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, 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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Acting (55 movies)
Brokeback Mountain
2005
The Station Agent
2003
Land of Plenty
2004
I'm Not There
2007
Synecdoche, New York
2008
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
Shutter Island
2010
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
Imaginary Heroes
2004
Wendy and Lucy
2008
Me Without You
2001
Species
1995
Deception
2008
Mammoth
2009
The Baxter
2005
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
The United States of Leland
2003
Timemaster
1995
Lassie
1994
Perfume
2001
Incendiary
2008
The Hawk Is Dying
2007
Killing Mr. Griffin
1997
Prozac Nation
2001
Dick
1999
Blue Valentine
2010
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009
A Thousand Acres
1997
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
My Week with Marilyn
2011
Meek's Cutoff
2011
Take This Waltz
2011
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut)
2003
Deep Sky
2023
Suite Française
2015
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023
A Hole in One
2004
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012
Manchester by the Sea
2016
Certain Women
2016
My Son Is Innocent
1996
The Greatest Showman
2017
Wonderstruck
2017
Project X
2016
I Feel Pretty
2018
All the Money in the World
2017
Venom
2018
After the Wedding
2019
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
That Click
2019
Showing Up
2023
The Fabelmans
2022
The Hottest State
2007
Greed
2009
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Valentine | 2010 | Executive Producer |