1980-09-09 ( 44 years old ) in Kalispell, Montana, USA
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.
Movies
Deep Sky
2023-12-12
Showing Up
2023-04-07
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023-02-14
The Fabelmans
2022-11-11
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021-09-30
That Click
2019-12-30
After the Wedding
2019-08-09
Venom
2018-09-28
Always at The Carlyle
2018-05-11
I Feel Pretty
2018-04-19
All the Money in the World
2017-12-21
The Greatest Showman
2017-12-20
Wonderstruck
2017-10-13
Project X
2016-11-18
Manchester by the Sea
2016-11-17
Certain Women
2016-09-25
Suite Française
2015-03-12
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013-03-07
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012-11-06
Take This Waltz
2011-11-25
My Week with Marilyn
2011-11-23
Meek's Cutoff
2011-04-08
Blue Valentine
2010-12-26
Shutter Island
2010-02-14
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009-06-01
Mammoth
2009-01-19
Wendy and Lucy
2008-12-10
Synecdoche, New York
2008-10-24
Deception
2008-04-24
Incendiary
2008-01-20
I'm Not There
2007-10-01
The Hottest State
2007-06-27
The Hawk Is Dying
2007-03-30
Brokeback Mountain
2005-10-22
The Baxter
2005-08-26
Imaginary Heroes
2004-09-14
Land of Plenty
2004-09-10
A Hole in One
2004-05-02
The Station Agent
2003-12-05
The United States of Leland
2003-05-15
Me Without You
2001-11-01
Prozac Nation
2001-09-08
Perfume
2001-04-08
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000-07-07
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000-03-05
Dick
1999-08-04
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998-08-05
A Thousand Acres
1997-09-19
Killing Mr. Griffin
1997-04-07
My Son Is Innocent
1996-05-06
Species
1995-07-07
Timemaster
1995-01-01
Lassie
1994-07-22
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