Serena Williams
Biography
Serena Williams (born September 26, 1982) is an American tennis player. Regarded as one of the best players in the world, she earned her first grand slam singles title at the U.S. Open back in 1999, and made a string of four straight grand slam singles title wins - the 2002 French, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open titles, and the 2003 Australian Open title, all achieved by defeating her older sister, Venus. A knee injury in 2003 forced her to sit out 8 months of tennis competition. She reached the Wimbledon final in 2004, but has not won a major title since the summer of 2003. Williams has also appeared in guest roles on The Simpsons and My Wife and Kids, as well as the films Pixels (2015), Ocean’s 8 (2018), and Glass Onion (2022). The 2021 film King Richard, which she served as an executive producer on, is based on her and her sister’s early careers.
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- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Chloe Spiers
- The Simpsons (1989) as Serena Williams (voice)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- ER (1994) as Alice Watson
- Project Runway (2004) as Self - Guest Judge
- Hot Ones (2015) as Self
- The Legend of Korra (2012) as Female Sage (voice)
- Hollywood Squares (1998) as Self - Panelist
- America's Next Top Model (2003) as Self - Guest
- The Division (2001) as Jennifer Davis
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) as Ming (voice)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- The Bernie Mac Show (2001) as Serena Williams
- Punk'd (2003) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- American Masters (1986) as Self
- My Wife and Kids (2001)
- Lip Sync Battle (2015) as Self
- The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009) as Self - Guest