Acting
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.
Filmography
A Place in Hell
Film · 2027
Dying for Sex
Series · 2025
Deep Sky
Film · 2023
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Film · 2023
Showing Up
Film · 2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2023
The Fabelmans
Film · 2022
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Film · 2021
After the Wedding
Film · 2019
That Click
Film · 2019
Fosse/Verdon
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
I Feel Pretty
Film · 2018
Venom
Film · 2018
The Greatest Showman
Film · 2017
Wonderstruck
Film · 2017
All the Money in the World
Film · 2017
Manchester by the Sea
Film · 2016
Certain Women
Film · 2016
Project X
Film · 2016
Suite Française
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Oz the Great and Powerful
Film · 2013
My Journey in Oz
Film · 2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Film · 2013
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Film · 2012
My Week with Marilyn
Film · 2011
Meek's Cutoff
Film · 2011
Take This Waltz
Film · 2011
Shutter Island
Film · 2010
Blue Valentine
Film · 2010
Mammoth
Film · 2009
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Film · 2009
Cougar Town
Series · 2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Synecdoche, New York
Film · 2008
Wendy and Lucy
Film · 2008
Deception
Film · 2008
Incendiary
Film · 2008
I'm Not There
Film · 2007
The Hawk Is Dying
Film · 2007
The Hottest State
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Brokeback Mountain
Film · 2005
The Baxter
Film · 2005
Land of Plenty
Film · 2004
Imaginary Heroes
Film · 2004
A Hole in One
Film · 2004
The Station Agent
Film · 2003
The United States of Leland
Film · 2003
Prozac Nation
Film · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Me Without You
Film · 2001
Perfume
Film · 2001
But I'm a Cheerleader
Film · 2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Film · 2000
Dick
Film · 1999
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Film · 1998
Unmasking the Horror
Film · 1998
Dawson's Creek
Series · 1998
Killing Mr. Griffin
Film · 1997
A Thousand Acres
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
My Son Is Innocent
Film · 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Series · 1996
Species
Film · 1995
Timemaster
Film · 1995
Lassie
Film · 1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
Home Improvement
Series · 1991
Step by Step
Series · 1991
Baywatch
Series · 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
MTV Video Music Awards
Series · 1984
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The Emmy Awards
Series · 1949
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Evel Knievel on Tour
Film
Sacrifice
Film
Nice Fish
Film
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: A Life on Screen
Film