Ayda Field

Ayda Sabahat Evecan Williams (née Field; born May 17, 1979) is an American actress. She has appeared as a panellist on the British television chat show Loose Women, as well as being a judge on the British version of The X Factor, alongside her husband, singer Robbie Williams. Her acting roles include Fresh Meat and Days of Our Lives.

Early life Field was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Turkish father, advertiser Haldun Evecan, and an American mother, film producer Gwen Field. Her father was a Turkish Muslim and her mother is Jewish.

She attended Harvard-Westlake School, from which she graduated in 1997.

Television career Field first became known on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, but has subsequently specialised in comedy roles. She was a regular on Blue Collar TV, guest starred in the sitcom Eve and appeared as Jeannie Whatley on NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. On the Fox sitcom Back to You, she played Montana Diaz Herrera (aka Sally Lerner), News 9's weather woman. She also appeared in ten episodes of Season One.

Field joined the cast of a sitcom pilot titled Making It Legal (playing a lawyer named "Elise") but ABC did not pick up the pilot. In June 2008, she was cast in the female lead on ABC's untitled David Kohan/Max Mutchnick comedy pilot, replacing Sarah Lafleur.

Field made her UK TV debut in the final series of Fresh Meat in 2016. In that year, she appeared in the ITV/Netflix series Paranoid. Also in 2016, Field joined ITV's Loose Women as a guest panellist.

In 2018, she joined The X Factor UK judging panel alongside her husband Robbie Williams, show creator Simon Cowell and One Direction's Louis Tomlinson where she replaced Sharon Osbourne.

Personal life Field married British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams at his home in Mulholland Estates, Beverly Hills on August 7, 2010. They have four children.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2001 Young Blades Daughter 2002 Romeo Fire Slutka Television film 2003 Platonically Incorrect Television film 2007 Making It Legal Elise Television film 2008 Strange Wilderness Mountain Nurse Fourplay Audrey Television film 2009 Play Dead Marissa Direct-to-video 2011 The Short Cut Ayda Field Short film 2013 Austenland Molly

Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 City Girls Girl #2 Episode: "Party of Three" 2000 Arliss Girl Episode: "You Can Pick Your Friends" 2000–01 Days of Our Lives Angela Moroni 65 episodes 2001 Men, Women & Dogs Kim Episode: "A Bone of Contention" 2004–06 Blue Collar TV Various Characters 5 episodes 2005 Eve Carla Episode: "Model Behavior" 2006 Will & Grace Barbara Episode: "Partners 'n' Crime" 2006–07 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Jeannie Whatley 15 episodes 2007–08 Back to You Montana Diaz Herrera 11 episodes 2011 Love Bites Sapphire Episode: "How To..." 2012 2 Broke Girls Constance Episode: "And the Big Buttercream Breakthrough" 2014 The Exes Vanessa Episode: "Nun Like It Hot" 2016 Fresh Meat Rosa 5 episodes Power Monkeys Bea 6 episodes Paranoid Sheri 3 episodes 2016–2019, 2024–2025 Loose Women Herself 43 episodes 2018 The X Factor UK Judge series fifteen; 22 episodes 2022 The Bold and the Beautiful Cecile Guest Role (1 Episode)

Music videos Year Title Role Notes 2009 Robbie Williams - "Bodies" Love interest