Michelle Williams
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1980-09-09 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Kalispell, Montana, USA
Michelle Williams
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.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Showing Up
as Lizzy
(2023)
(2023)
Deep Sky
as Narrator (voice)
(2022)
The Fabelmans
as Mitzi Fabelman
(2021)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Anne Weying
(2019)
After the Wedding
as Isabel
(2019)
That Click
as Self
(2018)
Venom
as Anne Weying
(2018)
I Feel Pretty
as Avery LeClair
(2018)
Always at The Carlyle
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
The Greatest Showman
as Charity Barnum
(2017)
Wonderstruck
as Elaine
(2017)
All the Money in the World
as Gail Harris
(2016)
Manchester by the Sea
as Randi Chandler
(2016)
Certain Women
as Gina
(2016)
Project X
as Narrator 2 (voice)
(2015)
Suite Française
as Lucille Angellier
(2013)
Oz the Great and Powerful
as Annie / Glinda
(2013)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Narrator (voice)
(2012)
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
as Self
(2011)
My Week with Marilyn
as Marilyn Monroe
(2011)
Meek's Cutoff
as Emily Tetherow
(2011)
Take This Waltz
as Margot
(2010)
Shutter Island
as Dolores
(2010)
Blue Valentine
as Cindy
(2009)
Mammoth
as Ellen Vidales
(2009)
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self
(2008)
Synecdoche, New York
as Claire Keen
(2008)
Deception
as S
(2008)
Wendy and Lucy
as Wendy
(2008)
Incendiary
as Young Mother
(2007)
I'm Not There
as Coco Rivington
(2007)
The Hottest State
as Samantha
(2007)
The Hawk Is Dying
as Betty
(2005)
Brokeback Mountain
as Alma Beers
(2005)
The Baxter
as Cecil Mills
(2004)
Imaginary Heroes
as Penny Travis
(2004)
Land of Plenty
as Lana
(2004)
A Hole in One
as Anna Watson
(2003)
The Station Agent
as Emily
(2003)
The United States of Leland
as Julie Pollard
(2003)
Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut)
as Jen Lindley
(2001)
Perfume
as Halley
(2001)
Prozac Nation
as Ruby
(2001)
Me Without You
as Holly
(2000)
But I'm a Cheerleader
as Kimberly
(2000)
If These Walls Could Talk 2
as Linda
(1999)
Dick
as Arlene Lorenzo
(1998)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
as Molly Cartwell
(1997)
A Thousand Acres
as Pammy
(1997)
Killing Mr. Griffin
as Maya
(1996)
My Son Is Innocent
as Donna
(1995)
Species
as Young Sil
(1995)
Timemaster
as Annie
(1994)
Lassie
as April Porter
Crew
This Is Jane
Producer
(2011)
My Week with Marilyn
Songs
(2010)
Blue Valentine
Executive Producer
(2009)
(2003)
Heart of America
Third Assistant Director