Michelle Williams
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1980-09-09 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Kalispell, Montana, USA
- Also known as
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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 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (25)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
Dawson's Creek
1998
as Jen Lindley
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Baywatch
1989
Home Improvement
1991
as Jessica Lutz
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Step by Step
1991
as J.J.
Cougar Town
2009
as Laurie's Foster Sister
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Guest
Dying for Sex
2025
as Molly Kochan
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
Fosse/Verdon
2019
as Gwen Verdon
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Movies (59)
Shutter Island
2010
as Dolores
Venom
2018
as Anne Weying
Brokeback Mountain
2005
as Alma Beers
The Greatest Showman
2017
as Charity Barnum
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
as Anne Weying
Manchester by the Sea
2016
as Randi Chandler
Species
1995
as Young Sil
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
as Annie / Glinda
Blue Valentine
2010
as Cindy
The Fabelmans
2022
as Mitzi Fabelman
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
as Molly Cartwell
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
as Kimberly
Deception
2008
as S
Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Claire Keen
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Marilyn Monroe
All the Money in the World
2017
as Gail Harris
I Feel Pretty
2018
as Avery LeClair
The Station Agent
2003
as Emily
Suite Française
2015
as Lucille Angellier
Incendiary
2008
as Young Mother
I'm Not There
2007
as Coco Rivington
Dick
1999
as Arlene Lorenzo
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
as Linda
Certain Women
2016
as Gina
Showing Up
2023
as Lizzy
Perfume
2001
as Halley
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
as Self - Letter Reader
Wonderstruck
2017
as Elaine
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009
as Self
Lassie
1994
as April Porter
Prozac Nation
2003
as Ruby
The United States of Leland
2003
as Julie Pollard
A Thousand Acres
1997
as Pammy
After the Wedding
2019
as Isabel
The Hottest State
2007
as Samantha
Meek's Cutoff
2011
as Emily Tetherow
Wendy and Lucy
2008
as Wendy
Mammoth
2009
as Ellen Vidales
Take This Waltz
2011
as Margot
A Place in Hell
2026
The Baxter
2005
as Cecil Mills
Imaginary Heroes
2004
as Penny Travis
Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut)
2003
as Jen Lindley
My Son Is Innocent
1996
as Donna
Killing Mr. Griffin
1997
as Maya
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023
as Self
Evel Knievel on Tour
Me Without You
2001
as Holly
Timemaster
1995
as Annie
That Click
2019
as Self
Land of Plenty
2004
as Lana
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012
as Self
Untitled Damien Chazelle Project
The Hawk Is Dying
2007
as Betty
Project X
2016
as Narrator 2 (voice)
Deep Sky
2023
as Narrator (voice)
A Hole in One
2004
as Anna Watson
My Journey in Oz
2013
as Self
Nice Fish
About Michelle Williams
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 ga… With 84 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Michelle Williams has appeared in 59 films and 25 TV shows.
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- Shutter Island (2010) — as Dolores
- Venom (2018) — as Anne Weying
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- Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) — as Anne Weying
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