Davida Williams

Davida Brittany Williams (born September 5, 1986) is an American actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as Claire Miller in Lizzie McGuire and Lauren in Raise Your Voice. She is the daughter of the late David Williams and the older sister of Dana Williams.

Early life Williams grew up in Los Angeles, mostly around the San Fernando Valley. She began auditioning at age 8 and attended Louisville High School, an all girls Catholic high school in Woodland Hills.

Williams went on to briefly attend Mount St. Mary's but dropped out to move to New York City, where she worked as a junior agent at Ford Models. It was during this time she wanted to take a break from acting.

She is of mixed African-American and Italian descent.

Career Williams was a former member of R&B group TG4

Williams has appeared in a wide variety of television series including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper" and Quintuplets. In 2001 she was cast in the Disney Channel original series Lizzie McGuire. She was also the youngest person featured in Kevin Aucoin's makeup book Face Forward alongside Sharon Stone and Christy Turlington. Davida Williams co-starred with Hilary Duff in Lizzie McGuire. They were later reunited for Raise Your Voice. Williams then went on to co-star in the series pilot for Jonas starring The Jonas Brothers.

It was announced in 2008 that Williams would be joining the cast of As the World Turns as Jade Taylor, Williams made her debut on ATWT on December 12, 2008, and continued on the show for about a year thereafter. She then went on to guest star on Revenge on ABC, and 90210, and starred in the film Teenage Bank Heist for Lifetime.

She appeared in the film Dream Girl, starring Margaret Qualley from HBO's The Leftovers and Meredith Hagner of TBS' Search Party. She is also recurring on the series Foursome starring influencer Logan Paul for AwesomenessTV and YouTube Red. In 2017, she could also be seen as a guest star on the CBS series based on the film Training Day, starring Bill Paxton. She will play Kelly Price. She has also guest-starred on Freeform's Baby Daddy as the character Adrienne opposite Tahj Mowry. She has also guest-starred on Disney Channel's Stuck in the Middle. She recurred on the Hulu show CASUAL.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1993 Younger and Younger Sonja 2000 Cry Baby Lane - TV movie 2004 Triple Play Claire Short Raise Your Voice Lauren 2007 Twisted Fortune Zoe 2009 American High School Trixie Video 2012 Teenage Bank Heist Grace Miller TV movie Drama Queen Cheerleader Short 2014 Locked In Jessica Short 2016 This Path Debra Short Dream Girl Abby Short Barrio Tales 2 Gabriella 2018 Warm Human Magic Hot Girl Short 2019 My Daughter's Ransom Gina TV movie Kill The Boyfriend Ryan Short 2020 Useless Humans Jess Under My Skin Dana 2021 Ultrasound Stephane We Won't Forget - Short 2022 Game, Set, Love Taylor Morrison TV movie

Television Year Legacy Role Notes 1992 Days of Our Lives - Episode: "Episode #1.6925" 1993 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Sarah Episode: "Slumber Party" The Sinbad Show Sarah Episode: "It's My Party, I'll Cry If I Want To" 1994 Me and the Boys Girl Episode: "Talent Show" 1995 Sweet Justice - Episode: "Broken Ties" Cleghorne! - Episode: "The Parent Trap" 1996 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Blue Bird #1 Episode: "I, Bowl Buster" Sister, Sister Discovery Scout Episode: "The Audition" 1997 Cybill Elizabeth Episode: "The Wedding" Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Lisa Episode: "Children of Time" Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Angela/School Child #1 (voice) Episode: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" 2001-03 Lizzie McGuire Claire Miller Recurring Cast 2002 The Young and the Restless Lois Episode: "Episode #1.7317" & "#1.7323" Do Over Suzie Episode: "Pilot" 2004 The Tracy Morgan Show Grace Episode: "Coach Tracy" Quintuplets Eliza Episode: "Date Night" 2007 Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz Girl Episode: "Episode #1.4" 2008-09 As the World Turns Jade Taylor Regular Cast 2010 90210 Aaliyah Episode: "They're Playing Her Song" 2012 Revenge Brenda Episode: "Justice" 2013 CollegeHumor Originals Jane Recurring Cast 2016-17 Foursome Tipper Guest: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 2 2017 Training Day Kelly Price Episode: "Bad Day at Aqua Mesa" Baby Daddy Adrienne Episode: "The Sonny-Moon" Stuck in the Middle Kelly Episode: "Stuck in a Good Deed" Casual Lana Recurring Cast: Season 3 That's the Gag Davida Episode: "Keke Creates Her Own Destiny" 2020 Bite-Size Halloween - Episode: "Retreat" 2021 B Positive Nina Episode: "Inflammatory Response" 2023 Quantum Leap Leslie Drobis Episode: "The Friendly Skies" 2025 The Irrational John F. Showalter Episode: "The Lost Souls"