Zelda Rae Williams (born July 31, 1989) is an American actress, director, producer and writer. As a voice actress, she is best known for voicing Kuvira in the Nickelodeon series The Legend of Korra and Mona Lisa in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. She is the daughter of actor Robin Williams and film producer Marsha Garces Williams.
Early life Williams was born in New York City to Robin and Marsha Garces Williams. Her father stated that he named her after Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda video game series. Her mother is of Filipino and Finnish descent. Zelda, the older of Williams' children by his second wife, has a younger brother and an older half-brother.
Career Williams made her acting debut at age five. At 15, she acted in the 2004 film House of D opposite her father and actor Anton Yelchin as the latter's young first love, Melissa Loggia.
In June 2011, Zelda and Robin Williams were featured in a television commercial for the Nintendo 3DS 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 Hammersmith Apollo, marking the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda franchise. On November 17, 2011, subscribers to Nintendo emails received an email of her and her father playing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii 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 Wynter Gordon music video for "Buy My Love" and has a cameo in the Cobra Starship music video "You Make Me Feel", alongside her father.
In 2018, Williams wrote and directed the short film Shrimp, which she also starred in alongside Conor Leslie, Paulina Singer, Frances Fisher, and Jake Abel. The film depicts the lives of dominatrices in a Los Angeles BDSM den. Williams later entered into a deal with Gunpowder & Sky to develop the short film into a half-hour series.
She directed the 2024 film Lisa Frankenstein, her feature-length debut.
Personal life Williams is bisexual.
She has stated that The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is her favorite game and voiced support of its rerelease on the Nintendo 3DS by supporting the fan campaign Operation Moonfall. From 2013 until 2016, Williams dated actor Jackson Heywood.
Williams has spoken out against AI-generated images after videos of her father flooded the internet following the release of OpenAI's Sora.
Acting credits
Film Year Title Role NotesRef. 1995 Nine Months Little Girl #3 in Ballet Class 2004 House of D Melissa Loggia 2008 Were the World Mine Frankie 2009 Don't Look Up Matya 2010 Luster Victor Curruthers Detention Sara See You on the Other Side Zoey Meola Short film Jezuz Loves Chaztity Chaztity 2011 Stupid Questions Lucy 2012 The Frankenstein Brothers Kelly Martinson Also known as A Beer Tale Noobz Rickie 2014 Never Nikki Maddie Moonwater Maddie Short film 2016 Meet Cute Andy 2018 Locating Silver Lake Ella Shrimp Jess Also director, producer and writerA Patch of DesertShort film2020A Disagreement About FliesLydiaShort film2022Julius Caesar Live!Portia, Soothsayer2025HoloGreyShort film
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1994 In Search of Dr. Seuss Daughter Television film 2012 Checked Out Marissa Main role; 4 episodes 2013–2014 Teen Wolf Caitlin Recurring role; Episodes "Fireflies" and "Illuminated" 2014 Chaotic Awesome Episode: #1.12 The Legend of Korra Kuvira Recurring voice role; 11 episodes A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 2015–2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Y'Gythgba / Mona Lisa Recurring voice role; 5 episodes 2016 Dead of Summer Drew Reeves Main role; 10 episodesChelseaHerselfTalk show Girl in the Box Janice Hooker Television filmUnlocked: The World of Games, RevealedHerselfDocumentary 2017 Stitchers Zelda Episode: "The Gremlin and the Fixer" Criminal Minds Melissa Miller Episode: "False Flag" 2019 Dark/Web Cheshire Episode: "Chapter Three"; also director, producer and writer Jane the Virgin Leona Episode: "Chapter Eighty-Seven" 2019–2020 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Foot Recruit/Cassandra 'Casey' Jones Recurring voice role2024Transformers: EarthSparkSpitfireRecurring voice role; 6 episodes
Music videos Year Title Artist Role 2011"You Make Me Feel..."Cobra Starship2013"I Believed In God"Danko JonesWoman 2014 "Imagine" Various Herself
Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2016 King's Quest - Chapter III: Once Upon A Climb Amaya Blackstone 2022The Last WorkerEmma
Filmmaking credits Film Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 2018 Shrimp Also actor 2020 Kappa Kappa Die 2024 Lisa Frankenstein
Music videos Year Title Artist Role 2016"Save My Soul"JoJoDirector2018"Invisible"Anna Clendening2019"Dead End""Bend & Break"2020"Lonely Hearts"JoJo"Think About You"
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