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Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams
Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an American actress. Williams broke into stardom on the teen series Dawson's Creek and later graduated to full-length features, most notably Brokeback Mountain, for which she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Williams's career began in television, appearing in programs such as the 1990s version of Lassie, Baywatch, Step by Step, and Home Improvement. Williams' first film role was in the motion picture Species. Soon after, she won additional roles, including the Jessica Lange-Michelle Pfeiffer film A Thousand Acres and the 1998 movie Halloween H20: 20 Years Later with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Josh Hartnett. Williams's star profile rose considerably when in 1998, she was cast as one of the lead characters on the WB show Dawson's Creek. She would play Jen Lindley for all six seasons of the successful show.

Williams met Heath Ledger on the set of the film Brokeback Mountain, in which they played husband and wife. During their time together, they lived in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York[6] Williams was engaged to Ledger and gave birth to their daughter, Matilda Rose Ledger, on October 28, 2005, in New York City.[7] Matilda's godfather is Jake Gyllenhaal, her costar in Brokeback Mountain,[8][9] while her godmother is Busy Philipps, Williams' co-star on Dawson's Creek.[10]The couple separated in September 2007 after three years together

In a December 2008 interview with L.A. Weekly, Williams spoke about taking time off set to be a full-time single mother and the support she has found in what she refers to as "coffee-shop parents" and "single-mom parents." Williams said, "I’m not quite ready to give up working, but I don’t know how to do the good balance of it. That’s the challenge, to live in the chaos."[15]



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Michelle Williams - news / articles


  • Williams and Jonze split - 19 September 2009
    -Actress Michelle Williams has ended her romance with director Spike Jonze, blaming their split on "impossible timing".- -The Brokeback Mountain star began dating the filmmaker in July 2008, just months after Williams' ex-fiance Heath Ledger died from an accidental drug ov


  • Williams considers France move - 9 March 2009
    -Actress Michelle Williams has vowed to move to France if the constant paparazzi attention she receives continues.- -The Dawson's Creek star and her three-year-old daughter Matilda have been hounded by snappers in the past year, following the accidental death of her ex-fia


  • Williams still suffering from Ledger's death - 22 February 2009
    -Michelle Williams still feels unable to return to work following the accidental death of her ex-fiancee Heath Ledger last year (08).- -The pair met while working on Brokeback Mountain together and went on to have a daughter, Matilda, in 2005.- - They split in 2007, after

Michelle Williams - what members say


  • If These Walls Could Talk 2
  • If These Walls Could Talk 2 review by Topkit from Berkshire
    Rated - 3 stars Highly recommended 6 April 2004
    ... 60s (with Vanessa Redgrave), the second young love in the 70s (Chloe Sevigney, Michelle Williams) and the third a couple in the 90s trying for a baby (Ellen Degenres, Anne Hech...  
  • Me Without You
  • Me Without You review by from Norwich, England
    Rated - 4 stars A Coming of age tale you really should see 6 February 2004
    ...e Without You one to watch. The best performance comes from non-english actress Michelle Williams, best known for her role Jen in TV Series Dawson's Creek. Anna Friel is also on...  
  • Dawson's Creek - Season 3
  • Dawson's Creek - Season 3 review by A customer from england
    Rated - 5 stars A special show 19 August 2005
    ...y was a special show. The cast are all fantastic but the highlight for me was Michelle Williams as Jen although Dawson Leery did border on extremely annoying now and again and...  

Michelle Williams - filmography


  • Shutter Island (2010)
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Mark Ruffalo,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Drama is set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 34 members
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  • Synecdoche, New York on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Dianne Wiest,  Philip Seymour Hoffman,  Emily Watson
    Director: Charlie Kaufman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Obsession and identity are recurring themes in screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's work, and he draws on them again in his directorial debut, SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK. Kaufman's film focuses on the wiles of Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a regional theatre director who has won a MacArthur grant to ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 837 members
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  • The Hottest State on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Laura Linney,  Mark Webber
    Director: Ethan Hawke
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Days before his 21st birthday, William (Mark Webber), an actor, meets and quickly falls madly in love with Sara (Catalina Sandino Moreno), a seductive yet elusive singer/songwriter. The film follows William from a Lower East Side tenement to a Mexican hotel room, to a snowbound weekend in ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 239 members
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  • The Baxter on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Justin Theroux,  Paul Rudd,  Elizabeth Banks
    Director: Michael Showalter
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This quirky comedy marks the directorial debut of Michael Showalter, who is a member of the comedy troupe STELLA, and has starred in the cult-favourite film WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER. Joining frequent collaborators Michael Ian Black, David Wain, and Paul Rudd, among others, Showalter stars here as ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 64 members
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  • Imaginary Heroes on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Sigourney Weaver,  Emile Hirsch,  Jeff Daniels
    Director: Daniel Harris
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Teenaged son Tim views his life as a bad dream. His father Ben tunes out and treats his wife and children like strangers. His mother Sandy sharpens her tongue with sarcasm and dulls her senses with pot while struggling to conceal a secret that threatens to ruin them all...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 2,344 members
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  • Dick on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Michelle Williams,  Dan Hedaya
    Director: Andrew Fleming
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Arlene (Michelle Williams) and Betsy (Kirsten Dunst) wander away from their tour group while visiting the White House and stumble upon one of Nixon's infamous top-secret document shredding sessions. Seeking to uncover how much the two girls have discovered, Nixon appoints them "Official White House ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,160 member
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  • Lassie on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Thomas Guiry,  Helen Slater,  Jon Tenney
    Director: Daniel Petrie
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Lassie, the famous collie, returns in director Daniel Petrie's updated feature-length family adventure. Baltimore living hasn't agreed with Steve Turner (Jon Tenney). He's been having job trouble for months, and now he's fed up with the filth and crime. So he and his family move to his deceased ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 511 members
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Michelle Williams - watch online


  • Lassie to Watch Now (1994)
    Starring: Tom Guiry,  Helen Slater,  Jon Tenney
    Director: Daniel Petrie
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 92 minutes
    The story of an intelligent, heroic collie and his young owner, previously featured in numerous films and a successful 1950s television series, was updated for the 1990s in this family feature. This time, Lassie is determined to help a cynical city boy named Matt (Thomas Guiry), who turns even more ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7 members
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Michelle Williams facts

5 most recent films

Shutter Island - 4.0 stars
Wendy and Lucy - 2.5 stars
Incendiary - 3.0 stars
Synecdoche, New York - 3.0 stars
Deception - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Dawson's Creek - Season 4 - 3.5 stars
Dawson's Creek - Season 1 - 3.5 stars
Dawson's Creek - Season 3 - 3.5 stars
Dawson's Creek - Season 2 - 3.5 stars
Dawson's Creek - Season 6 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

I'm Not There - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
Shutter Island - 4.0 stars
The Hottest State - 2.5 stars
Land Of Plenty - 2.5 stars
Dick - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Joshua Jackson - 7 times - show films
James Van Der Beek - 7 times - show films
Katie Holmes - 6 times - show films
Jennifer Jason Leigh - 4 times - show films
Kerr Smith - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 4 times - show films
Charlie Kaufman - 3 times - show films
Daniel Petrie - 2 times - show films
Ang Lee - 2 times - show films
Kelly Reichardt - 2 times - show films