- Born
- Birth nameMichelle Ingrid Williams
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- A small-town girl born and raised in rural Kalispell, Montana, Michelle Ingrid Williams is the daughter of Carla Ingrid (Swenson), a homemaker, and Larry Richard Williams, a commodity trader and author. Her ancestry is Norwegian, as well as German, British Isles, and other Scandinavian. She was first known as bad girl Jen Lindley in the television series Dawson's Creek (1998). She appeared in the comedy film Dick (1999), which was a parody of the Watergate Scandal along with Kirsten Dunst, as well as Prozac Nation (2001) with Christina Ricci. Since then, Michelle has worked her way into the world of independent films such as The Station Agent (2003), Imaginary Heroes (2004), and The Baxter (2005). But her real success happened in 2005 when she starred in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (2005) as Alma Beers Del Mar. A woman who realizes her husband is in love with another man. Her talent shown in Brokeback Mountain (2005) landed her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 2011, she received her first lead role Academy Award nomination for Blue Valentine (2010). She followed this in 2012 with a lead role Academy Award nomination for My Week with Marilyn (2011).
Michelle has a daughter, Matilda, with late Australian actor Heath Ledger.- IMDb mini biography by: Matt < mattjmoczygemba@aol.com>
- SpousesThomas Kail(March 2020 - present) (3 children)Phil Elverum(July 2018 - 2019) (divorced)
- ChildrenHart Kail
- ParentsCarla Ingrid Williams (Swenson)Larry Richard Williams
- RelativesPaige Williams(Sibling)Jason Williams(Half Sibling)Kelley Williams(Half Sibling)Sara Williams(Half Sibling)
- Blonde hair
- Pixie haircut
- Legally emancipated from her parents at age 15.
- At age 16, she won the Robbins Trading Company World Cup Championship of Futures Trading by turning $10,000 into $100,000. It is the second highest profit in the tournament's history.
- Collects rare books. Owns a first edition of The Great Gatsby amongst others.
- The godparents of her daughter, Matilda, are Jake Gyllenhaal (her Brokeback Mountain (2005) co-star) and Busy Philipps (her Dawson's Creek (1998) co-star).
- Her ex-fiancé and father of her daughter Matilda, Heath Ledger, died on January 22, 2008.
- Outside of the business during a dry spell, I scooped ice cream at a country fair, and I ate more than I sold. Making a cone is difficult, and I lost so many scoops into the chocolate swirl.
- [on working on her film Timemaster (1995)] It was so awful. We turn the 'M' upside down and called it Timewaster.
- I can't watch myself [in movies]. I used to think I was cool. Now, my standpoint is that I can't be fair. So I can't pass any judgment.
- [on her former partner, Heath Ledger] His family and I watch Matilda as she whispers to trees, hugs animals, and takes steps two at a time, and we know that he is with us still.
- For so long, I felt like a walking open wound everywhere I went. There's this Joan Didion quote about being afflicted from an early age with a presentiment of loss. Did I come into the world like that? Or was I kind of gifted that?
- All the Money in the World (2017) - $625,000
- All the Money in the World (2017) - $625,000 + $800 ($80 p/day for reshoots)
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