Michelle Williams (born September 9, 1980, in Kalispell, Montana) is an American actress who built her reputation on emotionally demanding roles in independent film. She holds five Academy Award nominations - for Brokeback Mountain, Blue Valentine, My Week with Marilyn, Manchester by the Sea and The Fabelmans - alongside three Golden Globes and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Principal photography on the thriller A Place in Hell - directed by Chloe Domont and co-starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Andrew Scott - wrapped, with Neon set as domestic distributor and a Christmas Day 2026 release announced.
Williams won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Limited Series for Dying for Sex, her third Golden Globe overall.
Williams starred as the title character in an off-Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, directed by her husband Thomas Kail, running November 25, 2025 to February 1, 2026.
Dying for Sex received nine Emmy nominations in total, with Williams nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series.
Williams and husband Thomas Kail welcomed their fourth child overall via surrogacy.
