Michelle Williams (actress), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Michelle Williams (actress), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Michelle Williams (actress)

American actress

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1980

Place of Birth: Kalispell, Montana, United States

Profession: actor, stage actor, film producer, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo




About Michelle Williams (actress)

  • Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an American actress.
  • She is particularly known for her work in small-scale independent productions with dark or tragic themes.
  • The recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, Williams has been nominated for four Academy Awards and one Tony Award. Born to the politician and trader Larry R.
  • Williams, she was raised in Kalispell, Montana, and San Diego, California.
  • She began her career at a young age with television guest appearances and made her feature film debut in the family film Lassie (1994).
  • At 15, she gained emancipation from her parents, and soon achieved public recognition for her leading role in the television teen drama series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003).
  • This was followed by low-profile films, before her breakthrough role in the romantic drama Brokeback Mountain (2005), in which her performance as the wife of a gay man earned Williams her first Academy Award nomination. Williams went on to gain 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 a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for portraying Marilyn Monroe in the drama My Week with Marilyn (2011) and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for portraying Gwen Verdon in the miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019).
  • 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 film Venom (2018).
  • On Broadway, she 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. Williams is an advocate for equal pay.
  • She is reticent about her personal life; she has a daughter from her relationship with the late actor Heath Ledger, and was briefly married to the musician Phil Elverum from 2018 to 2019.

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