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Tonya Williams
London, England, UK
Born in London, UK, she is an only child of Lloyd G. Williams a now deceased Supreme Court Justice of the British Virgin Islands and St. Kitts, and Korah H. Williams a retired R…
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Born in London, UK, she is an only child of Lloyd G. Williams a now deceased Supreme Court Justice of the British Virgin Islands and St. Kitts, and Korah H. Williams a retired Registered Nurse. Both Tonya's parents are Jamaican, but met in the UK at University and married there. When Tonya was 1 1/2 years old, she and her parents moved to Kingston, Jamaica where her father set up practice. At the age of 4 1/2 while in Jamaica she contracted Rheumatic Fever and was hospitalized for 6 months. Shortly after that her parents divorced and her Mother returned to the UK with her. They lived in Birmingham, UK where Tonya attended the private schools York House and then Greenmoore College. When she was 12 years old her Mother emigrated them to Oshawa, Canada, a city just outside of Toronto. It was during High School that Tonya began her career as an actress. At the age of 16 she booked her first TV commercial for the Bank of Nova Scotia and shortly after that she was on the Milk 'Wear A Moustache' commercial which catapulted her into a national campaign across Canada and made her a household name. After High School she enrolled at Ryerson University Drama Program in Toronto.
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2026
Tonya Williams: One Way or Another
Movie Self
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2014
The Truth About Rainbows
Movie
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2013
Empire of Dirt
Movie Sandra
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2013
Elijah the Prophet
Movie Constable Jackie Calvert
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2012
Cybergeddon
TV show Donna Berg
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2011
She's the Mayor
TV show Maxine Williams
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2010
Double Wedding
Movie
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2007
Poor Boy's Game
Movie Ruth Carvery
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2005
A Perfect Note
Movie Jasmine
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2004
Seeking Salvation: A History of the Black Church in Canada
Movie Narrator
- 1996
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1993
Getting By
TV show Janet
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1990
Spaced Invaders
Movie Ernestine
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1988
A Very Brady Christmas
Movie Belinda
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1987
The Liberators
Movie Jenny
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1986
As Is
Movie TV Commentator
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1986
Matlock
TV show Dana Williams
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1985
Check It Out!
TV show Jennifer Woods
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1981
Falcon Crest
TV show Chase's Secretary
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1981
Hill Street Blues
TV show
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1973
The Young and the Restless
TV show Dr. Olivia Barber Hastings
