Cynthia Kaye McWilliams

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. While in Chicago, Cynthia honed her skills with stage credits including the lead role in First Breeze of Summer, Lady Capulet in an adaptation of the classic, Romeo and Juliet and Vivian Baptiste in A Lesson Before Dying. Just out of college, Cynthia's first job on camera was working opposite Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves in Warner Brothers' The Lake House, followed by a recurring role on FOX's Prison Break. After that, she landed a lead role in the pilot, Family Practice. Cynthia continued to work in Chicago, racking up experience in independent films like Robert Townsend's Of Boys and Men and the romantic comedy, One Small Hitch. Cynthia then returned to television on another FOX series Chicago Code and soon flew from Chicago to Los Angeles for a dream job to play sitcom wife to Damon Wayans in a CBS pilot. This would be her second canceled pilot. Still determined, she made her move to LA permanent. Only a few months later she would land a series regular role on NAACP award winning comedy, The Real Husbands of Hollywood as Trina Shaw, entertainment lawyer to the stars, among them - the hilarious Kevin Hart. During 5 seasons of filming, she also made appearances in recurring roles on Survivors Remorse on STARZ, ABC's Nashville and Bosch on Amazon and booked the lead in the NBC drama pilot, Love is a Four Letter Word. She now stars as Regina in the Netflix sitcom Prince of Peoria. Cynthia thoroughly enjoys her voiceover career having voiced for multiple characters and shows on Cartoon Network, animated feature film, Bilal and several video games including Far Cry 5, State of Decay 2, CyberPunk2000, HALO 5, Batman, Skylanders and more. Cynthia supports women & minorities creating their own content, is a believer in artist collaboration and avidly supports arts education.