August 11 is a hard day for late comedian Robin Williams’s family. When Williams committed suicide on August 11, 2014, he left behind two sons, Cody and Zachary, and a daughter, Zelda. And just before the second anniversary of her father’s death, Williams’s 27-year-old daughter announced that she was going to take [some time away from social media] (http://www.eonline.com/news/785919/zelda-williams-taking-break-from-social-media-before-2-year-anniversary-of-robin-williams-death), as she traditionally does on this date. On the latest episode of Netflix’s [Chelsea] (https://www.netflix.com/title/80049872), Zelda Williams tells Chelsea Handler about the “silver lining” she found following the sudden loss of her father.

Williams says she never felt the harsh attention of the celebrity-child spotlight; she was close to her family and had their support during her time of grief.

“We lived in San Francisco, so for me, we were already kind of together and close,” she says. “So I just kept going, ‘O.K., well, today I’m gonna wake up and love what I do, and then tomorrow I’m gonna wake up and be happy and love what I do . . . ’cause that’s all you can do. That’s it.”

She says she remembers people treating her with kid gloves, always wondering, “Oh, shit, are you O.K.?” But, she channeled her solitude and sadness into productivity, telling Handler that she wrote 12 scripts during that period.

The actress and filmmaker told Entertainment Tonight that she still has a [difficult time] (http://www.etonline.com/news/179985_zelda_williams_isn_t_ready_to_watch_dad_robin_movies_yet_it_would_be_self_destructive/) watching her father’s films, saying doing so would be “self-destructive.” She has a hummingbird tattoo to commemorate her father.

Part of doing what she loves means sharing in the work with others, namely singer JoJo, to whom Williams’s father introduced her. Williams made her directorial debut with JoJo’s music video, “[Save My Soul] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l7aUshhafo).” JoJo’s father [died last year] (http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jojos-father-dies-at-60-read-her-touching-tribute-singer-20151411), and she credits Williams and her family as a large part of her support system.

Perhaps Handler summarizes this story best: “You always get to, sometimes, a really beautiful place because of something tragic that happens.”