Siobhan Williams

Siobhan Williams
Born Cambridge, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 2010–present

Siobhan Williams is an English-Canadian actress. Her television debut was on CBC's Heartland (2010), where she played the high school rodeo champion Jamie Lewis. She is widely known for her role as Naomi Hatch (Bohannon's wife) on AMC's Hell on Wheels (2013). She also starred as Esme Black on ABC's Black Box (2014). She is also due to appear on A&E's first scripted drama UnREAL airing spring 2014 on Lifetime.

Career

Williams' first role was as recurring character Jamie Lewis on Heartland. In 2012, she appeared in Disney's Radio Rebel and played the antagonist, Stephanie Meyers, in 20th Century Fox's Flicka: Country Pride, for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award (Best Performance by a Young Actress 2013).[1] She was also nominated for her performance in Nasser Group's Christmas Miracle (Best Supporting Actress). Williams also played the recurring character Ginger on the Cartoon Network's live-action series Level Up, which was picked up in Canada by Teletoon.[2] Williams guest-starred in the second episode of CTV's new procedural drama Motive, which aired as the series premiere on American Network ABC after it was picked up in summer 2013.[3] Williams played Tiffany Greenwood, a high school student brutally murdered by a mayoral candidate/family friend she threatened to expose. This performance merrited her yet another Young Artist Award nomination, and this time she won for Best Performance by a Guest Star. She also appeared in a supporting role in Lifetime's Forever 16, which was released in September 2013.

Williams guest starred in the Season 3 Premiere and Finale of AMC's Hell On Wheels.[4] She played the daughter of a Mormon patriarch whose family is evicted from their homestead by railway officials and appeared in a highly controversial arc with series lead Anson Mount. She was due to return in season 4 as series regular but was unable to accept the contract due to scheduling conflicts with Black Box. In the summer of 2013 she filmed a western directed by Jon Cassar entitled Forsaken, alongside Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Demi Moore and Brian Cox. On August 8, 2014, it was announced that Williams was cast in the Lifetime dramedy series UnREAL.[5]

Awards

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role
2012 Radio Rebel Carnation Girl
Flicka: Country Pride Stephanie
Christmas Miracle Christy
2013 Forever 16 Alexis
2014 Forsaken Emily Chadwick
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Heartland Jamie Lewis Recurring, 6 episodes
2012 Level Up Ginger Recurring, 5 episodes
2013 Motive Tiffany Episode: "Crimes of Passion"
Hell on Wheels Naomi Hatch Recurring, 2 episodes
2014 Black Box Esme Black 13 episodes
2015 UnREAL Lizzie 9 episodes
2015 Reign Lady Amelie Episode: "Tasting Revenge"

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