Cynthia Kaye McWilliams was born in Berlin, Germany, grew up primarily in Kansas City, Kansas and graduated from the prestigious Theater School of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. Just out of college, Cynthia booked a supporting role in Warner Brothers’ The Lake House, followed by a recurring role on FOX’s Prison Break. She then landed a lead role in the pilot, Family Practice. With no pilot pickup, Cynthia continued to hustle in Chicago, racking up experience in independent films, then returned to television on another FOX series Chicago Code. She then moved from Chicago to Los Angeles for a dream job to play sitcom wife to Damon Wayans in a CBS pilot. Though the pilot didn’t go, a few months later she would land a series regular on NAACP award winning comedy, The Real Husbands of Hollywood opposite the hilarious Kevin Hart. During 5 seasons of filming, she also had recurring roles on Survivors Remorse on STARZ, ABC’s Nashville and Bosch on Amazon (through current season 6) and booked the lead in the NBC drama pilot, Love is a Four Letter Word. Next up she would play Regina in the Netflix sitcom Prince of Peoria taped in front of a live studio audience at famous Sunset/Gower studios. In 2019, Cynthia associate produced and starred in the holiday comedy, Twas the Chaos before Christmas, returned to the stage in Inda Craig Galvan’s, Black Super Hero Magic Mama at the Geffen Playhouse and joined the cast of the Disney Channel original Upside Down Magic. She is looking forward to her next exciting project! Cynthia also thoroughly enjoys her voiceover career having voiced for multiple characters and shows on Cartoon Network, animated feature film, Bilal and several video games including League of Legends, Far Cry 5 & 6, State of Decay 2, CyberPunk 2077, HALO 5 and more. Cynthia supports women & minorities creating their own content, avidly supports arts education and loves all things food, wine and travel.
