Celia Williams(I)
- Actress
Works in Portugal and UK. Played many leading roles in theatre in addition to film and television work.
Leading roles in theatre in English between 1984 and 2023 include, Fallen Angels, Relatively Speaking, Chapter Two, Blithe Spirit, Private Lives, The Importance of Being Earnest, Street Scene, The Cherry Orchard, Duet for One, Death and the Maiden, A Doll's House, The Winter's Tale, The Diary of Anne Frank, Hamlet, Be My Baby, The Stronger, The Provoked Wife, Talking Heads - Bed Among the Lentils, The Mousetrap, Hay Fever, Mary Stuart, Romeo and Juliet, The Glass Menagerie, Don't Walk About with Nothing on, Twelfth Night, Black Comedy, The Bald Soprano, Much Ado about Nothing, An Englishman Abroad, Things I Know to Be True.
Performed The Human Voice and The Sound of Silence in Trafalgar Studios, London. Reviews include: "Celia Williams catches the agony all right, but also the conflict between that agony and the self-sacrifice she believes is expected of her..." Benedict Nightingale, The Times. The Sound of Silence. "Williams plays it with vigorous aplomb, a svelte creature in an evening gown and marcelled hair, berating her faithless but maddeningly silent gigolo" John Thaxter, The Stage. "It works brilliantly. ...Williams is engrossing..." Jonathan Gibbs, Time Out "...a moving and skilfully paced solo performance....... Williams eloquently communicates the character's anguish and distraught dependency." Paul Taylor, The Independent.
Further theatre reviews include: Fallen Angels: "Celia, as Jane Banbury, demonstrated, by her sincerity, simplicity and competence, that she has the makings of a great artist." Diarío de Notícias 1984. Duet for One: "[Williams] shows the anger, pathos and courage of Stephanie's situation with precision, passion and, perhaps surprisingly, a considerable amount of humour." Jonathan Weightman APN 1999. The Glass Menagerie: As Amanda, the southern belle mother, .... Celia Williams takes over the stage like a hurricane. We don't doubt for one second that she used to be a true beauty (she still is), and the strength of her character is clear from start to finish. .... The character is larger than life and, protective, overpowering and dreamy. What an actress!" Jorge Tomé Santos 2015
Leading roles in Portuguese theatre productions include O Último dos Marialvas, Apanhados no Divã, Auto da Barca do Inferno.
Direction includes Relatively Speaking, Pygmalion and The Sitting Duck
Narration includes Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (Pedro e o Lobo - Português) and the Devil in Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale.
Toured UK with The Mariner by Fernando Pessoa. Performed The Kindness of Strangers from Tennessee Williams in Greenwich, London and on tour in Portugal. Toured Mary Stuart, Duet for One, Talking Heads, An Evening with Oscar Wilde, Deckchairs, Fallen Angels in Portugal
Roles in film and television include leading roles in Inner Ghosts, Mrs Davenport's Throat, A Morte de Carlos Gardel, Passagem por Lisboa, O Pato, O Último dos Marialvas. Reviews for Inner Ghosts include:
Special mention as best actress at Motel X Festival Internacional de Cinema de Terror de Lisboa in 2018 for Inner Ghosts (2018).
Leading roles in theatre in English between 1984 and 2023 include, Fallen Angels, Relatively Speaking, Chapter Two, Blithe Spirit, Private Lives, The Importance of Being Earnest, Street Scene, The Cherry Orchard, Duet for One, Death and the Maiden, A Doll's House, The Winter's Tale, The Diary of Anne Frank, Hamlet, Be My Baby, The Stronger, The Provoked Wife, Talking Heads - Bed Among the Lentils, The Mousetrap, Hay Fever, Mary Stuart, Romeo and Juliet, The Glass Menagerie, Don't Walk About with Nothing on, Twelfth Night, Black Comedy, The Bald Soprano, Much Ado about Nothing, An Englishman Abroad, Things I Know to Be True.
Performed The Human Voice and The Sound of Silence in Trafalgar Studios, London. Reviews include: "Celia Williams catches the agony all right, but also the conflict between that agony and the self-sacrifice she believes is expected of her..." Benedict Nightingale, The Times. The Sound of Silence. "Williams plays it with vigorous aplomb, a svelte creature in an evening gown and marcelled hair, berating her faithless but maddeningly silent gigolo" John Thaxter, The Stage. "It works brilliantly. ...Williams is engrossing..." Jonathan Gibbs, Time Out "...a moving and skilfully paced solo performance....... Williams eloquently communicates the character's anguish and distraught dependency." Paul Taylor, The Independent.
Further theatre reviews include: Fallen Angels: "Celia, as Jane Banbury, demonstrated, by her sincerity, simplicity and competence, that she has the makings of a great artist." Diarío de Notícias 1984. Duet for One: "[Williams] shows the anger, pathos and courage of Stephanie's situation with precision, passion and, perhaps surprisingly, a considerable amount of humour." Jonathan Weightman APN 1999. The Glass Menagerie: As Amanda, the southern belle mother, .... Celia Williams takes over the stage like a hurricane. We don't doubt for one second that she used to be a true beauty (she still is), and the strength of her character is clear from start to finish. .... The character is larger than life and, protective, overpowering and dreamy. What an actress!" Jorge Tomé Santos 2015
Leading roles in Portuguese theatre productions include O Último dos Marialvas, Apanhados no Divã, Auto da Barca do Inferno.
Direction includes Relatively Speaking, Pygmalion and The Sitting Duck
Narration includes Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (Pedro e o Lobo - Português) and the Devil in Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale.
Toured UK with The Mariner by Fernando Pessoa. Performed The Kindness of Strangers from Tennessee Williams in Greenwich, London and on tour in Portugal. Toured Mary Stuart, Duet for One, Talking Heads, An Evening with Oscar Wilde, Deckchairs, Fallen Angels in Portugal
Roles in film and television include leading roles in Inner Ghosts, Mrs Davenport's Throat, A Morte de Carlos Gardel, Passagem por Lisboa, O Pato, O Último dos Marialvas. Reviews for Inner Ghosts include:
Special mention as best actress at Motel X Festival Internacional de Cinema de Terror de Lisboa in 2018 for Inner Ghosts (2018).
