---
name: "Kelli Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kelli-williams"
fi1m_id: "kelli-williams"
imdb_id: "nm0005559"
tmdb_id: 95468
wikidata_id: "Q234661"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "8 June 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T12:59:41.174541+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kelli Williams

## Identity

Kelli Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kelli-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kelli-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005559
- **TMDB ID:** 95468
- **Wikidata ID:** Q234661
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelli_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234661, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95468

Director. Born 8 June 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 8 June 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Kelli Renee Williams, کلی ویلیامز
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 directing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 73 (1), 2020s 72 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelli_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234661, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95468

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*High Potential*](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md) (72)
- **Netflix:** [*Sweet Magnolias*](https://film.one/tv/sweet-magnolias.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kelli Renee Williams (born 8 June 1970) is an American actress and television director. She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actress Shannon Wilcox.

Williams is best known for her acting roles as Lindsay Dole on the legal drama *The Practice* (1997–2004) and as Dr Gillian Foster on *Lie to Me* (2009–2011). She has also appeared in series including *Army Wives*, *The Mentalist* and *Found*.

She began directing in 2004 with an episode of *The Practice* and has since directed episodes of numerous series, including *The Fosters*, *The Resident*, *All American*, *Sweet Magnolias* (2020) and *High Potential* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Party of Five* (1994), Fi1m 73, as Annie Alcott — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *High Potential* (2024), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *Sweet Magnolias* (2020), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/sweet-magnolias.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *High Potential* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *Found* (2023), series, as Margaret Reed
- *All American: Homecoming* (2022), series, Director
- *Walker* (2021), series, Director
- *Big Sky* (2020), series, Director
- *Sweet Magnolias* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/sweet-magnolias.md)
- *Charmed* (2018), series, Director
- *All American* (2018), series, Director
- *The Resident* (2018), series, Director
- *Christmas Solo* (2017), as Jennifer · Executive Producer
- *Early Release* (2017), as Taylor Reynolds
- *Rosewood* (2015), series, Director
- *Ties That Bind* (2015), series, as Allison McLean
- *The Fosters* (2013), series, as Justina Marks · Director
- *Any Day Now* (2012), as Miss Flemming
- *The Space Between* (2011), as Junkie
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, as Gillian Foster
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Beth Flint — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *The One That Got Away* (2008), as Joanna
- *Army Wives* (2007), series, as Jackie Clarke
- *Men in Trees* (2006), series, as Julia Switzer
- *Murder on Pleasant Drive* (2006), as Deanna Whelen
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Shelley Chamberlain — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *A Boyfriend for Christmas* (2004), as Holly Grant
- *Medical Investigation* (2004), series, as Natalie Durant
- *The Lyon's Den* (2003), series, Actor
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Maureen Cabot — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, as Kristen Murphy
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Holly Lauren / Kathleen Shaw
- *Flowers for Algernon* (2000), as Alice Kinian
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Natalie Durant
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Melanie Harper
- *Sweetwater* (1999), as Cami Carlson
- *Kismet* (1999), as Kelly
- *Oh Baby* (1998), series, Actor
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Lindsay Dole
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Lindsay Dole · Director
- *Mary & Tim* (1996), as Justine Melville
- *Voice from the Grave* (1996), as Yvonne Shuster
- *E=MC²* (1996), as Claire Higgins
- *New York News* (1995), series, as Ellie
- *Earth 2* (1994), series, as Mary
- *Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter* (1994), as Kate Broderick
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Annie Alcott — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *There Goes My Baby* (1994), as Sunshine
- *Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story* (1994), as Jennifer Stolpa
- *Mr. Jones* (1993), as Kelli
- *Lifepod* (1993), as Rena Jahnusia
- *For Their Own Good* (1993), as Erma
- *A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story* (1992), as Kate Broderick
- *Switched at Birth* (1991), series, as Irisa
- *My Life as a Babysitter* (1990), as Kelly (?)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Maggie Corson, Ann Merrick — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Zapped Again!* (1990), as Lucy
- *The Case of the Hillside Stranglers* (1989), as Margaret Wilson
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Shannon
- *Day by Day* (1988), series, as Allison
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), series, as Young Lisa

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