Michelle Williams
Highest Rated: 96% Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Lowest Rated: 11% Deception (2008)
Birthday: Sep 09, 1980
Birthplace: Kalispell, Montana, USA
After enjoying initial stardom on the angst-fueled teen series "Dawson's Creek" (The WB, 1998-2003), Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning actress Michelle Williams essayed complex, multi-faceted women in such critical and popular hits as "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), "Blue Valentine" (2010), "Manchester by the Sea" (2016) and "Fosse/Verdon" (FX, 2019). Born Michelle Ingrid Williams in Kalispell, Montana on September 9, 1980, she relocated with her younger sister and three paternal half-siblings to San Diego, California when she was nine years of age. There, she became interested in acting after seeing a stage version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and began appearing in local theater productions. In her teenaged years, Williams began traveling to Los Angeles to audition for film and television roles, and made her screen debut as a seductive teenager in a 1993 episode of "Baywatch" (NBC/syndicated, 1989-2001). Appearances in features like "Lassie" (1994) and "Species" (1995) preceded her breakout role on "Dawson's Creek." Williams played Jen Lindley, the most visibly troubled member of the series' quartet of self-analyzing teens; though a ratings hit and a launching board for Williams's appearances in teen-oriented features like "Halloween: H20" (1998) and "Dick" (1999), she longed for more substantive work, and found it between seasons in the Off-Broadway production of Tracy Letts's Killer Joe and the HBO feature "If These Walls Could Talk 2" (2000), which cast her and Chloe Sevigny as young gay women in a relationship. When "Creek" ended in 2003, Williams continued to seek out challenging fare: she was a young woman embroiled in a destructive relationship with friend Anna Friel in "Me Without You" (2001), and a small-town librarian involved with reclusive Peter Dinklage in "The Station Agent" (2003) before scoring a personal and professional triumph with Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" (2005). Cast as Heath Ledger's long-suffering wife, she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, while also forging a romantic relationship with Ledger that resulted in the birth of a daughter in 2005. Their union ran aground in 2007, one year before Ledger's tragic death from a prescription overdose; Williams found solace in her work, which included Todd Haynes's film about Bob Dylan, "I'm Not There" (2007) and Charlie Kaufman's unique "Synecdoche, New York" (2008), as well as a near-solo turn as a homeless woman in "Wendy and Lucy" (2008). She capped this string of indies with a potent turn as a woman who committed infanticide in Martin Scorsese's supernatural thriller "Shutter Island" (2010) and as a woman in a troubled marriage to Ryan Gosling in Derek Cianfrance's "Blue Valentine" (2010), the latter of which earned her a second Oscar nomination. A third Academy nod would come the following year with her turn as Marilyn Monroe in "My Week with Marilyn" (2011), which Williams followed with a diverse collection of projects, from Sarah Polley's mature romance "Take This Waltz" (2011) to Sam Raimi's "Oz the Great and Powerful" (2012), which cast her as Glinda the Good Witch. The latter was chosen to appeal to her daughter, Mathilde Rose, and Williams' desire to provide a more constant presence in her life led to stage work that culminated in a 2014 Broadway run as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and a 2016 Tony nomination for Blackbird. She returned to films in 2016 as Casey Affleck's estranged wife in Kenneth Lonergan's "Manchester by the Sea," which netted a fourth Oscar nomination. Its critical success spurred a flurry of activity by Williams, who moved swiftly from the lavish musical "The Greatest Showman" (2017) to Ridley Scott's troubled drama "All the Money in the World" (2018), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination as the mother of kidnapping victim J. Paul Getty. A rare foray into big-budget genre films came with "Venom" (2018), an adaptation of the Marvel Comics series with Tom Hardy, provided her with the highest-grossing film of her career, which she followed with an English-language remake of "After the Wedding" (2019). Williams then returned to television for the first time since "If These Walls Could Talk 2" for "Fosse/Verdon," a miniseries based on the tumultuous lives and careers of choreographer and filmmaker Bob Fosse (played by Sam Rockwell) and dancer Gwen Verdon. As Verdon, Williams won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series. While filming, Williams began dating director Thomas Kail;it was announced in December 2019 that the couple had gotten engaged and that Williams was pregnant with her second child.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Anne Weying (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 45% | 76% | After the Wedding | Isabel (Character) | $1.6M | 2019 |
| 36% | 35% | I Feel Pretty | Avery LeClaire (Character) | $48.8M | 2018 |
| 30% | 81% | Venom | Anne Weying (Character) | $213.5M | 2018 |
| 68% | 55% | Wonderstruck | Elaine (Character) | $1M | 2017 |
| 56% | 86% | The Greatest Showman | Charity Barnum (Character) | $174M | 2017 |
| 80% | 65% | All the Money in the World | Gail Harris (Character) | $24.8M | 2017 |
| 96% | 78% | Manchester by the Sea | Randi Chandler (Character) | $47.7M | 2016 |
| 92% | 51% | Certain Women | Gina Lewis (Character) | $1M | 2016 |
| 76% | 69% | Suite Française | Lucile Angellier (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 57% | 56% | Oz the Great and Powerful |
Annie/ |
$234.9M | 2013 |
| 79% | 58% | Take This Waltz | Margot (Character) | $1.2M | 2011 |
| 83% | 71% | My Week With Marilyn | Marilyn Monroe (Character) | $85.3K | 2011 |
| 68% | 76% | Shutter Island | Dolores (Character) | $128M | 2010 |
| 86% | 53% | Meek's Cutoff | Emily Tetherow (Character) | $977.6K | 2010 |
| 87% | 77% | Blue Valentine |
Cindy (Character), Executive Producer |
$9.7M | 2010 |
| 45% | 63% | Mammoth | Ellen (Character) | $8.5K | 2009 |
| 85% | 67% | Wendy and Lucy | Wendy (Character) | $856.9K | 2008 |
| 11% | 31% | Deception | S (Character) | $4.6M | 2008 |
| 68% | 71% | Synecdoche, New York | Claire Keen (Character) | $3.1M | 2008 |
| 20% | 34% | Incendiary | Young Mother (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Testimonies of Faith: Humble Journey's | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 77% | 69% | I'm Not There | Coco Rivington (Character) | $4M | 2007 |
| 30% | 42% | The Hawk Is Dying | Betty (Character) | $6.1K | 2006 |
| 87% | 82% | Brokeback Mountain | Alma Beers Del Mar (Character) | $83M | 2005 |
| 32% | 75% | The Baxter | Cecil Mills (Character) | $181.9K | 2005 |
| 62% | 62% | Land of Plenty | Lana (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 35% | 81% | Imaginary Heroes | Penny Travis (Character) | $228.5K | 2004 |
| 17% | No Score Yet | A Hole in One | Anna Watson (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 94% | 89% | The Station Agent | Emily (Character) | $5.7M | 2003 |
| 34% | 81% | The United States of Leland | Julie Pollard (Character) | $343.8K | 2003 |
| 67% | 78% | Me Without You | Holly (Character) | $301.2K | 2001 |
| 28% | 58% | Prozac Nation | Ruby (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 11% | 51% | Perfume | Halley (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Linda (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 71% | 53% | Dick | Arlene Lorenzo (Character) | $6.2M | 1999 |
| 52% | 49% | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | Molly Cartwell (Character) | $55M | 1998 |
| 24% | 42% | A Thousand Acres | Pammy (Character) | $7.9M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | Killing Mr. Griffin | Maya (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Son Is Innocent | Donna (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Timemaster | Annie (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 43% | 31% | Species | Young Sil (Character) | $58.7M | 1995 |
| 88% | 56% | Lassie | April Porter (Character) | $8.3M | 1994 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS This Morning | Guest | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 34% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2019 2017 |
| 81% | 84% | Fosse/Verdon |
Gwen Verdon (Character), Executive Producer |
2019 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2019 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live with Kelly and Ryan | Guest | 2018-2019 |
| No Score Yet | 51% | Busy Tonight | Guest | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Weekly Cast Reunions | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | etalk | Guest | 2016-2017 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Hollywood | Guest | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Tonight Canada | Guest | 2016-2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | LIVE with Kelly | Guest | 2017 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2016 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie Rose | Guest | 2016 2010-2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View | Guest | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Made in Hollywood | Guest | 2013 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | ES.TV | Guest | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Piers Morgan Tonight | Guest | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS News Sunday Morning | Guest | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live With Regis and Kelly | Guest | 2010-2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightline | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2010 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lyons & Bailes Reel Talk | Guest | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kickin' It: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Studios.com | Guest | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | Dawson's Creek | Jennifer "Jen" Lindley (Character) | 1998-2003 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Home Improvement | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Step by Step | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
QUOTES FROM Michelle Williams CHARACTERS
Cindy says: I never want to be like my parents. I know they must've loved each other at one time right? To just get it all out of the way before they had me. How do you trust your feelings when they can just disappear like that?
Marilyn Monroe says: All people ever see is Marilyn Monroe. As soon as they realize I'm not her, they run.
Annie/Glinda says: [as the bubbles are flying towards the shield] The shield allows a good-hearted person to pass.
Annie/Glinda says: The shield allows a good-hearted person to pass.
Oz says: [Panicking] I'm gonna die!
Oz says: I'm gonna die!
Oz says: [sotto voice, to Glinda] I might not actually be a wizard...
Oz says: I might not actually be a wizard.
Annie/Glinda says: Yes, but they don't know that.
Annie/Glinda says: The shield allows a good-hearted person to pass.
Oz says: I'm gonna die!
Annie/Glinda says: For the record, I knew you always had it in you.
Oz says: Greatness?
Annie/Glinda says: No, something better. Goodness.
Annie/Glinda says: If you can make them believe... then you're wizard enough
Annie/Glinda says: If you can make them believe, then you're wizard enough
Annie/Glinda says: I always knew you had it in you.
Oz says: Greatness?
Annie/Glinda says: No, better. Goodness.
Cindy says: How do you trust your feelings when they can just disappear like that?
Dean says: What's your name?
Cindy says: Go away.
Dean says: Go away? That's a weird name.
Dolores says: You have to let me go.
Teddy Daniels says: I can't!
Teddy Daniels says: I'm not gonna leave. I love you so much.
Dolores says: I'm just bones in a box, Teddy.
Ruby says: Lizzy, I'm not crying because you're mean. I just can't imagine how incredibly painful it must be to be you.
Margot says: I'm afraid of being afraid.
Daniel says: That sound like the most dangerous thing in the world.
Alma says: Don't try to fool me no more,Ennis! I know what that means! Jack Twist... Jack Nasty!! You didn't go up there to fish, you and him...
Alma says: Don't try to fool me no more, Ennis! I know what that means! Jack Twist... Jack Nasty! You didn't go up there to fish, you and him...
Ruby says: Lizzy, I'm not crying because you're mean. I just can't imagine how incredibly painful it must be to be you.
Marilyn Monroe says: Why do the people I love always leave me?
Marilyn Monroe says: People always see Marilyn Monroe. As soon as they realize I'm not her, they run.
Marilyn Monroe says: Don't forget me.
Colin Clark says: As if I could.
Marilyn Monroe says: Little girls shouldn't be told how pretty they are. They should grow up knowing how much their mother loves them.
Marilyn Monroe says: Thank you for being on my side.
Arthur Jacobs says: Marilyn, is it true you wear nothing in bed but Perfume?
Marilyn Monroe says: Darling, as I'm in England let's say I sleep in nothing but Yardley's lavender.
Marilyn Monroe says: People always see Marilyn Monroe. As soon as they realize I'm not her, they run.
Marilyn Monroe says: Little girls shouldn't be told how pretty they are. They should grow up knowing how much their mother loves them.
Dean says: But I'm not getting old.
Cindy says: Oh really?
Dean says: He's a dummy for dying.
Cindy says: Walter's a dummy for dying?
Dean says: Yeah.
Cindy says: What are you gonna do wise guy?
Bobby says: Not do it.
Dean says: You know I just talked to your Grandmother? That sounds weird, huh?
Cindy says: Yeah!
Dean says: Ok, let me put it into context.
Marilyn Monroe says: First loves is such a sweet Despair
Marilyn Monroe says: First love is such sweet despair.
Marilyn Monroe says: Surprise!
Marilyn Monroe says: All people ever see is Marilyn Monroe.
Alma says: You don't go there to fish.
Alma says: You didn't go up there to fish!
Claire Keen says: Knowing that you don't know is the first step to knowing, you know ?
Claire Keen says: Knowing that you don't know is the first and the most essential step to knowing, you know?
John Tate says: It just occurred to me today that I've never celebrated Halloween before.
Molly Cartwell says: And why's that?
John Tate says: Oh, we've got a psychotic serial killer in the family who loves to butcher people on Halloween, and I just thought it in bad taste to celebrate.
Will Brennan says: Just checking on the Hillcrest remains. You girls okay?
Molly Cartwell says: Good. Thanks, Mr. Brennan.
Sarah Wainthrope says: And how are you, Mr. Brennan? ...Looking cute as ever.
Sarah Wainthrope says: And how are you, Mr. Brennan? Looking cute as ever.
Will Brennan says: Thank you, Sarah. What are you two up to tonight?
Sarah Wainthrope says: Well, we thought we'd hit the town, pick up some guys. You know, drop some Roofies in their drinks. Have a whole date-rape evening.
Will Brennan says: Oh...Sounds good.
Will Brennan says: Oh. Sounds good.
Molly Cartwell says: Care to join us?
Will Brennan says: I can't. I'm, uh, I'm having my nipples pierced...But you two have a good time.
Will Brennan says: I can't. I'm, uh, I'm having my nipples pierced, But you two have a good time.
Will Brennan says: I can't. I'm, uh, I'm having my nipples pierced. But you two have a good time.
John Tate says: I just thought it in bad taste to celebrate.
Molly Cartwell says: So why now?
John Tate says: Mm, because there comes a point in your life where you have to concentrate...on what's right about it.
John Tate says: Mm, because there comes a point in your life where you have to concentrate on what's right about it.
Molly Cartwell says: Really?
John Tate says: And you...are a sterling example...of what's right. And tonight you get my full concentration.
John Tate says: And you are a sterling example, of what's right. And tonight you get my full concentration.
Cindy says: You're scared kid? I got to walk out of this place alone..
Cindy says: You're scared kid? I got to walk out of this place alone.
Dolores says: You want to uncover the truth? You have to let her go! (If not) then you'll never leave this island.
Ethel Barton says: The psych-obvious genius of it. Once you're declared insane, then anything you do is considered part of that insanity.