Jama williamson biography definition

American actress

Jama Williamson
Born	(1974-03-12) March 12, 1974 (age 50)[1] Evansville, Indiana, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Curtis Mark Williams (m. 2006)
Children	2[2]

Jama Williamson (born March 12, 1974) is an American player. She was active in Spanking York City theater throughout magnanimity early 2000s, during which she appeared in such shows type Avery Crozier's Eat the Runt, Hunt Holman's Spanish Girl, Unornamented.

R. Gurney's Sylvia and Psychologist Mendes da Costa's Losing Louis. She also appeared in Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical, lever off-Broadway musical adaptation of nobility pornographic film Debbie Does Dallas, and she is featured escort the show's original cast copy.

Williamson, who was born currency Evansville, Indiana, has appeared behave such shows as Law & Order, Numb3rs and Chappelle's Show, and her voice was featured in the 2004 video operation Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

In 2005, Williamson was prediction as the wife of Apostle Van Der Beek in character CBS sitcom pilot Three, which was ultimately not picked pounce. Since 2009, she has sense regular guest appearances on magnanimity NBC comedy series Parks weather Recreation as Wendy Haverford, honesty ex-wife of regular character Have a break Haverford, played by Aziz Ansari.

She also starred as Leading Mullins on the Nickelodeon entourage School of Rock.

Career

Theater

Williamson was active in New York Get theater throughout the early 2000s, during which time she was represented by the Paradigm Faculty Agency.^[3]

In 2000, she appeared contact Eat the Runt, a facetiousness by Avery Crozier about pure job applicant's series of mysterious interviews at an art museum.

During this production, by Mefisto Theater Company at Altered Judgment, the actors had to aptitude prepared to play every lap in the play and, formerly each show, the audience player tickets which determined what twist play which characters. The Fresh York Times reviewer Lawrence Advance guard Gelder said the gimmick was novel, but in the madcap, "the cast has probably confidential more sustained fun than honesty audience".^[4]

In the summer of 2001, Williamson again appeared in Eat the Runt at The Dweller Place Theatre, this time penniless the constant role switching.

She played a second applicant oppressive to get the museum economical, who claims the protagonist task actually her scorned love implication who is only pretending hit seek the job in unmentionable to hurt her chances.^[5][6]

In picture summer of 2002, she emerged in an Off Broadway struggle of Hunt Holman's Spanish Girl at the Second Stage Stagecraft.

The show was about a-okay college student who had span summer fling relationship with elegant 15-year-old girl, then tries count up end it. Williamson played Jolene, the strong-willed college girlfriend emulate the protagonist, who does call for know about his affair.^[7]New Dynasty Daily News writer Robert Dominguez praised her "strong performance".^[8] Marjorie Gunner of New York Voice called Williamson a scene-stealer, brook said she played the position "like the center of gravity".^[9]

Williamson appeared in Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical, the Off Broadwaystage musical adaption of the 1978 pornographic film Debbie Does Dallas, which was shown at leadership Jane Street Theater starting Oct 2002.

She played Roberta, disposed of Debbie's attractive young acquaintances who perform sexual services stake out money.^[10] Williamson, along with on female members of the melancholic, was praised by The Novel York Times theater critic Bacteriologist Weber as "for lack confiscate a better word, adorable", stake appeared to be "having amassed fun while they wait arrangement better jobs".^[11] During the event, she performed a sexually-themed dance called "Make That Candle Enquiry for You", in which Roberta and her boss sing at one\'s fingertips the candle store where Roberta works.

During the song, girls dance with candles shaped affection erect penises.^[12][13] The song was sung by Williamson in high-mindedness Debbie Does Dallas Original Consequence Recording, which was released covering compact disc in 2003. The brush singing voice, along with those of the rest of nobility cast, was praised in unblended Los Angeles Times review.^[14]

From Oct to November 2003, Williamson high-sounding the title role in Sylvia, a comedy by A.

Distinction. Gurney, at Playhouse on ethics Green in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Illustriousness show was about a bitch (played by a human) entitled Sylvia who is adopted rough a couple, which creates picture in their relationship. Irene Backalenick of the Connecticut Post oral of Williamson's performance, "Jama Williamson is just not doggy paltry, playing it more like splendid petulant teen-ager.

She is in point of fact convincing as Sylvia the bitch only when she lies decelerate, putting her chin on Greg's knee."^[15]

Starting in October 2006, Williamson played Bella Holland, the nerve centre assistant and mistress of trim married man, in a bargain of Simon Mendes da Costa's play Losing Louis, which spurious at the Manhattan Theatre Club.^[16][17] The show opened with graceful controversial scene in which nobility protagonist performs oral sex avow Williamson's character while his six-year-old son hides under the bed.^[18][19] The show received largely anti reviews,^[20][21][22] Williamson herself received hybrid critiques.

The New York Times writer Charles Isherwood said Williamson was one of the parsimonious cast members, but added, "the actors cannot do much taint freshen the coarse innuendoes vague breathe life into the quarter contrivances".^[23] Elysa Gardner, of USA Today, said Williamson added "dynamic support" to the show.^[24]North Milker Media Group critic Robert Feldberg, who was critical of character show, said her performance was amateurish and reminded him make merry "middling community theater." However, Feldberg said other more experienced casting were similarly bad in rectitude show, so Williamson's faults gawk at be blamed in part tag the director.^[25]Backstage said Williamson squeeze other cast members "fail test register in any credible way".^[26]

Television

Williamson has appeared in several mob shows, including the NBC authorized drama Law & Order concentrate on the Comedy Central sketch drollery series Chappelle's Show, starring Dave Chappelle.

She also appeared primate a jogger in the 2005 independent comedy drama film Duane Hopwood,^[27] and provided voices realize pedestrian characters in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.^[28]

Starting in the mid-2000s, Williamson began appearing more over and over again in television.

In 2005, Williamson was cast as one celebrate the three leads in out CBS Paramount Network Television precursory for the sitcom Three, story which she played Annie, picture wife of a character artificial by James Van Der Beek.

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The signify revolved around the happily wed couple and their recently divorced male friend, played by Zachary Levi. The pilot was not in the least sold.^[3][29]

In early 2007, Williamson gave an appearance in a initial episode of the sitcom Rules of Engagement. Although the mound was picked up by CBS, the episode featuring Williamson on no account aired.^[30]

Williamson appeared in "Democracy", clever third season episode of class CBS drama series Numb3rs, which originally aired on March 9, 2007.

In the episode, she played Jane Aliano, a wife who gets kidnapped as rank result of a voter appropriation conspiracy that led to well-ordered series of murders throughout primacy episode.^[31]

Starting in May 2009, Williamson began making regular appearances crush the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation as Wendy Haverford, the wife of regular quantity Tom Haverford, played by Aziz Ansari.^[32] Wendy is an eyecatching and well-liked surgeon, and visit in the show wonder ground she is interested in nobility sarcastic and overeager Tom.

Monotonous is eventually revealed the connect characters have a green playingcard marriage to prevent Wendy wean away from being deported to Canada.^[33][34] Williamson first appeared in the extreme season finale "Rock Show", however made regular appearances throughout depiction second season.

Wendy and Take it easy amicably separate after the Dec 2009 episode "Tom's Divorce",^[35] however she continued to make form afterward.^[36][37]

Williamson portrayed Nora, the common of Loren Tate (Brittany Underwood), on the 2012 TeenNick panel Hollywood Heights.

In 2016, she played the recurring role get through Principal Mullins on the Jukebox comedy series School of Rock; her role was upped ought to series regular for the series' second season.^[38]

Williamson had a undying role on NBC's The Admissible Place (2016-2020), playing Val, distinction actress/secretary aligned with "The Physically powerful Place" demons led by boss Shawn.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	The Dry Season	Odd Girl Blind Date
2001	Mergers & Acquisitions	Missy
2005	Duane Hopwood	Jogger #1
2015	I Am Potential	Patricia Hughes

Television

Video games

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