出生于马来西亚、成长于澳洲的华裔导演。早年在墨尔本上大学时主修的专业是中国民族划分。对于东方异域文化的了解对詹姆斯·温的导演风格也有着很大的影响，而造就他对于《电锯惊魂》和《死寂》(dead silence)之类血浆片独特口味的更重要的因素是他14岁时父亲过世的打击。
2010年， 沃丽丝在美国Showtime电视网的热门美剧《都铎王朝》第三季中扮演了美丽的Jane Seymour，由此名声大噪。
Paula Marshall is an American actress. In 1990, Marshall had a guest role as Iris West, the love interest of Flash on the short lived Flash TV Series in the opening pilot episode. Then, in 1991, she guest-starred on Superboy with a young Clark Kent before he called himself Superman, playing the villainous Christina Riley, a woman who is, in secret, a werewolf. Both series are part of DC Comics media. In 1992, Marshall had a three-episode guest role on The Wonder Years and later guest-starred on shows such as Seinfeld, Nash Bridges, Grapevine and Diagnosis: Murder. Later on in 1992, she starred in the movie "Hellraiser III:Hell On Earth, as "Terri". In 1994, she got her first sitcom role on Wild Oats. After a few years in B movies, Marshall gained a role on a second series, 1997's Chicago Sons. In the same year, she landed a recurring role on Spin City and starred alongside Bette Midler and Dennis Farina in the film That Old Feeling, where her character fell in love with one played by Danny Nucci.
