Michelle Williams
Born
September 9, 1980 (44 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Kalispell, Montana, USA
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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Known For
Dying for Sex
Molly Kochan · (8 episodes)
2025
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2023
Deep Sky
Narrator (voice)
2023
Showing Up
Lizzy
2023
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Self
2023
The Fabelmans
Mitzi Fabelman
2022
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Anne Weying
2021
That Click
Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
2019
After the Wedding
Isabel
2019
Fosse/Verdon
Gwen Verdon · (8 episodes)
2019
Venom
Anne Weying
2018
Always at The Carlyle
Self (archive footage)
2018
I Feel Pretty
Avery LeClair
2018
All the Money in the World
Gail Harris
2017
The Greatest Showman
Charity Barnum
2017
Wonderstruck
Elaine
2017
Project X
Narrator 2 (voice)
2016
Manchester by the Sea
Randi Chandler
2016
Certain Women
Gina
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Suite Française
Lucille Angellier
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (3 episodes)
2014
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Narrator (voice)
2013
Oz the Great and Powerful
Annie / Glinda
2013
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Self
2012
Take This Waltz
Margot
2011
My Week with Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe
2011
Meek's Cutoff
Emily Tetherow
2011
Blue Valentine
Cindy
2010
Shutter Island
Dolores
2010
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Self
2009
Mammoth
Ellen Vidales
2009
Wendy and Lucy
Wendy
2008
Synecdoche, New York
Claire Keen
2008
Deception
S
2008
Incendiary
Young Mother
2008
I'm Not There
Coco Rivington
2007
The Hottest State
Samantha
2007
The Hawk Is Dying
Betty
2007
Brokeback Mountain
Alma Beers
2005
The Baxter
Cecil Mills
2005
Imaginary Heroes
Penny Travis
2004
Land of Plenty
Lana
2004
A Hole in One
Anna Watson
2004
The Station Agent
Emily
2003
Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut)
Jen Lindley
2003
The United States of Leland
Julie Pollard
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Me Without You
Holly
2001
Prozac Nation
Ruby
2001
Perfume
Halley
2001
But I'm a Cheerleader
Kimberly
2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Linda
2000
Dick
Arlene Lorenzo
1999
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Molly Cartwell
1998
A Thousand Acres
Pammy
1997
Killing Mr. Griffin
Maya
1997
My Son Is Innocent
Donna
1996
Species
Young Sil
1995
Timemaster
Annie
1995
Lassie
April Porter
1994
A Place in Hell
Cougar Town
Laurie's Foster Sister · (1 episode)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Dawson's Creek
Jen Lindley · (128 episodes)
1998
The View
Self · (2 episodes)
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(2 episodes)
1992
Step by Step
(1 episode)
1991
Home Improvement
Jessica Lutz · (1 episode)
1991
Baywatch
(1 episode)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1988
MTV Video Music Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1984
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1944