Venus Williams

Venus Williams

Acting

June 17, 1980
Lynwood, California, USA
18 movies

Biography

Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980, in Lynwood, California) is an American tennis player. During her professional career, Venus Williams won 49 singles titles—including seven Grand Slam tournaments—as well as the gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games. In doubles, she has claimed 24 tournament victories alongside her sister Serena to date, 14 of which were at Grand Slam tournaments and three at the Olympic Games (2000, 2008, and 2012). She won two additional Grand Slam titles in mixed...

🎬 Venus Williams's Filmography

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Venus VS.
4.0

We know about the swing. We know about the swagger. But what most Americans don't know about Venus Williams is how she changed the course of her sport. In a stunning case that captured the European public beginning in 2005, Williams challenged the long-held practice of paying women tennis players less than their male counterparts at Wimbledon. With a deep sense of obligation to the legacy of Billie Jean King, Williams lobbied British Parliament, UNESCO and Fleet Street for financial parity. And it was her poignant op-ed piece in The London Times that convinced many people that the Wimbledon tournament organizers were "on the wrong side of history." Roland Garros and Wimbledon finally relented in 2007. That year at Wimbledon, Venus became the first women's champion to earn as much as the men's singles winner (Roger Federer). VENUS VS. chronicles Williams' fight for pay equality.

Venus VS.

2013
Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review
10.0

Coming into the tournament, there was a particular significance to the defending champion, Novak Djokovic's bid for a third title. Thirty years earlier his coach Boris Becker had won the first of his three singles titles. Meanwhile women's world No.1 Serena Williams had her sights set on something really special - completing her hold on all four majors at once for only the second time in her career. There were some surprise early round exits. Fourteen-time major winner Rafael Nadal and defending champion Petra Kvitova were beaten by the qualifier Dustin Brown and former world No.1 Jelena Jankovic respectively. Britain's Heather Watson was two points away from victory over Williams before the American clawed her way to survival; while Novak Djokovic survived a dramatic five-set encounter against Kevin Anderson from South Africa.

Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review

2015
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