
Michelle Williams
Born: 1980-09-09
Place of Birth: Kalispell, Montana, USA
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.
Known For

Shutter Island

Venom

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Manchester by the Sea

The Greatest Showman

Brokeback Mountain

The Fabelmans

Wonderstruck

Oz the Great and Powerful

Species

Blue Valentine

But I'm a Cheerleader

The Station Agent

I Feel Pretty

The Baxter

That Click

Lassie

Perfume

Synecdoche, New York

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

Mammoth

My Week with Marilyn

Dick

All the Money in the World

Deception

Take This Waltz

I'm Not There

Timemaster

GREED, A New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli

Project X

A Hole in One

Suite Française

Certain Women

Prozac Nation

Wendy and Lucy

Incendiary

Meek's Cutoff

After the Wedding

If These Walls Could Talk 2

A Thousand Acres

Showing Up

Killing Mr. Griffin

The United States of Leland

Deep Sky

Me Without You

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Land of Plenty

The Hottest State

The Fabelmans: A Family in Film

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Imaginary Heroes

The Hawk Is Dying

My Son Is Innocent

A Place in Hell

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

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