{{Short description|Ghanaian actress}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Suzzy Williams | honorific_suffix = | image_size = | alt = | birth_date = 29 May 1982 | birth_place = Accra | death_date = 8 September 2005 (aged 23) | death_place = | alma_mater = Tema Senior High School | occupation = Actor | notable_works = Fresh Trouble<br>Tentacles<br>Ugly Side of Beauty<br>War for War<br>Together Forever<br>Sun-City<br>A Touch of Love<br>The Comforter<br>The Chosen One<br>Lover Boy In Ghana<br>Official Prostitute | children = | mother = Cecilia Williams | father = }} '''Suzzy Williams''' (died 8 September 2005, aged 23) was a well-known Ghanaian television and film actor. She starred in films such as ''Bloody Mary'', ''Calamity'', ''The Comforter'' and ''Mother's Heart''. Her career as an actor was launched through the African hit film ''Together Forever'', with a screenplay by US-based Ghanaian producer and screenwriter Leila Djansi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leila Djansi|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2551744/|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=26 August 2013}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://newsghana.com.gh/suzzy-williams-still-remembered-after-7-years-on/|title=Suzzy Williams Still Remembered After 7 Years On.|last=News Ghana|language=en-US|date=9 September 2012|access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref>
== Education == Williams attended Tema Secondary School, where she was a member of the drama group and sang at entertainment programmes.<ref name=":0" />
== Death == She died in a car crash at Labadi in Accra at the age of 23.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 November 2019|title=My late daughter's boyfriend looked like a 'grave looter' - Suzzy William's mother|url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/movies/my-late-daughters-boyfriend-looked-like-a-grave-looter-ae-suzzy-williamaes-mother/|access-date=21 November 2020|website=MyJoyOnline.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The accident happened on the La-Nungua highway on 8 September 2005 at about 1.30 am.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Suzzy Williams died exactly 8 years ago on September 8|url=https://www.modernghana.com/entertainment/23099/suzzy-williams-died-exactly-8-years-ago-on-septemb.html|access-date=21 November 2020|website=Modern Ghana|language=en}}</ref> She was in the car with her boyfriend.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 September 2020|title=Photos And Sad Scenes As Ghanaians Mark 15th Anniversary Of Suzzy Williams' Death|url=https://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2020/09/08/photos-and-sad-scenes-as-ghanaians-mark-15th-anniversary-of-suzzy-williams-death/|access-date=21 November 2020|website=GhanaCelebrities.Com|language=en-US}}</ref> Because of her popularity, Ghana's Art Centre refused to allow her body to lie in state, fearing it would be unable to accommodate the large numbers of mourners expected. '''The Suzzy Williams Memorial Fund '''was created in her memory to aid victims of road traffic accidents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/showbiz/movies/201309/173939.php|title=Today Marks 8 Years of Suzzy Williams' Death...Nana Ama McBrown Pays Tribute|last=Peace FM Online|website=www.peacefmonline.com|access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== * ''The Sisterhood'' * ''Tentacles'' * ''Fresh Trouble (2004-2005 TV Series)'' * ''Superstars: The Ugly Side of Beauty'' * ''War for War (2005)'' * ''Together Forever'' * ''My Mother's Heart (2005)'' * ''Sun-City (2003-2005 TV series)'' * ''A Touch of Love'' * ''The Comforter'' * ''The Chosen One (2003)'' * ''Lover Boy In Ghana'' * ''Official Prostitute (2005)'' * ''Yaa Asantewaa'' * ''Bloody Mary''
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links and sources==
* {{IMDb name|2133664}} * [http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=89724 "Suzy Williams is Dead"], ''GhanaWeb'', 8 September 2005. * [http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/photo.day.php?ID=89728 "Suzzy Williams - Dead At 23"], ''GhanaWeb''. * [http://www.graphicghana.info/article.asp?artid=8118 Daily Graphic Online]
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