Davida Brittany Williams is an American actress, singer, dancer, photographer, director, and producer of African-American and Italian descent. 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. She is the older sister of Dana Williams and the younger sister of former Even Stevens and The Even Stevens Movie star Kenya 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 a modeling agency. It was during this time she wanted to take a break from acting.
Career
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 "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 Disney Channel series pilot for J.O.N.A.S. 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 Awesomeness TV 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's Stuck in the Middle. She recurred on the Hulu show CASUAL.
Music career
During her time on Lizzie McGuire, Williams was a member of Tom Gurl Four. TG4 broke up in 2004 after Davida was cast as Lauren in Raise Your Voice. Their debut album Time for the New was shelved.
