
Michelle Williams
Known for ActingBorn 1980-09-09 (age 45)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 three Golden Globe Awards, two Actor Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, four BAFTA 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 fifteen, and 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 having 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 has won three Golden Globes: for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the drama My Week with Marilyn (2011), Gwen Verdon in the miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019), and a woman with terminal cancer in the miniseries Dying for Sex (2025), as well as a Primetime Emmy Award for Fosse/Verdon. 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, theater director Thomas Kail. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michelle Williams (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more
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That Click
2019 · Movie
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Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009 · Movie
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Shutter Island
2010 · Movie
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E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
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The Greatest Showman
2017 · Movie
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Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Movie
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The Fabelmans
2022 · Movie
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Manchester by the Sea
2016 · Movie
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Step by Step
1991 · Series
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MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Series
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Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Movie
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The Emmy Awards
1949 · Series
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The Station Agent
2003 · Movie
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Suite Française
2015 · Movie
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The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023 · Movie
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Home Improvement
1991 · Series
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Dawson's Creek
1998 · Series
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The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
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Fosse/Verdon
2019 · Series
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But I'm a Cheerleader
2000 · Movie
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Blue Valentine
2010 · Movie
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Venom
2018 · Movie
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021 · Movie
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Wendy and Lucy
2008 · Movie
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My Week with Marilyn
2011 · Movie
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Dying for Sex
2025 · Series
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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013 · Movie
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My Son Is Innocent
1996 · Movie
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All the Money in the World
2017 · Movie
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Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
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Meek's Cutoff
2011 · Movie
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Cougar Town
2009 · Series
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
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Where the Wild Things Are
2009 · Movie
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I'm Not There
2007 · Movie
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After the Wedding
2019 · Movie
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I Feel Pretty
2018 · Movie
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Imaginary Heroes
2004 · Movie
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The Oscars
1953 · Series
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The United States of Leland
2003 · Movie
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Take This Waltz
2011 · Movie
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If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000 · Movie
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Me Without You
2001 · Movie
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Project X
2016 · Movie
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Series
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Prozac Nation
2003 · Movie
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Wonderstruck
2017 · Movie
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Land of Plenty
2004 · Movie