
JACQUELINE WILLIAMS is a multi-award winner who has appeared at Court in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; Gem of the Ocean; Caroline, or Change; Fences; The First Breeze of Summer, Harvey, Man in the Ring, The Good Book, Electra, and others. She has a long history with Steppenwolf Theatre (True West, Airline Highway, The Christians, The Brother/Sister Plays, Head of Passes, The Hot L Baltimore, and others). Her long association with Goodman includes Ohio State Murders, Father Comes Home from the Wars, stop.reset., Blues for an Alabama Sky, Each One as She May, I am a Man, and many others). She has worked at most major theatres in Chicago and extensively regionally. She recently completed a long and hugely successful first national Broadway tour of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird opposite Richard Thomas. TV and film credits include 61st Street, Paper Girls, Empire, The Chi (as the mogul, Mrs. Brown), Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire, Chicago Med (recurring role as Seargant Becerra on all), and many others. Greatest blessing: daughter, Kara.
Bio as of 7/2025