In 1997, unhappy with the roles she was being offered, Williams collaborated with two other actors to write a script named Blink, about prostitutes living in a Nevada brothel, which despite being sold to a production company was never made.
Having learned to trade under her father's guidance, the 17-year-old Williams entered the Robbins World Cup Championship, a contest; with a return of 1,000%, she became the first woman to win the title and the third-highest winner of all time her father ranks first.
Williams's film breakthrough came later in 2005 when she appeared in 's , about the romance between two men, and played by and , respectively.
Williams at the 2016 In the wake of her ex-partner Heath Ledger's death in January 2008, Williams became the subject of intense media scrutiny and was frequently stalked by paparazzi.