Jade Williams (actress)

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Jade Williams
Born (1984-10-02) 2 October 1984 (age 39)
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present

Jade Williams (born 2 October 1984) is a British actress.

Early life

Williams was born and in

London, England in 1984 to Shelley and Mick Williams, a postman. She is the first of three children; her sister is Candice and her brother is Adam. Williams attended St. John's Infant School and later St. Mary's Primary School before winning a scholarship to the Sylvia Young Theatre School
, for which she began attending at the age of eight.

Career

Williams made her debut to television in 1995 when she appeared in

ITV prison drama Bad Girls, in which she played the role of Rhiannon Dawson, the daughter of prisoner Julie Johnston (Kika Mirylees
); appearing for the first time in series two, Rhiannon and her brother Martin arrive at the prison to visit their long lost mother, Julie. Rhiannon returns in series four when she is imprisoned for shoplifting and assault.

In 2000, Williams appeared in the mini-series

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
.

She has received guest roles in a number of television series including

Sky1 series Mile High, William and Mary, with Julie Graham and Martin Clunes, Judge John Deed, the flash-back episode of BBC soap opera EastEnders, which aired in 2005, Holby City and DCI Banks
. Her most recent performance is in the BBC series Doctor Foster, as a captivating waitress, with the famous quote of "here's your water"

Williams' film credits include Anything's Possible, which featured Steven Webb, another guest character of drama series Bad Girls; Life and Lyrics, Hush Your Mouth, and Doctor Faustus. In 2003 she starred in the television film Lloyd & Hill.

Williams is a well-known theatre actress, having been cast in a number of productions such as The William Shakespeare plays Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, King Lear and Henry IV, Part 1 & Part 2; Piranha Heights by Philip Ridley; The Little Prince, which is based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; Palace of the End by Judith Thompson; and Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.

She has played many voice characters for radio plays which have been broadcast on channels including BBC Radio 4.

Filmography

Theatre

Radio

  • Westway ... Jessica Boyce (BBC World Service
    )
  • The Day the Planes Came ... Polly (BBC Radio 4)
  • What Is She Doing Here? ... Antigone (BBC Radio 4)
  • Arcadia ... Thomasina ... (BBC Radio 4)
  • The Birds ... Maggie (BBC Radio 4)
  • The Family Man ... Isobel (BBC Radio 4)
  • The Mother of... ... Libby (BBC Radio 4)
  • The Third Trial ... Jeannie (BBC Radio 4)
  • Secrets ... Treasure/India (BBC World Service)
  • The Chronicles of Narnia ... Jill Pole (NS Radio)
  • Needle ... Edith (BBC World Service)
  • Marnie ... Marnie (BBC World Service/BBC Radio 4)
  • The Gate of Angels ... Daisy Saunders (BBC Radio 4)
  • Five Wedding Dresses - The Rescue ... Charlene (BBC World Service)

References

External links

Jade Williams at

IMDb

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