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