In director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s King Richard, newcomers Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton play Venus and Serena Williams. Joining veteran actors like Will Smith, who plays the girls’ father and coach Richard Williams, and Aunjanue Ellis, who plays the Williams sisters’ mother Oracene “Brandy” Price, Sidney and Singleton proved they had the chops to not just hold their own alongside Hollywood legends, but play beloved public figures over the course of several years of their lives. Not to mention, the Williams sisters served as executive producers on the film
