Michelle Williams
54 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 9, 1980 (age 46)
- Place of birth
- Kalispell, Montana, USA
- Also known as
- Мішель Інґрід Вільямс · Michelle Ingrid Williams
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.
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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.
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Known for
Michelle Williams: movies and TV shows
Acting (59)
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- 2025
- 2023 Deep Sky
as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 Showing Up
as Lizzy
- 2022 The Fabelmans
as Mitzi Fabelman
- 2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Anne Weying
- 2019 After the Wedding
as Isabel
- 2019
- 2018 Venom
as Anne Weying
- 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 Project X
as Narrator 2 (voice)
- 2016 Manchester by the Sea
as Randi Chandler
- 2016 Certain Women
as Gina
- 2015 Suite Française
as Lucille Angellier
- 2013 Oz the Great and Powerful
as Annie / Glinda
- 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
- 2009 Mammoth
as Ellen Vidales
- 2008 Wendy and Lucy
as Wendy Carroll
- 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 Hottest State
as Samantha
- 2007 The Hawk Is Dying
as Betty
- 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 Prozac Nation
as Ruby
- 2003 The United States of Leland
as Julie Pollard
- 2001 Me Without You
as Holly
- 2001 Perfume
as Halley
- 2000 But I'm a Cheerleader
as Kimberly
- 2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2
as Linda
- 1999 Dick
as Arlene Lorenzo
- 1998 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
as Molly
- 1998
- 1997 A Thousand Acres
as Pammy
- 1997 Killing Mr. Griffin
as Maya
- 1996 My Son Is Innocent
as Donna
- 1995 Species
as Young Sil
- 1995 Timemaster
as Annie
- 1994 Lassie
as April Porter
- 1991
- 1991
- 1989
Behind the camera (7)
- 2025
- 2019
- 2013 My Journey in Oz
Thanks
- 2011 My Week with Marilyn
Songs
- 2010 Blue Valentine
Executive Producer
- 2009 Where the Wild Things Are
Thanks
- 2003 Heart of America
Third Assistant Director
Talk shows and appearances (25)
- Upcoming
- 2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2023
- 2019
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
3 episodes
- 2013
- 2012
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
1 episode
- 2009
- 2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
1 episode
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1 episode
- 1998
- 1997 The View
2 episodes
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story
1 episode
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 episodes
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 episode
- 1984 MTV Video Music Awards
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
2 episodes
- 1949 The Emmy Awards
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode