Born in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, Lia Williams began her acting career in 1984, with her first job in the West End as an understudy in the play Daisy Pulls It Off, and her television debut in an episode of the TV mini-series Annika. While continuing to work in theatre and on television, she landed her first movie role in the 1993 film Dirty Weekend.
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The Day of the Jackal (2024)
Starring as Isabel Kirby
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Episode 10 (Dec 12, 2024)
- Episode 1x09: Episode 9 (Dec 5, 2024)
- Episode 1x08: Episode 8 (Nov 28, 2024)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Nov 14, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Nov 7, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Nov 7, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Nov 7, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Nov 7, 2024)
His Dark Materials (2019)
Starring as Dr. Cooper
(5 episodes)
- Episode 3x05: No Way Out (Dec 18, 2022)
- Episode 3x04: Lyra and Her Death (Dec 18, 2022)
- Episode 3x03: The Intention Craft (Dec 18, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: The Daemon-Cages (Dec 8, 2019)
- Episode 1x05: The Lost Boy (Dec 1, 2019)
The Capture (2019)
Starring as DSU Gemma Garland
(11 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: The Flip (Sep 12, 2022)
- Episode 2x05: Imposter Syndrome (Sep 11, 2022)
- Episode 2x04: #therealzacturner (Sep 4, 2022)
- Episode 2x03: Charlie Foxtrot (Sep 4, 2022)
- Episode 2x02: Made in China (Aug 28, 2022)
- Episode 2x01: Invisible Men (Aug 28, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: Correction (Oct 8, 2019)
- Episode 1x05: A Pilgrim of Justice (Oct 1, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: Blind Spots (Sep 24, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Truffle Hog (Sep 17, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Toy Soldier (Sep 10, 2019)
The Crown (2016)
Starring as Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
(7 episodes)
- Episode 5x03: Mou Mou (Nov 9, 2022)
- Episode 2x06: Vergangenheit (Dec 8, 2017)
- Episode 2x04: Beryl (Dec 8, 2017)
- Episode 1x10: Gloriana (Nov 4, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Gelignite (Nov 4, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: Smoke and Mirrors (Nov 4, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Windsor (Nov 4, 2016)
The Missing (2014)
Starring as Nadia Herz
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: The Mountain (Nov 30, 2016)
- Episode 2x07: 1991 (Nov 23, 2016)
- Episode 2x06: Saint John (Nov 16, 2016)
- Episode 2x04: Statice (Nov 2, 2016)
- Episode 2x03: A Prison Without Walls (Oct 26, 2016)
- Episode 2x02: The Turtle and the Stick (Oct 19, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: Come Home (Oct 12, 2016)
The Andrew Marr Show (2007)
Guest starring as Lia Williams
- Episode 2016-12-11: 11/12/2016 (Dec 11, 2016)
Lewis (2006)
Guest starring as Emma Barnes
(2 episodes)
- Episode 7x04: The Ramblin' Boy (2) (Jan 28, 2013)
- Episode 7x03: The Ramblin' Boy (1) (Jan 21, 2013)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
Guest starring as Nellie Bligh
- Episode 2x03: By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Feb 19, 2006)
Midsomer Murders (1998)
Guest starring as Maggie Markham
- Episode 17x01: The Dagger Club (Jan 28, 2015)
The Uninvited (1997)
Starring as Melissa Gates
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Chapter Four (Oct 16, 1997)
- Episode 1x03: Chapter Three (Oct 9, 1997)
- Episode 1x02: Chapter Two (Oct 2, 1997)
- Episode 1x01: Chapter One (Sep 25, 1997)
A Touch of Frost (1992)
Guest starring as Sylvia Ford
- Episode 12x01: Near Death Experience (Sep 25, 2005)
Casualty (1986)
Guest starring as Carrie Langman
- Episode 4x07: Victim of Circumstances (Oct 20, 1989)
Screen Two (1985)
Guest starring as Janet Hinton
- Episode 14x04: Flowers in the Forest (Oct 26, 1996)