Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams

Birthdate
September 9, 1980 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Kalispell, Montana, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
September 9, 1980 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Kalispell, Montana, USA
Known For
Acting

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 two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards and a Tony Award.

Williams, a 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 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).

Williams went on to receive 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 won two Golden Globes for portraying Marilyn Monroe in the drama My Week with Marilyn (2011) and Gwen Verdon in the miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019), in addition to a Primetime Emmy Award for the latter. 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 crime 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 two children with her second husband, theater director Thomas Kail.

Michelle Williams's LGBTQ+ Titles

Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
Alma Beers
But I'm a Cheerleader
But I'm a Cheerleader
Kimberly
If These Walls Could Talk 2
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Linda

Acting (73)

Dying for Sex as Molly (1 episode)
2023
Deep Sky as Narrator (voice)
2023
Showing Up as Lizzy
2023
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film as Self
2022
The Fabelmans as Mitzi Fabelman
2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage as Anne Weying
2020
That Click as Self
2019
After the Wedding as Isabel
2019
Fosse/Verdon as Gwen Verdon (8 episodes)
2018
Venom as Anne Weying
2018
Always at The Carlyle as Self (archive footage)
2018
I Feel Pretty as Avery LeClair
2017
All the Money in the World as Gail Harris
2017
The Greatest Showman as Charity Barnum
2017
Wonderstruck as Elaine
2016
Manchester by the Sea as Randi Chandler
2016
Project X as Narrator 2 (voice)
2016
Certain Women as Gina
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2015
Suite Française as Lucille Angellier
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (2 episodes)
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Narrator (voice)
2013
Oz the Great and Powerful as Annie / Glinda
2012
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease as Self
2011
Take This Waltz as Margot
2011
My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
2011
Meek's Cutoff as Emily Tetherow
2010
Blue Valentine as Cindy
2010
Shutter Island as Dolores
2009
Cougar Town as Laurie's Foster Sister (1 episode)
2009
Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
2009
Mammoth as Ellen Vidales
2008
Wendy and Lucy as Wendy
2008
Synecdoche, New York as Claire Keen
2008
Deception as S
2008
Incendiary as Young Mother
2007
I'm Not There as Coco Rivington
2007
The Hawk Is Dying as Betty
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (1 episode)
2006
The Hottest State as Samantha
2005
Brokeback Mountain as Alma Beers
2005
The Baxter as Cecil Mills
2004
Imaginary Heroes as Penny Travis
2004
Land of Plenty as Lana
2004
A Hole in One as Anna Watson
2003
The Station Agent as Emily
2003
Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut) as Jen Lindley
2003
The United States of Leland as Julie Pollard
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2001
Me Without You as Holly
2001
Prozac Nation as Ruby
2001
Perfume as Halley
2000
But I'm a Cheerleader as Kimberly
1999
Dick as Arlene Lorenzo
1998
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later as Molly Cartwell
1998
Dawson's Creek as Jen Lindley (128 episodes)
1997
A Thousand Acres as Pammy
1997
The View as Self (2 episodes)
1997
Killing Mr. Griffin as Maya
1996
E! True Hollywood Story as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1996
My Son Is Innocent as Donna
1995
Species as Young Sil
1995
Timemaster as Annie
1994
Lassie as April Porter
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 episodes)
1991
Step by Step (1 episode)
1991
Home Improvement as Jessica Lutz (1 episode)
1989
Baywatch (1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1984
MTV Video Music Awards as Self (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (2 episodes)

Directing (1)

2003
Heart of America • Third Assistant Director
• Third Assistant Director

Production (4)

Dying for Sex • Producer (1 episode)
• Producer (1 episode)
This Is Jane • Producer
• Producer
2019
Fosse/Verdon • Executive Producer (8 episodes)
• Executive Producer (8 episodes)
2010
Blue Valentine • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer

Sound (1)

2011
My Week with Marilyn • Songs
• Songs

Crew (1)

2009
Where the Wild Things Are • Thanks
• Thanks