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Michelle Williams
Actor
Born September 9, 1980 (41 years)
Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an American actress. Known for her roles in small-scale independent productions with dark or tragic themes, Williams is the recipient of several accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and nominations for four Academy Awards, and a Tony Award.
Daughter of the politician and trader Larry R. Williams, she was raised in Kalispell and San Diego. She began her career with television guest appearances and made her film debut in the family film Lassie in 1994. At 15, she gained emancipation from her parents, and soon achieved recognition for her leading role in the television teen drama series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003). This was followed by low-profile films, before having her breakthrough with the drama film Brokeback Mountain (2005), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Williams went on to gain 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). For the last two of these she received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, respectively. 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 Outstanding Lead Actress 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 film Venom (2018). On Broadway, she 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.
Williams is an advocate for equal pay. She is reticent about her personal life; she has a daughter from her relationship with the late actor Heath Ledger, and was briefly married to the musician Phil Elverum. She is married to theater director Thomas Kail, with whom she has a child.
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Filmography
| 2022 | The Fabelmans · as Sammy's Mother |
| 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 | The Greatest Showman · as Charity Barnum |
| 2017 | All the Money in the World · as Gail Harris |
| 2017 | Wonderstruck · as Elaine Wilson |
| 2016 | Manchester by the Sea · as Randi Chandler |
| 2016 | Certain Women · as Gina Lewis |
| 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 | Shutter Island · as Dolores Chanal |
| 2010 | Blue Valentine · as Cindy Heller |
| 2010 | Meek's Cutoff · as Emily Tetherow |
| 2009 | Mammoth · as Ellen Vidales |
| 2009 | Cougar Town (TV Series) · as Laurie's Foster Sister |
| 2008 | Deception · as S |
| 2008 | Synecdoche, New York · as Claire Keen |
| 2008 | Wendy and Lucy · as Wendy |
| 2008 | Incendiary · as Young Mother |
| 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 | A Hole in One · as Anna Watson |
| 2004 | Land of Plenty · as Lana |
| 2003 | The Station Agent · as Emily |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | The United States of Leland · as Julie Pollard |
| 2001 | Prozac Nation · as Ruby |
| 2001 | Me Without You · as Holly |
| 2001 | Perfume · as Halley |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 · as Linda |
| 1999 | Dick · as Arlene Lorenzo |
| 1999 | But I'm a Cheerleader · as Kimberly |
| 1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later · as Molly Cartwell |
| 1998 | Dawson's Creek (TV Series) · as Jen Lindley |
| 1997 | Killing Mr. Griffin · as Maya |
| 1997 | A Thousand Acres · as Pammy |
| 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 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | Home Improvement (TV Series) · as Jessica Lutz |
| 1991 | Step by Step (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1989 | Baywatch (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1964 | Horizon (TV Series) · as Unknown |