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 two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards and a Tony Award.
Williams, a 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 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).
Williams went on to receive 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 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 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 crime 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 two children with her second husband, theater director Thomas Kail.
Filmography
all 78
Movies 59
TV Shows 19
self 17
Narrator 1
Producer 1
Deep Sky (2023)
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film (2023)
The Fabelmans (2022)
Showing Up (2022)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
That Click (2020)
After the Wedding (2019)
Fosse/Verdon (2019)
Venom (2018)
Always at The Carlyle (2018)
I Feel Pretty (2018)
All the Money in the World (2017)
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Wonderstruck (2017)
Project X (2016)
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Certain Women (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Suite Française (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease (2012)
Take This Waltz (2011)
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Quiet Ryan (2011)
Meek's Cutoff (2011)
Blue Valentine (2010)
Shutter Island (2010)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Cougar Town (2009)
Heath Ledger: A Tribute (2009)
Wendy and Lucy (2009)
Greed (2009)
Mammoth (2009)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Deception (2008)
Incendiary (2008)
DP/30: Conversations About Movies (2007)
I'm Not There (2007)
The Hawk Is Dying (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Hottest State (2006)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The Baxter (2005)
Imaginary Heroes (2004)
Land of Plenty (2004)
A Hole in One (2004)
The Station Agent (2003)
Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut) (2003)
The United States of Leland (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Me Without You (2001)
Prozac Nation (2001)
Perfume (2001)
But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
Dick (1999)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Dawson's Creek (1998)
A Thousand Acres (1997)
The View (1997)
Killing Mr. Griffin (1997)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
My Son Is Innocent (1996)
Species (1995)
Timemaster (1995)
Lassie (1994)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Step by Step (1991)
Home Improvement (1991)
Baywatch (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
MTV Video Music Awards (1984)
The Oscars (1953)
This Is Jane
Dying For Sex
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1980-09-09 (43 years old)
Birth NameMichelle Ingrid Williams
Birth PlaceKalispell, United States of America
RelationshipsPhil Elverum (2018-01-01 - 2019-01-01), Heath Ledger (2004-01-01 - 2007-01-01)
SpouseThomas Kail
ChildrenMatilda Ledger
FatherLarry R. Williams
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesBrooklyn, United States of America
Also Known As미셸 윌리엄스, Μισέλ Ουίλιαμς, Мишель Уильямс, Мішель Вільямс, ミシェル・ウィリアムズ
AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, Lucy Award
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