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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Showing Up (2023) | Lizzy | 5 | |
| 2 | The Fabelmans (2022) | Mitzi Fabelman | 7.3 | |
| 3 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) Top movies in 2021 | Anne Weying | 6.4 | |
| 4 | After the Wedding (2019) | Isabel | 7 | |
| 5 | I Feel Pretty (2018) | Avery LeClair | 6.4 | |
| 6 | Venom (2018) | Anne Weying | 6.8 | |
| 7 | The Greatest Showman (2017) | Charity Barnum | 7.6 | |
| 8 | All the Money in the World (2017) | Gail Harris | 6.7 | |
| 9 | Wonderstruck (2017) | Elaine | 7.3 | |
| 10 | Certain Women (2016) | Gina | 8 | |
| 11 | Manchester by the Sea (2016) Oscars winners 2017 | Randi Chandler | 7.8 | |
| 12 | Suite Française (2015) | Lucille Angellier | 6.3 | |
| 13 | Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013) | Self - Letter Reader | - | - |
| 14 | Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) | Annie / Glinda | 6.6 | |
| 15 | Meek's Cutoff (2011) | Emily Tetherow | 4.7 | |
| 16 | My Week with Marilyn (2011) Oscars 2012 | Marilyn Monroe | 6.9 | |
| 17 | Take This Waltz (2011) | Margot | 6.4 | |
| 18 | Shutter Island (2010) Top 100 by FilmGator | Dolores | 8 | |
| 19 | Blue Valentine (2010) Oscars 2011 | Cindy | 6.9 | |
| 20 | Mammoth (2009) | Ellen Vidales | 6.6 | |
| 21 | Wendy and Lucy (2008) | Wendy | 7 | |
| 22 | Deception (2008) | S | 6.5 | |
| 23 | Synecdoche, New York (2008) | Claire Keen | 8.1 | |
| 24 | Incendiary (2008) | Young Mother | 4.8 | |
| 25 | I'm Not There (2007) Oscars 2008 | Coco Rivington | 6.8 | |
| 26 | The Baxter (2005) | Cecil Mills | - | - |
| 27 | Brokeback Mountain (2005) Oscars 2006 | Alma Beers | 6.9 | |
| 28 | Imaginary Heroes (2004) | Penny Travis | 7 | |
| 29 | The United States of Leland (2003) | Julie Pollard | 7.4 | |
| 30 | The Station Agent (2003) | Emily | 6.9 | |
| 31 | Heart of America (2003) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 32 | Perfume (2001) | Halley | 7 | |
| 33 | Prozac Nation (2001) | Ruby | 6.1 | |
| 34 | Me Without You (2001) | Holly | 6.7 | |
| 35 | But I'm a Cheerleader (2000) | Kimberly | 7.3 | |
| 36 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) | Linda | 7 | |
| 37 | Dick (1999) | Arlene Lorenzo | 6.3 | |
| 38 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) | Molly Cartwell | 6 | |
| 39 | A Thousand Acres (1997) | Pammy | - | - |
| 40 | Killing Mr. Griffin (1997) | Maya | - | - |
| 41 | Species (1995) | Young Sil | 5.7 |
