Michelle Williams
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 three Golden Globe Awards, two Actor Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, four BAFTA 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 fifteen, and 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 having 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 has won three Golden Globes: for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the drama My Week with Marilyn (2011), Gwen Verdon in the miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019), and a woman with terminal cancer in the miniseries Dying for Sex (2025), as well as a Primetime Emmy Award for Fosse/Verdon. 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, theater director Thomas Kail. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michelle Williams (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: A Life on Screen
as Self (archive footage)
A Place in Hell
as Unknown
Dying for Sex
as Molly Kochan
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Deep Sky
as Narrator (voice)
Showing Up
as Lizzy
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
as Self
The Fabelmans
as Mitzi Fabelman
That Click
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
After the Wedding
as Isabel
Fosse/Verdon
as Gwen Verdon
I Feel Pretty
as Avery LeClair
All the Money in the World
as Gail Harris
The Greatest Showman
as Charity Barnum
Wonderstruck
as Elaine
Project X
as Narrator 2 (voice)
Manchester by the Sea
as Randi Chandler
Certain Women
as Gina
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Unknown
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Suite Française
as Lucille Angellier
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Letter Reader
My Journey in Oz
as Self
Oz the Great and Powerful
as Annie / Glinda
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
as Self
Take This Waltz
as Margot
My Week with Marilyn
as Marilyn Monroe
Meek's Cutoff
as Emily Tetherow
Blue Valentine
as Cindy
Cougar Town
as Laurie's Foster Sister
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Mammoth
as Ellen Vidales
Wendy and Lucy
as Wendy Carroll
Synecdoche, New York
as Claire Keen
Deception
as S
Incendiary
as Young Mother
I'm Not There
as Coco Rivington
The Hottest State
as Samantha
The Hawk Is Dying
as Betty
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Brokeback Mountain
as Alma Beers
The Baxter
as Cecil Mills
Imaginary Heroes
as Penny Travis
Land of Plenty
as Lana
A Hole in One
as Anna Watson
The Station Agent
as Emily
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Prozac Nation
as Ruby
The United States of Leland
as Julie Pollard
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Me Without You
as Holly
Perfume
as Halley
But I'm a Cheerleader
as Kimberly
If These Walls Could Talk 2
as Linda
Dick
as Arlene Lorenzo
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
as Molly
Dawson's Creek
as Jen Lindley
A Thousand Acres
as Pammy
The View
as Self
Killing Mr. Griffin
as Maya
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
My Son Is Innocent
as Donna
Species
as Young Sil
Timemaster
as Annie
Lassie
as April Porter
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Unknown
Step by Step
as J.J.
Home Improvement
as Jessica Lutz
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
The Emmy Awards
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee