Jessika D. Williams
Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
THIS SEASON: Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet and Balthazar, Courtesan, Jailer, Messenger in The Comedy of Errors; Dance Captain.
PREVIOUSLY WITH ASC: More than 30 roles in 7 seasons including Othello in Othello; Benedick in Much Ado about Nothing; Rumour, Archbishop and Poins in Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2; Jacques in As You Like It; Margaret in Richard III; Anne Weston in Emma; Mrs Loviet in The Man of Mode; Eleanor in Henry VI, Part 2; Viola in Twelfth Night; Goneril in King Lear; Lady Wishfort in The Way of the World; Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal; Gertrude in Hamlet; Morocco in Merchant of Venice; Ensemble (Jacob Marley, Christmas Present) in A Christmas Carol
OTHER THEATRES: Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew (Great Lakes, Boise and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festivals); Rosalind in As You Like It (California Shakespeare Theater); Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare Forum); Eurydice’s Dream (Blessed Unrest); The Bacchae (National Theater of Scotland and Lincoln Center); St Monica in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Almeida Theater); Wig Out (Royal Court); Theater Uncut. (NY)
UPCOMING: Bastard in King John (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Alonso in The Tempest (Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival)
FILM AND TV: Taggart (Scottish TV); Dr. Who (BBC); The Descent 2 (Celador Films)
EDUCATION: BA in Theatre, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Interlochen Arts Academy