up in Los Angeles, mostly around the San Fernando Valley. [4] She began auditioning at age 8 [4] and attended Louisville High School, an all girls Catholic high school in Woodland Hills. [4]

Williams went on to briefly attend Mount St. Mary's but dropped out to move to New York City, where she worked as a junior agent at Ford Models. [4] It was during this time she wanted to take a break from acting. [4]

She is of mixed African-American and Italian descent.

Career

Williams was a former member of R&B group TG4 Tom Gurl Four

Williams has appeared in a wide variety of television series including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper" and Quintuplets . In 2001 she was cast in the Disney Channel original series Lizzie McGuire. She was also the youngest person featured in Kevin Aucoin's makeup book Face Forward alongside Sharon Stone and Christy Turlington. Davida Williams co-starred with Hilary Duff in Lizzie McGuire. They were later reunited for Raise Your Voice. Williams then went on to co-star in the series pilot for Jonas starring The Jonas Brothers.

It was announced in 2008 that Williams would be joining the cast of As the World Turns as Jade Taylor, Williams made her debut on ATWT on December 12, 2008, and continued on the show for about a year thereafter. She then went on to guest star on Revenge on ABC, and 90210, and starred in the film Teenage Bank Heist for Lifetime.

She appeared in the film Dream Girl, starring Margaret Qualley from HBO's The Leftovers and Meredith Hagner of TBS' Search Party. She is also recurring on the series Foursome starring influencer Logan Paul for AwesomenessTV and YouTube Red. In 2017, she could also be seen as a guest star on the CBS series based on the film Training Day, starring Bill Paxton. She will play Kelly Price. She has also guest-starred on Freeform's Baby Daddy as the character Adrienne opposite Tahj Mowry. She has also guest-starred on Disney Channel's Stuck in the Middle. She recurred on the Hulu show CASUAL.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Younger and Younger Sonja
2000 Cry Baby Lane -TV movie
2004Triple PlayClaireShort
Raise Your Voice Lauren
2007Twisted FortuneZoe
2009 American High School TrixieVideo
2012Teenage Bank HeistGrace MillerTV movie
Drama QueenCheerleaderShort
2014Locked InJessicaShort
2016This PathDebraShort
Dream GirlAbbyShort
Barrio Tales 2Gabriella
2018Warm Human MagicHot GirlShort
2019My Daughter's RansomGinaTV movie
Kill The BoyfriendRyanShort
2020 Useless Humans Jess
Under My Skin Dana
2021 Ultrasound Stephane
We Won't Forget-Short
2022Game, Set, LoveTaylor MorrisonTV movie

Television

YearLegacyRoleNotes
1992 Days of Our Lives -Episode: "Episode #1.6925"
1993 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper -Episode: "Slumber Party"
The Sinbad Show SarahEpisode: "It's My Party, I'll Cry If I Want To"
1994 Me and the Boys GirlEpisode: "Talent Show"
1995 Sweet Justice -Episode: "Broken Ties"
Cleghorne! -Episode: "The Parent Trap"
1996 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Blue Bird #1Episode: "I, Bowl Buster"
Sister, Sister Discovery ScoutEpisode: "The Audition"
1997 Cybill ElizabethEpisode: "The Wedding"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine LisaEpisode: "Children of Time"
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Angela/School Child #1 (voice)Episode: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
2001-03 Lizzie McGuire Claire MillerRecurring Cast
2002 The Young and the Restless LoisEpisode: "Episode #1.7317" & "#1.7323"
Do Over SuzieEpisode: "Pilot"
2004 The Tracy Morgan Show GraceEpisode: "Coach Tracy"
Quintuplets ElizaEpisode: "Date Night"
2007 Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz GirlEpisode: "Episode #1.4"
2008-09 As the World Turns Jade TaylorRegular Cast
2010 90210 AaliyahEpisode: "They're Playing Her Song"
2012 Revenge BrendaEpisode: "Justice"
2013 CollegeHumor Originals JaneRecurring Cast
2016-17 Foursome TipperGuest: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 2
2017 Training Day Kelly PriceEpisode: "Bad Day at Aqua Mesa"
Baby Daddy AdrienneEpisode: "The Sonny-Moon"
Stuck in the Middle KellyEpisode: "Stuck in a Good Deed"
Casual LanaRecurring Cast: Season 3
That's the GagDavidaEpisode: "Keke Creates Her Own Destiny"
2020Bite-Size Halloween-Episode: "Retreat"
2021 B Positive NinaEpisode: "Inflammatory Response"
2023 Quantum Leap Leslie DrobisEpisode: "The Friendly Skies"

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