Williams is best known for her role as Bird in the Showtime drama series Soul Food, a continuation of the successful 1997 film of the same name.

[3][non-tertiary source needed] It also starred Nicole Ari Parker and Vanessa Estelle Williams.

For her performance, Williams received three NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nominations.

Soul Food went on to be the longest running drama with a predominantly black cast in the history of American prime-time television.

After Soul Food ended, the same year, Williams appeared rapper Young Buck's music video "Shorty Wanna Ride" playing the rapper's love interest She later guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and was a regular cast member on the short-lived NBC drama series Windfall in 2006.