Jobeth Williams - American film actress, director and producer

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Jobeth Williams is an American film actress, producer and director. Currently the current president of the Screen Actors Guild of America. She has been nominated several times for Oscar, Golden Globe, Saturn and Emmy awards.

Jobeth Williams: filmography and biography

The actress was born in 1948, December 6, in Houston (Texas). Her father is Frederick Williams Roger, a former artist and opera singer. At the time of the birth of his daughter, he was in charge of a large cable company. Mother - Francis Faye, was a dietitian in the city hospital.

After graduating from high school, Jobeth Williams entered Brown University in the psychology department. She dreamed of becoming a child psychologist, but when she took training to correct the Texas accent, she became fascinated by the theatrics of the process and decided to become an actress.

After graduating from university, Jobeth Williams moved to New York, where she tried to start a career in television, not forgetting the cinema.

Several roles of a minor character in various television series did not bring satisfaction to the aspiring actress, and she decided to wait for her participation inany film project. However, no offers from film directors were received, and Jobeth Williams continued to act in television films.

Debut in a big movie

It was only in 1979 that the actress received an invitation to the role of Phyllis Bernard in the film with a deeply psychological plot "Kramer vs. Kramer", and given the education of Williams, we can assume that this role was more than desirable for her.

The composition of the film crew inspired the actress even more: the leading roles were played by Hollywood stars of the first magnitude, such as Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman - both Oscar-winning, popularly loved and deserved. Jobeth Williams, whose filmography at that time did not contain a single picture, was happy from such a gift of fate as participation in the creation of the drama Kramer vs. Kramer. And although her character - the girlfriend of the protagonist - by and large did not mean anything in the film, pride overwhelmed the actress.

Fame

The film made a splash, and with it Jobeth Williams became famous. She began to receive serious offers from Hollywood directors. Actress Jobeth Williams, whose films have attracted increasing attention of the audience, has gained wide popularity after the release of the film "Wild Maddened", directed by Sidney Poitier, where she played the beauty Meredith. This was followed by the films "Big Disappointment", "Poltergeist" and "Poltergeist 2".

Failure

In 1984, the actress played herthe only major role in his career. It was the film "American Dreamer", which was not successful at the box office. The film, shot in the genre of everyday fiction, told about a great lover of spy stories, who once also wrote a detective story, received the first prize, and then turned into the main character of her work.

After "American Dreamer" the actress began to shoot a lot and quite successfully. Films The Changeling, Wyatt Earp, Dutch, My Name Is Bill, Desert Bloom, My Memories, The Teachers.

After a number of successful roles, Jobeth became interested in independent cinema. She proved herself as a capable director and producer in some television projects. She starred in the series Mistresses, Private Practice, Zoe Hart of the Southern State.

Nominations

In 1984, the actress played in the series "Adam" and received a nomination for the "Emmy" award as the best supporting actress. Then her participation in the film "Baby M" was marked by two nominations - for the "Golden Globe" and "Emmy".

Williams considers 1994 the most successful year in her career, when she played a role in the TV series Frasier, for which she was again nominated for an Emmy. Then the actress acted as a director in the production of the film "In Hope", which was subsequently nominated for an Oscar in the nomination "Best Short Film of the Year".

Jobeth often produces films and is very successful. However, most often she is removed in any role. Among her latest paintings: Baseball Fever, Crazy Love, Nine,"Dexter's Justice"

Actress Work List

Jobeth Williams, whose filmography includes more than a hundred films of various genres, where she starred or acted as a director, believes that not everything is done. The list contains recent films with her participation:

• "Purple Mist Trap".
• "Leather".
• Las Vegas.
• Marine Police.
• Relapse.
• "Defender".
• "The Ponder Family".
• "Strong Medicine".
• "Special Corps".
• "Jackie is back".
• "Come from heaven."
• "Justice".
• Childhood Stories.
• "When danger walks you home."
• "Write a script."
• "Customer".
• "Into the jungle from the jungle".
• "Silhouette".
• "Final Appeal".
• The Mighty Max.
• Gold Adventure.
• “Whatever is mine, I carry with me.”
• "The boy nobody loved."
• Prince Valiant.
• "He drives me crazy."
• "Change".

Currently, the actress is full of creative plans and continues to work on the next script.