Tucky Williams

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|09|26|df=yes}}

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| education = BA, BS

| alma_mater = University of Kentucky, Mississippi State University

| occupation = Film maker, actress, screenwriter

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| notable_works = Girl/Girl Scene

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Tucky Williams is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actress. She is known for creating and portraying Evan in the Amazon streaming series Girl/Girl Scene.[http://www.girlgirlscene.com Girl/Girl Scene]

Personal life

Williams began college at the age of fifteen. She studied meteorology and broadcast journalism at the University of Kentucky and Mississippi State University.{{Cite news|url=http://www.curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2011/Q-A-with-Tucky-Williams/|title=Q&A with Tucky Williams|last=Minero|first=Emelina|access-date=2016-11-17|archive-date=2016-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118101504/http://www.curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2011/Q-A-with-Tucky-Williams/|url-status=dead}} As a meteorologist, she has worked on-air for the ABC affiliate station in Lexington, KY.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/business/technology/article44607087.html|title=Web-series creator Tucky Williams sees success in the numbers|website=kentucky|accessdate=2015-12-07}} She also works as a yoga instructor.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ambiente.us/080012TuckyWilliams.html|title=AMBIENTE MAGAZINE {{!}} REVISTA {{!}} LGBT {{!}} LATINO {{!}} HISPANIC|website=www.ambiente.us|accessdate=2015-12-07|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100856/http://www.ambiente.us/080012TuckyWilliams.html|url-status=dead}}

Williams has been vocal about having epilepsy. She used her experiences with epilepsy as a plot for her character on Girl/Girl Scene.

Career

Williams created, wrote, and executive produced the LGBT-themed web series Girl/Girl Scene. She played the lead character, Evan.{{Cite news|url=http://advocatenews.tumblr.com/post/21701470227/forty-under-40|title=Forty Under 40|access-date=2016-11-17}} Dagger Kiss, a lesbian web series take on the fantasy genre, premiered in 2016. Williams both created it and starred as the protagonist, named Arden.{{Cite web|url=http://the7thmatrix.com/blog/2016/2/17/dagger-kiss|title=Dagger Kiss - A Bold Lesbian Fantasy Web Series|website=The 7th Matrix|date=17 February 2016 |access-date=2016-02-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5340782/|title=Dagger Kiss (TV Series 2016– )|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-01-16}}

She made her directorial debut with the short film Juliet and Romeo, a lesbian version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.{{Cite web|last1=Gilchrist|first1=Tracy E.|title=WATCH: Girl/Girl Scene{{'s}} Tucky Williams Gives Romeo and Juliet a Lesbian Spin|url=http://www.shewired.com/entertainment/2015/05/06/watch-girlgirl-scenes-tucky-williams-gives-romeo-and-juliet-lesbian-spin|website=Shewired.com|date=May 6, 2015|accessdate=7 December 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508203852/http://www.shewired.com/entertainment/2015/05/06/watch-girlgirl-scenes-tucky-williams-gives-romeo-and-juliet-lesbian-spin|archivedate=May 8, 2015}} She produced and acted in the short film Othello: Desdemona's Death, her second lesbian twist on a Shakespeare play (Othello).{{cite web|title=WATCH: 'Girl/Girl Scene's' Tucky Williams Does a Lesbian Take on 'Othello'|url=https://www.pride.com/web-series/2013/11/13/watch-girlgirl-scenes-tucky-williams-does-lesbian-take-othello|website=Pride.com|date=November 13, 2013|accessdate=7 December 2015 }} She executive produced, wrote, and directed Girl/Girl Scene, a 2019 film based on the series.{{Cite web|title=Tucky Williams from Girl/Girl Scene: Atlanta Film Chat Episode 273|url=http://www.cinematlmagazine.com/stories/2020/04/06/tucky-williams-atlanta-film-chat-episode-273|access-date=2020-07-05|website=CinemATL Magazine|date=6 April 2020 |language=en-US}}

Williams began her film acting career in the role of Vix, a zombie slayer, in the cult horror film Dead Moon Rising (2007).{{cite web|last1=Keehnen|first1=Owen|title=Louisville is Zombietown: Talking With Dead Moon Rising Bad-Ass Tucky Williams|url=http://racksandrazors.com/tucky.html|website=Racksandrazors.com|accessdate=17 November 2016}} She played the lead role of Dana Fontaine in direct-to-video film Shadows Light (2008).{{cite web|last1=Phalin|first1=Mike|title=Shadows Light (DVD)|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/8272/shadows-light-dvd/|website=Dread Central|date=August 15, 2008|accessdate=3 February 2019}} She also had featured roles as Becca in Blink (2007), and as Ranger Darcy in Red River (2011).

= Influences =

Asked about the extent to which her films draw on her life experience, Williams responded, "I had never seen a show that depicted what life was like for me and my friends. We’re queer and we love it. We don’t wish we were straight – the opposite, in fact. We dress like boys, listen to indie bands, and canoodle with cute girls. I think all good writing has to be autobiographical to some extent."{{Cite web|last=Bendix|first=Trish|title=An interview with Tucky Williams|url=http://www.afterellen.com/video/web-series/74408-an-interview-with-tucky-williams|website=AfterEllen|date=June 10, 2010|accessdate=2 September 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320224801/https://www.afterellen.com/video/web-series/74408-an-interview-with-tucky-williams|archivedate=March 20, 2015}}

Accolades

Williams was named as one of The Advocate's "40 Under 40", a list of "budding powerhouses, leaders in media, politics, sports and science ... architects of the next decade."

She won an award for Best Screenplay for her work on Girl/Girl Scene at the World Independent Film Expo.

In 2012, she made the top ten on the AfterEllen "Hot 100", a list of "the hottest 100 women on Earth"{{Cite news|url=http://www.afterellen.com/people/101920-announcing-the-2012-afterellen-hot-100|title=Announcing the 2012 AfterEllen Hot 100! - AfterEllen|date=2012-06-27|newspaper=AfterEllen|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-17}}