Rose Williams (actress) explained

Rose Williams
Birth Name:Rose Victoria Williams
Birth Date:1994 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Ealing, London, England
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:2014–present
Known For:Reign, Sanditon

Rose Victoria Williams (born 18 February 1994) is an English actress from Ealing, London. Her television roles include Princess Claude in Reign and as Charlotte Heywood in Sanditon.

Early life and education

Williams was born in Ealing, West London on 18 February 1994. Her mother worked as a costume designer and her father as a gardener.[1] [2]

Her first job was at a clothing store in Dover Street Market when she was 17 years old. She studied fashion and decided at the age of 18 to pursue acting.[3]

Career

Williams appeared in Casualty, Reign, Medici, and Curfew, before appearing in Changeland with Seth Green and Macaulay Culkin.[4]

Williams plays the lead in the 2019 Andrew Davies adaptation of Sanditon, the unfinished novel by Jane Austen.[1] Her role in Reign required her to be based in Toronto for three years.[2]

Williams had the lead role in British horror film The Power, also starring Emma Rigby, about a nurse in 1970’s London.[5] Williams also has a supporting role in the film adaptation Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris starring Lesley Manville.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015ChickenLil
2016 A Quiet Passionyoung Vinnie Dickinson
2016InfiniteLilyShort Movie
2019ChangelandEmma
2021The PowerValerie / Val
2022Mrs. Harris Goes to ParisPamela Penrose
2023Locked InLina

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014CasualtyImogen RenfrewEpisode: "Unhinged"
2014–2017ReignClaude de ValoisSeasons 2-4
2019CurfewFaith Palladino
2019–presentSanditonCharlotte HeywoodMain character
2019MediciCaterina Sforza RiarioSeason 3
2022That Dirty Black BagSymoneSeason 1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sanditon’s Rose Williams on starring in the new Austen adaptation — feminism, racism and nooky. The Times. 23 August 2019. James Marriott.
  2. Web site: Meet Rose Williams, the Most Unexpected Jane Austen Heroine of 2020. 12 December 2019. Vogue. Sarah Crompton. 26 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Sanditon’s Rose Williams: 'It’s not relevant to have an all-white cast in a period drama!'. Smith. Josh. Glamour UK. 2019-11-03.
  4. Web site: Sanditon: Who plays Charlotte Heywood? Actress Rose Williams is a rising star!. Fogarty. Paul. 2019-08-25. HITC. en. 2019-11-03.
  5. Web site: Andreas Wiseman. 2020-12-07. AMC Genre Streamer Shudder Acquires Brit Horror ‘The Power’ Starring Rose Williams. 2021-07-21. Deadline.