Alessandra Gaia Williams
- Actress
- Director
- Cinematographer
Alessandra Williams adds the name "Gaia" to her name, as she was felt a deeper connection with herself. Actress "Alessandra Gaia Williams" recently portrayed organized crime victim "Gloria Wiesnewski," opposite Mark Wahlberg in, director Peter Berg's, "Spencer Confidential." She also portrays Octavia, a 1st Century refugee escaping the Roman Empire, in Sony Director Andrew Hyatt's "Paul, the Apostle of Christ," for Affirm Films, opposite Joanne Whalley, Jim Caviezel, and Olivier Martinez.
A New York City native, Ms Williams professional acting career was jump started when she was cast as an American Dancer opposite Shahid Kapoor and Anushka Sharma in Director Parmeet Sethi's Bollywood crime comedy, "Badmaa$h Company." Prior to that, she had been a successful teenage Commercial Actress in Manhattan booking over twenty commercials.
Titled A "Lifetime Member " of The Actor's Studio in New York, and Los Angeles where she has been studying. Williams landed prominent roles on television series, beginning with the recurring part of Gina Gershon's assistant, Lindsay, in HBO- "How To Make it in America," then CBS- "Golden Boy," and Marvel- "Agent Carter." Her additional feature credits include: Director Steve McQueen's "Shame," Joe Dane's "Burying the Ex." Marvels "Agent Carter" To name but a few.
In addition to her acting chops, Ms. Williams has been Writing and Directing experimental films, winning awards for best film, best director, and best editor..: she seems to do it all, as well as bringing the hit movie DOGMA back to theaters for the 25th anniversary with Kevin Smith.
Titled A "Lifetime Member " of The Actor's Studio in New York, and Los Angeles where she has been studying. Williams landed prominent roles on television series, beginning with the recurring part of Gina Gershon's assistant, Lindsay, in HBO- "How To Make it in America," then CBS- "Golden Boy," and Marvel- "Agent Carter." Her additional feature credits include: Director Steve McQueen's "Shame," Joe Dane's "Burying the Ex." Marvels "Agent Carter" To name but a few.
In addition to her acting chops, Ms. Williams has been Writing and Directing experimental films, winning awards for best film, best director, and best editor..: she seems to do it all, as well as bringing the hit movie DOGMA back to theaters for the 25th anniversary with Kevin Smith.
