Tara Cressida "Finty" Williams (born 24 September 1972)[3] is an English actress. She is best known as the voice of Angelina Ballerina. Her mother, Judi Dench, voiced Angelina's ballet teacher, Miss Lilly.
Biography
Williams was born on 24 September 1972 in London, the only child of Judi Dench and Michael Williams.[1][4] "Finty" is a nickname coined by her father that stuck, and is the first name Williams uses both personally and professionally.[5] Williams trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, graduating in 1994.[2]
She has one son named Sam (b. 6 June 1997).[4] Her mother, Judi Dench, has said that Williams did not tell her she was going to be a grandmother until days before the birth.[4]
Williams' picture appears in the opening credits of the British romantic comedy television series, starring her mother, As Time Goes By.
Williams was charged with drunk driving in 1998 and 2005.[6] In both instances she was found guilty; she received no jail sentence, but her driver's licence was suspended (for two years in the first instance, five years in the second), and she was required to perform community service. She admitted publicly to alcoholism, and sought help. By 2022, she had celebrated her third year of sobriety.[7][8]
^ abcJardine, Cassandra (23 August 1997). "My grandson was a big surprise". Telegraphco.uk. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015. On June 6, her beloved only child, Finty, 24, went into labour and produced a son, Sam. Mother and daughter have always been very close: "There is nothing that Finty couldn't tell me," Dench has said in the past. Yet neither she nor her husband realised that their daughter was about to become a single parent until a few days before the birth.
