# Virginia Williams
**Virginia Williams** (born 1978) is an American television actress best known for playing the dual roles of Debbie and Dana in the Netflix comedy series *Teenage Bounty Hunters* and CJ on Netflix's *Fuller House*.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978, Memphis, Tennessee[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/virginia-williams.html) |
| Breakout role | Dual roles Debbie/Dana in Netflix's *Teenage Bounty Hunters* (2020), a Jenji Kohan series[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1075208/bio/) |
| Recurring roles | CJ on seasons 2–5 of *Fuller House*; Charity on season 1 of the CW's *Charmed* reboot; Grace on season 2 of *Why Women Kill*[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1075208/bio/) |
| Earlier starring roles | Lauren Reed on USA Network's *Fairly Legal*; Bianca on Lifetime's *Monarch Cove*[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1075208/bio/) |
| Education | Studied Shakespeare at the University of Oxford[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/virginia-williams.html) |
| Family | Married to Bradford Bricken; two sons, Bradford and Beau[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/virginia-williams.html) |
## Television career
**Teenage Bounty Hunters.** Williams gained critical acclaim playing the dual roles of Debbie and Dana in the Netflix original series *Teenage Bounty Hunters*, a comedy that marked producer [Jenji Kohan](https://www.edgepedia.org/jenji-kohan)'s third Netflix series after *Orange Is the New Black* and *GLOW*. The show received top-20 honors for 2020 on Forbes, New York Times, and Hollywood Reporter lists[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1075208/bio/). She is credited as Debbie Wesley, mother to twin sisters Blair and Sterling who balance life at an elite Southern high school with work as bounty hunters[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/teenage_bounty_hunters). The series premiered on Netflix on August 14, 2020, and holds a 94% average Tomatometer from 33 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/teenage_bounty_hunters).
**Recurring and starring roles.** Williams played CJ on seasons 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Netflix series *Fuller House*, played Charity through season 1 of the CW's *[Charmed](https://www.edgepedia.org/charmed-2018-tv-series)* reboot, and appeared as Grace in season 2 of [Marc Cherry](https://www.edgepedia.org/marc-cherry)'s *Why Women Kill*[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1075208/bio/). Earlier in her career she held starring roles as Lauren Reed on the [USA Network](https://www.edgepedia.org/usa-network) series *Fairly Legal* and as Bianca on the Lifetime original series *Monarch Cove*[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1075208/bio/).
**Early work.** After two years on soap operas, she made her primetime television debut[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/virginia-williams.html). She appeared in two seasons of [Comedy Central](https://www.edgepedia.org/comedy-central)'s *Strangers with Candy*, written by and co-starring [Stephen Colbert](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephen-colbert)[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/virginia-williams.html), and made an appearance in *Revenge of the Bridesmaids*[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/virginia-williams.html).
## Background and personal life
Williams was born in [Memphis, Tennessee](https://www.edgepedia.org/memphis-tennessee)[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/virginia-williams.html). She studied Shakespeare at the [University of Oxford](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-oxford)[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/virginia-williams.html). She is married to Bradford Bricken, and the couple have sons named Bradford and Beau[1](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/virginia-williams.html).
## People of the same name
The name Virginia Williams refers to several public figures. A separate Virginia Williams, credited on IMDb under the alternative name Virginia Anita Williams, is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker who has produced films, series, and specials for international broadcast and runs the company New View Media, with clients including the [International Rescue Committee](https://www.edgepedia.org/international-rescue-committee), Save the Children, and the World Bank[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931888/). Virginia Vassilevska Williams is a computer scientist known for work in fine-grained complexity[5](https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.0054).
## References
1. [Virginia Williams – Age, Bio, Family, Famous Birthdays](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/virginia-williams.html)
2. [Virginia Williams – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1075208/bio/)
3. [Teenage Bounty Hunters – Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/teenage_bounty_hunters)
4. [Virginia Williams (filmmaker) – IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931888/)
5. [Popular conjectures imply strong lower bounds for dynamic problems – arXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.0054)
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