Kelli Williams

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This article is about the actress. For other uses, see Kelly Williams (disambiguation).
Kelli Williams
Born Kelli Renee Williams
(1970-06-08) June 8, 1970 (age 53)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1989–present
Spouse(s) Ajay Sahgal (m. 1996; div. 2017)
Children 3

Kelli Renee Williams (born June 8, 1970) is an American actress and director. She is known for her roles as Lindsay Dole on the legal drama The Practice, psychologist and deception expert Dr. Gillian Foster on Lie to Me, and Jackie Clarke on Army Wives.

Early life

Kelli Williams was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of actress Shannon Wilcox and plastic surgeon John Williams. Her parents divorced when she was 13. She has one brother and two half-brothers.[1]

Williams earned her Screen Actors Guild card before her first birthday by appearing in a diapers commercial, and appeared in several other commercials as a child.[2] She attended elementary school at Lycée Français,[1] and graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1988. While attending school, she was active in the performing arts department. After starring opposite Steve Burton (who would go on to gain fame on General Hospital) in the school's production of Romeo and Juliet, she was signed by an agent.[2]

Career

Williams began her career on television in 1989, with a role in an episode of the CBS series Beauty and the Beast and as the first victim of the Hillside Stranglers in NBC's made-for-TV film The Case of the Hillside Stranglers.

Her first feature film appearances were in Zapped Again! (1990) and There Goes My Baby (1994) opposite ER's Noah Wyle. She also appeared in The Young Riders in 1991. Also in 1994, she played Jennifer Stolpa in the TV movie Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story. She guest starred on the Fox teen drama Party of Five in its first season in 1994 as Annie Alcott. She guest-starred in the 1992 Law & Order episode "Sisters Of Mercy" as a meth addict who accuses a nun of sexually abusing her.

Beginning with episode 11, "Moon Cross" (aired on February 5, 1995), of the science-fiction series Earth 2, Williams appeared in a multiple episode story arc in the role of Mary, a human orphan raised on another planet by the indigenous alien species known as the Terrians.

In 1997, she took her most prominent role as Lindsay Dole Donnell on the ABC legal drama The Practice. She appeared in the series The Lyon's Den and Hack, as well as two episodes of Scrubs. Williams appeared as Dr. Natalie Durant on the NBC television show Medical Investigation which began in the fall of 2004 and ran for 20 episodes before being canceled. Also in 2004, she starred in the TV movie A Boyfriend for Christmas.

In 2000, Williams starred in the TV movie Flowers for Algernon, based on the novel/short story by Daniel Keyes.

In May 2007, she portrayed Holly Lauren/Kathleen Shaw in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent sixth-season finale episode, "Renewal," as a friendly neighbor of Detective Mike Logan (Chris Noth); her character died toward the end of the episode. In August 2008, Williams was cast in a lead role as psychologist Dr. Gillian Foster in the Fox series Lie to Me, opposite Tim Roth as Dr. Cal Lightman, which ran for three seasons and ended in 2011.[3]

In April 2011, she was cast in a guest role as Shelley Chamberlain, a grieving mother on a killing spree[4] in the CBS series Criminal Minds. In October 2011, she was cast in a guest role as a kidnapped child's mother called Elizabeth Flint in the CBS series The Mentalist. In 2012, she landed the recurring role of Jackie Clarke in the Lifetime series Army Wives and was quickly promoted to a series regular.[5]

On August 12, 2015, Ties That Bind, the first original series from the Up Network, debuted with Williams playing police detective Allison McLean. The series balances McLean's work and family.[6]

In 2020, she joined the cast of the new Paramount network series, Coyote, starring Michael Chiklis.[7]

Personal life

Williams was married to author Ajay Sahgal from 1996 to 2017. She converted to Hinduism after marrying her husband.[8][9] The couple has three children.[10] She told Marie Claire that she got breast implants when she was 19 and had them removed when she was 22.[11] Williams speaks English, French, and Spanish,[1] and has volunteered with the Young Storytellers Program.[12]

Filmography

Director

Year Title Notes
2004 The Practice "In Good Conscience"
2013 Army Wives "Blood and Treasure"
2016-2017 The Fosters 3 Episodes: "Justify", "Welcome to the Jungler" & "Scars"
2017 Rosewood "Clavicle Trauma & Closure"
2019 Good Trouble "Willful Blindness"
The Resident 2 episodes: "Snowed In" & "Woman Down"
Charmed "The Rules of Engagement"
2020 Sweet Magnolias 2 episodes: "Give Drink to the Thirsty "& "Lay It All Down"
2021 All American 2 episodes "My Mind's Playing Tricks on Me" & "How Come"
The Resident "Into the Unknown"
2022 All American: Homecoming "Under Pressure"
Walker "Champagne Problems"

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Zapped Again! Lucy Kaminsky Video
1993 Mr. Jones Kelli
1994 There Goes My Baby Sunshine
1996 E=mc2 Claire Higgins
1999 Kismet Kelly Short film
2000 It's a Shame About Ray Anna Short film
2000 Flowers for Algernon Alice
2010 The Space Between Junkie
2012 Any Day Now Miss Flemming
2017 Early Release Taylor Reynolds

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Beauty and the Beast Young Lisa Episode: "Arabesque"
1989 The Case of the Hillside Stranglers Margaret Wilson Movie
1989 Day by Day Ross' Girlfriend 3 episodes
1989 Out on the Edge Melissa Movie
1989 CBS Summer Playhouse Natalie Episode: "Curse of the Corn People"
1989 Island Son Elisa Bordinet Episode: "Sometimes They're Zebras"
1989 Quantum Leap Shannon Episode: "Disco Inferno"
1990 Elvis Mattie Walker 13 episodes
1990 My Life as a Babysitter Kelly Movie
1991 CBS Schoolbreak Special Cassie O'Brian Episode: "But He Loves Me"
1991 Switched at Birth Irisa Movie
1991 The Young Riders Emily Metcalfe Episode: "The Presence of Mine Enemies"
1992 A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story Kate Broderick Movie
1992 Law & Order Maggie Episode: "Sisters of Mercy"
1992 Sisters Sarah Nolan Episode: "Pandora's Box"
1992 Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter Kate Broderick Movie
1993 For Their Own Good Erma Movie
1993 Lifepod Rena Jahnusia Movie
1994 Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story Jennifer Stolpa Movie
1994 Party of Five Annie Alcott Episode: "Thanksgiving"
1995 Earth 2 Mary 2 episodes
1995 New York News Ellie 13 episodes
1996 Voice from the Grave Yvonne Shuster Movie
1996 Picket Fences Hannah Mary Beiler Episode: "To Forgive Is Devine"
1996 Mary & Tim Justine Melville Movie
1997–
2003		 The Practice Lindsay Dole 145 episodes
Nominated: Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (1999)
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1998–2000)
1998 Ally McBeal Lindsay Dole Episode: "The Inmates"
1999 Sweetwater Cami Carlson Movie
2000 Flowers for Algernon Alice Kinian Movie
2002 Scrubs Kristen Murphy 2 episodes
2003 The Lyon's Den Attorney Monica Crane 3 episodes
2003 Hack Charlotte Weston Episode: "My Fare Lady"
2004 A Boyfriend for Christmas Holly Grant Hallmark Movie
2004–05 Medical Investigation Dr. Natalie Durant 20 episodes
2005 Third Watch Dr. Natalie Durant Episode: "In the Family Way"
2006 Murder on Pleasant Drive Deanna Whelen Movie
2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Holly Lauren / Kathleen Shaw Episode: "Renewal"
2007–08 Men in Trees Julia Switzer 6 episodes
2008 The One That Got Away Joanna Movie
2009–11 Lie to Me Dr. Gillian Foster 48 episodes
2011 Criminal Minds Shelley Chamberlain Episode: "Hanley Waters"
2011 The Mentalist Beth Flint Episode: "Pretty Red Balloon"
2012–13 Army Wives Jackie Clark Series regular (32 episodes)
2014–15 NCIS Special Agent Maureen Cabot Episodes: "Alleged" and "Viral"
2014 Ties That Bind Allison McLean Series regular (10 episodes)
2016 The Fosters Justina Marks 6 episodes
2016 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Melanie Harper Episode: "Making a Rapist"
2017 Early Release Taylor Reynolds TV Movie
2017 Christmas Solo Jennifer Flynn TV Movie

References

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