Michelle Ingrid Williams (born
September 9, 1980) is an American actress. After starting her career
with television guest appearances in the early 1990s, Williams achieved
recognition for her role as Jen Lindley on the WB television teen
drama Dawson's Creek, from 1998 to 2003. Williams graduated to
full-length features including Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, her first
mainstream film, Dick (1999), a comedy, and Prozac Nation (2001), a
biographical film adaption.
Since
the 2000s, the actress mostly appeared in dramatic independent films. A
career highlight for Williams was starring in 2005's controversial
movie Brokeback Mountain, about a homosexual relationship in the 1960s.
One of its eight Academy Award nominations was a Best Supporting
Actress nomination for Williams. Brokeback Mountain was followed with
I'm Not There (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008) and Martin Scorsese's
Shutter Island (2010). Williams's performance as a drifter in 2008's
Wendy and Lucy earned her critical praise and her work opposite Ryan
Gosling in Blue Valentine (2010) led to the actress receiving another
Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress. Upcoming films
for Williams included playing Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn
(2011) and the 2013 3-D Oz: The Great and Powerful.
Her
relationship with actor and Brokeback Mountain co-star Heath Ledger
remains the most high-profile of Williams's relationships since the
1990s. Before breaking up in 2007, they had one child together: a
daughter named Matilda Rose, born October 28, 2005. After his death in
January 2008, the media paid close attention to Williams and her
daughter; the two were also frequently followed by paparazzi.
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