Michelle Williams
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 9, 1980 (age 46)
- Birthplace
- Kalispell, Montana, USA
Biography
Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an American actress. Known primarily for starring in small-scale independent films with dark or tragic themes, she has received various accolades, including three Golden Globe Awards, two Actor Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award. Williams, daughter of politician and trader Larry R. Williams, began her career with television guest appearances and made her film debut in the family film Lassie in 1994. She gained emancipation from her parents at age fifteen, and soon achieved recognition for her leading role as Jen Lindley in the teen drama television series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003). This was followed by low-profile films, before having her breakthrough with the drama film Brokeback Mountain (2005), which earned Williams her first Academy Award nomination. Williams received critical acclaim for playing emotionally troubled women coping with loss or loneliness in the independent dramas Wendy and Lucy (2008), Blue Valentine (2010), and Manchester by the Sea (2016). She has won three Golden Globes: for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the drama My Week with Marilyn (2011), Gwen Verdon in the miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019), and a woman with terminal cancer in the miniseries Dying for Sex (2025), as well as a Primetime Emmy Award for Fosse/Verdon. Her highest-grossing releases came with the thriller Shutter Island (2010), the fantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), and the superhero films Venom (2018) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). Williams has also led major studio films, such as Ridley Scott's thriller All the Money in the World (2017) and Steven Spielberg's drama The Fabelmans (2022). On Broadway, Williams starred in revivals of the musical Cabaret in 2014 and the drama Blackbird in 2016, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She is an advocate for equal pay in the workplace. Consistently private about her personal life, Williams has a daughter from her relationship with actor Heath Ledger and was briefly married to musician Phil Elverum. She has three children with her second husband, theater director Thomas Kail. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michelle Williams (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Evel Knievel on Tour
Movie
Sacrifice
Movie
Nice Fish
Movie
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: A Life on Screen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Place in Hell
Movie
Dying for Sex
TV · as Molly Kochan · 8 eps
Deep Sky
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Movie · as Self
Showing Up
Movie · as Lizzy
Fatal addiction: Heath Ledger
Movie · as Self (found footage)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Fabelmans
Movie · as Mitzi Fabelman
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Movie · as Anne Weying
After the Wedding
Movie · as Isabel
That Click
Movie · as Self
Fosse/Verdon
TV · as Gwen Verdon · 8 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Feel Pretty
Movie · as Avery LeClair
Venom
Movie · as Anne Weying
The Greatest Showman
Movie · as Charity Barnum
Wonderstruck
Movie · as Elaine
All the Money in the World
Movie · as Gail Harris
Manchester by the Sea
Movie · as Randi Chandler
Certain Women
Movie · as Gina
Project X
Movie · as Narrator 2 (voice)
Suite Française
Movie · as Lucille Angellier
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · 1 ep
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Oz the Great and Powerful
Movie · as Annie / Glinda
My Journey in Oz
Movie · as Self
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Movie · as Self - Letter Reader
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Movie · as Self
My Week with Marilyn
Movie · as Marilyn Monroe
Meek's Cutoff
Movie · as Emily Tetherow
Take This Waltz
Movie · as Margot
Shutter Island
Movie · as Dolores
Blue Valentine
Movie · as Cindy
Mammoth
Movie · as Ellen Vidales
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Movie · as Self
Cougar Town
TV · as Laurie's Foster Sister · 1 ep
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Synecdoche, New York
Movie · as Claire Keen
Wendy and Lucy
Movie · as Wendy Carroll
Deception
Movie · as S
Incendiary
Movie · as Young Mother
I'm Not There
Movie · as Coco Rivington
The Hawk Is Dying
Movie · as Betty
The Hottest State
Movie · as Samantha
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Brokeback Mountain
Movie · as Alma Beers
The Baxter
Movie · as Cecil Mills
Land of Plenty
Movie · as Lana
Imaginary Heroes
Movie · as Penny Travis
A Hole in One
Movie · as Anna Watson
The Station Agent
Movie · as Emily
The United States of Leland
Movie · as Julie Pollard
Prozac Nation
Movie · as Ruby
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Me Without You
Movie · as Holly
Perfume
Movie · as Halley
But I'm a Cheerleader
Movie · as Kimberly
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Movie · as Linda
Dick
Movie · as Arlene Lorenzo
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Movie · as Molly
Unmasking the Horror
Movie · as Self
Dawson's Creek
TV · as Jen Lindley · 128 eps
Killing Mr. Griffin
Movie · as Maya
A Thousand Acres
Movie · as Pammy
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
My Son Is Innocent
Movie · as Donna
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Film Independent Spirit Awards
TV · as Self - Audience Member · 1 ep
Species
Movie · as Young Sil
Timemaster
Movie · as Annie
Lassie
Movie · as April Porter
The Rainy Day Adventure
Movie · as Rebecca Grant
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 2 eps
Home Improvement
TV · as Jessica Lutz · 1 ep
Step by Step
TV · as J.J. · 1 ep
Baywatch
TV · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep