Zelda Williams Biography

Zelda Rae Williams (born July 31, 1989) is an American actress and the daughter of actor and comedian Robin Williams and Marsha Garces. Her father stated that she was named after Princess Zelda of The Legend of Zelda series of video games.

Acting professionally, her first big role was that of Melissa Loggia, the main character's teenage love interest in the 2004 film House of D. In 2007, she was chosen as one of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People.

Early life

Williams was born in New York City, New York to Marsha Garces Williams, the second wife of Robin Williams. The first of Marsha's two children, Zelda has an older half-brother Zachary Pym Williams (born April 11, 1983), as well as a younger brother, Cody Alan Williams (born November 25, 1991). Zelda moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of San Francisco.

Hobbies

Williams has been quoted as saying she's played "every single sport on the face of the planet." She regularly visits an indoor climbing gym in her hometown of San Francisco. Williams is also a dedicated video game player and Halo 3 fan. She has stated that Wikipedia and Notcot.org are websites she visits frequently. In June 2011, both Zelda and Robin featured in a television commercial for the Nintendo 3DS game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. Furthermore 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 Zelda Series. Also, she appears in an interview with Nintendo representatives, where she says that one of her favorite things to do in her free time is play Super Smash Brothers Melee with her friends, always playing as the character Sheik. On November 17, 2011, subscribers to Nintendo emails received an email of her and her father playing the new game The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Nintendo Wii. She has stated that The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is her favorite game of all time, and voices support of a release of it on the Nintendo 3DS by supporting Operation Moonfall. She appears in the Wynter Gordon music video for "Buy My Love" and she also has a cameo in the Cobra Starship music video "You Make Me Feel", along with father Robin.

Career

Williams's acting debut was in the 2004 film House of D opposite Anton Yelchin as his young first love, Melissa Loggia. In House of D, she worked alongside her father, co-star Robin Williams. Though the film received mixed reviews, Zelda's and Yelchin's performances were well received.

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	In Search of Dr. Seuss	Daughter	TV film
1995	Nine Months	Little Girl #3 in Ballet Class
2004	House of D	Melissa
2008	Were the World Mine	Frankie
2009	Don't Look Up	Matya
2010	See You on the Other Side	Zoey Meola	Short film
2010	Jezuz Loves Chaztity	Chaztity	Short film
2010	Detention	Sara
2011	Stupid Questions	Lucy	Short film
2012	'	Kelly
2012	Noobz	Rickie
2012	Checked Out	Marissa	Episodes: "1.1", "1.2", "1.3", "1.4"
2013	Never	Nikki	Post-production