---
name: "Lona Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lona-williams"
fi1m_id: "lona-williams"
imdb_id: "nm0931185"
tmdb_id: 65503
wikidata_id: "Q3258904"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T03:31:32.693113+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."
---

# Lona Williams

## Identity

Lona Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lona-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lona-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0931185
- **TMDB ID:** 65503
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3258904
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lona_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3258904, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931185/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65503

Writer. Born 1 January 1966 in Rosemount.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1966, Rosemount
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lona_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3258904, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931185/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65503

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Shark Tale*](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md) (40)

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

## Biography

Lona Williams is an American writer, producer and actress. She was born on 26 September 1966 in Rosemount, Minnesota, and attended the University of Minnesota, where a screenwriting course prompted her to move to California.

She began her career as a writers' assistant on *The Simpsons* before working as a writer and producer on *The Drew Carey Show* (1995–1998). Her screenwriting credits include the screenplay for *Drop Dead Gorgeous* (1999), on which she is also credited as an actress and executive producer; the original script for *Sugar & Spice* (2001), under the pseudonym Mandy Nelson; additional dialogue for *Shark Tale* (2004); and the story for *Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse* (2015).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shark Tale* (2004), Fi1m 40, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse* (2015), Story
- *Shark Tale* (2004), Writer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md)
- *Sugar & Spice* (2001), Screenplay
- *Drop Dead Gorgeous* (1999), as Jean Kangas, Judge #3 · Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *The Drew Carey Show* (1995), series, Writer, Executive Story Editor
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Truong Van Dinh (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/lona-williams