Jobet Williams - American film actress, director and producer

Jobet Williams is an American film actress, producer and director. He is currently the current president of the US Screen Actors Guild. She was nominated several times for Oscars, Golden Globes, Saturn and Emmys.

Jobet Williams: filmography and biography

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

After leaving school, Jobet Williams entered Brown University at the Department of Psychology. She dreamed of becoming a child psychologist, but when she underwent training to correct the Texas accent, she became interested in the theatricality of the process and decided to become an actress.

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

Several roles of a minor nature in various television series did not bring satisfaction to the aspiring actress, and she decided to wait for her participation in any film project. However, no proposals were received from filmmakers, and Jobet Williams continued to appear in television films.

Big movie debut

Only in 1979, the actress received an invitation to the role of Phyllis Bernard in the movie with a deeply psychological plot “Kramer vs. Kramer”, and given the formation of Williams, we can assume that this role was more than desirable for her.

The composition of the crew even more inspired the actress: starring Hollywood stars of the first magnitude, such as Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman - both "Oscar-winning", popularly loved and deserved. Jobet Williams, whose filmography at that time did not contain a single picture, was happy with 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 became famous and Jobet Williams. She began to receive serious offers from Hollywood directors. Actress Jobet Williams, films with the participation of which attracted increasing attention of viewers, became widely known after the release of the film "Wildly Crazed", directed by Sidney Poitier, where she played the beauty Meredith. This was followed by the films “Great Disappointment”, “Poltergeist” and “Poltergeist 2”.

Failure

In 1984, the actress played her only major role in her career. It was the film "American Dreamer", which was not successful at the box office. The picture, shot in the genre of domestic fiction, spoke about a big 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 "The American Dreamer," the actress began to act a lot and quite successfully. Films "Substitution", "Wyatt Earp", "Dutch", "My name is Bill", "Prosperity in the Desert", "My Memories", "Teachers".

After a number of successfully played roles, Jobet 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 from the southern state."

Nominations

In 1984, the actress played in the TV series "Adam" and received a nomination for an Emmy Award as 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 to be the most successful in his career, when she played a role in the series Fraser, 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”.

Jobet is often involved in producing films and very successfully. However, most often it is removed in a role. Among her latest paintings are “Baseball Fever,” “Crazy Love,” “Nine,” “Dexter's Justice.”

List of work of the actress

Jobet 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:

• The Violet Mist Trap.
• "Leather".
• "Las Vegas".
• "Marine Police."
• Relapse
• "Defender".
• "Family of Ponders."
• "Strong medicine."
• "Special Corps."
• "Jackie is back."
• "Came from heaven."
• "Justice".
• "Childhood Stories."
• "When danger escorts you home."
• "Write a script."
• "Customer".
• "Into the jungle from the jungle."
• "Silhouette".
• "Last appeal."
• The Mighty Max.
• The Golden Adventure.
• "All that is mine - I carry with me."
• "The Boy Nobody Loved."
• "Prince Valiant."
• "He drives me crazy".
• "Substitution."

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