
Michelle Williams
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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 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

The Kelly Clarkson Show

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Graham Norton Show

E! True Hollywood Story

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Baywatch

MTV Video Music Awards

Step by Step

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Cougar Town

Home Improvement

But I'm a Cheerleader

I'm Not There

The Oscars

Species

Lassie

Shutter Island

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

Synecdoche, New York

Wonderstruck

Oz the Great and Powerful

Prozac Nation

The Station Agent

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Manchester by the Sea

Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut)

Brokeback Mountain

Dawson's Creek

The Greatest Showman

Certain Women

Fosse/Verdon

Venom: The Last Dance

Venom

This Is Jane

The Fabelmans

I Feel Pretty

Blue Valentine

My Week with Marilyn

Showing Up

All the Money in the World

Dying for Sex
Production Credits
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