Background
She grew up in Rahway, New Jersey and attended Rahway High School, where she performed as part of her school"s drama program
She grew up in Rahway, New Jersey and attended Rahway High School, where she performed as part of her school"s drama program
Williams studied briefly at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles, but began her singing career in her grandfather"s choir.
In December 2015. The production is a collaboration between the National Broadcasting Company broadcast network and the theatrical division of Cirque du Soleil. Williams was selected for the role through an open call. Her mother, Ms.Andrea Holmes, is a postal worker, and her father, Shelton Williams, is a security guard.
Her first major break was playing the role of Dorothy in The Wiz Live!, a televised program based on the 1975 Tony award-winning, Broadway theatrical production, The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz", which reinvented American author L. Frank Baum"s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as an African-American story.
