Zelda Rae Williams (born July 31, 1989) is an American actress, director, producer, and writer. She is the daughter of actor and comedian

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and film producer and philanthropist

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. As a voice actress, she is best known for voicing Kuvira in the

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cartoon ''

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''.

Early life

Williams was born in New York City to Robin and

. She was born 10 days after her father's 38th birthday. Her father stated that he named her after

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from ''

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'' video game series. Her mother is of Filipino and Finnish descent. Zelda, the older of Williams's children by his second wife, has a younger brother, Cody, and an older half-brother, Zachary Pym "Zak" Williams.

Career

She made her acting debut at age 5. At 15, Williams acted in the 2004 film ''

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'' opposite her father and actor

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as the latter's young first love, Melissa Loggia. In June 2011, both she and her father were featured in a television commercial for the

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game '' The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D''. On October 25, 2011, she was the special guest host at the London Zelda Symphony Concert at the

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, marking the 25th anniversary of the Zelda Series. On November 17, 2011, subscribers to Nintendo emails received an email of her and her father playing the new game '' The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword'' for the

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console. 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. She appeared in ''People'' magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People issue for 2007. She appears in the

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music video for "Buy My Love" and has a cameo in the

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music video "

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", alongside her father. In 2018, Williams wrote and directed the short film ''

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'', which she also starred in alongside

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, and

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. The film depicts the lives of dominatrices in a Los Angeles

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den. Williams later entered into a deal with

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to develop the short film into a half-hour series. She directed the upcoming 2023 movie ''

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'' in her feature-length debut.

Personal life

Williams has described herself as an avid athlete and video game player, and a fan of her namesake ''

'' series. She has stated that '' The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask'' is her favorite game and had voiced support of its release on the 3DS by supporting Operation Moonfall. She dated actor

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from 2013 to 2016.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Video games

References

External links

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