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Michelle Williams

Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn September 9, 1980 (44 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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Blue Valentine
  • My Week with Marilyn
  • But I'm a Cheerleader
  • Baywatch
  • Suite Française
  • Prozac Nation
  • Certain Women
  • Incendiary
  • Me Without You
  • The Hottest State
  • Heart of America

Known For

  • Shutter Island
  • Venom
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • My Week with Marilyn
  • The Fabelmans
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • Blue Valentine
  • The Greatest Showman
  • All the Money in the World
  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage
  • Oz the Great and Powerful
  • Synecdoche, New York
  • Take This Waltz
  • Suite Française
  • I Feel Pretty
  • Wendy and Lucy
  • Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
  • The Station Agent
  • Meek's Cutoff
  • Dawson's Creek
  • Deception
  • Species
  • Dick
  • Showing Up

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Dying for Sex (TV Series) · as Molly Kochan
    2023
    Deep Sky · as Narrator (voice)
    2022
    The Fabelmans · as Mitzi Fabelman
    2022
    Showing Up · as Lizzy
    2021
    Venom: Let There Be Carnage · as Anne Weying
    2019
    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
    Manchester by the Sea · as Randi Chandler
    2016
    2015
    2014
    Suite Française · as Lucille Angellier
    2013
    2013
    Oz the Great and Powerful · as Annie / Glinda
    2011
    Take This Waltz · as Margot
    2011
    My Week with Marilyn · as Marilyn Monroe
    2010
    2010
    Meek's Cutoff · as Emily Tetherow
    2010
    Shutter Island · as Dolores
    2009
    Cougar Town (TV Series) · as Laurie's Foster Sister
    2009
    Mammoth · as Ellen Vidales
    2009
    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
    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
    2001
    2001
    Perfume · as Halley
    2000
    1999
    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
    1996
    My Son Is Innocent · as Donna
    1995
    Timemaster · as Annie
    1995
    Species · as Young Sil
    1994
    Lassie · as April Porter
    1992
    1991
    Step by Step (TV Series)
    1991
    Home Improvement (TV Series) · as Jessica Lutz
    1989
    Baywatch (TV Series)

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