A stone-soul fox with perfectly paired pillow lips like two sweet, ripe, juice-dripping dates; eyes dark and simmering like pools of bitter-sweet chocolate; rounded, full, and high cheeks that make gazing at her face a preview of the mesmerizing symmetry to be appreciated while gazing upon the high cushions of her rear buns. Then there's that smile that bursts from the mocha sky of her face like a sparkling, white sun and a chest capable of containing the hopes and wishes of an entire race--the male race. New Jersey-born Malinda Williams didn't need to go through all the trouble of attending New York's Actors Conservatory, but the fact that she did makes her character Tracy "Bird" Van Adams on the Showtime family drama Soul Food even more of an inspiration.