- Parents were from Jamaica. Her mother was a Registered Nurse (now retired), her father was a Supreme Court Justice for British Virgin Islands and St. Kitts, and served a five-year term as a judge on the United Nations tribunal trying war crimes cases committed during the Rwanda civil war.
- She hates being introduced or credited to as Tonya Lee Williams - she prefers Tonya Williams.
- She is Founder and Executive Director of Reelworld Film Festival since 2001.
- She was born at Weir Maternity Hospital in London, England.
- Was directed in seven AT&T National commercials in 1989 by Director John Frankenheimer.
- President of production company Wilbo Entertainment, based in Toronto, Canada and Los Angles, USA.
- Sat on the Toronto Film Board from 2005 - 2010.
- Loves classical music.
- Studied Piano and Violin from age five to seventeen.
- She is passionate about history.
- Attended Prep schools Greemore College and York House in Birmingham, England.
- Studied Tenor Saxophone from age fourteen to seventeen.
- Studied Ballet from the age of three to seventeen.
- She lived in Birmingham, England from 1965-1970.
- Studied in the Drama Program at Ryerson University's Theatre School in Toronto.
- Tonya is an introvert who is happiest in quiet and solitude.
- Contract Rheumatic Fever when she was four years old.
- Attended Eastdale Collegiate High School in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
- 2017 recipient of the Women in Film and Television Toronto Crystal Award.
- Her Father was one of the Chief Justice for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (1998 - 2004).
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