Acting credits
80
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Michelle Williams
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.1
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Movies: 58Series: 24Crew credits: 7
TMDB ID: 1812
IMDb ID: nm0931329
Known for: Acting
Born: September 9, 1980
Age: 45
Place of birth: Kalispell, Montana, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.43
Wikidata: Q156796
Also known as
미셸 윌리엄스 • 蜜雪兒·威廉絲 • میشل ویلیامز
Other jobs
Executive Producer (3)Thanks (2)Songs (1)Third Assistant Director (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michelle Williams.
Deep Sky
as Narrator (voice)
2023 Movie
5.9
Showing Up
as Lizzy
2023 Movie
7.0
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
as Self
2023 Movie
7.6
The Fabelmans
as Mitzi Fabelman
2022 Movie
6.8
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Anne Weying
2021 Movie
8.8
That Click
as Self
2019 Movie
6.4
After the Wedding
as Isabel
2019 Movie
6.8
Venom
as Anne Weying
2018 Movie
6.4
I Feel Pretty
as Avery LeClair
2018 Movie
6.5
All the Money in the World
as Gail Harris
2017 Movie
7.9
The Greatest Showman
as Charity Barnum
2017 Movie
6.1
Wonderstruck
as Elaine
2017 Movie
6.3
Project X
as Narrator 2 (voice)
2016 Movie
7.6
Manchester by the Sea
as Randi Chandler
2016 Movie
6.0
Certain Women
as Gina
2016 Movie
7.2
Suite Française
as Lucille Angellier
2015 Movie
6.6
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Letter Reader
2013 Movie
My Journey in Oz
as Self
2013 Movie
5.9
Oz the Great and Powerful
as Annie / Glinda
2013 Movie
2.0
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
as Self
2012 Movie
6.4
Take This Waltz
as Margot
2011 Movie
6.7
My Week with Marilyn
as Marilyn Monroe
2011 Movie
6.5
Meek's Cutoff
as Emily Tetherow
2011 Movie
7.0
Blue Valentine
as Cindy
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michelle Williams.
6.5
Dying for Sex
as Molly Kochan • 8 eps
2025 Series
3.1
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2023 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.1
Fosse/Verdon
as Gwen Verdon • 8 eps
2019 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 eps
2015 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 3 eps
2014 Series
6.5
Cougar Town
as Laurie's Foster Sister • 1 eps
2009 Series
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.1
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.3
Dawson's Creek
as Jen Lindley • 128 eps
1998 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 2 eps
1997 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
1996 Series
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 eps
1992 Series
7.7
Step by Step
as J.J. • 1 eps
1991 Series
7.4
Home Improvement
as Jessica Lutz • 1 eps
1991 Series
6.0
Baywatch
1 eps
1989 Series
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.7
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 2 eps
1953 Series
7.9
The Emmy Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1949 Series
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee • 1 eps
1944 Series