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Michelle Williams
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn September 9, 1980 (45 years)
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, 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 15. She 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 she had 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 won Golden Globes for portraying Marilyn Monroe in the drama My Week with Marilyn (2011) and Gwen Verdon in the miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019) and 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 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, theatre director Thomas Kail.
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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 15. She 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 she had 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 won Golden Globes for portraying Marilyn Monroe in the drama My Week with Marilyn (2011) and Gwen Verdon in the miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019) and 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 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, theatre director Thomas Kail.
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Michelle Williams Filmography
| 2025 | Dying for Sex (TV Series) · as Molly Kochan |
| 2023 | Deep Sky · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | 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 | Fosse/Verdon (TV Series) · as Gwen Verdon |
| 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 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) |
| 2014 | 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 |
| 2010 | Blue Valentine · as Cindy |
| 2010 | Meek's Cutoff · as Emily Tetherow |
| 2010 | Shutter Island · as Dolores |
| 2009 | Cougar Town (TV Series) · as Laurie's Foster Sister |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Mammoth · as Ellen Vidales |
| 2008 | Wendy and Lucy · as Wendy |
| 2008 | Synecdoche, New York · as Claire Keen |
| 2008 | Incendiary · as Young Mother |
| 2008 | Deception · as S |
| 2007 | I'm Not There · as Coco Rivington |
| 2006 | The Hawk Is Dying · as Betty |
| 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 | The United States of Leland · as Julie Pollard |
| 2001 | Me Without You · as Holly |
| 2001 | Prozac Nation · as Ruby |
| 2001 | Perfume · as Halley |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 · as Linda |
| 1999 | 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 (TV Series) · as Jen Lindley |
| 1997 | A Thousand Acres · as Pammy |
| 1997 | Killing Mr. Griffin · as Maya |
| 1996 | My Son Is Innocent · as Donna |
| 1995 | Timemaster · as Annie |
| 1995 | Species · as Young Sil |
| 1994 | Lassie · as April Porter |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Step by Step (TV Series) · as J.j. |
| 1991 | Home Improvement (TV Series) · as Jessica Lutz |
| 1989 |
| 2025 | Dying for Sex (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Fosse/Verdon (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | Blue Valentine · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn · as Songs |
| 2002 | Heart of America · as Third Assistant Director |