Biography
A steadily working television actress from the time she was a teenager, Kelli Williams went on to build a career in primetime procedural dramas thanks to a breakout role as junior partner Lindsay Dole in the award-winning legal drama "The Practice" (ABC, 1997- 2004). She went on to consistently deliver the goods as likable, highly educated career women in "Medical Investigation" (NBC, 2004-05) and Fox's slightly offbeat "Lie to Me" (Fox, 2009- …
Latest Tv Credits
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Career Milestones
1989 | Appeared in first TV-movie, "The Case of the Hillside Strangler" (NBC) |
1989 | Made TV debut in NBC's "Day by Day" in the recurring role of Ross' girlfriend |
1990 | First film was the straight-to-video, "Zapped Again" |
1990 | Had a recurring role on the short-lived ABC series, "Elvis," as Mattie Walker, the high school sweetheart |
1991 | Played the leading role in the CBS TV-movie, "But He Loved Me" |
1992 | Cast in the CBS TV-movies, "A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story" and its sequel, "Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter" |
1992 | Cast in the Los Angeles production of "Wrong Turn at Lungfish," with George C. Scott and Tony Danza; show moved off-Broadway in 1993 |
1993 | Had a small role in "Mr. Jones," starring Richard Gere and Lena Olin |
1994 | Acted opposite Dermot Mulroney and Rick Schroder in "There Goes My Baby" |
1994 | Played the female lead, opposite Neil Patrick Harris, in the CBS movie, "Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story" |
1995 | Debuted as a series regular in the short-lived CBS drama, "New York News," playing an ambitious intern at a tabloid newspaper |
1997 | Cast as newly-minted lawyer Lindsay Dole on ABC's legal drama, "The Practice" |
1998 | Appeared alongside her husband in the short film, "Kismet" |
2002 | Appeared in two episodes of NBC's "Scrubs" |
2003 | Had a recurring role in the short-lived NBC series, "The Lyon's Den," as Attorney Monica Crane |
2004 | Played Dr. Natalie Durant on the NBC medical drama, "Medical Investigation" |
2007 | Had a recurring role on ABC's "Men in Trees" as Julia, a love interest for Jack (James Tupper) |
2009 | Cast as Dr. Gillian Foster in the FOX series, "Lie to Me" |
Awards
1999 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Practice |
2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Practice |
2001 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Practice |