Biography
Actress Malinda Williams launched her career with scattered guest appearances on
The Cosby Show and
NYPD Blue, but branched out into big-screen roles in the mid-'90s. At an early stage, Williams vocally and pointedly expressed an interest in seeking out parts for African-American women characterized by their accuracy, incisiveness, and realism -- a desire that would shape and hone many of her subsequent project choices. She took two of her earliest big-screen bows in 1996 -- with small supporting roles in the
Jon Lovitz laugher
High School High and the
Martin Lawrence sex comedy
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate -- then appeared in such films as
The Wood (1999),
Idlewild (2006), and
Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls (2007). Williams next signed for a pivotal supporting role in the crime comedy
First Sunday (2008), about a couple of criminals who take hostage a bunch of church members. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide