Ariana Williams was born in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada. She began her career at the age of 4 as Madzie in the second season of the series Shadowhunters. She has done some commercial work but she is well known for her role in the fantasy series Shadowhunters seasons 2 and 3. Ariana begun her acting career due to her strong desire to act and was relentless in asking her mom to let her be in commercials and on television. Her first audition with her family landed them a part in a Sick Kids commercial. It was shortly after this commercial experience that Ariana auditioned for the role in Shadowhunters where she would appear in episode five of season two. She was a hit as Madzie and returned for three more episodes that season and also returned for season three. Ariana is a budding artist who loves to draw and from the age of two it was evident she had a natural ability to draw. In addition to being an artist, she loves to dance hip hop and has been dancing with her dance club since 2016.