Name: Michelle Williams
Date of Birth: 9 September 1980 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 , 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 , 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 - film 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 on the set of the film , 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 , her costar in ,[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] Read more Michelle Williams movies (actor)User Comments |
