Belvoir has announced that Gumbaynggirr and Wiradjuri actor and creative Dalara Williams is the 2022 Balnaves Foundation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellow.

Williams was born and raised in Sydney on Gadigal Country. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2017 and made her feature film debut in Top End Wedding, along with being a main cast member for ABC’s Black Comedy.

Williams’ stage credits include Belvoir’s Winyanboga Yurringa, Malthouse Theatre’s Blackie Blackie Brown, Ilbijerri Theatre Company’s Black Ties and Darlinghurst Theatre’s Rainbows End.

Dalara Williams, the 2022 Balnaves Foundation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellow. Photo © Brett Boardman

Williams’ first play, The Lookout, was selected by Moogahlin Theatre Company as a part of Yellamundie Festival, and she has since been selected as part of Ilbijerri Theatre Company’s Black Wrights writing program.

Williams has strong ties to her culture and now through writing is on the journey to bring those two worlds together, showcasing the importance of own voices, language, culture and stories to the stage and screen. Her new work, As I Was Walking Down Eveleigh Street, follows a family residing in the community of...